Swisscom

Swisscom () is the company headlight of the market Suisse of the Télécommunications. It is the result of the division of postal and telecommunications authorities in 1998 and belongs mainly to the State (62,4%). Besides it has the statute of public limit company of public law, according to the law on the company of telecommunications, LET). More than 20 ' 000 collaborators work for the companies of the Swisscom groups

Operational divisions

Swisscom Fixnet

Swisscom Fixnet (fixed Telephony): At end June 2005, Swisscom Fixnet counts 3 924.000 connection and analogical connection million ISDN/RNIS. Via Bluewin , Swisscom manages the vastest gate Internet of Switzerland intended for the private individuals. The rise of the communication with High banc continues: In one year, the number of connections ADSL of Swisscom Fixnet passed from 656.000 to 1.000.000 of units. To June 30th, 2006, 5 million connections.

Mobile Swisscom

Swisscom Mobile (mobile telephony) places at the disposal of its 4,5 million customers (to the 30.06.2006) a network GSM covering 99% of the inhabited areas of the country. In November 2004, it integrates the portables UMTS into its offer and as of the end 2004, its network UMTS - the first with being brought into service in Switzerland - is already accessible by 9 inhabitants from the country on 10. At the end of June 2005, the service Wireless-LAN (WLAN) is proposed on more than 800 sites, or Hotspots , of Swisscom Mobile in Switzerland and on 2137 sites of Swisscom Eurospot abroad. In addition, the chart Mobile Unlimited , a product house that Swisscom Mobile launched in first world, makes it possible to the users to communicate without limits, where which they are, while ensuring of the transitions without cut between the networks GPRS, UMTS, EDGE, HSDPA and WLAN with only one and even chart PCMCIA.

Swisscom IT services

Swisscom IT services (services Data-processing S) account among the principal service providers on the Swiss market of data processing.

Swisscom Solutions

Single interlocutress of its commercial customers, Swisscom Solutions (commercial solutions) is specialized in the personalized comprehensive solutions most pointed.

In Switzerland, the Mobile phone is often called Natel (National AutoTELefon). Technology ISDN is a long time called Swissnet .

Privatization

With the autumn 2005, the Federal council request the Privatization of the company. This so that Swisscom is free to extend abroad (the Swiss market being limited) while reducing the risks for the Confederation.

Accordingly, the participation of the State within Swisscom passes from 66 to 62,4% in December 2005. In the medium term, the Confederation could preserve a minority of blocking.

This project should be discussed with the Parliament at the time of the session of summer 2006. A Votation by the people is not excluded if a Référendum is deposited.

See too

postal and telecommunications authorities
Classification of the more Swiss large companies
List of Swiss companies

External bonds

Official site of the group Swisscom

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