Switzerland - Key Statistics, Telecom Market & Regulatory Overviews

Synopsis

Switzerland enjoys one of the highest broadband penetration rates in the OECD and a competitive mobile market served by a triopoly of international players. The country’s mountainous topography helped to establish a number of cable networks, though in recent years DSL has become the preferred means for accessing broadband and triple play services. These platforms have been supplemented by a rapidly emerging fibre-optic sector, spearheaded by Swisscom and a number of regional utility companies. Although not a member of the EU, the country’s economic integration has meant that its telecom market deregulation has followed the EU’s liberalisation framework, including the recent regulations on international voice roaming. This report presents a statistical profile of Switzerland’s fixed network in 2009. It assesses the regulatory environment, noting the status of local loop unbundling, legislated in April 2007, as well as the provision of broadband as a universal service. It also evaluates the strategies and performance of major service providers, and looks ahead to market developments in coming years.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Key statistics
  
• 3. Telecommunications market
  
  • 3.1 Overview of Switzerland’s telecom market
    
• 4. Regulatory environment
  
  • 4.1 History
    
  • 4.2 Regulatory authorities
    
  • 4.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Switzerland
    
  • 4.4 Privatisation of Swisscom
    
  • 4.5 Interconnect
    
  • 4.6 Access
    
    • 4.6.1 Bitstream access
      
  • 4.7 Number portability
    
  • 4.8 Carrier PreSelection (CPS)
    
  • 4.9 Universal service
    
• 5. Fixed network operators in Switzerland
  
  • 5.1 Market overview
    
  • 5.2 Swisscom
    
    • 5.2.1 Company reorganisation
      
  • 5.3 TDC Switzerland (Sunrise)
    
  • 5.4 Cablecom
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National telecom network
    
• 7. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2009
• Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2009
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – June 2009
• Table 5 – Broadband statistics – 2009
• Table 6 – Mobile statistics – June 2009
• Table 7 – National telecommunications authorities
• Table 8 – Fixed telephony connections – 2000 - 2009
• Table 9 – Telecom sector revenue, profit and investment – 2000 - 2008
• Table 10 – Interconnection revenue – 2000 - 2008
• Table 11 – CPS as proportion of total lines – 1999 - 2009
• Table 12 – CPS lines – 2002 - 2008
• Table 13 – Share of fixed-line connections by operator – 2007 - 2008
• Table 14 – Fixed-line revenue – 2000 - 2009
• Table 15 – Cable fixed-line telephony connections – 2003 - 2009
• Table 16 – Swisscom Group net revenue, EBITDA and net income – 2004 - 2009
• Table 17 – Swisscom financial data by sector – 2007 - 2009
• Table 18 – Swisscom subscribers by sector – 2006 - 2009
• Table 19 – TDC Switzerland financial data – 2006 - 2009
• Table 20 – TDC Switzerland subscribers by sector – 2005 - 2008
• Table 21 – UPC Switzerland financial data – 2005 - 2009
• Table 22 – UPC Switzerland operational data: home and subscriber statistics – 2005 - 2009
• Table 23 – Fixed lines in service, teledensity and traffic in minutes – 1997; 1999; 2000 - 2009
• Table 24 – ISDN subscribers – 1995; 1997; 1999 - 2009

• Exhibit 1 – Access and the local loop