2023-05-17 03:51:33
The Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) has decided to award the universal service license to Swisscom for the years 2024 to 2031. its competitors.
Swisscom was the only company to come forward in the interest survey conducted among the largest Swiss telecommunications service providers theoretically able to provide universal service. This will ensure the implementation of the extended service offer by the Federal Council.
No tender in this case
In this configuration, the call for tenders for the universal service concession from 2024 could not have taken place under the required conditions of competition. In this case, the Telecommunications Act (Art. 14 LTC) provides that ComCom may call on a supplier, according to a Press release.
The terms used in ComCom’s press release are eloquent: “from the interest survey conducted among the largest Swiss telecommunications service providers theoretically able to provide universal service. In reality, whether Salt or especially Sunrise UPC, we prefer to let Swisscom invest…
More throughput from 2024
On December 16, 2022, the Federal Council adopted the revision of the Ordinance on Telecommunications Services (OST), which redefines the content of universal service from 2024. As soon as the changes come into force, customers of the service universal will be able to choose between the old Internet access service (transmission rate of 10 Mbit/s for downloading and 1 Mbit/s for uploading) and the new one (80 Mbits/sec and 8 Mbits/sec), is he recalled in the same text.
Indeed, the revised ordinance explicitly admits the principle of subsidiarity: if a comparable offer is already available for the customer on the market, the universal service obligation is considered to have been fulfilled and the concessionaire is not required to propose an offer universal service at 80/8 Mbits/sec.
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