Telecommunication Newsletter Switzerland by David Känzig

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="black" link="#3399ff" vlink="#3399ff" alink="#3399ff"> <table width="700" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="676"> <table width="700" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"> <tr bgcolor="white" height="35"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="middle" height="35"><img src="../media/allg/logothouvenin.gif" alt="THOUVENIN Rechtsanwälte" height="17" width="291" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="white" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><a href="../pages_e/frame/01kanzlei.html">Office</a><br> <a href="../pages_e/frame/02gebiete.html">Practice Areas</a><br> <a href="../pages_e/frame/03anwaelte.html">Attorneys</a><br> <a href="../pages_e/frame/04publi.html">Publications</a><br> <a href="../pages_e/frame/05aktuell.html"><b>News</b></a><br> <a href="../pages_e/frame/06kontakt.html">Contact</a><br> <a 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align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2011-09-07-Telecommunication-Newsletter-Switzerland.pdf">No immunity from sanctions for "hard" competition clauses in cooperation agreement for fiber networks</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">September 7, 2011</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2011-07-19-Telecommunication-Newsletter-Switzerland.pdf">Continuation of the Mobile Spectrum Tender</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">July 19, 2011</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2011-07-07-Telecommunication-Newsletter-Switzerland.pdf">Federal Administrative Court Finds No Sufficient Legal Basis in the Lawful Interception Act and Ordinance for Surveillance of Mobile Internet Traffic</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">July 7, 2011</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland59.pdf">Federal Administrative Court's Decision Finds Individual Privacy Rights to Have Priority over Google's Inerest in Making Profit</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">May 3, 2011</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland58.pdf">Federal Administrative Court Holds that a Change to the MEA Approach as Applied by the ComCom Requires a Change of the Telecommunication Act</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">May 2, 2011</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2011-04-29-Federal-Supreme-Court-Confirms-Decision-of-Federal-Administrative-Court.pdf">Federal Supreme Court Confirms Decision of Federal Administrative Court with Annulled ComCom's Record Fine against Swisscom in the Amount of CHF 333 Million</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">April 29, 2011</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland57.pdf">Federal Administrative Court Rules Upholds Decision by ComCom which Determined the Interest Rate on Repayments by Swisscom for Excessive Access Charges</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">April 12, 2011</td> </tr> <tr height="7"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="7"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2010-12-20-Swiss-Telecom-News-Federal-Administrative-Court-Rules-Qualification-Service-Provider.pdf">Federal Administrative Court Rules that Customer Relationship is Decisive for Qualification as Telecommunication Service Provider</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 20, 2010</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2010-12-13-Telecommunication-Newsletter-Switzerland.pdf">ComCom Launches Auction for Award of Mobile Radio Frequencies</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 13, 2010</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2010-11-23-Swiss-Telecom-News-Room-for-Improvemen- of-Regulatory-System.pdf">Federal Council Finds Room for Improvement of the Regulatory System, but Sees no Immediate Need for a Revision of the Telecommunications Act</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 23, 2010</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2010-03-24-Swiss-Telecom-News-CompCom-appeal-decision-Federal-Administrative-Court.pdf">Competition Commission to Appeal the Decision of the Federal Administrative Court, which Quashed the Decision of the Competition Commission Imposing a Fine upon Swisscom in the Amount of CHF 333 Million for Abusive Pricing of Mobile Termination Fees</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 24, 2010</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2010-03-24-Swiss-Telecom-News-ComCom-orders-Swisscom-reduce-charges-leased-lines.pdf">Communication Commission orders Swisscom to reduce charges for leased lines by 15 - 30%</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 24, 2010</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2010-03-12-Telecommunication-Newsletter-Switzerland.pdf">Federal Administrative Court holds that parties not privy to the access proceedings cannot automatically request the retroactive application of lower charges determined by the Communication Commission</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 12, 2010</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2010-03-10-Swiss-Telecom-News-ComCom-Decision-against-Swisscom.pdf">Federal Administrative Court quashes decision of the Competition Commission which imposed a fine upon Swisscom in the amount of CHF 333 million for abusive pricing of mobile termination fees</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 10, 2010</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="Swiss-CompCom-Review-Merger-Orange-Sunrise-28-12-09.pdf">Swiss Competition Commission Announces to Review the Planned Merger between Orange and Sunrise</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 28, 2009</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="Swiss-Telecom-News-Orange-Sunrise-Merger-30-11-09.pdf">Orange and Sunrise to Merge: Invitation to the Legislator to Change the Swiss Regulatory Framework</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 30, 2009</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="Swiss-Technology-News-Complaint-against-Googles-StreetView-13-11-2009.pdf">Swiss Data Protection Officer Files Complaint Against Google's Street View</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 13, 2009</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2009-11-10-OFCOM-Re-Allocation-Mobile-Radio-Frequencies.pdf">OFCOM to Prepare Re-Allocation of Mobile Radio Frequencies</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 10, 2009</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2009-11-06-Swiss-Telecom-News-Fine-against-Swisscom.pdf">Swiss Competition Commission Pronounces a Fine against Swisscom of CHF 220 Millions for Price Margin Squeeze in the ADSL Market</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 6, 2009</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="2009-8-18-Swiss-Telecom-News-GSM-Spectrum-License-Fees.pdf">Federal Supreme Court not Competent to Hear Appeal by Sunrise Communications AG on Determination of GSM Spectrum License Fee</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">August 18, 2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland56.pdf">"Has regulation failed?" published in IBA Communications Committee Newsletter, July 2008</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">May 27, 2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland55.pdf">Swisscom Wins Deal from the Swiss Post. Sunrise Files a Complaint with the Competition Commission for Abuse of Market Dominance</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">May 5, 2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland54.pdf">Allocation of Mobile Radio Frequencies: Federal Office of Communication (OFCOM) Has Opened a Public Consultation</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">April 30, 2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="swiss-telecom-news-on-lawful-interception.pdf">Federal Administrative Court Finds Sufficient Legal Basis for Active Monitoring of Incoming and Outgoing Calls from and to a Specified Number Outside of Switzerland</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 23, 2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland53.pdf">A New Attempt Towards a Modern, Flexible and Efficient Telecommunication Act</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">February 20, 2009</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland52.pdf">Federal Administrative Court Confirms ComCom Decision Against Swisscom to Offer Bit-Stream Access at Regulated Prices</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">February 20, 2009</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland51.pdf">Secretariat of the Competition Commission Finds Price and Margin Squeeze in Swisscom ADSL Pricing and Petitions the Competition Commission to Issue Sanctions</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 14, 2008</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland50.pdf">ComCom Rules that Non-Discrimination Obligation Supersedes the Supremacy of Contract Negotiations</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">October 21, 2008</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="Telecom-News-Consolidation-of-Swiss-Market.pdf">Consolidation in the Swiss Market: Sunrise to Acquire Tele2</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">September 30, 2008</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland49.pdf">ComCom Reduces the Access Price to the Last Mile as well as Interconnection Fees</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">September 25, 2008</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="TelecomNewsletter_02-09-2008.pdf">Neither Ex Ante nor Ex Post Regulation: The New Swiss Approach or How to Avoid Touching the Hot Potato</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">September 3, 2008</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="IBA-Telecom-Has-Regulation-Failed-July-2008.pdf">Functional Separation in Switzerland: Has Regulation Failied</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">July 24, 2008</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland48.pdf">One Mobile Network for the Alternative Providers?</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">April 17, 2008</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"> <table width="329" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="21">-</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="308"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland45.pdf">Consortium of Energy Suppliers Formed to Offer Broadband Access to the Public</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="21">-</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="308"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland46.pdf">Swisscom Lowers Prices for the Twin Copper Pair</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="21">-</td> <td align="left" valign="top" width="308"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland47.pdf">Communication Commission Orders Swisscom to Offer Sub-loop Unbundling</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">April 8, 2008</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland44.pdf">Painful Unbundling Experience: Is Ex Ante Regulation or Network Separation the Solution?</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 12, 2008</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland43.pdf">ComCom Lowers Interconnection Charges for the<br> Years 2004 - 2006 by 15 - 20%</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 17, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland42.pdf">Public Utilities Join the Race for Bandwidth: The End of Infrastructure Competition?</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 29, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland41.pdf">Swisscom Suffers Another Setback: ComCom Orders Swisscom to Offer Bit-Stream Access</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 22, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland40.pdf">Federal Administrative Court Rejects Swisscom's Appeal Against ComCom Decision</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 14, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland39.pdf">Sunrise Challenges Swisscom's Bundle Mobile and Naked DSL with Competition Commission</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">September 27, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland38.pdf">National Roaming Obligation: Federal Administrative Court Remands Case Back to Communication Commission</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">August 28, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland37.pdf">Swisscom Standard Offer on Unbundling</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">May 22, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland36.pdf">New Amended Law On Telecommunications Enters Into Force On April 1, 2007</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 19, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><font face="Arial"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland35.pdf">Mobile termination charges to fall by 25 to 40% by 2009</a></font></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">February 9, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland34.pdf">Federal Supreme Court confirms ComCom Decision against Swisscom to lower Fees for Porting Telephone Numbers</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">February 2, 2007</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland33.pdf">Swiss Competition Commission Finds Mobile Operators to Have a Dominant Position in the Market for Terminating Calls in Their Own Networks.</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 29, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland32.pdf">The Swiss Federal Supreme Court rules that a Servitude which permits a Party to transport Electricity over a Power Supply Line running across private Property does not permit the Beneficiary to use the Servitude to also transport Data for Telecommuniction Purposes.</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">November 13, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland31.pdf">Competitive Tender for the Universal Service Licence in Telecommunications</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">October 12, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland1.pdf">Swiss Federal Council Includes Broadband Access in the Universal Services Obligation And Reduces the Maximum Price for National Telephone Calls in the Fixed Network. Public Tender for Universal Services Obligation is Expected for Autumn 2006.</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">September 19, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland2.pdf">Federal Communication Commission Abandons the "Delta X Method" and Decrees the Interconnection Usage Charges Based upon the So-called Plausibility Schedules ("<i>Plausibilitätstabellen</i>")</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">September 4, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland3.pdf">Swiss Federal Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Swisscom against Interim Order of ComCom in Mobile Termination Case</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">August 7, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunicaitons_newsletter_switzerland4.pdf">ComCom Orders Swisscom to Lower their Fees for Porting Telephone Numbers</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">July 7, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland5.pdf">Swisscom not Exempt from Sanctions Pursuant to the Swiss Cartel Act Despite Notification</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">June 21, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland6.pdf">Privatisation Proposal for Swisscom Finds no Support in the Swiss Parliament</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">June 9, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland7.pdf">Federal Supreme Court Remands Interconnection Dispute to ComCom: The Odyssey Continues</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">June 9, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_d/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland8.pdf">Finding of the Competition Commission that Mobile Operator Have a Monopoly on the Termination on Their Own Network Opens the Door for Interconnection Proceedings</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">April 20, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland9.pdf">The Swiss Competition Commission Threatens Swisscom with a Fine in the Amount of CHF 489 Mio. for Abusive Pricing of Termination Costs</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">April 12, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland10.pdf">Swiss Council of States Favours Unlimited Bit-Stream Access</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 10, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland11.pdf">Consultation Procedure Regarding Switzerland's Participation in Swisscom AG</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 1, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland12.pdf">Swiss Federal Council Proposes Changes to the Universal Services Obligation</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">March 1, 2006</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland13.pdf">Swiss Federal Supreme Court Rules Upon Appeal that there is no Sufficient Basis in the Swiss Telecommunication Act to Request Swisscom Fixnet AG to Grant Interconnection for Leased Lines and Bit-Stream Access</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 22, 2005</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland14.pdf">Disagreement between Swiss National Council and Swiss Council of States on Unbundling Remains Unresolved</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 12, 2005</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland15.pdf">Swiss Federal Council intends to reduce its stake in Swisscom.</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 2, 2005</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland16.pdf">Invitation to Tender for Three Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) Licenses. Single Sealed Bidding Will Apply.</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 2, 2005</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland17.pdf">The Swiss Communication Commission (ComCom) relaxes the carrier selection requirement for Voice over IP (VoIP) operators. Number Portability Also Applies to VoIP Operators. Identification of Location of Emergency Call Only Required for Principal VoIP Location.</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 1, 2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland18.pdf">Swiss Council of States Votes in Favour of Restricting Bit-Stream Access to the Copper Cable of the Incumbent Operator and Access to the Local Switch</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">December 1, 2005</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland19.pdf">Swisscom Announces a Reduction of the Interconnection Charges by 5% for the Year 2006</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">October 12, 2005</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland20.pdf">Disagreement on the unbundling of the local loop between Swiss National Council and Swiss Council of States destroys the hopes for a swift resolution of this key issue in the pending revision of the Swiss Telecommunication Act. </a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">October 7, 2005</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland21.pdf">Commission of Transport and Communication proposes to restrict unbundling to the copper line</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">August 9, 2005</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland22.pdf">Federal Communication Commission Drastically Reduces the Interconnection Prices Charged by Swisscom during the Years 2000 - 2003</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">June 14, 2005 </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland23.pdf">Swiss Council of States in Favour of the Unbundling of the Last Mile</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">June 7, 2005 </td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland24.pdf">Federal Communication Commission ("ComCom") Rules that INA - Billing and Collection Services Are Not Caught By the Swiss Interconnection Regime</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124"><span class="titel">March 1, 2005</span></td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland25.pdf">Criminal Liability of Hosting Providers under Revised Draft of Swiss Penal Code</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124">January 17, 2005</td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland26.pdf">Swiss Federal Court to Grant Appeal by Swisscom, TDC and MCI WorldCom</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124"><span class="titel">November 16, 2004</span></td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland27.pdf">Swisscom Bound to Open the Local Loop to Competitors</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124"><span class="titel">October 20, 2004</span></td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland28.pdf">Swisscom Faces a Stiff Breeze in the Unbundling Discussions</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124"><span class="titel">August 31, 2004</span></td> </tr> <tr height="5"> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456" height="5"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland29.pdf">Full Unbundling Recommended By The Committee on Transportation and Telecommunication</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124"><span class="titel">June 29, 2004</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="456"> <hr noshade size="1"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="330"><a href="../pages_e/text/archiv/telecommunications_newsletter_switzerland30.pdf">The Swiss Telecommunication Act is currently being revised and slated for discussions in the Swiss parliament in fall 2004.</a></td> <td align="right" valign="top" width="124"><span class="titel">June 16, 2004</span></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="white" width="100"><font size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><a href="../pages_d/frame/index.html">German</a><br> <a href="../pages_e/index.html"> English</a></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </body>