Furrer: Swisscom's competitors should join forces
Telecom regulator Marc Furrer is proposing a way to weaken Swisscom's strong position in the mobile market: Sunrise, Orange, and Tele2 should reduce their infrastructure costs by sharing a network.
Telecoms regulator Marc Furrer is proposing a means of weakening Swisscom's strong position in the mobile telephony market: Sunrise, Orange and Tele2 should reduce their infrastructure costs with a joint network. In an interview with the Handelszeitung newspaper on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) said that he could only see one way in which Swisscom's competitors could strengthen their position. The network could, for example, be outsourced to a separate company and thus achieve considerable cost savings. However, the cooperation should only relate to the network, Furrer qualified, and not to the offers and services.
Mixed reactions The idea of a joint mobile network is exciting, said Sunrise spokesperson Dominique Reber at the request of the SDA news agency. So far, however, no concrete talks have been held in this regard.
From Orange's point of view, the discussion about a possible merger of the networks would only have to take place if all network types - copper, mobile and fiber optic - were included by all providers, said spokeswoman Therese Wenger.
Mixed reactions The idea of a joint mobile network is exciting, said Sunrise spokesperson Dominique Reber at the request of the SDA news agency. So far, however, no concrete talks have been held in this regard.
From Orange's point of view, the discussion about a possible merger of the networks would only have to take place if all network types - copper, mobile and fiber optic - were included by all providers, said spokeswoman Therese Wenger.
