Mobile TV in need for Euro 08
IG Gigaherz, an interest group of people affected by electrosmog, is fighting against the additional antennas that are to be built for the cell phone TV network. If necessary, it intends to go all the way to the Federal Court.
Swisscom has had its license for less than two weeks (see: ), and already the planned mobile TV network for broadcasting the Euro 08 football matches has come under pressure. IG Gigaherz, an interest group of people affected by electrosmog, is opposing the additional antennas that are to be built for the cell phone TV network. This week it is lodging an objection to the construction of an antenna in Köniz. Swisscom wants to build 26 such antennas around Berne, Geneva, Basel and Zurich. IG spokesperson Hans-Ueli Jakob is rebellious: he will go all the way to the Federal Court to prevent the antenna. "The radiation leads to unnecessary additional pollution of the airspace," he tells Cash daily. He also wants to take action against antennas in Zurich. If this succeeds, Swisscom will have a problem. "It would certainly jeopardize our project," says spokesman Christian Neuhaus. There is also the threat of trouble from another side: Biel-based Mobile TV, which had to admit defeat to Swisscom in the awarding of the license for the mobile TV network, is examining a complaint to the Competition Commission. CEO Bruno Bucher intends to announce whether this will happen at the end of October.
