Swisscom moves broadband decision forward

 Swisscom will appeal against the Communications Commission's decision on broadband Internet. ComCom wants to force the telecommunications group to open up broadband internet to competitors at cost-oriented prices. The appeal will be submitted to the Federal Administrative Court, said Swisscom CEO Carsten Schloter in an interview in Wednesday's edition of the French-speaking Swiss newspaper Le Temps. An earlier decision by the Competition Appeals Commission had confirmed that Swisscom was not dominant in the market, Schloter explained. Following the announcement of the ruling, a spokesperson for the company had already expressed the view that competition was at play and that Swisscom had therefore not made an offer to competitors for access to the high-speed data network (see
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