https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Switzerland’s second largest mobile operator, Sunrise Communications, is cutting up to 175 jobs — almost ten percent of its staff — as part of a plan to streamline operations and reduce costs. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150922/sunrise Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:38:07 +0200 sunrise A Swiss Orange has turned into Salt — but this is no magician's trick. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150423/salt-aims-to-shake-up-swiss-mobile-market Fri, 24 Apr 2015 00:08:42 +0200 salt-aims-to-shake-up-swiss-mobile-market Orange, Switzerland’s third-ranked telecom company, announced on Tuesday that it is changing its name under a rebranding exercise likely to cost tens of millions of francs as it scrambles to catch up to its competitors, market leader Swisscom and Sunrise. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150331/orange-set-to-ditch-name-in-rebranding Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:44:12 +0200 orange-set-to-ditch-name-in-rebranding Sunrise, Switzerland’s second biggest telecommunications firm, entered the Swiss stock exchange on Friday after raising 1.99 billion francs ($2.16 billion) in an initial public offering (IPO) of 29.3 million shares, the company said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150206/telecom-sunrise-launches-shares-on-swiss-exchange Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:20:00 +0100 telecom-sunrise-launches-shares-on-swiss-exchange Apax Funds has announced it is selling Orange Switzerland, the country’s third largest mobile operator, to NJJ Capital, a holding company owned by French businessman Xavier Niel for 2.8 billion francs. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141218/french-businessman-plans-takeover-of-orange Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:28:00 +0100 french-businessman-plans-takeover-of-orange Orange Communications, Switzerland’s third-biggest mobile telecom operator, announced on Friday that it expects to cut 140 jobs this year — more than a tenth of its workforce — as it “rebalances resources”. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130215/orange-slashes-jobs-in-corporate-positions Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:37:00 +0100 orange-slashes-jobs-in-corporate-positions