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 Swiss telecommunications giant Swisscom is set to introduce new fees for customers who wish to receive a simple, non-itemized hard copy of their latest bill. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190612/swisscom-to-start-charging-290-francs-for-paper-bills-telecommunications Wed, 12 Jun 2019 11:52:26 +0200 swisscom-to-start-charging-290-francs-for-paper-bills-telecommunications Switzerland's main telecomms group Swisscom has been fined 71.8 million Swiss francs ($72.5 million, 64.70 million euros) for abusing its dominant position in sports broadcasting, the Swiss competition authorities said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160524/swisscom-fined-millions-for-dominating-sports-tv Tue, 24 May 2016 14:15:07 +0200 swisscom-fined-millions-for-dominating-sports-tv Swisscom, Switzerland’s biggest telecom company, is cutting 700 jobs after announcing on Thursday a 20 percent drop in net profits for 2015 from the previous year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160204/swisscom-to-cut-700-jobs-after-revenues-slip Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:50:45 +0100 swisscom-to-cut-700-jobs-after-revenues-slip The federal administrative court has slapped a 186-million-franc ($192-million) fine against Swisscom for abusing its dominant position in Switzerland’s telecom market. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151007/swisscom-faces-hefty-fine-for-uncompetitive-activity Wed, 07 Oct 2015 12:33:56 +0200 swisscom-faces-hefty-fine-for-uncompetitive-activity 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 Swiss telephone firm Swisscom on Tuesday unveiled a driverless car that is being tested on the roads of Zurich, a first in the country. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150512/switzerlands-first-driverless-car-hits-zurich-roads Tue, 12 May 2015 21:42:53 +0200 switzerlands-first-driverless-car-hits-zurich-roads 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 Swisscom, Switzerland’s leading telecom company, on Thursday announced a six percent rise in net profits to 1.3 billion francs ($1.35 billion) for the first nine months of 2014 over the same period last year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141106/swisscom-rings-up-higher-profits-as-revenues-rise Thu, 06 Nov 2014 11:50:00 +0100 swisscom-rings-up-higher-profits-as-revenues-rise Swiss Post has launched a new way of paying for mailing an envelope with an SMS “postage stamp” obtained through a mobile phone. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130902/swiss-post-tests-sms-letter-stamp Mon, 02 Sep 2013 23:53:00 +0200 swiss-post-tests-sms-letter-stamp The financial chief of Zurich Insurance Group, Pierre Wauthier, was found dead at his home Monday, the company said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130826/zurich-insurance-financial-chief-found-dead Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:57:00 +0200 zurich-insurance-financial-chief-found-dead Swisscom CEO Carsten Schloter left a suicide note explaining why he took his life last month, according to a report published online by the Tages Anzeiger newspaper on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130820/swisscom-chief-exec-left-suicide-note-report Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:37:00 +0200 swisscom-chief-exec-left-suicide-note-report Two weeks after the shock suicide of CEO Carsten Schloter, telecoms giant Swisscom has presented its results for the first six months of the year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130807/swisscom-half-year-results-show-big-drop-in-profit Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:05:00 +0200 swisscom-half-year-results-show-big-drop-in-profit Top managers and politicians paid their final respects on Monday to Swisscom CEO Carsten Schloter following his suicide last week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130729/funeral-takes-places-for-swisscom-ceo-schloter Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:19:00 +0200 funeral-takes-places-for-swisscom-ceo-schloter The head of Swiss telecom operator Swisscom, Carsten Schloter, was found dead at his home near Fribourg on Tuesday after he committed suicide, the company said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130723/suicide-of-ceo-jolts-switzerlands-largest-telecom Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:02:00 +0200 suicide-of-ceo-jolts-switzerlands-largest-telecom Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) plans to equip around 100 train stations in Switzerland with free internet access over the next three years while improving mobile telecom services on its major routes. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130221/free-internet-planned-for-swiss-train-stations Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:20:00 +0100 free-internet-planned-for-swiss-train-stations 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 Swisscom saw its net profits for 2012 rise by more than two and half times from the previous year to just over one billion francs on slightly lower revenues. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130207/swisscom-rings-up-sharply-higher-earnings Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:14:00 +0100 swisscom-rings-up-sharply-higher-earnings