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Latest Telecoms News from Switzerland
Switzerland Starts Preparing for Radio Spectrum Auctions in 2013
Switzerland's Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) has instructed the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) to prepare the allocation of mobile radio frequencies which are either currently free or which will become free in the foreseeable future....
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Swiss Networks May Cooperate on LTE Network Upgrades
The President of the Swiss telecoms regulator, ComCom says that two of the country's three mobile networks could cooperate on building their LTE networks. ...
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Swiss Network Upgrading Data Download Speeds to 28Mbps
Swiss network operator, Swisscom says that it is deploying a HSPA+ (HSPA Evolution) upgrade, with the first areas completed in time for the ITU Telecom World 2009 in Geneva...
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Swisscom Launching Availability Alerts Service
The new service, to be launched in October will send a free SMS to customers notifying them when a person they have been trying to call is available again....
Swisscom First Half Profits Up 20.7%
Switzerland's Swisscom says that it closed the first half of 2009 with a 1.2% fall in net revenue to CHF 5.9 billion and operating income (EBITDA) down 3.8% to CHF 2.24 billion....
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STMicroelectronics posts larger 2Q loss
Swiss chip maker STMicroelectronics posted a wider net loss for its second quarter Tuesday as revenue declined, but said its results reflect "solid progress across several key fronts" and sales were better than planned....
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Sony Ericsson Rearranges its European Management
Sony Ericsson has shuffled its European operations around and will now group the Austrian, Dutch, German and Swiss markets as one cluster, ...
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Switzerland to Permit 3G at 900Mhz - Extends Licenses
Switzerland's telecoms regulator, ComCom has renewed the GSM mobile telephony licences of Orange, Sunrise and Swisscom until the end of 2013....
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Visa payWave mobile pilot in Switzerland declared a success
Credit Suisse, PostFinance, SIX Multipay, Swisscard, Swisscom, together with Visa Europe have concluded a pilot study in Switzerland of contactless payments using Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled mobile phones incorporating Visa payWave card payment technology....
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STMicro 1Q loss widens as sales drop off
Swiss chipmaker STMicroelectronics reported a wider first-quarter loss Wednesday as sales sank across the board, and said it would lay off 1,200 people....
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