Swisscom
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Swisscom AG is the largest telephone company of Switzerland.
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History
It used to be part of the state-owned monopoly PTT (Post Telefon Telegraph in German, Poste Téléphone Télégraph in French). In the mid-nineties, the Swiss government, in line with general liberation of the pan-European telecommunications market, broke up the postal and telecommunications divisions into two companies, Swiss Post and PTT Telecom of which it lead to further privatisation in 1997 to Swisscom.
Company
Its internet division is called BlueWin, formally Blue Window, and its mobile division is called, Swisscom Mobile, formerly Natel (Nationales Autotelefon). Swisscom Mobile has links with Vodafone. Its main local competitors are Sunrise and Orange.
Comments
Swisscom's nickname, mainly used in the media, is the "Blue Giant".
External links
- Swisscom web site (http://www.swisscom.ch)
Data
- Yahoo! - Swisscom AG Company Profile (http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/52/52521.html)de:Swisscom fr:Swisscom