Swisscom is Switzerland’s leading telecoms provider. Its headquarters are located at Worblaufen near Bern. The Swiss confederation owns 56.94 percent of Swisscom. It has 6.2 million mobile customers, 791,000 Swisscom TV customers and around 1.7 million broadband connections (retail). In 2012, the company's 19,514 employees (full time equivalents) generated revenues of CHF 11.384 billion. Some 907 young people completed an apprenticeship at Swisscom in IT, telematics, mediamatics, retail sales, commerce, and customer dialogue. Swisscom is providing Fixedline & Mobile Telephony, Fixedline & Mobile Internet, Digital Television and IT Services & Networking Solutions.
Swisscom has a presence throughout Switzerland and offers a full range of products and services for mobile, landline and IP-based voice and data communication. Massive investments in network infrastructure ensure that this will remain the case in the future. With Swisscom TV, customers too have become increasingly aware of the trend towards multimedia. Swisscom also offers services for IT infrastructure outsourcing as well as the management of communications infrastructures.
Swisscom’s business strategy is geared to the long term and takes into consideration of economic, ecological and social aspects. Sustainable management and long term responsibility are firmly enshrined in Swisscom’s corporate culture. Swisscom owes its business success to the dedication and commitment of its 19,000-strong workforce, which continually strives to develop new solutions for customers and the information society. Major investments in network infrastructure ensure that Swisscom will continue to satisfy customer needs well into the future.
The former state-owned PTT (Post, Telegraph, Telephone, founded 1852) was privatized in stages from 1988 onwards and became a public limited company with special legal status in October 1998. The Swiss Confederation currently holds 56.94% of the share