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Newsletter No 257 (15.05.2013)

List of the new pages which have been published on the OFCOM website between 02.05.2013 and 14.05.2013.

Annual report 2012  (07.05.2013)
The 2012 annual report indicates the additional tasks which OFCOM has taken on: as the new office for the postal sector it decides, for example, which press titles should be entitled to discounted transportation rates. This activity offers good conditions for the development of the media support concept, which OFCOM prepared on behalf of the Federal Council. In the same year, the auction of all mobile radio frequencies was concluded by the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom); OFCOM made the technical preparations. In this way, telecommunications service providers should have the opportunity to plan mobile service coverage in Switzerland and provide high-speed mobile broadband networks, too. Finally, OFCOM participated in the development of a guide to facilitate the development of high-speed telecommunications networks.

Information event organised by the Frequency Management Division  (03.05.2013)
On 2 May 2013, OFCOM's Frequency Management Division held an information briefing on the topic of "wireless cameras".

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Analogue cable TV: free choice of channels for network operators (13.05.2013)
The obligation to broadcast certain television programme services (must-carry channels) in the analogue services on cable networks is being phased out. Because the vast majority of the Swiss population use digital services, the broadcasting obligation will be limited to digital services from 2015. The amended Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC) Ordinance enters into force on 1 June 2013.

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