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.

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.

The Confederation is taking a new step in relation to managing the new top-level domain name .swiss. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the corporation responsible for managing domain names worldwide, has deemed that the Swiss candidature meets the requirements. The implementation phase can now begin. The first .swiss domain names could be registered by the autumn of 2014.

The Federal Council has appointed the members of the Federal Media Commission. 13 representatives from various areas of the Swiss media sector will take a seat on the Commission. In the process, the Federal Council ensured appropriate gender and language region representation. The Media Commission is chaired by Professor Otfried Jarren of Zurich University, appointed by the Federal Council in November 2012. The new Media Commission members will take up their duties in summer 2013.

By the spring of 2015, the sovereign task of Registry operator for .ch internet domain names could be separated from direct contact with users who wish to reserve .ch internet domain names. Currently the two activities are performed by Switch. However, its mandate will expire at the end of March 2015. The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) is taking this opportunity to review the legal framework governing these issues.

In order to determine the requirements for additional frequencies for digital broadcasting of radio stations in DAB+ format, the OFCOM is launching a survey of demand. It is aimed at companies who would like to construct and operate language-regional, regional, or local DAB+ networks in Switzerland.