Number of fixed telephony customers

This section breaks down the number of fixed telephony customers according to the type of contract taken out with the TSP. The number of customers accessing services via a direct access (PSTN, ISDN or VoIP) has remained relatively stable since liberalization in 1998.

Telephone services on fixed networks

Number of customer contracts with a TSP for access to the real-time voice transmission service as of 31.12 (Table SF1A)
Year Number of customer contracts according to the type of contract Percentage of customers coming from a rival operator without changing their number d
Total Access provided by the TSP (PSTN or ISDN)
a
VoIP access provided by the TSP (DSL, cable, etc.) Indirect access (manual selection of the prefix), "Call by Call" b Indirect access (automatic selection of the prefix) c
2017 3'647'487 521'958 3'032'593 4'399 88'537 3.2%
2018
3'331'277 158'650 3'111'302 1'180 60'145 2.4%
2019 3'171'158 56'160 3'055'380 1'877 57'741 1.8%
2020 3'063'802 8'890 2'999'215 3'505 52'192 1.2%
2021 3'005'855 4'134 2'950'310 3'150 48'261 2.5%
2022 3'004'207 729 2'985'634 2'945 14'899 1.4%
2023 2'874'255 2'874'255 1.4%
Var. 22-23 -4.3% - -3.7% - -  
Notes:
- If the number of contracts is greater than the number of connections, this is due to the fact that there may be multiple contracts on one connection.
… Unknown (not been gathered).

Number of fixed telephony customers according to the type of contract

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Last modification 13.01.2025

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