Telecommunications: Federal Council adapts the universal service
Berne, 9.12.2011 - The Federal Council has increased the transmission speed guaranteed as part of the universal service to download data from the internet, whilst reducing the ceiling price for this service. It has also improved the protection of young users of mobile phones from premium-rate services of an erotic or pornographic nature. These amendments to the Ordinance on Telecommunications Services (OTS) will enter into force on 1 March 2012.