Public invitation to tender for the mandate to collect the universal radio and television fee from households
Biel/Bienne, 16.8.2016 - A public invitation to tender for the mandate to collect the device-independent universal radio and television fee from households was launched today. Award of the mandate prepared by the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) is planned for the first quarter of 2017. The company that wins the contract then has until 2018 to establish the necessary infrastructure to collect the fees from households. In accordance with the revised Radio and Television Act, the new fee collection system must be in place by the beginning of 2019 at the latest. The current contract with the company Billag AG will expire at this time.