With net revenues of approximately CHF 11.2 billion and around 22,000 employees the Swisscom group is the leading telecommunications company in Switzerland. The innovative, customer-focused and highly competitive group offers a full range of voice and data communication services on fixed-line and mobile networks and is active in e-business.
Swisscom offers a complete spectrum of state-of-the-art data services, from leased lines to integrated solutions for corporate customers. Swisscom also operates the biggest online portal for residential customers in the Blue Window, Switzerland"s leading Internet provider.
Swisscom intends to maintain its lead in the Swiss market and achieve growth abroad by means of a clearly formulated, future-orientated strategy, concentrating on growth sectors such as mobile communications, the Internet and e-business, as well as marketing its network services to resellers (wholesale).
The acquisition in 1999 of debitel, Germany"s third-biggest mobile operator and the biggest network-independent operator in Europe, doubled Swisscom"s customer base to around 10m and increased group revenues considerably.
