Internet in Switzerland

Internet in Switzerland is penetrating largely in the business sectors and households of Swiss citizens. According to Nielsen Net Ratings, Switzerland recorded 4,944,438 Internet users as of Jan2006, comprising 66.0% of the population. In terms of the Internet and broadband penetration rates in Europe ranking Switzerland ranked fifth in OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries in 2006.

Telephone communications is replaced by technological advancement of Internet in Switzerland as the main growth area since 2004. Broadband is the prime penetrating factor with DSL playing the major access technology. Bluewin DSL products master the Switzerland Internet market in association with Cablecom's service. Alongside, France and the Netherlands are providing further advanced technology in the sector of Internet in Switzerland . And the coming years can experience far-flung FttH in larger cities of Switzerland with Zurich planning for municipal fiber.

A wireless service of Internet in Switzerland is taking the broadband service by storm. Wireless broadband service is growing strongly with the technological developments. Regulatory issues are taken after to work on municipal fiber, unbundled local loop in early 2007 and the planning of broadband as a global service.


In concurrence with the European Union's liberalization framework Switzerland deregulated in the year of 1998. Since then Internet in Switzerland has always hit the popularity chart resulting in the replacement of telephone communications in 2004 and 2005. Internet services that have flooded the market in Switzerland are:

• Dialer.net ISDN of bandwidth 33.6K, 28.8K, 56K
• VPM Internet Services, Inc. ISDN, 33.6K, 28.8K, 56K
• Netaway ISDN, 33.6K, 28.8K, 56K Frame Relay, DSL
• T3, Frame Relay, FracT3, T1, DSL

Charge of Internet service in Switzerland does not demand too much. Most of the Internet Service Providers charge an affordable rate such as $19.99 per month.