Weko, the Swiss Competition Commission, said it has opened an investigation into Swisscom for possible abuse of its dominant market position in broadband connections. Swisscom demands high prices to deploy connections for companies in tender offers, Weko said. Its competitors, which include other telecommunications companies, rely on the network infrastructure of Swisscom for such projects. According to Weko's preliminary investigation, Swisscom charges competitors high prices so that they refrain from submitting a competitive offer.
Weko will examine these suspicions in the investigation. In 2015, the competition commission sanctioned Swisscom for a similar situation. At the time, the case focused on the tender offer to deploy networks at post offices. The case is pending before the Federal Administrative Court.
Recently, Swiss internet service provider Init7 filed a complaint about Swisscom to Weko. According to Init7, Swisscom enables competitors to use its fibre but they can control it only through Swisscom's technology.
