Federal Office for Communication
| Federal Office of Communications OFCOM | |
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| Headquarters | Biel / Bienne BE |
| Chief | Philipp Metzger |
| At sight | Federal Department for the Environment, Transport and Communication DETEC |
| Website | www.bakom.admin.ch |
The Federal Office of Communications OFCOM ( French Office fédéral de la communication OFCOM , Italian Ufficio federale delle comunicazioni UFCOM , English Federal Office of Communications ) is a federal authority of the Swiss Confederation . The seat is in Biel / Bienne BE. The Federal Office deals with the telecommunications market , broadcasting and the postal system in Switzerland. In this context, the office regulates, among other things, the radio system , the telecommunications systems, the radio and television broadcasters and oversees the basic supply of the postal service for payment transactions.
The Federal Office was founded in 1992 as part of the Federal Department for the Environment, Transport and Communication DETEC .
Jurisdiction
The authority essentially performs the following tasks:
In the telecommunications sector, OFCOM issues, among other things, national telephone prefixes and value-added service numbers , supervises telecommunications service providers and creates the basis for basic services for the Swiss population. The Federal Office is also concerned with enabling advanced communication technologies in the area of mobile telephony, among other things .
In broadcasting, the authority acts for example as a supervisory authority for radio - and television broadcasters , granted concessions and oversees the collection of reception fees .
The newly revised postal legislation came into force on October 1, 2012. As a result, OFCOM was assigned new tasks in the postal sector. This includes, among other things, the supervision of the basic supply of the Post in payment transactions and the assessment of requests for indirect press funding .
The authority represents Switzerland's interests in international bodies - for example in the international telecommunications union and the Council of Europe .
The information society office supports the "Information Society Steering Committee", which was commissioned by the Federal Council to ensure the coordinated, targeted implementation of its strategy and its further development.
The authority performs any sovereign and regulatory tasks and supports the preparation and implementation of the decisions of the following authorities:
- Federal Council
- Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication DETEC
- Federal Communications Commission ComCom .
- Regulatory authority in the postal market PostCom
The Swiss Telecommunications Act , the Federal Act on Radio and Television and the postal legislation form the basis for its activities .
Comparable authorities
- in Germany: the state media authorities and the Federal Network Agency (former regulatory authority for telecommunications and post or RegTP )
- in Austria: Austrian Communications Authority (KommAustria), Telekom-Control-Commission (TKK) and Post-Control-Commission (PCK)
- in the US : the Federal Communications Commission
- in Great Britain: the Office of Communications (Ofcom)
Web links
Coordinates: 47 ° 7 '57.7 " N , 7 ° 14' 52.5" E ; CH1903: five hundred eighty-five thousand five hundred and thirty-two / 220208