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 Swisscom facts

• Its headquarters are located at Worblaufen near Bern
• The Swiss Confederation owns 51
• 0 percent of Swisscom AG
• As of the end of 2015, Swisscom had around 21,000 employees and generated revenues of CHF 11,678 billions
• The Swiss telegraph network was first set up in 1852, followed by telephones in 1877
• The two networks were combined with the postal service in 1920 to form the PTT (Postal Telegraph and Telephone)
• It struggled to develop a homegrown digital network, with the first digital exchange launched in 1986, but pioneered the NATEL A mobile service in 1978 and the GSM-based NATEL D offering a digital service in 1993
• The Swiss telecommunications market was deregulated in 1997
• Telecom PTT was spun off and rebranded Swisscom ahead of a partial privatisation in 1998 which has left the Swiss government with a 51% stake
• 25% of Swisscom Mobile was sold to Vodafone in 2001