Telecom competition law

Telecommunications markets often combine high fixed costs, network effects, scarce spectrum, and essential facilities. Swiss telecom competition law therefore blends general competition principles with sector-specific regulation on access, interconnection, number portability, spectrum allocation, and consumer switching. Authorities may address abuse of dominance, collusion, merger risks, predatory pricing, margin squeeze, or discriminatory wholesale terms. The aim is not to punish scale itself, but to keep markets contestable and innovation-friendly. Comparative systems differ in how they divide tasks between competition authorities and telecom regulators.