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Art. 98

784.101.1OTSFederal Council OrdinanceApr 1, 2007Original source
  1. OFCOM shall collect the data required for production of the official telecommunications statistics from the telecommunications service providers. It may also incorporate the data obtained through the implementation of telecommunications legislation or by other authorities implementing federal legislation.
  2. By means of an annual questionnaire, it shall collect data on the networks and services of the providers, in particular with regard to:
    1. the companies themselves (in particular name or company name, address and other contact information, area of activity);
    2. the network characteristics (in particular the type, technical characteristics, number and type of connections, coverage in relation to population and area, number of orders completed with regard to carrier pre-selection);
    3. the various types of service provided on their networks, their characteristics and the use thereof (in particular price, number of customers, turnover per service, duration and number of connections, volume of connections per service, number of resellers, services in favour of third parties provided via non-geographical service numbers, type and extent of the infrastructure leased to third parties).
  3. It shall collect data by means of an annual questionnaire on the financial status of the providers, in particular with regard to:
    1. the companies themselves (in particular name or company name, address and other contact information, area of activity);
    2. the operating revenue per type of service;
    3. the operating costs, in particular the purchase of products, purchase of services (services provided by other operators per type of network and other services), personnel costs and depreciation;
    4. the results, in particular the operating profit, non-operating profit, pre-tax profit and net profit;
    5. capital expenditure, in particular on fixed assets, such as investment in operating equipment for telecommunications services per type of network and investment in intangible assets and financial assets;
    6. number of employees.
  4. Data may be collected by other means, in particular by means of one-time distributed questionnaires.

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