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Sunrise sues Swisscom for damages following an abuse in the ADSL wholesale market

Extract from the press release:

Swisscom abused its dominant market position from 2001 to 2007, and unlawfully hindered the competition with its pricing policy for ADSL services. The former monopolist practised a margin squeeze which made it impossible for Sunrise as a wholesale customer, to operate its ADSL business profitably.

This was confirmed by the Federal Supreme Court on December 9, 2019 after a ten-year appeal process. Swisscom was sentenced to a fine of CHF 186 million.

On the basis of this ruling, Sunrise is claiming damages of CHF 350 million plus interest from Swisscom.

Sunrise commissioned the renowned consulting company Swiss Economics to calculate the damage to Sunrise. This is due to the loss of market share and prevented gain in the broadband Internet market and adjacent markets (landline and mobile communications). The total amounts to CHF 457 million, a greater number than originally assumed. As a precautionary measure to prevent limitation, Sunrise had interrupted the statute of limitation for a claim of CHF 350 million and is filing a claim for damages of CHF 350 million plus interest with the Bern Commercial Court today.

Press release of Sunrise

Our team includes Christian Jaag, Michael Funk and Matthias Hafner.

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Relocation of our business premises

We have moved!

Right next to the tram station Ottikerstrasse we have found freshly renovated and bright office premises with more space.

Our new address:
Swiss Economics
Ottikerstrasse 7
CH-8006 Zurich

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Welcome to Swiss Economics

We welcome our new team member Dr. Eva Zuberbühler. Eva has a strong background in industrial economics an will strengthen our competences in regulation and competition economics.

Eva Zuberbühler is Economist with a focus on regulation, competition economics, valuation as well as strategy and pricing. Before she received a PhD from the University of Bern she worked for several years in the corporate client's division at a bank.

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Bienvenue en français

Our website is now also available in French.

To better serve our French-speaking customers our website is now available in French.

For the time being, some parts of the website such as News and Projects remain in English and/or German.

Visit our French website here.

Welcome to Swiss Economics

We welcome our new team member Romain de Luze, focusing on Data Analysis and Financial Services.

Romain de Luze is an Economist with a focus on data analytics, financial services and the energy sector. He studied at HEC Lausanne as well as at the University of Bern. He worked for several years as a quantitative risk analyst at a leading reinsurance company in Zurich.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Management and a Master's degree in Actuarial Sciences from HEC Lausanne and will soon complete a second Master's degree in Economics at the University of Bern.

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Christian Jaag receives Who's Who Legal award

Who's Who Legal Switzerland recognized Christian Jaag as Competition Economist of the Year for the third time in a row.

The Who’s Who Legal Awards are awarded each year to leading Swiss firms, specialist lawyers and experts in recognition of their outstanding performance and contribution to their respective industries.

Further information can be found here.

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Ann-Kathrin Crede receives Max-Weber-Prize for her PhD thesis

The German Economic Institute awarded Ann-Kathrin Crede for her outstanding PhD thesis in behavioral economics.

Ann-Kathrin Crede is awarded the Max-Weber-Preis. The German Economic Institute awarded her for her PhD thesis "Experimental evidence on behaviour in organizations and markets". The Institute honours young researchers for their contributions to business ethics and ethics of economics. Congratulations, Ann-Kathrin Crede!

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Lukas Bruhin elected as member of the board of Swiss Economics

We are delighted to announce that Lukas Bruhin has been appointed to the Board of Directors. He will support our team with his expertise in the area of regulation and governance.

Lukas Bruhin ist Fürspecher und verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung in der Regulierung von Netzindustrien sowie in der Steuerung und Führung zentraler und dezentraler Einheiten des Bundes.

Er ist Präsident des Institutsrats von Swissmedic und war zuletzt acht Jahre Generalsekretär des Eidgenössischen Departements des Innern (EDI). Zuvor arbeitete er unter anderem im Eidgenössischen Departement für Umwelt, Verkehr, Energie und Kommunikation (UVEK) als stellvertretender Generalsekretär sowie bei der Schweizerischen Post als Leiter Internationales und Regulierungsfragen und als persönlicher Mitarbeiter des Konzernleiters.

Der Verwaltungsrat von Swiss Economics entscheidet über die strategische und organisatorische Ausrichtung von Swiss Economics.
Contribution to the 1st Annual Conference on Competition and Regulation in Network Industries

Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner presented their paper.

Christian Jaag and Urs Trinkner presented their paper «Regulation in Network Industries: Theory and Practice» at the 1st Annual Conference on Competition and Regulation in Network Industries.
Presentation on the Cost of Universal Service Provision in the Postal Sector

A presentation by Christian Jaag.

At the 1st European Postal Benchmarking Workshop on Regulatory and Legal Affairs in Brussels, Christian Jaag has given a presentation on «Calculating the Net Cost of the USO».