André Krause becomes CEO of the combined Sunrise UPC business as of 16 November. In addition, Severina Pascu was appointed Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer (COO).
As of 11 November, UPC and Sunrise are both subsidiaries of the same parent company, Liberty Global. However, the two companies will continue to operate independently, until they are merged in early 2021.
The Swiss Competition Commission (COMCO) gives green light for the acquisition of Sunrise on 30 October.
On 12 August, Liberty Global announces the purchase of Sunrise.
André Krause, former CFO, was appointed as the new CEO and took up his post on January 3, 2020.
Double victory: Sunrise offers the best service and is once again the winner of the connect mobile shop test
In collaboration with its strategic partner Huawei, Sunrise opened the first 5G Joint Innovation Center in Europe, so that the two companies can work together to research and develop 5G applications for both the private and business sectors.
"CTO of the Year": Elmar Grasser honored for the most wide-ranging 5G launch in Europe
Sunrise TV neo – the future of television begins today
"5G for People" has started: First Sunrise customers are using 5G
At LAAX: Sunrise goes live with the world’s first standardized 5G network at a ski resort
Unlimited Mobile Workplace: Sunrise makes the mobile office the center of its B2B strategy
Sunrise puts Switzerland’s first 5G antenna in into operation and champions "5G for People"
The best of summer roaming is here: Unlimited surfing abroad at no extra charge
Sunrise offers the best service and is the test winner of the connect Shop Test 2018
A world-first: Sunrise and Huawei reach the fastest 5G connection in Switzerland
The "connect" mobile network test: Sunrise wins again
BILANZ Telecom Rating 2017 confirms: Sunrise offers the best mobile communications
Sunrise positions itself as “The Unlimited Company” and launches Sunrise One: the first converged bundle offer with no limits to digital access
Sunrise achieves highest score ever in a connect mobile network test and is first to be rated ‘OUTSTANDING’ in a network test and wins in the category „mobile network“ as well as in „mobile internet“
Sunrise successfully recertificated as a Cisco Gold Partner
Peter Kurer elected as new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sunrise Communications Group
Olaf Swantee appointed new CEO of Sunrise
Sunrise Communications Group AG was listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange on February 6, 2015
Sunrise signs a cooperation agreement for the roll-out of several hundred 4G antenna in Switzerland
Sunrise introduces the new Sunrise Internet Box and is setting new standards in the Swiss market
Sunrise enters into a strategic partnership with Microsoft and launches “Microsoft OneDrive for Business”
Sunrise launches Sunrise Smart TV
Sunrise wins Tamedia as business customer
Customer service key performance data published
Sunrise is breaking new ground in mobile communications with Sunrise Freedom
Sunrise Home: the new flexible offer for landline, internet and TV
Roaming rates reduced by 39 percent
Libor Voncina appointed new CEO of Sunrise Communications AG
Sunrise welcomes its 50,000th Sunrise TV customer
4G/LTE: mobile high-speed Internet for all Sunrise customers
Sunrise Communications AG acquires Lebara GmbH and Ortel Mobile
Sunrise improves its customer service
MTV mobile now available for customers up to age 30
Sunrise expands its business in fiber-optic technology services
2013 connect network test shows Sunrise is the rising star of the year
Sunrise welcomes its 100,000th MTV mobile customer
A new generation of television: Sunrise TV stirs up the market
Entire network infrastructure modernized with new technology partner
Sunrise and syndicom establish industrial relations by sealing collective agreement
sunrise24.ch, Switzerland's cheapest postpaid flat-rate offer, launched with first low-price guarantee
Sunrise launches the LTE high-speed network
Sunrise launches exclusive offer of Samsung Galaxy Nexus starting at CHF 1
Sunrise and NextiraOne seal deal to purchase NextiraOne Switzerland
Sunrise Communications AG and Telefónica enter into sweeping partnership agreement
Sunrise counts more than 250,000 unbundled lines
Sunrise launches the new Business Sunrise sub-brand for business customers
Dr. Dominik Koechlin becomes new Chairman of the Board of Directors
CVC CAPITAL PARTNERS purchases Sunrise from TDC for CHF 3.3 billion
Sunrise and 20 Minuten newspaper launch mobile offer
Sunrise and MTV launch offer for young target market
Sunrise and Finecom enter into MVNO partnership
The unbundling of Swiss households continues: Sunrise counts its 200,000th ULL customer
Oliver Steil is the new CEO of Sunrise
Competition Commission forbids merger between Sunrise and Orange
France Telecom and TDC plan to merge Sunrise and Orange Switzerland
Sunrise launches first complete household flat rate in Switzerland
Sunrise achieves turnaround in 2009 fiscal year and passes the CHF 2 billion sales threshold
Sunrise opens its 80th Shop in Zurich-Wiedikon
Sunrise sells former Tele2 mobile network sites to In&Phone
France Telecom and TDC agree to merge Orange Switzerland and Sunrise, creating the leading challenger in the Swiss telecommunications market
Sunrise launches Red Bull MOBILE in Switzerland
Sunrise operates the first purely optical image network for SRG SSR idée suisse
Sunrise opens 18 shops and creates 100 new jobs
Sunrise gains 584,000 new customers and invests CHF 205 million
Sunrise launches mobile subscriptions with flat rates and the first mobile subscriptions in Switzerland without a mobile phone subsidy
Sunrise launches the first prepaid flat rate on the Swiss market
Sunrise acquires Tele2, the third-largest landline network provider in Switzerland
Sunrise launches the first Last Mile unbundled offers
Sunrise increases the number of direct Sunrise points of sale (Sunrise centers) from 40 to 55
Sunrise sells SBC and outsources network construction and maintenance to Alcatel-Lucent
Sunrise launches T@KE AWAY. The affordably priced mobile broadband offer becomes a trendsetter and is copied by competitors
Sunrise gets a new corporate design and simplifies its range of offers. The company uses the name Sunrise Communications AG again
Deregulation of “Last Mile”: For the first time, Telecommunications Services Act allows private telecommunications companies to offer “unbundled” products and services for domestic lines. Sunrise begins installing the necessary technical infrastructure throughout Switzerland
Christoph Brand becomes CEO of TDC Switzerland AG
Sunrise and Tele2 draw up a national roaming agreement
Jesper Theill Eriksen becomes CEO of TDC Switzerland AG
Sunrise and Cablecom agree on a strategic partnership in mobile telecommunications
Sunrise launches mobile broadband services
Sunrise acquires Ascom Business Communication Schweiz, which then becomes Sunrise Business Communication (SBC)
TDC Switzerland launches the yallo brand as its first “no frills” offer for low-cost mobile telecommunications and SMS
Hans Peter Baumgartner becomes CEO of TDC Switzerland AG
Total revenue of TDC Switzerland AG exceeds CHF 2 billion for the first time
Sunrise launches its multimedia messaging service (MMS)
Sunrise introduces broadband offers with ADSL technology to the market
diAx merges with Sunrise. The company is called TDC Switzerland AG; the new joint brand is Sunrise
Kim Frimer becomes CEO of Sunrise Communications AG
dSpeed, diAx’s sister company, purchases a UMTS license at the lowest bid of CHF 50 million
Tele Danmark acquires a majority holding in Newtelco and diAx. The two companies merge into Sunrise Communications AG
Sunrise becomes the first Swiss provider of Internet and voice services at the local rate. diAx launches GSM mobile communications
British Telecom and Tele Danmark become partners and investors at Newtelco and launch the Sunrise brand
Switzerland’s six largest electricity companies, Atel, BKW, CKW, EGL, EOS, and NOK, found diAx
SBB, UBS and Migros found Newtelco AG