Sunrise and Salt want to further improve mobile network coverage in rural and less densely populated areas.
The goal is to provide you with broader network coverage, better reception and more reliable connections. This could be achieved by allowing you in future to use not only the antennas belonging to Sunrise but also a large number of Salt mobile network sites for your mobile voice and Internet connections.
For this purpose, Sunrise and Salt have signed a memorandum of understanding for a collaboration. This provides for Sunrise and Salt to evaluate the technical, operational, economic, legal and regulatory requirements of this planned collaboration. The conclusion of definitive agreements and any potential implementation will depend on the outcome of this evaluation and the required regulatory approvals.
The planned collaboration is an extension of the existing collaboration between Sunrise and Salt. Sunrise already uses some parts of Salt’s mobile network at selected locations today.
What this means for you
For the time being, nothing will change for you. The expanded collaboration with Salt has not yet been decided upon. Sunrise and Salt are currently evaluating the possible forms that this expanded collaboration may take.
There are currently no changes for you as a customer and you do not need to take any action.
The planned collaboration relates exclusively to mobile network infrastructure. No technical adjustments or changes to your mobile contract will be required. Sunrise and Salt remain independent and separate competitors. Offers, prices, products and services will remain unchanged. Your subscription, your prices and your products will also remain unchanged.
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You will find the answers to the most frequently asked questions below.
Questions and answers
Sunrise and Salt have signed a memorandum of understanding and are evaluating an expansion of their existing collaboration for delivering mobile network services in rural and less densely populated areas. The details of this are currently being assessed.
No. The planned collaboration relates exclusively to the mobile network infrastructure. Sunrise and Salt remain independent and separate competitors. At this time, there is no need for you to take any action.
No. The planned collaboration relates exclusively to mobile network infrastructure. Prices, products and services will remain unchanged.
If definitive agreements are reached and regulatory authorities grant their approval, you will be able in future to benefit from broader network coverage, better reception and more reliable connections in rural and less densely populated areas of Switzerland. This will be possible because more mobile network sites will be available for you to use.
How we can provide you with these benefits is currently being assessed during an evaluation phase. We expect this phase to take months rather than years.
You will remain a Sunrise customer, and Sunrise will continue to be displayed as your network operator on your device. In other words, regardless of who owns the antenna providing your mobile service, you will remain on the Sunrise network because any Salt antenna used as part of this cooperation would also be connected to our (core) network.
Yes. Sunrise and Salt already cooperate today at selected mobile network sites. The expansion of this collaboration that is now being proposed would extend the existing cooperation to many more mobile network sites in rural and less densely populated areas.
No information can be provided about this at present. The extended cooperation is currently being evaluated and the form that it will take in future has not yet been defined in detail.
No. Sunrise operates its network to the highest quality standard, as has been confirmed on numerous occasions by independent tests such as the connect mobile network test. Over the past ten years, Sunrise has invested billions in its mobile network and will continue to invest in its own infrastructure to maintain this high level of quality. However, cooperation with Salt would allow us to achieve further quality improvements more quickly and efficiently.