ComCom orders: Swisscom must operate zero-settlement peering with Init7

This will cause implications in the industry at home and abroad. The proceedings revealed that Swisscom together with Deutsche Telekom had formed a cartel in order to force payments from content providers. Internet providers have a technical monopoly on access to their end customers and Swisscom acted as a kind of gatekeeper; only those who paid “enough” could send traffic (e.g. video streaming) to their end customers [...].