Postal Telegraph and Telephone (Switzerland)

Not to be confused with Postes, télégraphes et téléphones (France).

PTT (German: Post, Telefon und Telegraph, French: Postes, téléphones, télégraphes) was the Swiss Postal Telegraph and Telephone agency, formed in 1970.

In the course of the international trend towards liberalisation of the telecommunications market, it was transformed into two public service companies on January 1, 1998, Swiss Post and Swisscom. While Swiss Post remained a government agency with a partial service monopoly, Swisscom became a competitor on a liberalised telecommunications market and is an Aktiengesellschaft of which the Confederation holds a majority of shares.

Federal administration of Switzerland

Departments	Chancellery Foreign Affairs Home Affairs Justice and Police Defence Finance Economic Affairs, Education and Research Environment, Transport and Communications

State-owned enterprises	Swiss Post Swiss Federal Railways Swisscom RUAG Skyguide Other

See also	Politics of Switzerland Government Parliament Courts Cantons

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