With an annual investment of around 1. 7 billion, Swisscom will enable almost the entire population of Switzerland to access the fibre optic network by 2035. This will also allow the copper network to be switched off and electricity consumption to be significantly reduced. To improve the coverage. SFN is a network consortium consisting of numerous utility providers which have constructed local fibre networks, offers service providers who do not have their own access network (e. ch, GGA Maur, Salt, Sunrise and VTX) the possibility of sourcing uniform FTTH products. Espoo, Finland – Swisscom and Nokia today announced the successful completion of Swisscom's nationwide Next Evolution Wavelength Transport Optical Network (NEWTON) and the official start of service migration to the modernized network. Fast, uninterrupted Internet, digital television in top quality, and a reliable home office setup – optical fibre makes all this possible. On behalf of Swisscom, cablex brings this pioneering technology directly to your. With the optical fibre expansion, your Internet connection will be switched from copper to optical fibre.