Current innovation projects

Current innovation projects

Swisscom invests in progressive solutions in a number of areas in order to continuously tap into new growth opportunities and offer its customers the best services and products:

  • Identity Access Management: In a world full of virtual products and services, a digital identity can be a useful tool. It makes life simpler by replacing a large number of passwords with a single, simple user ID. ­Swisscom is currently drawing up the foundations for such a digital identity and for concrete applications.
  • Voice over LTE (VoLTE)/WLAN interworking: The 4G/LTE network is currently a dedicated data network, with customers being transferred to the 3G network for calls. With VoLTE, ­Swisscom is aiming to enable the use of voice telephony via 4G, with a technical adjustment to the mobile infrastructure also allowing voice telephony via WLAN. Customers will be able to enjoy faster connection times and improved voice quality.
  • Clean Pipe: Under the working title “Clean Pipe” ­Swisscom is trialling new ways of making digital life simpler for customers and protecting them against dangers and bad experiences, such as phishing. In the year under review, ­Swisscom launched the first product, Safe Connect: an app based on VPN technology that blocks access to websites considered to be dangerous, and to malware. 
  • Cloud: ­Swisscom is developing a 360-degree Cloud with a unified architecture that offers companies and private individuals a wide range of services. Thanks to state-of-the-art technologies, open source, the latest security concepts and data storage in Switzerland, ­Swisscom is leading the way in cloud computing.