Telecommunications Act
(TCA)

¹ If the es­tab­lish­ment of a tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tion is in the pub­lic in­terest, DE­TEC¹³² may grant the right of com­puls­ory pur­chase. The pro­ced­ure shall be con­duc­ted in ac­cord­ance with the Fed­er­al Act of 20 June 1930¹³³ on Com­puls­ory Pur­chase.

² OF­COM may on ap­plic­a­tion, for reas­ons of pub­lic in­terest, in par­tic­u­lar to take ac­count of tech­nic­al prob­lems or the plan­ning needs or pro­tec­tion of the coun­tryside, na­tion­al her­it­age, the en­vir­on­ment, nature or an­im­als, re­quire pro­viders of tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions ser­vices to ac­cord to a third party, in re­turn for ap­pro­pri­ate com­pens­a­tion, the right to make joint use of its tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tions and oth­er in­stall­a­tions, such as cable ducts and trans­mit­ter loc­a­tions, if they have suf­fi­cient ca­pa­city.¹³⁴

³ Un­der the same con­di­tions, OF­COM may re­quire pro­viders of tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions ser­vices to co-in­stall and joint use of tele­com­mu­nic­a­tions in­stall­a­tions and oth­er in­stall­a­tions, such as cable ducts and trans­mit­ter loc­a­tions.¹³⁵