SwissTelex started its activity on 1st March 2006 as Swiss/international telex service provider. It uses the existing infrastructure of Swisscom, with the telex switch and offices being on Swisscom premises in Breganzona (near Lugano – Switzerland) and staff consisting of the former Swisscom telex team. SwissTelex is a public limited company (Aktiengesellschaft, Società anonima) under Swiss law.