Swiss Federal Office of Communications
E452050
The Swiss Federal Office of Communications is the national authority responsible for regulating and overseeing telecommunications, broadcasting, and electronic media in Switzerland.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bundesamt für Kommunikation | 1 |
| OFCOM Switzerland | 1 |
| Office fédéral de la communication | 1 |
| Swiss Federal Office of Communications canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4548402 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Federal Office of Communications Context triple: [La Première, regulator, Swiss Federal Office of Communications]
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A.
Swiss Federal Audit Office
The Swiss Federal Audit Office is Switzerland’s supreme audit institution responsible for independently reviewing the federal government’s finances, accounts, and management of public funds.
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B.
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is Switzerland’s national public service broadcaster, operating multiple radio, television, and online services in the country’s various official languages.
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C.
Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland)
The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) is the national authority responsible for regulating and overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and operations within Switzerland.
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D.
Swiss Federal Office of Culture
The Swiss Federal Office of Culture is the national government body responsible for shaping and supporting Switzerland’s cultural policy, heritage preservation, and promotion of the arts.
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E.
Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology
The Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology is Switzerland’s national metrology institute responsible for establishing and maintaining the country’s measurement standards and ensuring their international compatibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Swiss Federal Office of Communications Target entity description: The Swiss Federal Office of Communications is the national authority responsible for regulating and overseeing telecommunications, broadcasting, and electronic media in Switzerland.
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A.
Swiss Federal Audit Office
The Swiss Federal Audit Office is Switzerland’s supreme audit institution responsible for independently reviewing the federal government’s finances, accounts, and management of public funds.
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B.
Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is Switzerland’s national public service broadcaster, operating multiple radio, television, and online services in the country’s various official languages.
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C.
Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland)
The Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Switzerland) is the national authority responsible for regulating and overseeing civil aviation safety, security, and operations within Switzerland.
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D.
Swiss Federal Office of Culture
The Swiss Federal Office of Culture is the national government body responsible for shaping and supporting Switzerland’s cultural policy, heritage preservation, and promotion of the arts.
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E.
Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology
The Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology is Switzerland’s national metrology institute responsible for establishing and maintaining the country’s measurement standards and ensuring their international compatibility.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
communications regulator
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ telecommunications regulator ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| employerType | public sector ⓘ |
| goal |
ensure reliable and competitive communications services
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promote efficient use of radio spectrum ⓘ protect consumers in the communications sector ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Switzerland ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Biel/Bienne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| legalFramework |
Swiss broadcasting law
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Swiss radio and television act NERFINISHED ⓘ Swiss telecommunications law ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | federal ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone |
Central European Summer Time
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Central European Time ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Bundesamt für Kommunikation
NERFINISHED
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Office fédéral de la communication NERFINISHED ⓘ Ufficio federale delle comunicazioni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
broadcasting
ⓘ
electronic media ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ |
| responsibility |
broadcasting regulation
ⓘ
electronic media regulation ⓘ frequency allocation ⓘ internet governance issues ⓘ licensing of broadcasters ⓘ licensing of telecommunications service providers ⓘ monitoring compliance with communications law ⓘ postal services regulation ⓘ radio spectrum management ⓘ telecommunications policy ⓘ universal service in telecommunications ⓘ |
| sector | communications ⓘ |
| shortName |
BAKOM
NERFINISHED
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OFCOM NERFINISHED ⓘ OFCOM Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supervises |
broadcasting market in Switzerland
ⓘ
telecommunications market in Switzerland ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bakom.admin.ch ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Swiss Federal Office of Communications Description of subject: The Swiss Federal Office of Communications is the national authority responsible for regulating and overseeing telecommunications, broadcasting, and electronic media in Switzerland.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
OFCOM Switzerland
this entity surface form:
Bundesamt für Kommunikation
this entity surface form:
Office fédéral de la communication