Proposal to extend the existing contract for maintenance and upgrade of the telephone branch exchange network

This document concerns the proposal to extend the existing contract for maintenance and upgrade of the telephone branch exchange network. For the reasons explained in this document, the Finance Committee is invited to approve an increase of 1 700 000 Swiss francs in the authorised amount of an existing maintenance contract, including the upgrade of equipment, with the company NEXTIRAONE (CH), over a period of three years for the telephone branch exchange network, bringing the total authorised amount from 5 320 450 Swiss francs to 7 020 450 Swiss francs.