Case Study
The Lower Valais Gets A “Data Superhighway”
www.cabling.datwyler.com © 2013 Datwyler Cabling Solutions. All rights reserved. 1 L‘Energie de Sion-Region SA (ESR) employs a workforce of over 200 and is the largest regional energy utility in the Swiss canton of Valais. In addition to supplying and distrib- uting electric power the company, which was founded in 1996 and counts numerous Valaisian municipalities among its shareholders, administers other companies in the water, gas and cable network sectors. Not least, ESR also provides its customers with multimedia services, including over 100 television channels, interactive TV, broadband Internet and telephony. Until recently customers were only able to receive multi- media services via coaxial cable. In 2008, after a careful assessment of the cable television net