Belgian Post Selects U.S. Cisco Systems VoIP Solution
Belgian postal services company De Post/La Poste has chosen a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) solution of U.S. IT solutions provider Cisco Systems for its new sorting centres in Antwerp, Charleroi, Ghent and Liege.
Under the agreement, the sorting centres as well as other six large administrative units of De Post/La Poste will be able to use telephony services via Cisco’s solution by the end of 2007. The sorting centres, employing nearly 4,000, will be connected to a computer system that will be leased from B-Telecom, part of the ICT division of Belgian railways operator SNCB/NMBS.
De Post/La Poste raised its revenue by 6.0 pct year-on-year in 2006, from 2.1 bln euro (USD2.79 bln) in 2005, CEO Johnny Thijs said on February 1, 2007.
The company’s operating profit increased by 10 pct year-on-year to over 90 mln euro (USD119.6 mln) in 2006. The net profit was expected to exceed 40 mln euro (USD53.1 mln) but no exact figures had been provided, the Belgian News Digest reported.]
