Czech Post secures postal licence
Czech Post secures postal licence.
Following a surprise rejection in November, the Czech national regulator eventually awarded a postal licence for 2018-2022 to Czech Post on 12 December.
“I am happy we persisted in the struggle and finally won the licence. We will thus maintain a network of 3,200 post offices and deliver according to given parameters in the coming years,” Martin Elkán, the post´s CEO said.
The legislative procedure to select the USO provider for the period 2018 – 2022 began in July last year and Czech Post was the only applicant. However, Czech Telecommunication Office, the national regulation authority, turned down the application, citing as a formal reason the post´s not adhering to the cost-orientation pricing principle. Česká pošta´s prices were too low, according to the regulator.
