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Uzbekistan to carry out 30mln dollars postal modernisation

Posted by | Jun 9, 2005 | |

Uzbekistan will carry out a program to modernise its postal services network by 2011 at a cost of about 30 million dollars, introducing and developing new services based on information and communications technologies, a source at the country’s Communications and IT Agency told Interfax.

The program will involve the introduction of new types of services at the automated nodes and divisions of national postal services operator Uzbekiston Pochtasy, which is controlled by the agency.

There are also plans to replace the postal company’s automobile fleet and install video surveillance and electronic control systems at regional post offices.

In the first phase, from 2005 to 2007, the country will build a telecommunications system to connect 14 regional branches and one specialised branch, 189 district and city postal services centers, and 622 urban and rural post offices.

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TNT Express acquires Slovenian domestic express distribution company ‘Door-to-Door’

Posted by | Jun 9, 2005 | |

TNT Express today announced that it has acquired ‘Door-to-Door’, Slovenia’s leading domestic transport company. While TNT has operated in Slovenia through a local agent since 1994, the acquisition of what is the company’s strongest partner in the country now confirms TNT’s position as the leading express delivery company in Eastern Europe.
Jack Hereijgers, General Manager East European Associates, TNT Express commented: “We are extremely pleased about this acquisition as ‘Door-to-Door’ is a respected and professional leader in domestic express distribution with similar values to TNT. It will provide us with a solid foundation from which to develop and grow our domestic and international businesses.”

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US Postal Service (USPS) gaining momentum in the B2C parcel market

Posted by | Jun 9, 2005 | |

The USPS often is overlooked as a competitive threat to UPS, but with 22% of the domestic ground package market, we believe it’s a force to be watched, especially given that the USPS is growing its parcel volumes once again, after a few years of decline. We should remember that the USPS is the low-price leader in many markets and so its improved service is putting pressure on UPS’s pricing in those lanes in which it competes, namely light-weight B2C. We believe the re-energized USPS management is attempting to find new ways to bemore efficient and to this end we believe it will be more aggressive in re-pricing its $1billion annual contract with FDX for providing the air line-haul for the USPS’s Priority Mail and Express Mail shipments. While we see potential margin pressure for FDX, the contract doesn’t expire until 2008 and thus we don’t see any near-term disappointment.

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Swiss Die Post to exercise option for stake in Liechtensteinische Post

Posted by | Jun 8, 2005 | |

Switzerland’s postal operator Die Post wants to exercise its option for a 25 pct stake of its Liechtenstein counterpart Liechtensteinische Post AG, the Liechtenstein Press Office said on June 7, 2005. The Liechtenstein Government has given a green light to the deal and Liechtensteinische Post is to decide on the matter in mid-June. The two postal carriers have agreed not to disclose details on the deal until then. Liechtensteinische Post did not comment on the price of the deal, but Die Post’s Daniel Mollet said it was a “single-digit sum in millions”.

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Top UK firms lose out on mail consolidation services

Posted by | Jun 8, 2005 | |

Companies waste GBP251 million each year in international postage costs because they fail to use consolidation services.

This is according to research by mail communications specialist Corporate Mailing Matters (CMM) into the UK’s top 4,000 companies.

The study showed that for the top 500 companies failing to use mail consolidation – whereby discounts are received for pre-sorting post – equates to almost GBP280,000 per company annually.

Simon Harris, international business development manager at CMM said: “People believe Royal Mail is the be all and end all off postal services, but it’s not. I’m surprised people are still using Royal Mail when there is so much more out there.”

The research also claims that only five per cent of large companies use consolidation services, although it predicts this will rise to 40 per cent over the next three years.

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NewVoiceMedia wraps up deal with Parcelforce Worldwide

Posted by | Jun 8, 2005 | |

Intelligent network services vendor NewVoiceMedia has been selected by Parcelforce Worldwide to provide a network-based inbound call handler service to all of the company’s 53 depots across the United Kingdom.

The deal will improve Parcelforce Worldwide’s management of inbound calls by offering call queuing, overflow between depots, and by automating the handling of simple queries and transactions from customers, ensuring that Parcelforce Worldwide’s staff are more readily available to deal with complex issues.

Parcelforce Worldwide staff who currently answer calls at the depots are not call centre staff, but are involved in the core business of collecting, sorting and distributing parcels. This ensures that customers will speak to someone who is best placed to deal with their enquiry.

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TNT eyes acquisition in Asia, mulls takeover of Royal Mail’s GLS unit

Posted by | Jun 8, 2005 | |

TNT NV may soon acquire a shipping company in Asia to expand its network there and is interested in taking over Royal Mail Group PLC’s unit GLS Holding, German weekly magazine Wirtschafts Woche said in a report to be published tomorrow, citing chief executive Peter Bakker.

‘The US is UPS- and Fedex-land,’ Bakker told the magazine in an interview. ‘And whoever thinks, as Deutsche Post does, he can be profitable there with a 6-8 pct market share is wrong.’

Deutsche Post World Net AG’s package delivery arm DHL last month said it does not want to chase US market share from rival UPS and Federal Express and is reining in its ambitions in North America.

Bakker also said he can imagine taking over Royal Mail’s GLS unit as an independent parcel service, adding the company is ‘looking into every interesting opportunity for an acquisition’.

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CVC Capital Partners buys 22 percent stake in Denmark’s postal service

Posted by | Jun 8, 2005 | |

The Danish government said Wednesday it had sold a 22 percent stake in national postal service Post Danmark A/S to investment company CVC Capital Partners for 1.27 billion kroner (EUR171 million; USD210 million).

Germany’s Deutsche Post and Dutch company TPG NV had previously said they were among the bidders.

Another 2.5 percent of the stakes were made available for an employee share program for Post Danmark’s nearly 22,000 employees. An additional 0.5 per cent will be reserved for an incentive program for senior staff of Post Danmark. The Danish state keeps the remaining stake.

“I’m confident that CVC Capital Partners will add extra momentum to Post Danmark’s development as an international operator,” Transport Minister Flemming Hansen said in a statement.

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