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DHL to launch new European IT centre in Prague

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

Logistics firm DHL will in two weeks launch operation of a new Prague-based European computer centre, the largest IT operations centre in the company’s global network, CzechInvest agency spokeswoman Jana Viskova told CTK.

DHL’s investment of over Kc5bn in the project which will offer employment to some 1,000 people is unparallelled in the sector in the past two years, Viskova said.

DHL will gradually shift activities from data centres in Great Britain and Switzerland to the new local centre situated in the southern part of Prague, near the D1 motorway.

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Correos de Chile awards contracts worth USD9.6mil

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

Correos de Chile, the Chilean postal services operator, has awarded transport services, IT support and customer service contracts worth USD9.636mil as part of its modernisation plan. Software AG has won a US$5mil contract to develop and implement management and track & trace software over 5 years. DecaTrans has won a USD4.5mil 4-year transport services contract and Atento Chile has won a PesosD85mil (USD136,000) contract to provide call centre services.

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Deutsche Post extends IT-contract with T-Systems

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG has extended its existing IT outsourcing contract with Deutsche Telekom AG’s unit T-Systems, said Post spokesman Martin Dopychai, confirming speculation. He declined to give details.

Industry sources said the five year contract is worth about 1.3 bln eur.

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Japanese Government to keep control of some postal services after privatisation

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

The government intends to keep mail delivery and over-the-counter post office services under its control even after postal privatisation is complete, the final draft of a basic policy on postal reform showed Wednesday.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s Cabinet is expected to endorse the policy Friday after the government’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy adopts the draft.

According to the draft, Japan Post will be split in April 2007 into four concerns that will operate mail delivery, postal savings, “kampo” life insurance, and over-the-counter services under a holding company.

The postal savings company will engage in the lending business, the draft says.

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Spring and Royal Mail’s John Modd joins Triangle

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

John Modd has joined Triangle as Director Mail. John, who was most recently Vice President Strategy and Business Development at Spring and previously Managing Director of Royal Mail International, will bring a wealth of experience in the international mailing industry to his role at Triangle.

Triangle’s global business, covering consultancy, mergers & acquisitions, recruitment, market research and media, has a very focused industry approach in the Mail, Express, Air Freight and Logistics sectors. The appointment reflects not only more effective servicing of the market places that Triangle operates in but more importantly an intellectual and “insiders” understanding for our clients.

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Eichel (German Finance Minister) says KfW Need Not Sell Post & Telekom Shares

Posted by | Sep 8, 2004 | |

The German government can place its remaining stakes in Deutsche Telekom AG and Deutsche Post AG with state-owned bank Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau without forcing KfW to sell shares, Finance Minister Hans Eichel said. “We can place the shares with KfW and sell on to the market at a time when share-price developments seem appropriate,” Eichel, 62, said in an interview at the German parliament in Berlin. “I am not dependent on selling to the market.” Eichel plans to sell or transfer assets worth 15.4 billion euros (USD18.6 billion) next year to help bring down Germany’s debt, which is above European Union limits. By 2006, the government wants to dispose of its 26 percent stake in Telekom, Europe’s largest phone company, and its 20 percent holding in Deutsche Post, Europe’s biggest postal service.

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Neopost Solid Business Levels in Second Quarter of 2004

Posted by | Sep 7, 2004 | |

Neopost, the European leader and number two world-wide supplier of mailing solutions, today announced consolidated sales of EUR 187.5m for the second quarter of its 2004 financial year (three months ending 31 July 2004). On a like-for-like basis and at constant exchange rates, sales expanded by 4.9%. Neopost’s aggregate sales over the first six months of 2004 totalled EUR 371.0m, a rise of 3.7% on a like-for-like basis and excluding currency effects.

Jean-Paul Villot, Neopost’s chairman and chief executive officer, made the following comments: “We are very satisfied with Neopost’s business levels for the second quarter of 2004. The rate of growth picked up in our two main markets – North America and France. In the United Kingdom, growth adjusted for the impact of postal rate changes remained solid. In Germany, the company’s performance improved. In the rest of the world, growth reached very high levels. All these factors give us reason to be confident for the rest of 2004.”

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