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Talks to seal changes in UK postal market

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Royal Mail’s prospects will become clearer over the next few months as the postal market opens up to meaningful competition for the first time.

Talks between Royal Mail and its rival UK Mail will set a precedent on how much private sector operators will have to pay to use the postal network. The figure for this “access charging” will be crucial in determining how attractive the market is to new entrants.

Companies such as Deutsche Post and TPG, of the Netherlands, are keen to start delivering business mail in Britain. But Royal Mail will try to hold on to some of this lucrative trade to offset losses from its universal postal service.

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USA Global Business Services unit sets quarterly growth record

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Global Business Services Inc.’s subsidiary, Postal Connections of America (PCA), a rapidly growing franchise network of postal and business services stores, reports record unit growth with 17 opened or sold franchises in the second quarter, ending December 31. The subsidiary also expanded its Area Franchise network with the sale of the five-county Chicago Area.

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DHL to provide parcel service for Osterreichische Post

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Osterreichische Post, the Austrian postal service operator, is reported by a press source to be planning to end its contract with the Austrian parcel forwarder Direct Parcel Distribution (DPD), and to award the contract for parcel forwarding in Austria to DHL, a subsidiary of the German postal service operator Deutsche Post. The Deutsche Post subsidiary already carries out forwarding abroad for the Austrian state postal operator. Deutsche Post is believed to be interested in participating in the privatisation of Osterreichische Post, which is expected to take place in the medium-term future.

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German Deutsche Poste reduces stake in GFT

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Deutsche Post AG, the German postal service, has reduced its stake in GFT Technologies AG, the German internet service provider, from 12 per cent to under 5 per cent. The sale of the shares is said to form part of Deutsche Post’s strategy of limiting investments to activities which form part of its core business.

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Poste Italiane rating downgraded

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded from Aa2 to A1 the long-term senior unsecured issuer rating as well as the senior unsecured rating on the Euro 2 billion MTN of Poste Italiane S.p.A. (Poste Italiane). The rating downgrade reflects the fact that Poste Italiane’s future debt holders will no longer enjoy an implicit guarantee from the State of Italy. Due to the importance of the services provided by Poste Italiane, Moody’s expects continued financial compensation from the government, as Poste Italiane has been designated as the universal postal service provider until at least 2014.

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Nigerian NiPost to computerise Post Offices

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

The Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) has concludeyd plans to computerise major post offices across the country, the organisation’s public relations manager, Hussaina Charity Ato has said. Speaking with newsmen on the occasion of the Pan African postal union, Ato said through the computerisation, the post offices would be able to render such services as cash transfer, payment of pensions to retirees residing in rural areas and e-mail service. She said in continuation of management efforts to improve on the general condition of post offices throughout the federation, contracts would be awarded for the rehabilitation of major post offices including general post offices.

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Nigerian NiPost installs bomb detectors at mail processing centre

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

Worried by the activities of terrorists across the world, the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), has installed bomb detectors/screening machines at the International Mail Processing Centre, Ikeja, Lagos, to screen all letters coming into the country.

NiPosts spokesperson Hussiana Charity Ato stated this in Abuja when she spoke on the topic: The latest development, is to ensure that mails entering the country are adequately screened to forestall any ugly incident.

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The Norwegian Postal Market – 2002

Posted by | Jan 20, 2004 | |

1. Introduction
2. The number of mailings
2.1 Unrecorded mailings
2.2 Recorded mailings
3. Turnover
3.1 Unrecorded mailings
3.2 Recorded mailings
4. Market shares
4.1 Unrecorded mailings
4.1.1 The players’ market shares of turnover
4.2 Recorded mailings
4.2.1 The players’ market shares of turnover
5. Degree of Competition
5.1 Degree of competition on the number of mailings
5.2 Degree of competition on turnover
6. Turnover per unit

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