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Surcharge raises Canadian parcel post rates

Posted by | Apr 17, 2003 | |

Canada Post has quietly pumped up the price of its parcel service by tacking on a 2.25-per-cent fuel surcharge. Canada Post spokesman John Caines said the new fee is meant to cover losses incurred due to recent hikes in the cost of gasoline. “We have been suffering for many months with high fuel prices,” Caines said. “The fuel prices are extremely high and we have to pay these prices to move our products.” The new fuel surcharge will adds 22 cents to a $10 package.

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UK Royal Mail likely to avoid big fine over complaint

Posted by | Apr 17, 2003 | |

The prospect of Royal Mail paying a hefty fine for anti-competitive behaviour receded yesterday after the Office of Fair Trading decided not to investigate a “super complaint” brought against the operator by Postwatch, the consumer watchdog, last month. The OFT referred the complaint to Postcomm, the regulator, meaning the issues raised “no longer have the status of a super-complaint”, Royal Mail said. Under the Enterprise Act, yet to come into full force, Postcomm is not empowered to deal with the complaint in such a way.

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P+T Luxembourg opens POINT.TELECOM in post offices

Posted by | Apr 16, 2003 | |

P+T Luxembourg, the provider of telecommunications and postal services in Luxembourg, has opened 28 POINT.TELECOM facilities in post offices around the country to help the company to reach its customers better. The POINT.TELECOM comes in addition to existing teleboutiques that are located in Luxembourg-Gare, Luxembourg-Cloche d’Or, Esch-s-Alzette et Ettelbrueck and provide customers with the possibility to sign up for all fixed, mobile and internet services that P+T Luxembourg provides.

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TNT India launches `Medpack' service

Posted by | Apr 16, 2003 | |

TNT India, the mail, express, and logistics service provider headquartered in Bangalore, has introduced specialised services for the life sciences segment. The service, which is called “medpak.” is a faster, more convenient and reliable solution for moving biomedical samples under various temperature conditions. The new service offers shipment of infected and non-infected medical sample under preferred temperature conditions.

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Norway postal service offers to filter ads

Posted by | Apr 16, 2003 | |

Norway’s postal service claims it will soon become the first in the world to filter advertising that dumps into mailboxes everyday. Postal officials will be able to tailor ad deliveries to individual patrons, or block ads altogether.

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Poste Italiane Launches Bond Issue

Posted by | Apr 16, 2003 | |

Poste Italiane, the Italian post office, has launched a bond issue ‘Centro Aprile 2003′ which can be subscribed to until April 29. The bonds will mature in three years’ time, with a yield is linked to the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50 index. The minimum value of bonds to be bought is 1,000 euros.

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UK mail consolidation complaint referred to Postcomm

Posted by | Apr 16, 2003 | |

The super-complaint from postal watchdog Postwatch has been referred by the OFT to the industry regulatory body Postcomm. The complaint, made on 18 March, related to Royal Mail’s Mailsort service. This provides a discount for businesses that carry out their own initial mail sorting for large volumes of mail. The complaint alleged that Royal Mail was abusing its dominant position in the market for delivering letters to favour its own mail consolidation business over its Mailsort service.

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Ex-UK post chief advises Deloitte

Posted by | Apr 16, 2003 | |

Former Royal Mail chief John Roberts has been taken on by Deloitte Consulting as an adviser on the postal industry. Roberts, who will help the post industry team to develop business across Europe, says the postal sector faces “major challenges ahead. With the advent of e-mail and e-commerce, postal companies not only compete with new technologies but must embrace them if they are to succeed”, he says. Roberts, who joined the Post Office, as it was then called, in 1967, became chief executive in 1995 and retired last December.

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