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Brazil to open Post Office internet booths, to pull 150 million out of digital gap

Posted by | Nov 6, 2001 | |

Brazil is pledging to install Internet booths in 4,000 post offices next year, giving free Web access to some 150 million people in a massive effort to bridge the country’s gaping digital divide, President Fernando Henrique Carodoso announced Tuesday.
In his regular weekly radio address to the nation, Cardoso promised to “guarantee one of the great conquests of the modern world to 150 million Brazilians.” Starting next year, 4,000 free access Internet kiosks will be placed in post offices, initially in towns and cities of more than 10,000 inhabitants. Further kiosks would then be installed in other, smaller towns across Latin America’s biggest country, Cardoso said.

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Brazil: Bradesco expansion plans go beyond the Post Office

Posted by | Nov 6, 2001 | |

The Bradesco bank is working to be ready for the installation of its Banco Postal software, which will be installed in the Brazilian Post Office chain by the end of the year. The Banco Postal system will offer customers a range of services greater than is currently offered by the non-banking agencies who offer bill payment services. Customers will be linked to the Bradesco chain and will have access to its ATMs. Unique low-cost services will be offered only in the Banco Popular chain. Bradesco is also looking for opportunities to offer its services in supermarkets, including the giant Pao de Acucar chain. This decentralization of services outside of the bank’s regular network is also expected to improve services for customers in its branches.

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Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission takes over regulatory role for postal services

Posted by | Nov 6, 2001 | |

THE Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has taken over the regulatory role for postal services and digital signature certification from the Government. Energy, Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Amar Leo Moggie said the Government is of the view that the MCMC is ready to assume the role and regulate both activities. “It will not be an easy job,” he told reporters in Kuala Lumpur after a ceremony to hand over the functions from the ministry to the MCMC yesterday. Under the amended Postal Services Act (1991) and Digital Signature Act (1997) that were passed in Parliament on September 27 2001, the MCMC is to be the watchdog for both postal services and digital signature certification.

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Consignia to launch new portal

Posted by | Nov 5, 2001 | |

UK’s national postal service Consignia plans to launch a new portal on which all its web sites will sit.
The plan is to provide Consignia’s 20 million customers with a single point of online access to the range of services from its various entities including Parcelforce Worldwide, Royal Mail and the Post Office.
To Consignia’s new managing director of e-commerce strategy Mark Thomson, creating the new portal was a top priority for the post. “Making it convenient for our customers to access our goods and services using the Internet is my primary objective,” Thomson said.
The transaction-based, database-driven portal is scheduled to go live in autumn.
Thomson, a 17-year veteran of the post, was previously managing director of Royal Mail’s stamps and collectibles business.

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TPG 3Q Financial Results

Posted by | Nov 5, 2001 | |

TPG Chairman and CEO Dr. Peter Bakker presented 3Q financial results today in the Netherlands. Highlights of the results include: “Net income growth of 11.5% ( 23.4% year to date); cash earnings per share increase of 17.4%; growth in earnings from operations of 15.4% ( 18.2% year to date); solid all round Mail performance; margin improvements in Express (excluding Australia) and Logistics; and 2001outlook confirmed (at least 20% net income growth from continued operations).

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TPG 3Q Financial Results [Slides]

Posted by | Nov 5, 2001 | |

TPG Chairman and CEO Dr. Peter Bakker presented 3Q financial results today in the Netherlands. Highlights of the results include: “Net income growth of 11.5% ( 23.4% year to date); cash earnings per share increase of 17.4%; growth in earnings from operations of 15.4% ( 18.2% year to date); solid all round Mail performance; margin improvements in Express (excluding Australia) and Logistics; and 2001outlook confirmed (at least 20% net income growth from continued operations).

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EP Europost to Muscle In on Deutsche Post's Mass Mail Monopoly

Posted by | Nov 5, 2001 | |

Handlesblatt has reported that “Deutsche Post AG is set to face tougher competition on its home market. TNT Post Groep (TPG) of the Netherlands and Hermes General Service (HGS), a subsidiary of German mail-order giant Otto-Versand, have set up a joint venture that is to compete against Deutsche Post on the mass-mail delivery market. TPG and HGS intend to ensure that their new joint venture, EP Europost AG, will not just be a niche player, operating in the shadow of Deutsche Post. Germany is Europe’s largest market for mass mail deliveries such as catalogues and mailshots. The segment accounts for around one quarter of the letter-delivery market”

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