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Posten Logistik acquires logistics company in Finland

Posted by | Sep 4, 2007 | |

The newly-acquired Finnish logistics company works in third-party logistics, and its customers deal in fast-moving consumer goods and spare parts. The new acquisition will make Posten Logistik one of the leading players within transport services and warehousing in Finland.

“Through the acquisition of Suomen Logistiikkatalo, we can offer a powerful alternative within third-party logistics and warehousing in the Finnish market,” says Henrik Höjsgaard, CEO of Posten Logistik. “It also means that we will strengthen our Nordic presence even further.”

More and more parcels and pallets are being sent internationally, and more and more companies require flexible, cross-border, cost-effective turnkey solutions. Through a strong presence in Finland, Posten Logistik is able to offer an expanded service and provide Nordic businesses with an excellent alternative in the Finnish market.

The acquisition of Suomen Logistiikkatalo in Finland strengthens Posten Logistik’s position within the Nordic region, and creates new opportunities for flows between the Nordic and Baltic regions and Russia. Posten’s Finnish operations are currently run through the subsidiaries DPD, HIT Finland and Sal-Trans.

Through its subsidiaries and the franchise network DPD, Posten Logistik already offers parcel, pallet and express services throughout the Nordic region. In 2007, Sweden’s Posten also set up a delivery network in Norway under the MyPack brand. The new delivery network gives Posten Logistik a new, powerful way of delivering parcels to Norwegian consumers.

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Viapost service to challenge postal operators

Posted by | Sep 3, 2007 | |

Royal Mail and other postal operators will face a new competitive challenge next month, with the launch of a service that promises to cut the cost of business mail and reduce the carbon emissions of sending letters through the post.

Viapost will allow customers to e-mail letters to distribution centres around the country, where they will be printed out, folded and sorted before being handed over to local Royal Mail distribution centres for final delivery to the recipients.

Although Royal Mail will deliver for Viapost over “the final mile”, the new service is likely to take business from its collection and sorting business where t has already lost a large share of the market to competitors such as TNT Post and UK Mail.

The state-owned operator is currently locked in negotiations with the postal union over its modernisation plans, with a deadline of Tuesday for reaching agreement to avoid further strikes.

However, the new service will also pose a threat to Royal Mail’s competitors, since it could prove attractive to the large business mailers that have already switched to private-sector providers but want to reduce their carbon footprint.

The Viapost regional centres will be much closer to the 70 Royal Mail access points that take in post for final delivery and using them will reduce carbon emissions associated with mailings by up to 60 per cent.

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Etisalat Egypt named best new carrier in Middle East and North Africa by international judges

Posted by | Sep 3, 2007 | |

Etisalat was selected by a panel of experts from KPMG, the Arab Advisors Group and Oliver Wyman, Dubai.

‘We congratulate our colleagues in Egypt on their successful launch. This award recognizes their efforts in bringing a new and high quality experience which has exceeded expectations,’ said Mohammad Hassan Omran, chairman of Etisalat. ‘Each of the operators in the Etisalat family pursue the same mission, to extend the reach of our customers. They do this through delivering the latest technology to meets the needs of our customers, whether they are businesses or individuals.’

Etisalat received this award as recognition of its tremendous role in leading the development of the Egyptian market and of achieving 1 million customers in the first 50 days of its operations. Etisalat has set a target of reaching 10m subscribers in Egypt by 2010, a market share of 30%. The company launches with the country’s first 3.5G network bringing rich multimedia content and enabling mobile business across Egypt. Etisalat Misr also brings mobile television, high-speed Internet access and video calling to the Egyptian market for the first time.

Saleh Al Abdooli, Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Egypt expressed his gratitude for being selected the best new entrant that started operations this year. He said:

‘Being presented with this award reinforces our promise that Etisalat will change Egypt’s market following the start of our operations there. Etisalat is committed to presenting new and advanced technologies and services.’

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Belgian La Poste earnings down 76 pct, revenues rise 4 pct

Posted by | Sep 3, 2007 | |

Belgium’s La Poste/De Post, the 50 pct state-owned postal operator, reported half-year revenues up 4 pct but earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) down from EUR 98 million to EUR 23 million (76 pct) due to full-year measures for early retirement and part-time workers.

Without these “accounting provisions”, and before non-recurrent items, EBIT would have been up 6 pct to EUR 97 million from EUR 91 million, the group said. Profit after tax fell from EUR 41 million to EUR 24 million.

Revenues for the first six months rose to EUR 1.137 billion from EUR 1.093 billion during the same period in 2006 due to good performances by international and domestic mail, parcels and retail and financial services, the group said.

La Poste said it now expected for the full year similar results as in 2006, when profits surged last year to EUR 174 million, confirming the turnaround of the company following restructuring. It made a EUR 23.2 million loss in 2005.

“The results of the first half of the year are encouraging, but we cannot rest on our laurels,” said La Poste CEO Johnny Thijs. “We need to be ready for when full liberalization of the (EU) market takes place, which will at the latest be in 2011.

“As well as improving continually the quality and efficiency of our services, we need also to work on our growth. There are numerous possibilities open to us, above all in foreign markets.

“The integration of Peter Somers (director of Belgian Post International) at the heart of the management board reflects our ambition to make La Poste a strong actor at the international level,” Thijs added.

Increasing direct mail and administrative mail volumes compensated in part for the constant loss of volume in first-class addressed mail, although the volume of domestic mail “only fell slightly” during the period, La Poste said.

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Africa: Internet Edges Out Postal Services

Posted by | Sep 3, 2007 | |

Growth in the use of the Internet and mobile messaging in Uganda have led to a gradual decline in volume of letters posted and received domestically and abroad.

The volume of traffic is measured by the number of letters, parcels and registered items over a specific period of time.

According to a report released by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), for the financial year 2006/2007 the average decline was by twelve percent as a result of competition from the new services such as internet and mobile messaging.

Statistics from the commission indicate that in the year 2002 nine million letters were posted but these excluded official letters while five million were received from abroad.

In 2003 there was a sharp decline in the letters posted to seven million but there was an increase from the five million received to about 5.5 million.

However in 2004 there was an increase in the letters posted to 8.5 million while letters from abroad reduced to 4.5 million.

“In the year 2005 letters posted dropped to about 6.5 million and those received from abroad were about 3 million,” said the commission executive director, Patrick Masambu in a report released by Uganda’s postal and telecommunications sector.

In 2006 the letters posted declined further to 4. 8 million and those received went down to 2.8 million and by June 2007 posted letters dropped to 5 million while letters received dropped 2.6 million.

He said that however parcels and registered mail continued to register increased growth and for the financial year 2006/2007 the volume grew by 33 percent.

The report says that internet subscribers grew by thirty percent during the same financial year from 11 000 to 15 500.

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Posten Logistik acquires logistics company in Finland

Posted by | Sep 3, 2007 | |

Wholly-owned Posten subsidiary Posten Logistik acquires Suomen Logistiikkatalo in Finland. This strengthens Posten’s position within the Nordic region even further, and creates new opportunities for flows between the Nordic and Baltic regions and Russia.

The newly-acquired Finnish logistics company works in third-party logistics, and its customers deal in fast-moving consumer goods and spare parts. The new acquisition will make Posten Logistik one of the leading players within transport services and warehousing in Finland.

“Through the acquisition of Suomen Logistiikkatalo, we can offer a powerful alternative within third-party logistics and warehousing in the Finnish market,” says Henrik Höjsgaard, CEO of Posten Logistik. “It also means that we will strengthen our Nordic presence even further.”

More and more parcels and pallets are being sent internationally, and more and more companies require flexible, cross-border, cost-effective turnkey solutions. Through a strong presence in Finland, Posten Logistik is able to offer an expanded service and provide Nordic businesses with an excellent alternative in the Finnish market.

The acquisition of Suomen Logistiikkatalo in Finland strengthens Posten Logistik’s position within the Nordic region, and creates new opportunities for flows between the Nordic and Baltic regions and Russia. Posten’s Finnish operations are currently run through the subsidiaries DPD, HIT Finland and Sal-Trans.

Through its subsidiaries and the franchise network DPD, Posten Logistik already offers parcel, pallet and express services throughout the Nordic region. In 2007, Sweden’s Posten also set up a delivery network in Norway under the MyPack brand. The new delivery network gives Posten Logistik a new, powerful way of delivering parcels to Norwegian consumers.

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