The government on Tuesday submitted a bill to parliament to liberalise postal services
Under the communications ministry bill, deregulation will come into force after 2009 in line with EU rules.
Read MoreUnlicenced operators cannot transport mail and documents within the UAE, Emirates Post clarified yesterday. The Emirates Post is the only official organisation in the UAE authorised to handle movement of letters, parcels, documents and other postal items, besides registered local and international companies.
Federal Law No. 8 (2001), which established the Emirates Post Corporation, states in Clause No. 4 that Emirates Post is the sole authorised organisation to handle postal services mentioned in the law, and it can give this right to other registered companies based on official contracts within the framework of the law.Abdulla Al Daboos, Director General of Emirates Post, said: “Clause No. 8 authorises Emirates Post issues licences to private parties to transport documents and mail, on payment of prescribed fees and after the approval of the Emirates Post board of directors.”
Read MoreThe German state is planning to sell further stakes in former nationalised enterprises, notably postal service operator Deutsche Post and hopes to raise a further EUR 5.5bn.
Read MoreFrom 17 July, fees for postal orders will increase for the first time since 1996, Post Office Ltd announced today. The increases range from 5p to 25p depending on the face value of the order. “The increase brings fees in line with the rise in inflation over the last seven years i.e. they cost the same in real terms as they did in 1996. It is simple commercial common-sense to cover increased costs,” said Simon Carter, Post Office Ltd. “Postal orders remain an inexpensive and convenient way to send money, especially for customers who don’t want to use a bank account.”
Read MoreUnion leaders were taking their campaign to save mail trains to the heart of Government today by calling on the Prime Minister to intervene.
Officials from several unions, including Aslef, the Rail Maritime and Transport Union and the Communication Workers Union were delivering a letter to 10 Downing Street calling on Tony Blair to reverse the Royal Mail’s decision to stop transporting letters by rail.
Read MoreBaltimore and Partner ICZ team to Provide Certificate Services for Czech Post Baltimore Technologies (London: BLM), a global leader in e-security, in association with TrustedWorld(tm) partner ICZ, today announced that Ceska Posta, the Czech Post, has deployed Baltimore UniCERT(tm) to secure the new trust services which will be delivered by PostSignum, the Czech Post’s recently established Commercial Certificate Authority (CA). Using Baltimore UniCERT, PostSignum will issue digital certificates to authenticate the online identity of users, to ensure the integrity of data transmitted over the Internet and the non-repudiation of electronic messages and transactions for businesses and citizens.
Registered Electronic Post is the first trust service to be launched. It is a new secure and traceable message delivery service enabling registered senders and recipients to digitally sign and encrypt messages exchanged. This will ensure that all messages can be traced from the time they are sent to the point of delivery.
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Read MoreA feasibility study into a high speed rail freight link between Paris CDG and Liege airports will be completed within the next two months.
Liege airport’s general manager, Luc Partoune, said one TGV Cargo train carrying mail, express and small parcels could cover the distance in 2 1/2 hours and offer capacity equivalent to a B747 freighter.
No date has been set for the launch of the TGV Cargo, a crucial issue being what timetabling provision SNCF and SNCB could offer the service.
This was one of the main sticking points in an aborted attempt by DHL to set up a high-speed rail link between Paris and Brussels over a decade ago
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