Letter prices in Europe
Comparison of letter prices for 27 countries
P:LibraryPostalLetter prices in Europe Dpost report 2005.pdf
Year: 2005
Deutsche Post to provide postal services only to private clients from 2008
Deutsche Post AG will only provide basic postal services to private clients when markets open up and it loses its monopoly by end-2007, CEO Klaus Zumwinkel said in an interview with Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. ‘We consider providing services to all parts of the country makes sense only for private customers. The big companies do not need that,’ he said. He indicated that the cost of servicing the needs of all private customers throughout the country would require higher prices. ‘But there is still the question of who will bear these costs of providing basic services for private customers…One possibility would be for example financing it through price regulation, which could also exist,’ he said.
Read MoreUK Royal Mail products to be ditched in strategy rethink
Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier says the postal operator will scrap most of its business and consumer products as part of a major operational overhaul over the next 18 months. Only first and second class services will escape the axe. Crozier has announced that the postal provider will cease distribution of any products currently available by January 2007. Speaking at last week’s Postcomm forum, Making the Postal Market Work for Customers, Crozier stated: “We are currently in the process of reinventing all our products, particularly on the business side. “Most of them were developed around 15 years ago, and were based around what we do, rather than what our customers wanted.” Crozier also said he has seen first drafts of potential new products, which will be offered to customers for consultation before Royal Mail approaches Postcomm for approval later this year.
Read MoreGovernment extends hold on Correo Argentino
President Kirchner administration has decided to extend for another year its hold in the mail service Correo Argentino, before to re-privatize it. The government ended the concession contract with Macri group and took over the management of Correo in November 2003, and is improving the company performance while seeking several alternatives that could be floating shares in the stock market, issue a tender to win an international partner, or associate with an international mail service, in this case the favorite would be the German mail service.
Read MoreDeutsche Post wants subsidies to maintain service to rural areas from 2007
Deutsche Post AG should receive subsidies from the Regulatory Agency for Telecommunications and Post (RegTP), to help it maintain a mail delivery service in rural areas after 2007, the Financial Times Deutschland cited Deutsche Post chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel as saying. Deutsche Post is legally required to operate at least 12,000 post offices in Germany, and provide all residents with mail delivery services, but after 2007 it will not be required to maintain the network. ‘I can’t imagine that Deutsche Post would abandon complete coverage,’ Zumwinkel told the newspaper.
Read MoreDeutsche Post given approval to take over KarstadtQuelle logistics division
The antitrust authorities in Germany have given approval for German postal services provider Deutsche Post to take over the logistics division of troubled German retail and mail order group KarstadtQuelle. The authorities determined that Deutsche Post would not have a market dominating position in the market for transportation of large and individually packaged goods and did not place any conditions on the acquisition. The takeover is to take place on July 1.
Read MoreDHL Global Mail unveils global industry handbook
International mail service provider DHL Global Mail – part of Deutsche Post – has compiled an international direct marketing handbook. Entitled New Markets, New Opportunities, the guide gives a detailed view of the direct marketing and economic climate of 17 European countries and the US, including new EU members like Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The book provides local knowledge on preferred channels of response, relevance of design characteristics and facts on purchasing behaviour.
Read MorePostcomm consults on a long term licence for Royale
Postcomm today (16 June 2005) began a 30 day consultation on the proposed issue of a long term licence to Royale Research Ltd, to provide bulk mail services.
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