Express carrier and package delivery company, United Parcel Service (UPS), has launched full-fledged operations in Bangalore. The company will now operate own branded vehicles and use dedicated sales force and deploy UPS management systems and technology to provide quality service.
Read MoreAlthough the parties involved in the China Postal dispute have agreed to set June 15 as the date for settlement, it appears that there is still no solution in sight. The Council of Asia Pacific Express Companies (CAPEC), whose members include UPS, DHL, FedEx and TNT, together with their joint venture partners and agents say they remain concerned about the proposal to give China Post administrative authority over international express companies and international freight forwarding through an entrustment approval procedure.
Read MoreMotorcycle couriers are considering offering express mail services in limited areas to take advantage of a bill before the Diet that would allow private companies to offer postal services under certain circumstances. The best chance they have of qualifying, however, is to guarantee that they can deliver mail entrusted to them within three hours-a condition that some in the industry say would be difficult to meet
Read MoreJapan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Thursday reaffirmed its opposition to a set of postal deregulation bills for full privatization of postal services, Kyodo News reported Thursday.
The move by the LDP Policy Research Council’s Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications Division came two days after a House of Representatives committee on postal services kicked off debate over the bills.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has long championed full liberalization of the postal services, saying the bills would be a milestone.
The issue of whether to privatize the postal services is highly political, as there are many lawmakers both in the ruling and opposition parties with vested interests in the postal services — mail, postal savings and life insurance.
The bills are designed to allow private firms to offer mail services under certain conditions and to establish a new public corporation in 2003 to take over the three state-run postal services.
Vietnam’s National Assembly Standing Committee has approved the eight-chapter Ordinance on Posts & Telecommunications, the highest legal document governing the industry, according to the Department General of Posts & Telecommunications.
For posts, a sole state-run postal company will be founded to supply public postal services, and enterprises from all economic sectors are permitted to provide delivery services.
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