Czech companies Cesky Telecom and Pragonet will probably supply part of telecommunications services to the new computer centre of courier company DHL in Prague.
sources say the two companies had won a tender declared by DHL, but no agreements have been signed.
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With the liberalization of the postal services market and companies struggling to cut costs by using the Internet more than traditional post, the monopoly era of the domestic mail delivery company Ceska Posta will be over within a few years, Aad Weening, the secretary general of the European Mail Order and Distance Selling Trade Association (EMOTA), told PBJ last week. Already facing serious competition on delivery of parcels and express mail, Ceska Posta now has a monopoly for delivery of light mail, not heavier than 350 grams. But following a decision of the Cabinet in September, the monopoly on light mail will be restricted to letters weighing up to 100 grams as of May 2004. The decision is aimed at liberalizing the Czech postal market in line with European Union requirements.
Read MoreThe courier company DHL plans to invest €500m (US$588 million)in a new regional information technology operations center in Prague, the company announced.
Plans call for the Prague center to be fully running in 2005 and to employ up to 1,000 people by 2006, making it a significant foreign investments into the Czech capital.
The center will serve as the key IT facility for DHL in Europe. The company has similar operations centers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Scottsdale, Arizona.
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