Tag: Czech Republic

Postal services operator Ceska Posta grossed Kc560m last year, 20.5 pct less than in 2001, the fall being mainly due to a growth in operating costs, spokesman Ladislav Vancura told CTK today.

Costs of energy and transport grew last year and until August the company was not allowed to raise its prices. In September, its prices went up by 6 pct on average, which was to bring in an extra Kc250m in revenues. For example, the price of sending a letter or a postcard rose by Kc1 to Kc6.40.

Ceska Posta was to make available to the public on Saturday an electronic alternative to ordinary registered mail using technology it has largely developed itself.

Although its benefits include faster, direct delivery, the new electronic mail program can only work between senders and receivers who are both signed up for the service. The cost of a basic Registered Electronic Mail (REP) package starts at Kc 600 per year and includes a monthly 100-megabyte limit of transferred data, or around 1,800 registered e-mails per month.

The current government will not sell postal services operator Ceska posta into private hands in its term of office, Minister without Portfolio Vladimir Mlynar told reporters today.

As of January, Ceska posta will fall under the newly established Ministry for Information Technology to be led by Mlynar.