Country sheet: Denmark – Main developments in the postal sector (2006-2008)
Country sheet: Denmark – Main developments in the postal sector (2006-2008)
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Country sheet: France – Main developments in the postal sector (2006-2008)
Country sheet: France – Main developments in the postal sector (2006-2008)
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Country sheet: United Kingdom – Main developments in the postal sector (2006-
2008)
Belgium open to postal ties to Scandinavian group
Belgium is open to the idea of its postal service becoming part of the new joint Danish-Swedish mail group, a minister told Belgian business daily De Tijd in a story published on Saturday.
Sweden and Denmark agreed in April to merge the two countries’ post offices, creating a company with annual revenues of about USD 7.5 billion that will eventually be listed.
Sweden will own 58.23 percent of the capital. The letter of intent was also signed by private equity firm CVC Capital Partners which owns a minority stake in Post Danmark, the Danish post office.
The move has led to speculation about what might happen to Belgium’s postal service, in which the Belgian state has 50 percent and one share. Post Danmark and CVC have the remaining stake of just under 50 percent.
Vervotte was open to the idea of Belgium’s La Poste/De Post, and its 37,000 workers, becoming part of the new Scandinavian group.
Belgium has similarly said it wishes to retain control over former telecom monopoly Belgacom , but might be ready to lower its stake if Belgacom found a merger partner.
Read MoreThe Belgian Post Office chooses the Esker FlyDoc technology for its on demand Click & Post Mail Service
The Belgian post office, La Poste – De Post, leader in postal services and in the document processing chain in Belgium, has chosen to OEM the technology and infrastructure of Fly Doc by Esker, the world leader in business document automation, in order to develop its “Click & Post” mail sending service. The partnership is based on the “Software as a Service” model (SaaS), which is part of the Esker international expansion strategy for the mail on demand market: a market estimated at over 800 million mail items per year in France alone.
In order to facilitate and simplify the life of Belgian users, the Belgian post office will launch its new “Click & Post” service this year to enable Belgian companies to send their mail, on demand, directly from their computer or their company applications (i.e. marketing mailings, invoices, registered mail, invitations). Instead of wasting time handling paper and envelopes, the users will be able to send mail as easily as an e-mail without leaving their desk.
Esker is proposing a pay-as-you-go service to the Belgian post office as a full application that includes a virtual printer and a web interface in the “Click & Post” design for Belgian companies, an Internet hosting infrastructure, including fifty servers to receive and process the requests from the customers of the Belgian post office 24/7, and On demand post production facilities set up at eXbo, a subsidiary of the Belgian post office.
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