Deutsche Post considers sales of water and gas
The company had launched a pilot project for the sale of electricity at post offices, and was considering expanding the scheme to the sale of gas and water
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DP contract with GZS
After years of legal disputes regarding the remailing of domestic letters, Deutsche Post has negotiated a million contract with the German payments system company ‘Gesellschaft für Zahlungssysteme’ (GZS).
Read MoreRebirth of PC Postage in Germany
While PC Postage companies in the USA have either collapsed or struggle for business, Deutsche Post World Net launched the pilot programme for its PC Postage system on 25 April 2001.
Deutsche Post World Net has begun its practice test for Internet stamps with 48 pilot customers in Bonn and Offenbach. With ‘STAMPIT’ software, letters can be stamped with the help of a normal PC, special hardware is not necessary. STAMPIT is expected to be available for all customers of Deutsche Post World Net across Germany by August 2001.
German PO Box defiance backed
Competing courier firms cannot insist Deutsche Post accept their overnight delivery packages at its P0 boxes, despite an order from the industry’s regulatory body. The German Cologne Administrative Court has decided during fast-track proceedings that Deutsche Post is not obliged to insert any items posted the previous day and delivered by alternative delivery companies into P0 boxes, which it has the monopoly on.
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