Tag: Eesti Post

The Estonian Ministry of Economy and Communications has drafted a bill that would change the requirements for the provider of universal postal service and allow competition for Eesti Post (Estonian Post). “The most important of the requirements for the provider of universal postal service is the obligation to provide postal service to everybody on equal terms in the entire territory of Estonia. The other important obligation is to apply a uniform service fee in domestic postal service throughout Estonia,” the ministry said. Unlike the currently valid law, the bill would create the possibility for providers to render separately, with a respective license, all the different services that are part of the universal postal service. “Hopefully this will result in competition emerging for Eesti Post, which in turn will increase the quality of service and lower the price,” said Alice Vood, adviser to the communications department at the ministry.

Eesti Post (Estonian Post) intends to invest in 2003-2005 almost 250 million kroons (EUR 15.97) in the development of postal and logistical services according to a new development plan.

CEO Alo Streimann said 53 percent of the investments will be channeled into developing logistical services, 19 percent into modernizing the production infrastructure and 10 percent into purchasing and replacing mail handling equipment.