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After extensive consultation and following detailed discussions with Royal Mail, Postcomm said today that it is minded to accept recently announced revised proposals from Royal Mail to price letters and packets according to their size, as well as their weight, as from April 2006. However, Postcomm is consulting interested parties before making a final decision, both on the proposals and on the notice period before their introduction. “With full competition in postal services starting next January, it is essential for all parties that Royal Mail’s prices align with its costs,” said Nigel Stapleton, chairman of Postcomm. “Some of its current prices are a carry-over from its days as a national monopoly when cost reflective pricing was less important. To allow this to continue would unbalance a fully competitive market. “I am pleased that Royal Mail has taken on board so many of the points raised following our earlier consultation. After extensive discussions, in which we have tested its revised price proposals, we are now satisfied that they are cost reflective. Any changes must also be revenue neutral.”