Tag: Europe

Consultation paper on postal services standards

Posted by | Jan 19, 2005 | |

The Malta Communications Authority, as the independent regulator of the postal sector in Malta, yesterday published a consultation paper on the quality of service standards to be met by Maltapost plc. Joseph Tabone, MCA chairman, said: “Efficient and cost effective postal services are an essential element of the infrastructure needed by businesses and individuals alike. The quality of service targets set for Maltapost must reflect what customers want and what Maltapost can achieve by focusing its efforts on meeting the ever rising customer requirements”. The consultation process will specifically target the standards to be met by Maltapost as the designated universal service provider.

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Deutsche Post CEO says FY 2004 sales top 40 bln eur, sees ‘further clear gain’

Posted by | Jan 19, 2005 | |

Deutsche Post World Net AG’s full-year 2004 sales rose to ‘far more than 40 bln eur’ and are expected to post a ‘further clear gain’ this year, chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel told Die Zeit newspaper. Zumwinkel also said the company may outsource the delivery division of its express mail DHL’s German operations to safeguard against volatile order situations. According to the newspaper, such a move would affect 10,000 jobs.

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TNT, Murdoch to compete with UK Royal Mail

Posted by | Jan 19, 2005 | |

Rupert Murdoch has linked up with another giant of Australian business, TNT, in its bid to compete with Britain’s state-owned postal service Royal Mail. Transport and delivery company TNT has entered Britain’s letter market with its TNT Premier service which guarantees delivery in 48 hours and handles one million items a week. As its service expands and the market opens up, however, TNT and other private mail providers have complained about Royal Mail’s “dirty tricks” and uncompetitive behaviour. Murdoch’s pay TV network BSkyB is the latest of five major customers to defect from Royal Mail to TNT, including food distributor Booker and mail order firm Express Gifts, the British newspaper The Guardian reported.

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Polish Post a joint stock company

Posted by | Jan 19, 2005 | |

MPs from the Sejm’s infrastructure and treasury committees gave a green light to transforming the Poczta Polska (PP) Polish postal service into a company, owned solely by the State Treasury. The draft resolution stipulates that the Sejm agrees to this move but reserves the right to keep its option to sell PP’s shares in the future. “This is not a privatisation. We are giving PP a chance to change its legal status so that it will be able to compete with other companies on the market,” said Malgorzata Ostrowska of the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). The Deputy Minister of Treasury, Wojciech Halka, also thinks that turning PP into a joint stock company will allow it to conduct necessary restructuring that will better prepare PP for competing on the liberalised postal services market.

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UK Royal Mail’s market share being eroded

Posted by | Jan 19, 2005 | |

Royal Mail’s monopoly of the postal market is starting to be eroded, as rival mail companies poach the group’s biggest business customers. TNT Mail, owned by the Dutch post office, said yesterday it had won contracts to handle mail for several high-profile corporate clients, including Sky. The company said that it was handling nearly 1m items of post every week. Business Post, owned by UK Mail, has been operating in the UK since early last year and boasts clients such as Powergen, while DHL Global Mail, part of Deutsche Post, will launch its own UK business at the end of this month. Andy Barrett, head of marketing at DHL Global Mail UK, said the group had signed contracts with two large business customers. Although private sector competition to Royal Mail is growing rapidly, the state-owned group is expected to retain its market dominance for many years.

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