Hijackers who used insecure radio communications between trucks and their base to help them trace and rob vehicles in the Republic of Ireland later prompted the operator of the stricken vehicles to upgrade systems to a full fleet communications operation.
Read MoreA court has ruled that Deutsche Post AG, the German postal services operator and former state monopolist, must allow the market for deadline deliveries of letters to be opened to competitors (the company otherwise still has a monopoly on letters weighing up to 200 grams). Deutsche Post had lodged a complaint against the awarding by the postal regulator of a licence for deadline deliveries.
The court based its decision on the fact that the basic services of Deutsche Post do not include the same-day delivery of letters or their delivery on a date specified by the customer. It rejected the former monopolist’s argument that the awarding of the licence represented a circumvention of its exclusive right.
Consignia, the state-owned postal services group, is considering drastic changes to its distribution network that could lead to a big reduction in its use of mail trains.
A review of the company’s transport needs is understood to be seeking substantial savings in the cost of distributing 80m letters a day, of which about 20 per cent go by train.
The review is led by Paul Bateson, managing director of logistics, who was formerly an executive at TNT, the road-based logistics group. It is expected to report by Christmas as part of the company’s attempts to cut its Pounds 8bn costs by about Pounds 1.2bn.
Read MoreBulgaria’s Council of Ministers [on] Thursday [8 November] approved an agreement on cooperation in post offices and telecommunications with Greece, the Government’s Information and PR Directorate (IPRD) said. The agreement was signed in Sofia on 17 July 2001 and envisages exchange of information and specialists under various liberalization, consultancy and training programmes.
Bulgaria and Greece will cooperate in research and design of post-office and telecommunications equipment.
November 2001 – The Finnish Post office reports that it has acquired the Capella Group, A Swedish company which specialises in electronic data management, filing and printing.
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