Tag: Europe

FEDMA has stepped up its demands for the European Commission to set a date for the liberalisation of EU postal services.

Posted by | Oct 23, 2001 | |

According to the British publication, Marketing, “the
Federation of European Direct Marketing (FEDMA) has stepped up its demands
for the European Commission to set a date for the liberalisation of EU
postal services. The industry body has signed up to The Platform For Postal
Reform, which lobbies for full liberalisation and includes representatives
of postal operators, business users, customers and national interest
organisations.”

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Italy to Install Multimedia Screens in Post Office

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

Optibase Ltd, a provider of broadband media
streaming solutions, “announced today that its VideoPlex XPress video-in-a
window MPEG-2 decoding board will be incorporated into multimedia
information systems in more than 1,000 post offices across Italy.
Spearheading technological innovations in customer attentiveness, the
Italian Postal Service is installing high-quality multimedia information
screens in post offices in Italy’s major cities, including Rome, Milan,
Turin, Venice, Florence and more. These state-of-the-art screens display
frequently updated promotional information in real-time, public service
information, the type of service being offered and the user’s current number
in the waiting queue.” (Source: PR Newswire/Optibase) (postalinsight.com)

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Swiss investors unite to rescue airline

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

The Swiss government, several Swiss billionaires and 15 of the country’s biggest companies on Monday threw their weight behind a plan to try to rebuild a Swiss national airline out of the remnants of Swissair. The success of the SFr4bn (E2.7bn) rescue plan, known as Phoenix Plus, hung in the balance until the last moment, with the government unwilling to back the biggest corporate bailout in the country’s history without a matching contribution from the private sector.

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BT shows interest in running Post Office vans

Posted by | Oct 22, 2001 | |

British Telecommunications has expressed an interest in running a fleet of 40,000 vehicles owned by the Post Office in a marked reversal of its recent disposal strategy.
Consignia, the renamed group which runs the Royal Mail, has asked for tenders from companies interested in managing the Post Office fleet, which is one of the largest in the country.

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