Tag: Germany

TNT seeks expansion in Germany; wants to grab market share from Deutsche Post

Dutch postal company TNT NV wants to expand in Germany, grabbing some of Deutsche Post World Net AG’s market share in mail delivery, board member Harry Koorstra told Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The company wants to set up logistics centres in Munich and Berlin and is also not ruling out acquisitions.
TNT is already present in Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Hamburg, and most recently in the Ruhr Basin. ‘If we have the densely populated areas, we’ll have the German market,’ Koorstra said. With this move, the company is preparing for the liberalisation of the German mail delivery business in 2008. In the longer term, Koorstra thinks Deutsche Post’s market share will decline to around 70 pct from today’s 95 pct, and he thinks Germany can only cater to three competitors if it is to be profitable.

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Association believes Deutsche Post can reduce postage for parcels

The German association for postal services and telecommunications (DVPT) estimates that Deutsche Post, the German national postal services provider, could reduce its parcel prices for private customers by at least 5 per cent. The association called for a consumer-friendly product combining the advantages of parcel postage with the lower prices offered for small packages. It currently costs at least 7 euros to send a parcel within Germany. A small package, on the other hand, costs just 4.30 euros, but is uninsured and cannot be tracked.

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Deutsche Post to cut parcel delivery prices for private clients

Deutsche Post AG plans to cut its parcel delivery prices for private clients by an unspecified amount in order to compete more effectively with rivals, chief executive Klaus Zumwinkel told Handelsblatt. ‘We want to offer our private clients more attractive products at lower prices,’ Zumwinkel told the newspaper.
He did not specify by how much the German mail carrier’s prices would fall.

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Satellites for an emergency: trans-o-flex provides double protection for data transfer

trans-o-flex Schnell-Lieferdienst GmbH has renewed its contract with T-Systems, the corporate client division of Deutsche Telekom, and further increased the security of its network. T-Systems will operate the logistics company’s network for another five years on a cable-run basis and also establish a satellite-based network for data traffic between the head office in Weinheim and all other sites in Germany. In case of a breakdown in the cable network, the system will switch automatically to the satellite network. “We need this secure company network to offer high-quality IT services at all times and in all locations,” says Werner Haas, responsible for IT at trans-o-flex.
T-Systems has already installed the satellite units at all the operative trans-o-flex locations. The local System Partners can therefore continue to work as normal even if a cable connection failure occurs. In this case all services from computers, barcode readers and hand-held units are transmitted by satellite to the headquarters in Weinheim, where trans-o-flex operates two independent computing centres, each of which provides the complete range of services. “By double-safeguarding our systems like this, the safety of our customers’ data is guaranteed, even in extreme situations,” says IT expert Werner Haas.

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