Tag: Italy

Poste Italiane on target to hit profit in 2002

Posted by | Oct 24, 2001 | |

Post Italiane is on course to break even in 2002 vowed its managing director after its operating losses for the first half of 2001 showed they were down some 72 per cent on the same period last year.
The post reported net operating losses of Euro44 million in the first half of 2001, 72 per cent less compared to the same period of 2000.
“With an improvment of Euro 124 million compared to the same period for 2000, the net operating profit of Euro 115 million is a substantial step towards overall economic stability,” said the company report.

Read More

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)

Read More

EUROPE IN DEADLOCK ON POSTAL LIBERALISATION

Posted by | Oct 14, 2001 | |

The long-standing dispute over the future of Europe’s postal markets reaches a climax tomorrow at a council of EU telecommunications ministers in Luxembourg. EU leaders meeting in Lisbon in March 2000 all agreed to liberalise their markets in a bid to make the European economy more dynamic and competitive.
Belgium, which currently holds the EU presidency, is trying to cobble together a deal which would open 20 per cent of the postal markets to competition in 2006, compared to the present 3 per cent.
The long-standing dispute over the future of Europe’s postal markets reaches a climax tomorrow at a council of EU telecommunications ministers in Luxembourg.

EU leaders meeting in Lisbon in March 2000 all agreed to liberalise their markets in a bid to make the European economy more dynamic and competitive.

Belgium, which currently holds the EU presidency, is trying to cobble together a deal which would open 20 per cent of the postal markets to competition in 2006, compared to the present 3 per cent.

Read More

GP wants to expand its European network

Posted by | Sep 28, 2001 | |

The German parcel service provider German Parcel (GP) intends to expand its European network. GP managing director Rico Brack recently told the German daily broadsheet Die Welt that his firm was planning acquisitions this year in Spain, Italy and Scandinavia.

Read More

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

P&P Poll

Loading

What's the future of the postal USO?

Thank you for voting
You have already voted on this poll!
Please select an option!



View ResultsHide Results

Post & Parcel Magazine


Post & Parcel Magazine is our print publication, released 3 times a year. Packed with original content and thought-provoking features, Post & Parcel Magazine is a must-read for those who want the inside track on the industry.

Subscribe to the Magazine

 

Pin It on Pinterest