Postal Services in Europe 2006
Postal Services in Europe 2006
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Charlie McCREEVY: European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services The EU Internal Market for Postal Services – creating it together High Level Conference on Postal Market Reform
Charlie McCREEVY: European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services
The EU Internal Market for Postal Services – creating it together
High Level Conference on Postal Market Reform
Bartolini opens new depots in Italy
Leading Italian express delivery company Bartolini is continuing to extend its network with the opening of several new depots.
On June 16, the company will open its new Roma Fiano 2 branch. The new facility covers approximately 6,000 sqm and is located 3 km from the Fiano Romano motorway exit and 38 km from the town centre. “The opening of the new branch, which is equipped with an automatic parcel sorting system, will allow us to serve the whole area to the north-west of Rome,” Bartolini said.
On the same day, the express company will open a 9,000 sqm branch at Termoli, south of Pescara on the Adriatic coast, located 3 km from the Vasto motorway exit and 20 km from the town centre. The depot, equipped with an automatic parcel sorting system, will allow the company to serve the southern area of Chieti province and part of Campobasso province.
In May, Bartolini opened a 9,000 sqm depot at Teramo, north of Pescara. The new facility, which is equipped with an automatic parcel sorting system, will allow the company to serve the bulk of the Teramo province.
In April, the company transferred its Turin South branch to a new and more modern facility covering approximately 5,000 sqm. Located right next to the “Interporto Sito” exit from the by-pass, it is 7 km from the city centre. “The opening of the new branch, which is equipped with an automatic parcel sorting system, will allow us to serve the whole southern area of Turin city and province,” the company said.
Bartolini, with 14,000 employees and over 6,500 vehicles, has some 160 branches across Italy and handles about 90 million parcels a year.
Read MoreItaly's PosteMobile selects Gemalto solution integrating post office services into the mobile phone
Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, today announces it has provided PosteMobile, the first Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in Italy, with a software solution that allows BancoPosta customers to securely carry out payment transactions with their mobile phone. Both PosteMobile and BancoPosta are part of the Poste Italiane Group. They take advantage of their unique position in the convergent mobile and banking worlds. Gemalto’s MVNO portal management solution makes everyday life easier for PosteMobile suscribers, as users simply send a command from their mobile phone to pay their bills, send a telegram or a fax, top up their account and wire money from their BancoPosta account and from PostePay, BancoPosta prepaid credit card.
PosteMobile was launched in November 2007 and immediately started to deploy mobile-banking services to their customers. The project has proven very successful, with over 200,000 BancoPosta customers using these services in just six months, among the over 250,000 PosteMobile customers. PosteMobile is now pursuing its innovation strategy by rolling out m-payment and M-Commerce services.
Read MorePostal Industry Launches Global Carbon Measurement System
The International Post Corporation (IPC) has launched an environmental measurement and monitoring system providing a common carbon measurement and reporting framework for the global postal industry.
The launch and formal adoption by IPC member postal operators including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK, took place at IPC’s Annual Conference 2008 in La Chapelle en Serval, France on 30 May. The event was attended by CEOs from Europe, the Asia-Pacific and North America.
The system provides the postal industry with a transparent, scientific, sector specific carbon management and measurement system based on the requirements of international best practice standards, such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, DJSI, FTSE4Good, ISO 14001, and current best practice from the corporate environment. The system evaluates performance through the application of a scoring system that grades performance in ten carbon management proficiency areas and in key numeric carbon efficiency indicators.
The environmental measurement and monitoring system was also built on best practice as exemplified by customers of IPC members and is highly responsive to customer requirements and interests in measuring their own carbon footprint in their value chains.
The system will be piloted in 2008, with results from the first round of measurement expected to be announced in November 2009.
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