Tag: La Poste

Development of competition in the European postal sector

Posted by | Mar 1, 2006 | |

Postal sector regulation and postal sector policy

Forces governing competition (Porter analysis, contestability of markets)

The universal postal operator: facts, figures, strategy

Competitor postal operators and effect of competition on market structure and market performance

Regulatory framework, liberalisation and access regulation

Market size of the postal sector and country information

Facts and figures for the national postal operator (US provider)

Competitor postal operators and market structure of the postal sector

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Lockheed Martin to upgrade mail processing capability for French postal system

Posted by | Feb 9, 2006 | |

Lockheed Martin today announced the French Post Office, La Poste, has agreed to invest USD175 million in its future mail processing information system. Lockheed Martin is partnering with Bull on the Systeme d’Interpretation des Adresses (SIA) initiative, which will provide automation solutions that will improve the efficiency and accuracy of France’s postal system. “We are extremely pleased to work with Bull to develop innovative solutions for La Poste,” said Brian Tanton, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin’s Distribution Technologies business.

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French Banque Postale targets 25 pct client rise in 5 yrs

Posted by | Jan 12, 2006 | |

Newly created Banque Postale, a unit of French post office La Poste, said it aims to increase its client base by 25 pct by 2010, to 10 mln clients, and that it will launch a line of life insurance products. The bank was created Jan 1 from La Poste’s financial services activities after it was authorised to engage in additional banking services amid opposition by French commercial banks.

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EU clears France’s La Poste to transfer financial ops to Banque Postale unit

Posted by | Dec 21, 2005 | |

The European Commission said it has given its go-ahead to the transfer of the banking and financial business of France’s state-owned post office La Poste to Banque Postale, a fully owned subsidiary. ‘The conversion of the financial business of La Poste into a subsidiary is in itself a major step towards greater transparency in the banking sector in France,’ said competition commissioner Neelie Kroes in a statement.

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La Poste to enter China by partnering with Kerry EAS

Posted by | Dec 20, 2005 | |

France’s La Poste is to cut into the Chinese market by forming a partnership with China’s logistics company Kerry EAS. The two parties has clinched an initial agreement, and they will respectively make CNY 100 million investment in creating a joint venture. Besides, they have been in touch since the beginning of the year, and their new company is expected to be launch into operation in 2006.

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