Tag: Mail Services

Belgian postal regulator launches consultation

The Belgian postal and telecoms regulator, has launched on March 15 a consultation on “the current and future state of the postal sector in Belgium”. Results will help the Belgian government shape its postal regulatory policy. Part of the results will be posted on the IBPT’s website, ibpt.be. Two questionnaires have been sent out : one to the main postal stakeholders in Belgium (members of the “Postal Services Advisory Board” and private postal operators), the other to national regulatory authorities in Europe.The questionnaire to stakeholders aims to gather information on the current size and structure of the Belgian postal marketplace, understand their views and expectations as regards the future European and domestic regulatory framework and the role of the postal regulator.

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UAE delegation unfolds Emirates Post’s growth plans at European postal conference

Addressing the conference, Mr. Abdullah Al Daboos, Director General of Emirates Post, highlighted how in just three years after becoming a corporation Emirates Post had emerged as a leading and dynamic postal player in the region, driven by innovation and diversification. ‘Emirates Post believes there is a need for greater dynamism in postal business. As private companies increasingly enter areas that were once the sole domain of posts, we need to reinvent ourselves to meet the changing customer expectations and business needs,’ Mr. Daboos said. Mr. Daboos referred to Emirates Post’s plan of diversifying into logistics, financial services and retail operations through the postal network. He said Emirates Post was in negotiations to acquire a financial services company and a logistics & cargo company, as part of its diversification plan.

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Deutsche Post abandons Austrian Post takeover

German postal company Deutsche Post has abandoned its plans to take over Austrian sector company Oesterreichische Post AG (Post) as the political framework over Post partial privatisation is still unclear, Deutsche Post said on March 14, 2005.

In July 2004 German media reported that Deutsche post had given an ultimatum to the Austrian government, which was later denied by the German company.

Recently Austria has proposed Post privatisation via the stock exchange.

Post largest shareholder state-owned holding company OeIAG sees the future of the postal company either listed on a stock exchange or managed jointly with a strategic partner like Deutsche Post.

The OeIAG supervisory board is not expected to discuss the Post privatisation at its meeting on April 7, 2005.

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Siemens wins EUR195mln automation technology order from Schweizerische Post

Siemens AG said its Logistics and Assembly (L&A) unit won an order worth roughly 195 mln eur from Schweizerische Post to supply automation systems for three new mail sorting centres and six subcentres in Switzerland.

Siemens will supply letter sorting systems, automatic address reading systems and a range of other advanced mail delivery technology to the Swiss national postal company.

Siemens said it will have the equipment in place by 2008.

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14percent of Japan’s Post Offices in the red in fy03

Japan Post announced on Friday that of post offices nationwide, 14 per cent were in the red in fiscal 2003.

Shimane Prefecture had the highest share of post offices with losses, with 54.1 per cent in the red. Kochi and Hokkaido prefectures also had high shares of poorly performing post offices.

Areas with the smallest shares of post offices in the red were in prefectures surrounding Tokyo, including Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa. Only 0.3 per cent in Saitama and 1.3 per cent in Chiba were in the red.

The results show that post offices tend to perform better in areas of high population density.

This is the first time that Japan Post has announced results for individual offices.

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