The new initiative hinges on the Postal Service’s One Code vision, in which a single bar code will be used to identify the 200 billion items delivered each year. Postal Service officials will scan mail as it comes into a post office and then use various computer systems to track it as it moves from origin to destination.
Read MoreThe Swiss Post Office has announced that it will privatise its ExpressPost division on January 1, 2004. The yellow giant found an agreement with the trade unions to negotiate a collective agreement. The transfer of the personnel in the new structure is scheduled for January 1, 2005. The Post office will have to negotiate with the trade union a new collective agreement (CTT) for this company.
Read MoreAn Post is in talks with Royal Mail in an effort to improve a deal which has cost the Irish postal system more than EUR46m in three years.
The Communications Regulator has expressed concerns over the scale of the losses for delivering mail in Ireland on behalf of international postal operators.
It said in a statement it had expressed concerns to An Post that “this matter has not been resolved, given both its importance and the significant adverse financial impact it has on the finances of An Post”.
Read MoreKrung Thai Bank PLC plans to submit proposals to the Information and Communications Technology Ministry next month regarding the purchase of a major stake in Thailand Post, the Bangkok Post reported.
The bank’s president Viroj Nualkhair said the bank believes that the investment would prove beneficial to both sides.
The bank and its subsidiary, Krungthai Card, would both look to hold shares together with a strategic partner, possibly an overseas postal service company.
Read MoreThe Norwegian postal service’s board of directors have decided to reduce its staff by 880 people as of 2004. These cuts come in addition to the 6000 man-labor years that already have been cut from the organization during the last four years.
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