Japan Post has said it will begin a new small-parcel delivery service for a uniform fee of 500 yen in all parts of Japan on Oct. 14.
The new service, which is currently available on a trial basis in Tokyo and Osaka, is part of Japan Post’s strategy to reinforce its mail business.
Read MoreThe Ministry of Informatics’ rejection of a complaint by Ceska Posta against the press distribution company MediaServis is expected to erode the state-owned mail deliverer’s monopoly. Ceska Posta filed a complaint with the ministry in June after MediaServis ran a direct mail campaign for a large bank in Prague. The company delivered thousands of letters to individual addresses of potential customers containing information about the new bank service. Ceska Posta said the campaign infringed its protected monopoly area which it is granted in return for it providing a nationwide public mail delivery service.
Read MoreMinister of Industry of the Republic of France, H.E. Ms. Nicole Fontaine and Minister of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt, H.E. Dr. Ahmed Nazif, have signed an MOU on post, telecommunications, and information technology.
Read More“Bulgarian Posts” and the French post “La Poste” have signed a cooperation memorandum in the postal services field. Stana Hristova, Executive Director of “Bulgarian Posts” and Edward Deian, director of “European integration and international cooperation” in France’s “La Poste” signed the cooperation memorandum. Officials of the two companies explained that this memorandum would contribute to the good relationships between the two institutions. The agreement aims to boost postal financial services cooperation including transfer of international post orders, Bulgaria’s Transport Ministry officials explained.
Read MoreKorea Post, a state postal service agency, today said it would build a logistics terminal by 2007 in Incheon International Airport, located west of Seoul.
The project, worth 49.7 billion won (US$43.1 million), is intended to help the country become a Northeast Asian hub by supplying personal computer and digital appliance parts to the region, the mail service operator said in a press statement.
“The logistics center will act as a facilitator for South Korea to emerge as a technology hub for the region,” Korea Post said.
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