BAA wins control of airports in the Gulf
A consortium led by BAA, the UK airports operator, has defeated six other groups to win the contest to take control of two airports in Oman in its first move into the Gulf region.
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Lebanese government approves new investor to handle mail service
The Lebanese government has approved a deal for a local investor to replace a Canadian firm to run Lebanon’s ailing postal system
Read MoreLetter boxes are emptier as Internet gains popularity (UAE)
Growing use of the Internet and the falling cost of
telephone calls and faxes were behind a drop in international mail
handled by post offices throughout the UAE last year. Although the volume of mail distributed within the UAE shot up by 33
per cent, over three million fewer letters were sent to people
living in the UAE from overseas.
Israel debates opening postal market to competition
Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin has sought out a new challenge: postal
services. This week Rivlin announced that he would hold a public debate on the pros and cons of opening the domestic postal service market to competition, a move called for by a committee headed by David Brodet in August 1999
GULF STATE REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET IN DUBAI TO DISCUSS JOINT EXPRESS MAIL SERVICE
The October meeting of the heads of the postal organizations in the six Gulf states in Dubai is expected to take a final decision on setting up a company to deal with express mail, Director of Posts Ali Mohamed al-Ali said.
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