European Commissioners are to clear Italian aid of nearly 9 bln eur to Posta Italiana this afternoon, as well as 13 mln eur to the Irish post office, competition spokesman Michael Tscherny said.
The decisions are expected to be taken without debate, he said.
International Post Corporation (IPC) members maintained their high-quality delivery performance for international letters last year, despite disruptions to air transport and security alerts following the events of September 11.
During 2001, an average of 92 per cent of European air mail letters reached their final destination within three days of posting. According to quality of service monitoring results just released by IPC’s UNEX system, more Postal operators are now meeting EU targets on mail streams where few, or no direct transport links are available. During 2001, over three-quarters of the 306 country-to-country streams monitored by UNEX were achieving at least 85 per cent
of deliveries within three days, compared with just one-third in 1994 when monitoring began, and one half in 1997.
Fine Gael, the Irish political party, say that they are going to table a motion in the Dail next week that will attempt to overhaul the Irish postal service. The party wants to see Irish post offices turned into multi-service outlets that would include the introduction of current account facilities, transforming the traditional post office into a one-stop shop for a range of financial services.
Read More15 February 2002 An Post has acquired e.CommerCell, a UK based company which provides top-up services for prepaid mobile telephones. The price is not being disclosed.
Read MoreAn Post is in advanced negotiations to buy a British maker of machines which recharge pre-paid mobile phones with credit, it is understood.
The State-owned postal company, which is seeking to cut its staff by 1,140, is believed to be preparing to pay EUR6.49-EUR8.11 million ((pounds) 5.11-(pounds) 6.38 million) for e.Commercell. Discussions with e.Commercell’s owner, Caudwell Group, are expected to conclude soon.
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