Romania’s government on Monday launched the restructuring and privatization process of the state postal company. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology said in a statement it was inviting bids from international consulting firms to assist in the restructuring of the company and international banks who want to advise in the privatization of the company. The government plans to sell the Romanian Post by 2008.
Read MoreRomania will privatize its postal and national radio communication companies, the government said. The radio communication company would be sold by the end of next year, while the postal company would have to be restructured first and could be sold by 2008, Communication and Information Technology Minister Zsolt Nagy said. The state is interested in finding a strategic investor to take over the postal company, Nagy said.
Read MoreRomania will privatize its postal and national radio communication companies, the government said Friday. The radio communication company would be sold by the end of next year, while the postal company would have to be restructured first and could be sold by 2008, Communication and Information Technology Minister Zsolt Nagy said. The state is interested in finding a strategic investor to take over the postal company, Nagy said.
Read MorePostal offices belonging to Romanian Post National Company (CNPR) will start offering Internet access services this year as well as possibility to pay invoices for taxes or other fees through their offices, said the Minister of Communication and IT, Dan Nica. During a meeting with CNPR representatives Minister Nica said that Romanian Mail is planning to upgrade its equipments and thus it would have the necessary resources to provide such resources.
Read MoreThe Romanian Post National Company is considering providing digital trust services as part of its growth plans.
The trust services could involve establishing a certificate authority.
Romanian Post officials, however, cautioned that plans for launching trust services were still at an early stage. In fact, the post has yet to write a business plan to implement the project.
“These projects involve a lot of money….We hope to find a way to resolve this,” said the chief of its Computer Network Office, Stefan Vlasceanu.
The post hopes to start work on the business plan in June and complete it in 30 days.
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