ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, SEP 16, 2001 (A&G News via COMTEX) — The Minister of
communication and information Leonid Reyman announced this. According to the
Minister not all Russians can afford their own computer and equipment
necessary for Internet connection. Public Internet spots will be affordable
and will allow many people to use all the available services.
ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, SEP 16, 2001 (A&G News via COMTEX) — By 2005 it is
planned to unite the state mail operators. The main idea is to create a
national mail operator in the form of a state unitary enterprise (SUE). The
changes will also include centralized management, as well as modern financial
and accounting systems. Later on the company is likely to be privatized.
Russian communications and information ministry (Minsvyazinform) (Moscow, Russia) is going to install computers connected to Internet in 1800 post offices all over the country
Read MoreIN THE majority of Western countries, businesses and consumers take a reliable postal service for granted. Once a letter or package is posted, it’s expected to be delivered within the timescale paid for and for it to arrive intact at its destination. But what about the postal systems in countries having to cope with the joint challenges of economic and political upheaval after the fall of Communism?
Russia, one of the countries that has faced these issues, offers vast business potential for direct marketers, but capitalising on this fact can be easier said than done. Its State-owned postal system, run by the Federal Mail Service Board, is having to deal with the demands of a free market economy dragging itself into the new millennium and compared to, for example, the British or American postal services, it is antiquated to say the least. So in order to take advantage of what Russia can offer with regard to direct marketing (DM), it pays to become au fait with its primitive postal traditions.
Russia has 82 state and 10 federal state postal companies, with 1,900 post
offices and branches; Russia’s 2001 budget provides subsidies of Rb70 mil
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