TeliaSonera and IBM sign agreement to provide communications solution for Swedish Post Office
TeliaSonera has signed an agreement with IBM to upgrade the Swedish Post Office’s (Posten) existing systems for telephony and data communications. The agreement is for a six-year period and is valued is calculated at approximately SEK 1.2 billion.
Read MorePosten, Sweden’s national postal operator, and Nordea, the largest financial services group in the Nordic region, today announced a strategic alliance to provide electronic bill payment and presentment (EBPP) services. The agreement broadens the EBPP market for both consumer and business customers.
Read MoreThe German, Dutch and French postal operators now control 45% of the European parcels market. The market was estimated to be worth 36bn Euros in 2002. According to Claude Béglé (Director General of European operator Geopost) “the smaller postal operators which are not currently part of one the three main networks will have to sell themselves to one of the three in the next five years. No postal administrations will be able to survive by concentrating on mail only due to the costs of maintaining a large retail network and sorting centres“. (translation from original)
Read MoreGeoPost GmbH, the majority shareholder of DPD strengthens its management structure by the appointment of Mr Chris Ohlund as CEO Germany and of Mr. Claes Österberg as Managing Director for Nordics & Eastern Europe. GeoPost GmbH, led by its Managing Director, Dr. Claude Béglé, has as its purpose to direct the business activities and development of GeoPost’s interests in the region, as a wholly owned subsidiary of GeoPost SA (Paris) and ultimately of the French La Poste Group.
Read More“Mail volume has steadily declined since the mid-1990s. Today, the mail terminals are beset by overcapacity. Against the backdrop of Posten’s current financial situation, coupled with expectations of a continuing drop in mail volume, action must be taken to control costs,” says Bertil Nilsson, head of Posten Production. The Norrköping terminal will be phased out over a one-year period beginning October 2003. Posten will begin phasing out the Växjö terminal next year; the process will by completed by 2005 at the latest. Other measures will be implemented no later than 2005 to achieve peak annual savings of about SEK225 million.
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