Tag: Thailand

Thailand Post may outsource bills

Posted by | Aug 15, 2003 | |

Businesses may soon be able to get their monthly bills delivered to customers more quickly by outsourcing their billing back-office operations to Thailand Post Co.The postal unit of the former Communications Authority of Thailand (CAT) is considering several new service offerings, including e-messaging, which would connect companies such as telecoms and credit-card issuers with its computer network.

Service providers would forward their billing information online and Thailand Post would zap the data to the post office nearest to the billed party. The local post office would print out the bills and deliver them to the address.

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Thai Cabinet OKs Telecom Agency Split, Corporatization

Posted by | Jul 8, 2003 | |

Thailand’s cabinet Tuesday approved the division of the state Communications Authority of Thailand, or CAT, into two registered companies, probably by next month. One division will operate the country’s postal service. The other, to be known as CAT Telecom, will operate CAT’s international fixed-line telephone service and hold its share of a joint-venture cellular-phone service with a subsidiary of Hong Kong’s Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. CAT Telecom is expected to make an initial public offering of shares in 2004, CAT Chief Executive Dhiraphongs Suddhinond told reporters after the cabinet meeting. The postal service company isn’t expected to be listed initially, he said.

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TNT splits off direct-mail outfit

Posted by | Jun 30, 2003 | |

TNT Post Group (TNT) recently split off its direct mail logistics business to a new company managed by its affiliate. G3 Worldwide Mail Logistics (Thailand) Co Ltd (G3) was formally established on April 1 with 52 employees to provide direct mail and direct marketing logistics services, such as international mail distribution, response management service, mail-room management and call-centre service, under the Spring brand name.

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Thai Postal may tie up with DHL, FEDEX

Posted by | Apr 3, 2003 | |

State-owned Communication Authority of Thailand (CAT), said yesterday that it will turn its loss-making postal unit to churn out profits within the next five years. Thai Postal, the postal service unit of CAT, has been incurring losses over the past few years and has been the stumbling block for privatisation of the CAT.

CAT vice-president Prajin Kecharananta said that the organisation would seek help from global freight giants such as Federal Express (FEDEX) and DHL, to find out ways to make its 1,300 branches productive over the next five years.

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TNT offers express services at 7-Eleven

Posted by | Jan 17, 2003 | |

TNT Express Worldwide (Thailand) is set to compete with the state postal operator with the launch of around-the-clock domestic and international express document delivery services at 7-Eleven convenience stores.

The Dutch-based company yesterday introduced the international version of its 24-hour air express document service. Called EZY Express, it will be carried out by a joint venture with CP Seven Eleven Plc, part of the Charoen Pokphand Group. The domestic version of the service is scheduled to be launched in April.”The idea behind the EZY Express service is the considerable business potential of daily express mail services for convenience store customers,” said Narongrid Galaputh, the sales and marketing director of TNT Thailand.

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