Tag: Worldwide

TPG and Korea Post Sign MOU

October 16, 2001 — “TPG, through TNT Express International, and Korea Post have announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding outlining
an alliance in the field of International Express delivery.

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UPU wants universal postal services extended to digital world

The posts should extend their universal services to the digital arena, according to the Universal Postal Union director general Thomas Leavey.

“It’s a logical extension in the era of the Internet,” Leavey argued. He heads the Berne-based organization of 189 member countries, the primary forum for cooperation between postal services.

The UPU says that since posts are trusted intermediaries, they can extend their traditional role into the digital domain as well.

Leavey defines the complementary universal services as access to Internet and e-mail at a minimum. To overcome the problem of computer access, the UPU is mooting setting up Internet kiosks in post offices and charging users a small fee. “Someone has to pay. In some cases, governments may very well pay,” Leavey said.

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