EUROPE COMPETITION DELAYED BRUSSELS DEADLINE MAY SLIP TWO YEARS Full European postal deregulation may now come later than many had hoped. In June, the European Parliament's Transport and Tourism Committee backed a plan calling for national postal monopolies to expire by December 31, 2010,...
LIBERALIZATION SHAKES UP UK In the deregulated UK mail market, state-owned Royal Mail and one of its main competitors, TNT Post, the Netherlands' former state-owned mail carrier, are in a heated battle over pricing. TNT is a Royal Mail customer as well as...
ACROSS THE GLOBE, MONOPOLIES LOSE GROUND IN EUROPE, FORGING AHEAD WITH LIBERALIZATION In mid-October, the European Commission proposed that the 25 EU members have until 2009 to open their letter- delivery markets to unrestricted competition. A majority of European Members of Parliament must approve...
EUROPE'S POSTAL MONOPOLIES LOSE GROUND EU, BRITISH REGULATOR PUSH LIBERALIZATION The future of Europe's postal sector -- which thus far has resisted complete liberalization -- will face a critical hurdle this fall. In a bid to push through full liberalization across the 25-member European...