World Postal News

The Japanese service Mixi launched Mixi Nengajou where users can send a real(=paper) New Years' greeting cards to their online friends) WITHOUT knowing their real address.

One year only after his appointment, Omari Bouteldja was sacked as CEO of Poste Algerie in the afternoon of Wednesday. This is a firing which came, needless to say, at a time when we least expected it.

Norway Post launches a digital postal system for regular mail in Norway. This spring, it will be possible to receive mails in a digital mailbox in addition to the physical mailbox.

Siemens Mobility and Swiss Post have agreed to pursue a joint marketing strategy with a new automation solution that converts physical mail into electronic mail based on Trust-Ebox.

Madrid, January 31, 2011 .- Spain's Correos Group unveiled a 4-year business plan designed to help the Group compete successfully in four market segments a fully liberalized environment: postal, packaging, direct marketing and new technologies.

Brasilia - The president of Brasil’s Correios, Wagner Pinheiro will meet next week with the director general of the National Land Transport (ANTT), Bernardo Figueiredo, to look into the possibility that the State will participate in one of the consortia competing for the construction of high-speed train between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

Singapore, 27 January 2011 – Singapore Post Limited (“SingPost”) today announced an organisational restructure in a move to step up its transformation and growth. SingPost is strengthening its management team and resources to provide sharper focus on its postal services as well as its regionalisation and diversification efforts.