Swiss Post faces competition in letter delivery
The postal service is facing competition in letter delivery. Following the reduction of the monopoly to 50 grams, the St. Gallen-based company Quickmail now plans to begin delivering letters in four cantons in eastern Switzerland as early as this fall.
Swiss Post has competition. The eastern Swiss company Quickmail, which belongs to MS Mail Service, wants to distribute letters in four eastern Swiss cantons from the fall. The St. Gallen-based company is currently looking for letter deliverers. CEO Milo Stössel did not want to reveal to the Sonntagszeitung what prompted MS Mail Service, Switzerland's largest service provider for marketing and mail order, to take this step. He referred to the press conference on August 18. However, Quickmail is likely to focus primarily on large customers with addressed bulk mailings.
Since July 1, 2009 - when the monopoly was reduced to 50 grams - private providers have been allowed to send letters weighing 50 grams or more. This still leaves Swiss Post with 75 percent of the letter business. So far, no other companies have applied for a concession, postal regulator Marc Furrer told the Sonntagszeitung. It has been known for some time that the two German service providers DPD and DHL are not interested. According to media spokesman Oliver Flüeler, Swiss Post is much more concerned about the drop in letter volumes of over four percent this year alone than the increasing competition.
Since July 1, 2009 - when the monopoly was reduced to 50 grams - private providers have been allowed to send letters weighing 50 grams or more. This still leaves Swiss Post with 75 percent of the letter business. So far, no other companies have applied for a concession, postal regulator Marc Furrer told the Sonntagszeitung. It has been known for some time that the two German service providers DPD and DHL are not interested. According to media spokesman Oliver Flüeler, Swiss Post is much more concerned about the drop in letter volumes of over four percent this year alone than the increasing competition.
