Direct marketers push for rapid postal liberalization
Now the Swiss Direct Marketing Association has also spoken out, calling for the postal market to be opened up as quickly as possible. The association is convinced that this will lead to lower prices and services that are more closely tailored to customers' needs.
In the course of the ongoing consultation on the revised Postal Act, the Swiss Direct Marketing Association SDV has spoken out and called for the letter market to be opened up as quickly as possible. Opening up the market is more urgent than ever, the association wrote in a press release on Tuesday. The SDV is convinced that the liberalization of the market will lead to lower prices and services that are better tailored to the needs of customers. The experience to date in the parcel sector has been positive; everyone can only benefit from further liberalization. The association also believes that Swiss Post is ready for a controlled opening of the market.
At the same time, the SDV is calling for regulations and control mechanisms to prevent Swiss Post from cross-financing its other services with income from the universal service. The planned regulatory authority must have the resources and powers to ensure that the universal service can be guaranteed at a reasonable cost and that excessive profits cannot be made. Access to the postal infrastructure - for example to P.O. box facilities - must also be clearly regulated.
The SDV firmly rejects any further expansion of the basic service in payment transactions and in the delivery of newspapers and magazines.
