Archive for the ‘Swiss Post’ Category
Swiss Post Pulls IncaMail Off Market After RPost Sues
USPS EPM May Be Next Target RPost, the Registered Email merchant, has sued Swiss Post and its American subsidiary Swiss Post Solutions Inc for patent and trademark infringement, asking a US federal court in California to enjoin their IncaMail service. The suit, described as setting legal precedent, has pushed Swiss Post into pulling IncaMail off [...]
Swiss Government To Subsidize E-Signatures
Come May, Swiss Post will be pushing Swiss businesses to sign and send documents electronically using SuisseID, the first standardized product in Switzerland for securing electronic proof of identity. The Swiss are serious enough about the project for the government to be subsidizing 80% of the use of the thing this year. It’s set aside [...]
Swiss Post Buys into Spain
The Swiss Post’s International Group is buying two small Madrid-based sales partners on undisclosed terms. With a headcount of around 30 employees, both companies operate primarily in the cross-border letter business to and from Spain. Swiss Post holds up this latest acquisition as an example of its commitment to pursuing its growth strategy. Ironically Swiss [...]
There’s a Revolving Door on Swiss Post’s Executive Suite
Swiss Post chairman Claude Béglé has now followed ousted CEO Michel Kunz and two board members out the door. Béglé and Kunz both got their jobs only nine months ago. Béglé bounced Kunz in December because of “differences of opinion on fundamental issues” over how the money-losing post should be run. Kunz wanted to charge [...]
Swiss Post CEO Fired
Swiss Post CEO Michel Kunz is out only eight months after getting the job, replaced by the head of Postfinance Juerg Bucher. The state-owned agency said there were “differences of opinion on fundamental questions” with Kunz. The post is a money-losing institution, has been for years. Revenues were down again 16% in the first half [...]
Swiss Post Offers Registered Outlook E-Mail
Users of Microsoft Outlook can now send registered e-mails complements of a free IncaMail Outlook add-on from Swiss Post that can be downloaded. Outlook will be updated to include buttons compatible with IncaMail. The add-on might be free but confidential or registered e-mail isn’t. A fee will be charged to a separate IncaMail account that [...]
Swiss Post Monopoly To Shrink Again
The Swiss Post is going to lose another piece of what remains of its letter monopoly on July 1 when the government intends to release mail weighing 50-100 grams to competition. It is one of the reasons the Swiss Post has taken up with Earth Class Mail to deliver physical mail electronically. The Swiss Post [...]
Swiss Post Changes Earth Class Mail’s Business Model
Swiss Post, which thinks it could wind up being more powerful than Google, has turned Earth Class Mail (ECM), the digital postal mail start-up that thinks it can save the postal establishment from electronic Armageddon, upside down, forcing it to rip up half the pages in its business plan and move straight to the back [...]
Swiss Internet Postage To Be Cheaper than Traditional Stamps
Come April 1 the Swiss Post is going hike its rates and in the process make WebStamp, its Internet postage, marginally cheaper than conventional stamps. It says selling stamps “over the counter has long since outstripped actual revenue.” It’s proposing to raise the cost of sending letters and parcels out of the country by 7% [...]