Postcomm today began consultation on the proposed issue of new long term standard licences to three companies: Hays Commercial Services Limited, TNT UK Limited and TPG Post UK Limited. They are the first applicants for standard licences which mark the start of wider competition in postal services.
All these companies currently hold interim postal licences, which are restricted to pilot schemes of a minimum of 12 months’ duration. The new standard licence will have a minimum life of seven years.
If issued, the standard licences would enable these companies to carry bulk mail and provide consolidation, enhanced document exchange and tracked business-to-business services. The licences would come into operation on 1 January 2003.
