[ad_1]
CTT wants new rules to guarantee universal mail service to be assigned in the new contract, which should start on January 1 next year.
According to today’s paper edition, October 24, of the newspaper ‘Expresso’, “CTT wants more money or fewer rules to maintain universal service”, because “the slowdown resulting from the pandemic causes tens of millions to fall in income ( …) ”, Of the company.
The newspaper in question said that the tender for the new universal mail service contract “has not yet started and Portugal will reach 2021 without a concession contract.”
“The countdown has started for the end of the universal postal service concession contract granted by Correios. And everything indicates that we will arrive on January 1, 2021 with the negotiations still open and without a supplier “, summarizes the news of ‘Expresso’, adding that” the president of the Post Office, João Bento, has said that the current situation is unsustainable and that the price charged for regular mail (53 cents) is manifestly insufficient given the quality requirements imposed by the regulator -Anacom- and the sharp drop in the company’s margins ”.
[ad_2]
