Postcomm news .
- Postcomm refutes Daily Telegraph article - only threat to Saturday delivery is inefficient provision of universal service
- Postcomm welcomes emerging views from the Government review of the postal services market
- Postcomm, the independent regulator for postal services, today welcomed the emerging views of the independent review panel on the UK postal services market.
Postcomm - the Postal Services Commission
Postcomm is the independent regulator for postal services in the UK. It is our job to protect the universal service and make sure that postal operators, including Royal Mail, meet the needs of their customers throughout the UK. We are also responsible for introducing choice to a market that was a closed monopoly for 350 years.
Universal service. Postcomm will protect the universal service, which is provided by Royal Mail. The universal service includes the 'one price goes anywhere' stamp, as well as collections and deliveries for almost every address in the country, each working day.
Post offices. We monitor developments in the Post Office network, but are not involved in making decisions on either the future of the network as a whole, or any individual post office. We have recently submitted our response to the Government's consultation on the future of post offices.
Full market opening. 1 January 2008 was the second anniversary of full competition in the UK mail market. Competition has created a more vibrant postal market in the UK. Organisations other than Royal Mail can now - if they have been licensed by Postcomm - act as postal operators, collecting, sorting and distributing mail in the UK.
Strategy Review. Postcomm has asked for views on the future of postal services in the UK. Responses to our Strategy Review will help us frame our regulatory strategy in the lead up to 2010 and beyond.
Zonal pricing. Postcomm has announced that it is proposing to reject Royal Mail's application to introduce geographically varied prices for some of its bulk mail products - 'zonal pricing'.
For more information on Postcomm's work, see the latest editions of our annual report or our newsletter, COMMentary (pdf, 1,040KB). We also have a series of downloadable factsheets on key issues in the postal market. To sign up for email news updates, please contact the webmanager .
