Poczta Polska's plans - words clash with reality

Following partial liberalization of the national postal market, Polish Post (PP) is currently in the process of updating its strategy which will ensure that the company has a strong position among its competitors. So far PP had maintained positive results recording a net profit of zł.278.2 million at the end of June, which is a 7% increase as compared to the same period last year. "We want to improve our services especially in the postal parcel segment. We also plan to strengthen our position on the financial services, retail sales and logistic services markets," declared PP director general Tadeusz Bartkowiak. Witold Graboś the head of the Post and Telecommunication Regulation Office is not so upbeat. He said that Polish Post has already lost one battle - in the courier sector, where among the 87 players PP has a market share of just 3.6%. (Puls Biznesu, p. 12) A.K.