| NOTAS: | "In summer 2011, WIK-Consult has undertaken a study on universal service and competition on behalf of TNT Post UK. The study covers those four European countries that have seen most competition in postal delivery: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden. The study analyses the impact of competition on universal service in each country. A central finding of the study is that competition has had a positive impact on the national postal operators’ ability to fulfill the universal service obligation.
The study has been undertaken against the background of the transition of regulatory competences from postal regulator Postcomm to the multi-sector regulator Ofcom. Ofcom regulates postal markets in the UK since 1 October 2011." |
