This report seeks to present a descriptive submission, in summary form, on the evolution of the postal service in Portugal, identifying the main challenges facing providers of postal services and facing ANACOM, as the sector moves to full liberalisation.
After a brief outline of the sector's regulatory framework at EU and national level, a perspective is given in Chapter 4 on postal economics in Portugal, using the key indicators of the postal activity and with an examination of the characteristics of postal consumption (business and residential).
Chapter 5 outlines the characteristics of the activities of the main postal service providers operating in Portugal, identifying the main segments in which they operate and their relative weighting.
Chapter 6 presents and discusses case studies from some of the countries where total liberalisation of the postal service has already been accomplished - namely Germany, the United Kingdom and Sweden - seeking to draw lessons for Portugal.
The challenges facing the postal sector, in particular, those facing the regulator and the USP are discussed in Chapter 7.
