Sentences with phrase «universal service obligation»

Postal services — his experience covers issues arising under the rules established by the Universal Postal Union, issues regarding the universal service obligation and issues relating to the civil liability of postal operators.

We will retain the public's stake in Royal Mail, alongside securing the universal service obligation after its expiry in 2021, ensuring that Royal Mail services continue to be available through the Post Office network and that all postal service operators are subject to high performance and service quality standards.

Another motion moved by the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said privatisation «will jeopardise the contribution Royal Mail makes to the national economy through the universal service obligation».

'' «notes the threats to the future of the Royal Mail and welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that, as part of a plan to place the Royal Mail on a sustainable path for the future, the current six days a week universal service obligation (USO) must be protected, that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain the USO, and that the Government should address the growing pensions deficit; notes that modernisation in the Royal Mail is essential and that investment must be found for it; endorses the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions; urges engagement with relevant stakeholders to secure the Government's commitment to a thriving and prosperous Royal Mail, secure in public ownership, that is able to compete and lead internationally and that preserves the universal postal service; further notes the Conservatives» failure to invest in Royal Mail when they were in power in contrast with Labour's support for both Royal Mail and the Post Office; and notes that legislation on these issues will be subject to normal parliamentary procedures.»

The universal service obligation is absolutely clear, it's protected in law by Parliament, it's not going to change.

Chief executive Moya Greene told a committee of MPs that the high cost of the universal service obligation — around # 7.2 billion a year — was in part because of the difficulties of delivering to rural and remote parts of the country.

The universal service obligation will remain.

One of the main measures is to mandate a minimum broadband speed of 24 Mbps for at least 95 per cent of UK homes and universal service obligation minimum of 2 Mbps.

For instance, even in America, there are places where poster matters and services are not commercially viable but you make money from where you can make money and subsidize other people, that's the concept of universal service obligation.

Universal service obligation may well be jeopardized.

The Framework Order recognized that utilities must retain their universal service obligations to maintain a delivery system that provides reliable, resilient power at just and reasonable rates.

Additionally, the study conducts an analysis of the concept of services of general (economic) interest, its evolution and possible future developments, and tries to clarify its relation with neighbouring concepts such as universal service obligations, consumer protection and citizenship.

This service was deemed not to be part of the current Universal Service Obligations of the Canada Post Corporation.