http://www.addressdoctor.com/en/default.asp AddressDoctor GmbH - Röntgenstr. 9 - 67133 Maxdorf - Germany en-us Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 ASP info@addressdoctor.com info@addressdoctor.com http://www.addressdoctor.com/images/logo.gif http://www.addressdoctor.com/en/default.asp High quality data can increase response rate up to 50% for mailing campaigns. This conclusion was reached by Market Research Agency Quadrangle on behalf of Royal Mail.]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:00:00 CEST FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany) reported that Sweden and Denmark want to combine both postal organizations into a publicly-traded company within the next five years. The merger is intended to secure the competitive position of the combined organization in the highly competitive international postal market.]]> Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 CEST Don't forget to update your addresses from New Zealand! As of July 1, 2008, it will be mandatory for bulk mailers to use the new postal codes to qualify for bulk mail discounts.]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:00:00 CEST Kosovo has declared its independence from Serbia. AddressDoctor will list Kosovo as the 247th country when an ISO-code is assigned to this country. Postal code data for Kosovo, created by the UN Interim Administration, are already available to the public.]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:00:00 CEST Correos del Ecuador published new postal codes in December 2007. The revision of the postal codes is part of the modernization of postal services in Ecuador.]]> Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:00:00 CEST Correos de Costa Rica intends to implement a standardized system of addresses. According to Los Angeles Times, the postal service is assigning numbers, street names and postal codes to every home and building in the country, which measures about 20,000 square miles. A descriptive form of addressing is currently used by most senders in Costa Rica, geared to Points of Interests like Churches, Schools – or quite recently better known locations like "Pizza Hut" (see AddressDoctor News from August 20, 2007).]]> Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:00:00 CEST Royal Mail has announced the reassignment of the LE16 8 and LE15 6 to 9 postcode sectors regarding the correct administrative county of Rutland. County information is not required in British addresses, but many senders are still including county information in addresses.]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:00:00 CEST After returning mail with UN-bid postmarks to senders by Chinese post offices, Taiwan Post will stamp mail with slogans for Taiwan's independence only upon request. The postmarks including "UN for Taiwan" are part of a campaign ahead of a referendum planned in March on whether Taiwan should apply to join the UN under the name Taiwan instead of its official title "Republic of China".]]> Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:00:00 CEST Albania's Postal operator Posta Shqiptare puts postal codes into operation and publishes this data. Currently the new codes are only sparely used.]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 CEST New ISO codes were assigned to Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin in October 2007.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 CEST