Country |
Governmental authority |
Regulatory authority |
Designated operator |
Afghanistan[2009] |
Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies |
None |
Afghanistan Postal Service |
Albania |
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Posta Shqiptare[2] |
Algeria |
Ministère de la Poste et des TIC[2] |
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Algérie Poste[2] |
Angola[2009] |
Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies |
Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM) |
Empresa Nacional de Correios e Telégrafos de Angola (ENCTA) |
Antigua and Barbuda |
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Antigua Post Office |
Argentina[2009] |
Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services (MinPlan) |
Communications Secretariat (SeCom) of MinPlan |
Correo Oficial de la República Argentina S.A. (CORASA) |
Armenia[2009] |
Ministry of Transport and Communication, State Estate Managing Department |
Public Services Regulatory Commission |
"Haypost" CJSC |
Aruba[N 1] |
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Post Aruba |
Australia[2009] |
Department of Communications |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Postal Services Consultative Council |
Australia Post |
Austria[2009] |
Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology |
RTR GmbH |
Österreichische Post AG |
Azerbaijan[2009] |
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
None |
"Azərpoçt" State Enterprise |
Bahamas[2009] |
Ministry of Public Works and Transport |
None |
Bahamas Postal Service |
Bahrain[2009] |
Ministry of Transport |
None |
Bahrain Post |
Bangladesh |
Ministry of Post and Telecommunication |
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Bangladesh Post Office[2] |
Barbados[2009] |
Ministry of Home Affairs |
None |
Barbados Postal Service |
Belarus[2009] |
Ministry of Communications and Informatization |
None |
Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belpochta" |
Belgium[2009] |
Ministry of Enterprise and Simplification |
Belgian Institute of Postal Services and Telecommunications (IBPT) |
Belgian Post Group (formerly La Poste) |
Belize |
Ministry of Public Utilities, Transport, Communications[2] |
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Belize Postal Service[N 2] |
Benin[2009] |
Ministry of Information Technology and Communication |
Transitional Regulatory Authority |
"La Poste du Bénin S.A." (Benin Post) |
Bhutan[2009] |
Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) |
Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Authority (BICMA) |
Bhutan Postal Corporation Ltd |
Bolivia[2009] |
Ministerio de Servicios, Obras Publicas y Vivenda |
None |
Empresa de Correos de Bolivia (ECOBOL) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina[2009] |
Ministry of Communications and Transport |
Bosnia and Herzegovina Agency for Postal Traffic |
BH Pošta
Other operators:
Pošte Srpske
Hrvatska Pošta Mostar |
Botswana[2009] |
Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology |
None |
BotswanaPost |
Brazil[2009] |
Ministry of Communications |
None |
Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT) |
Brunei[2009] |
Ministry of Communications |
None |
Brunei Postal Services Department |
Bulgaria[2009] |
State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications |
Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) |
Bulgarian Posts |
Burkina Faso[2009] |
Ministry of Posts, Information Technology and Communication |
None |
Société nationale des postes (SONAPOST) |
Burma |
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Myanma Posts and Telecommunications |
Burundi[2009] |
Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications |
None |
Régie nationale des postes (R.N.P. – National Postal Authority) |
Cambodia[2009] |
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) |
None |
Directorate of Posts (Cambodian Post) |
Cameroon[2009] |
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications |
None |
Cameroon Postal Services (CAMPOST) |
Canada[2009] |
Minister responsible for Canada Post Corporation |
None |
Canada Post Corporation (CPC) |
Cape Verde[2009] |
Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport |
National Communications Agency (ANAC) |
Correios de Cabo Verde, SARL (CCV) |
Central African Republic[2009] |
Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and New Technologies |
None |
National Posts and Savings Corporation (ONPE) |
Chad[2009] |
Ministry of posts and information and communication technologies |
None (the regulatory function is assigned to STPE) |
Chad Posts and Savings Company (STPE) |
Chile[2009] |
Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Telecommunications |
None |
Empresa de Correos de Chile |
China[2009] |
Ministry of Transport |
State Post Bureau |
China Post Group
Hong Kong: Hongkong Post
Macao: Correios de Macau |
Colombia[2009] |
Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications |
Regulatory Commission of Communications (CRC) and Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC)[3] |
Servicios Postales Nacionales S.A. (4-72) |
Comoros |
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Societé Nationale des Postes et des Services Financiers[2] |
Republic of the Congo[2009] |
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications |
Directorate General of the Central Posts and Telecommunications Administration |
Congo Posts and Savings Company (SOPECO) |
Costa Rica[2009] |
None |
Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) |
Correos de Costa Rica SA |
Croatia[2009] |
Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development |
Postal Services Council |
HP-Hrvatska pošta d.d |
Cuba[2009] |
Ministry of Informatics and Communications |
None |
Empresa de Correos de Cuba |
Cyprus[2009] |
Ministry of Communications and Public Works |
Commissioner of Telecommunications and Postal Regulation |
Department of Postal Services |
Czech Republic[2009] |
Ministry of Industry and Trade |
Czech Telecommunications Office (CTO), Ministry of Finance |
Czech Post |
Democratic Republic of the Congo[2009] |
Ministry of Posts, Telephones and Telecommunications |
Autorité de régulation des postes et télécommunications du Congo (ARPTC) |
Congolese Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (OCPT) |
Denmark[2009] |
Ministry of Transport |
Faerdselsstyrelsen (Postal Supervisory Department) |
Post Denmark A/S
Other operators:
Bring Citymail |
Djibouti |
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Djibouti Post[N 2] |
Dominica |
Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports[4] |
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General Post Office (GPO)[4][N 2] |
Dominican Republic[2009] |
Ministry of Public Works and Communications |
None |
Instituto Postal Dominicano (INPOSDOM) (Dominican Postal Institute) |
East Timor |
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Ecuador[2009] |
Correos del Ecuador, attached to the office of the Vice-President of the Republic of Ecuador |
Agencia Nacional Postal (National Postal Agency) |
Correos del Ecuador |
Egypt[2009] |
Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies |
None |
National Postal Authority (Egypt Post) |
El Salvador[2009] |
Ministry of Gobernacíon |
None |
General Postal Directorate |
Equatorial Guinea |
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Ente autónomo de Guinea Ecuatorial de Correos y Telecomunicaciones (GECOTEL)[N 2] |
Eritrea[2009] |
Ministry of Transport and Communication |
Eritrean Communications Department |
Eritrean Postal Service (EPS) |
Estonia[2009] |
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MEAC) |
Estonian National Communications Board |
Estonian Post (Eesti Post) |
Ethiopia[2009] |
Ministry of Transport and Communications |
None |
Ethiopian Postal Service |
Fiji |
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Post Fiji[2] |
Finland[2009] |
Ministry of Transport and Communications |
Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA)
Åland: Åland Government/Unit of Administration |
Posti Group Corporation
Åland: Åland Post |
France[2009] |
Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment |
Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation Authority (ARCEP) |
La Poste |
Gabon[2009] |
Ministry of Communication, Post, Telecommunications and New Information Technologies |
Postal Regulatory Agency |
La Poste S.A |
Gambia[2009] |
Ministry of Communication, Information and Technology |
None |
Gambia Postal Services Corporation |
Georgia |
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Georgian Post[2] |
Germany[2009] |
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology |
Federal Network Agency (Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post) |
Several operators, due to competition. Deutsche Post AG has the largest market share.[5] |
Ghana[2009] |
Ministry of Communications |
Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission |
Ghana Post Company Limited |
Great Britain[2009] |
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) |
Postal Services Commission (Postcomm)
British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have separate operators and regulatory arrangements. |
Royal Mail Group Plc.
Other operators:British Forces Post Office
55 other licensed operators as of 2011[6] |
British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies |
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British Forces Post Office provides military mail service for UK service members internationally, including to Akrotiri and Dhekelia and other jurisdictions listed above which also have public civilian delivery.[28]
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Greece[2009] |
Ministry of Transport and Communications |
EETT (National Telecommunications and Post Commission) |
Hellenic Post S.A. (ELTA S.A.) |
Grenada |
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Grenada Postal Corporation[2] |
Guatemala |
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El Correo (Correo de Guatemala S.A.)[2] |
Guinea[2009] |
Ministry of Communication and New Information Technologies (MCNTI) |
Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARPT) |
Office de la poste guinéenne (OPG) (Guinean Postal Corporation) |
Guinea-Bissau |
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Correios da Guiné-Bissau |
Guyana |
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Guyana Post Office Corporation |
Haiti |
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Office des Postes d’Haiti |
Honduras |
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Honducor |
Hungary |
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Magyar Posta |
Iceland[29] |
Ministry of the Interior |
Post and Telecom Administration |
Íslandspóstur |
India[30] |
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology |
Department of Posts |
India Post |
Indonesia |
Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kemenkominfo) |
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Pos Indonesia |
Iran |
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IRI Post |
Iraq |
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Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company |
Ireland |
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport |
Commission for Communications Regulation |
An Post |
Israel |
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Israel Post |
Italy |
Ministry of Economic Development |
Agenzia nazionale di regolamentazione del settore postale |
Poste italiane |
Ivory Coast[2009] |
Ministry of New Information Technology and Telecommunications |
None |
La Poste |
Jamaica |
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Postal Corporation of Jamaica |
Japan |
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
Postal Services Policy Department (Subdivision of Information and Communications Bureau) |
Japan Post |
Jordan |
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Jordan Post Company |
Kazakhstan |
Ministry of Investment and Development |
Committee for Communication, Informatisation and Information |
Kazpost |
Kenya |
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Postal Corporation of Kenya |
Kiribati |
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Kiribati Public Service Public |
Kuwait |
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Ministry of Communications (Kuwait) |
Kyrgyzstan |
Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan |
State Communication Agency |
Kyrgyz Express Post
"Kyrgyz Pochtasy" SE |
Laos |
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Latvia |
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Latvijas Pasts |
Lebanon |
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LibanPost |
Lesotho |
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Lesotho Post |
Liberia |
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Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Liberia) |
Libya |
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General Posts and Telecommunications Company |
Liechtenstein |
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Liechtensteinische Post |
Lithuania |
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Lietuvos paštas |
Luxembourg |
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Post Luxembourg |
Macedonia |
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Makedonska Pošta |
Madagascar |
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Paositra Malagasy |
Malawi |
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Malawi Posts Corporation |
Malaysia |
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Pos Malaysia |
Maldives |
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Maldives Post |
Mali |
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Office national des postes du Mali |
Malta |
Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Communications |
Malta Communications Authority |
MaltaPost |
Mauritania |
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La Société Mauritanienne des Postes |
Mauritius |
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Mauritius Post |
Mexico |
Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes |
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Correos de México |
Moldova[2009] |
Ministry of Information Development |
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Posta Moldovei |
Monaco |
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La Poste Monaco |
Mongolia |
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MongolPost |
Montenegro |
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Pošta Crne Gore |
Morocco |
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Poste Maroc |
Mozambique |
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Correios de Moçambique |
Namibia |
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NamPost |
Nauru |
Nauru General Post Office - Departament of Chief Secretary |
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Nepal |
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Nepal Post |
Netherlands |
Ministry of Economic Affairs |
OPTA/Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) |
PostNL |
New Zealand[N 3] |
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New Zealand Post |
Nicaragua |
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Correos de Nicaragua |
Niger |
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Niger Poste |
Nigeria |
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Nigerian Postal Service |
North Korea |
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications[31] |
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Korea Post and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC)[N 2] |
Norway |
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Posten |
Oman |
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Oman Post |
Pakistan |
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Pakistan Post |
Panama |
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Correos de Panamá |
Papua New Guinea |
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Post PNG |
Paraguay |
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Correo Nacional Paraguayo |
Peru |
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Serpost |
Philippines[2009] |
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Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) |
Poland |
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Poczta Polska |
Portugal[2009] |
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ANACOM |
CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A. |
Qatar |
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Qatar Post |
Romania[2009] |
Ministry of Communications and Information Society |
National Regulatory Authority for Communications (Authoritatea Nationala de Reglementare în Comunicatii) - ANCOM |
Poșta Română |
Russia |
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Russian Post |
Rwanda |
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National Post Office |
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla |
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St. Kitts & Nevis Postal Services |
Saint Lucia |
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Saint Lucia Postal Service |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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SVG Postal Corporation |
Samoa |
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Samoa Post |
San Marino |
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Poste sammarinesi |
Sao Tome and Principe |
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Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe |
Saudi Arabia |
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Saudi Post |
Senegal |
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La Poste Senegal |
Serbia |
Ministry of Foreign and Internal Trade and Telecommunications |
Republic agency for Postal Services (RAPUS) |
Pošta Srbije |
Seychelles |
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Seychelles Postal Service |
Sierra Leone |
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SALPOST |
Singapore |
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Singapore Post |
Slovakia |
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Slovenská pošta |
Slovenia |
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Pošta Slovenije |
Solomon Islands |
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Solomon Post |
Somalia[32] |
Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications |
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Somali Postal Service |
South Africa |
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South African Post Office |
South Korea |
Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning |
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Korea Post |
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South Sudan |
Minister of Telecommunication and Postal Services (South Sudan) |
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Spain |
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Correos |
Sri Lanka |
Ministry of Posts & Telecommunication |
Department of Post |
Sri Lanka Post |
Sudan |
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Suriname |
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Surpost |
Swaziland |
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Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications |
Sweden |
Ministry of Enterprise |
Swedish Post and Telecom Authority |
Posten AB
Other operators:
Over 30 other licensed operators as of 2014[33] |
Switzerland |
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Swiss Post |
Syria |
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Syrian Post |
Tajikistan |
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Tanzania |
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Tanzania Posts Corporation |
Thailand |
Ministry of Transport |
None |
Thailand Post |
Togo |
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La Poste du Togo |
Tonga[N 4] |
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Tonga Post |
Trinidad and Tobago |
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TTPost |
Tunisia |
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La Poste Tunisienne |
Turkey |
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PTT (Turkey) |
Turkmenistan |
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Turkmenpochta |
Tuvalu |
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Uganda |
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Posta Uganda |
Ukraine |
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Ukrposhta |
United Arab Emirates |
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Empost |
United States |
United States Postal Service[N 5] |
Postal Regulatory Commission |
United States Postal Service |
Uruguay |
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Correo Uruguayo |
Uzbekistan |
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O`zbekiston pochtasi |
Vanuatu |
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Vanuatu Post |
Vatican City |
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Poste Vaticane |
Venezuela |
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IPOSTEL |
Vietnam |
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Vietnam Post Corporation |
Yemen |
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Yemen Post |
Zambia |
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ZamPost |
Zimbabwe |
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ZimPost |