Group of German postal submitted to EU Germany e-mail legal action

The group Deutsche Post (Deutsche Post) recently, the European Commission has to submit a lawsuit, because an encrypted e-mail system of the group of competitors with government agencies in Germany and the German law requires public service industry.
A spokesman for the group of German postal external said, require the use of Deutsche Telekom and Germany's third largest Internet service provider United Internet to provide "De-Mail digital mailbox service" the law is not appropriate. The spokesman said, a violation of EU law, and the group of Deutsche Post's e-mail service "E-Postbrief" constitute discrimination.
It is understood, representative of Germany's 16 federal states of Germany's upper house of Parliament in June this year to pass legislation, De-Mail digital services to ensure a large customer base.
It is reported, the German Telecom and United Internet acquired De-Mail authorization. This e-mail system is in accordance with the technical standards for the development of the German government.
"Der Spiegel" (Der Spiegel) on Friday wrote reports, the German postal group board member Juergen Gerdes said, the new law would have "serious consequences for the company".
As Europe's largest postal and logistics company, German postal Group invested nearly 500000000 euros on E-Postbrief, has said it wants to obtain nearly 100000000 euros in revenue from the products in this year.
MYEX min Asia International Express
2013-06-08