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Internet courier on course SOFTWARE giant Microsoft and Britain's Royal Mail postal service are expected to announce a new global Internet city-to-city document service in April. The service, which will offer fast, secure electronic transmission and postal hand delivery, is likely to be a potential competitor for some existing courier businesses, sources said. Microsoft and Royal Mail have already called a London news conference for next Thursday to announce "the launch of a new joint service". A Royal Mail spokesman said he was unable to comment further at this stage on the proposed move, but added: "It would be an exciting service of great interest . . . and would be extremely useful, especially in terms of communication." - Reuters - Reuters Top of page | Home Page | News | BT Money | Survey | Companies | People | Appointments | World | Markets | Trends | Columns | News Maker | Money Guides | Labour Guides | Calculators | Search | Archive | E-Mail us |