Postal services are being liberalised around the world as new services such as e-mail, fax and data transfer have begun to erode traditional markets.

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New products will allow clients to better analyze the data streaming back from their Web sites as well as to contact customers via pager, cellular phone or fax.

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The National Observatory of Athens, for example, sent five messages by fax, email and by the Global Telecommunications System (GTS), which allows the transfer of meteorological data by satellite or via terrestrial meteorological centers.

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