Poste Italiane – history and business model
Company History State Monopoly Foundation (1862–1990s) Founded in 1862 following the unification of Italy, Poste Italiane operated as a state-run administration under the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. It acted as the sole domestic provider of postal communication, telegrams, and postal savings accounts (libretti postali), functioning as a bureaucratic public body with persistent operational deficits […]