The Director-General, Postal Services, advises the Ministry on developments in the communications and postal markets and on the need for changes in postal policies, laws and regulations. The key functions of the Postal Services Division are to provide the public postal service. There are no other operators in the domestic market, except TNT and DHL, the private couriers.
Competition is therefore weak.
As regulatory body, it is responsible for introducing and coordinating the country's postal service along the lines of local legislation, government policy objectives and international conventions. As supervisory body, the Ministry of Finances and Communications establishes, conducts and monitors postal sector policy and sets the postal rates structure. Operator Postal Services Division. No restructuring is planned. At the same time, with regard to postal development, mechanization is not a viable proposition in a country as small as Seychelles.