SMS-based service soon to ensure mail delivery

A new SMS-based, 24X7 modern postal service is likely to be introduced in Qatar by next year.
George Scott-Campbell, director of IT Services at General Postal Corporation (Q-Post), told Gulf Times that the service, Q-Post24, would end the problem of people not getting mail sent to their office P O Box address.
Subscribers to the service would be notified through a text message when a mail or parcel reached the post office, he said.
The service would have outdoor lockers at supermarkets, petrol stations and similar places. Q-Post had already sold advertising space on the giant boxes.
The boxes can be accessed by an electronic card. The parcel will have a PIN number, which will be sent through SMS.
Using the card and the PIN, the locker bins can be opened and the parcel collected.
Scott-Campbell said a Gulf company wanted to supply the hardware for the service, which was originally developed in Britain as a business-to-business service known as .
According to the manufacturers, ParcelExchange is a cost-effective and sustainable solution for the ‘last mile’ in the delivery process.

A new SMS-based, 24X7 modern postal service is likely to be introduced in Qatar by next year.
George Scott-Campbell, director of IT Services at General Postal Corporation (Q-Post), told Gulf Times that the service, Q-Post24, would end the problem of people not getting mail sent to their office P O Box address.
Subscribers to the service would be notified through a text message when a mail or parcel reached the post office, he said.
The service would have outdoor lockers at supermarkets, petrol stations and similar places. Q-Post had already sold advertising space on the giant boxes.
The boxes can be accessed by an electronic card. The parcel will have a PIN number, which will be sent through SMS.
Using the card and the PIN, the locker bins can be opened and the parcel collected.
Scott-Campbell said a Gulf company wanted to supply the hardware for the service, which was originally developed in Britain as a business-to-business service known as .
According to the manufacturers, ParcelExchange is a cost-effective and sustainable solution for the ‘last mile’ in the delivery process.