Spanish Postal Service to invest EUR 11 million in PDAs

Correos is planning to invest EUR 11 million in PDAs for delivery workers in Spain this year. It nows plans to buy a further 7,000 in line with technical improvements to Spain’s postal network (with a budget of EUR 8.9 million).

Correos said it would enable mail workers across Spain’s rural and urban areas to provide a modern and up-to-date service and improve the quality of mail delivery including registered mail.

PDAs are similar to hand-held digital scanners but provide unique facilities such as digital signatures, which means the sender can know that an item has been delivered, and when. The addition of communication between postal workers and delivery offices will also improve the quality of Spanish postal services.

Royal Mail in the UK is also rolling out the use of PDA units to its entire delivery network as part of its modernisation plans. Similar equipment has already been installed in many Royal Mail vehicles.