Swiss Postal bosses scrap the letterbox
Images of letters will be scanned and stored in a personal online postbox which can then be accessed remotely from customers’ home computers or laptops.
Swiss Post is planning to launch a trial service – the first in Europe – in Zurich by January next year.
Customers will be able to view images of their sealed letters online and then decide whether to have them securely opened and scanned into a PDF document, recycled, shredded or redirected.
The service is aimed at frequent travelers, people who work overseas or anyone who spends a long time away from home.
