Web-based hybrid mail
Physical Mail: 550bn items WW in 2005 – (UPU)
1995-1999: 2.3% growth
Computerized Mail: 235bn items in 2005 (UPU)
High-volume Hybrid Mail: c. 33 bn items – (Mackintel)
Web-based HM: 100-300 bn? – (IDP) – (Mackintel)
Electronic Mail – Internet Access:
Percent of households with the Internet in 2003 :
66% (USA); 17% (Europe); 1% (India) – (Yankee Group)
Currently 1000:1 ratio physical:Internet addresses
The international mail scene
Low volume: c.11bn items (c. 2% of total)
1.9% growth in high-income countries – (UPU)
High profits:high profile in US
Posts: co-mingling, re-mail and direct injection
Courier/express business expanding by 15% p.a.
International Hybrid Mail: A few millions?
Few one-to-many multinational customers
Mainly isolated custom-made solutions:
Kodak: c.2-3 million across Europe in 2001
Why? – Enveloped hard copy here to stay
What? – An Internet spin-off with estimated potential traffic of 100-300 billion items
Where? – Nationally and worldwide
Whether? –
Many are placing their bets
But some are leaving the track
