Electronic letterbox trialled in the Netherlands

Some 6000 people in the Netherlands are piloting a new electronic letterbox scheme launched by PTT, the postal services arm of TPG. A major power company, a cable TV company and a medical insurance company have already signed up to take part in the scheme called Privver, which will mean customers can pay their bills electronically from anywhere in the world.
Privver is free of charge for the recipient because, like normal postal transactions, the sender pays for the digital post. PTT POst will evaluate experience gained in the pilot project before deciding whether to roll out Privver nationwide towards the end of this year. More and more people in the Netherlands are using the internet actively and intensively according to research carried out by PTT: The research revealed that a growing demand exists among consumers for digital delivery of postal items like bills and statements from banks, insurance companies and public utilities. But consumers were found to be unwilling to visit several websites to fetch digital post, said the post in a statement.