Qatar Post to run all postal services electronically

The Qatar Postal Corporation (Q-Post) is speeding up its efforts to run all the postal services electronically. A senior official at the corporation has said that a new training centre would soon be established as part of a plan to develop a new IT system.

The Q-Post Chairman, Ali bin Mohammed Al Ali said the 22 postal services, currently presented to the public, would fully be run electronically after the completion of the networking with an advanced computer control system. The new system, he said, is scheduled to be implemented in early January 2004.

Ali was addressing a group of senior officials honoured after completing an advanced training course at the main building in Al Dafna. During the honouring ceremony, Ali said the corporation has allocated a budget of QR 1m for the 2004 training plan. “The British postal service has also entered a long term cooperation with Q-Post in the field of training”, Al Ali said.