At a time when the Internet is biting into postal operators’ profits, Chinese postal companies are jumping on the technology bandwagon. Pitney Bowes announced last week that it had forged a partnership with China Post to implement its first Chinese web-based postage management system, Postagebyphone.com. It estimates China’s postage meter market to be worth US$400 million.
Read MoreFrom November this year, French companies can send registered emails using services of the French postal company La Poste. Consumers will be offered the service during the first half of 2003.
Initially, the new service will be a combination of paper mail and electronic features. The client sends his letter in electronic form to La Poste, which converts it to a paper version and delivers it as such to the recipient. Also the confirmation that the item was received is done via paper mail. The added value of the service is therefore that the client can send registered mail from home.
A second, entirely electronic, form will also be launched during 2003. Both forms will then be offered in parallel. The fully electronic version will include features similar to traditional registered mail such as electronic stamps and signatures.
Annually, 217m registered mail items are sent in France, 84 per cent of which are from businesses.
Many of Sweden’s local governments have given the thumbs-up to Posten’s electronic infrastructure — ePostboxen. Residents will now have the choice of receiving bills and bulk mailings from municipalities either electronically or by regular postal mail.
Offering residents a choice between receiving daycare bills andbulk mailings either electronically or by regular postal mail enablesmunicipalities to raise the level of service. Down the road, these localgovernments wil l also enjoy pared distribution costs, says MargaretaChowra, product manager for ePostboxen, Posten.
As of this writing, the ePostboxen delivery option will be available to residents in the following areas: Arvidsjaur, Bollnas, Eksjo, Gislaved, Gallivare, Habo, Hudiksvall, Hultsfred, Hogsby, Kramfors, Ljusdal, Norrkoping, Nassjo, Ovanaker, Pajala, Solleftea, Tranas, Uppsala, Vaggeryd, Vilhelmina, Vindeln, and Ostersund.
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Read MoreCorreios, the Brazilian Post, has firmed up plans to launch a suite of e-commerce services over the next couple of months. The head of its Internet Business Operations Antonio Braquehais said the post had recently selected technology partners that would enable it to introduce the new online services. The companies bid on the business. Upcoming offerings include an e-mail service, an online mall and installing Internet kiosks at post offices.
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