Posten, Sweden’s national post office, is encouraging an Internet mail delivery service that aims to make most physical mail go the way of the typewriter. Posten’s ePostbox is cheap, environmentally friendly and lets recipients pick up mail at any Internet-connected computer, anywhere in the world.
Read MoreSingapore Post and its joint venture partner Cisco Computer Security have put th year-old ID.Safe Pte digital certificate operation to sleep.
Apparently, the ambitious venture, whose goal was to certify, verify and authent electronic transactions, has proven to be a commercial failure.
The Philippine Postal Corp. has noted a seven percent drop in the volume of traditional posted mail since last year, which could be attributed to the increasing popularity of the Internet and cellular phones.
With the advent of electronic mail (e-mail) on the Internet and cell phones as more modern and glitzy modes of communication, the mail that passes through the postal system is now comprised mostly of business letters, documents and parcels, said Postmaster General Nicasio Rodriguez.
NetDespatch has developed a unique web-based collections management system for UK overnight delivery company Amtrak Express Parcels Ltd. Called ‘Online Collection’, the new system will allow requests for ‘repair and return’ collections and ‘just in time’ deliveries, anywhere in the UK, to be controlled and tracked in real-time using the Internet.
Read MoreSINGAPORE Post has fully implemented homegrown NewsPage’s wireless Tracks solution in its island-wide courier package operations, making it one of the first postal agencies in the Asia-Pacific to deploy a wireless courier system.
Tracks allows information on the latest job status, collection and delivery to be updated into the backend system, said SingPost. The real-time information enables SingPost’s customers to trace their packages via the Internet, allowing SingPost to take prompt action to resolve problems.
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