Country sheet: Portugal – Main Developments in the Postal Sector (2006-2008)
Country sheet: Portugal – Main Developments in the Postal Sector (2006-2008)
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CipherLab selected by Brazilian Post and Telegraph Corporation
CipherLab, an Automated Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) for the retail, warehouse, healthcare, government and distribution markets, recently announced that its 9400 Industrial Mobile Computer will be deployed throughout the 3,000+ regional branches of the Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos (Brazilian Post and Telegraph Corporation, or ECT), the national postal service of Brazil. Compex Tecnologia, CipherLab’s official reseller in Brazil, won the contract to upgrade ECT’s logistics infrastructure to improve shipment accuracy and efficiency.
Operated by the Ministry of Communications, ECT is Brazil’s largest employer with approximately 110,000 employees. In Q4 2008, Compex Tecnologia will begin to deploy up to 4,000 units of the CipherLab 9400 across 28 regions within the ECT, helping it to more accurately process, sort and track the millions of pieces of daily mail delivered by its couriers.
The CipherLab 9400 supports Microsoft Windows CE 5.0, and is designed to simplify the tasks of those working in the retail, logistics, warehouse, transportation and field sales/services industries. It leads the industry in impact standards — an important consideration for the warehouse or field use environment.
Read MoreCTT increases financial results and improves the quality of service
CTT Correios de Portugal announced a growth of 14,9 pct , an amount of 31,6 million euro of net profit, in the first half of 2008 compared to the same period of last year.
The consolidated operating revenue of the group in 2007 rose by 4.1 pct reaching 427.1 million euro. All business areas contributed to this positive variation, standing out the CEP segment by means of the ctt expresso and tourline express, which had a variation of 9.6 pct. The evolution of the company mother was also positive (+3 pct).
The global quality indicator reached at the end of the semester a performance of 188,2 compared to 138,8 at the same period in 2007. The increase of this indicator shows the commitment of the workers and the effort of the organization in improving operational procedures.
Read MoreElectronic money transfers: Spain and Morocco's Posts sign up
The Spanish Post (Correos de España) and its Moroccan counterpart (Poste Maroc) signed a reciprocal agreement yesterday to set up an electronic money transfer service.
José Damián Santiago Martín, CEO of Correos de España, and Anass Alami, Director General of Poste Maroc, announced that a service was being launched between the two countries, at a brief ceremony during the 24th Universal Postal Congress.
This service will be available at about 1,000 post offices in Morocco and 2,300 in Spain.
Around half a million Moroccan nationals live in Spain, said ALAMI.
In 2007, it is believed that Moroccans living in Europe sent around 4.8 billion EUR back to their country of origin. That figure was bound to rise considerably over the coming years, said Poste Maroc’s Director General, adding that he was very happy to be signing the agreement with Spain.
This accord follows on from the successful cooperation agreement signed between the UPU and the Spanish Government in December 2007. Its aim was that Spain would facilitate money transfers with Latin America and North African countries via the UPU’s international financial network. A goal that has been achieved in less than seven months.
This launch of exchanges between Spain and Morocco could pave the way for similar services in other North African countries.
Read MorePoste Italiane helps pave the way for the delivery of electronic postmarks
Poste Italiane’s Director General, Massimo Sarmi introduced an application to enable Posts the world over to deliver electronic postal certification marks.
The plug-in developed by Poste Italiane with the help of Microsoft applies an electronic postal certification mark that provides evidential proof of an electronic event, in a certain form, at a certain time, and involving one or more parties. This certification mark can be seen as the electronic equivalent of a registered letter. It brings all the benefits of the traditional paper-based postmark to electronic documents. Features such as date and time stamping, digital identity capture, content verification and encryption prove that the content of an electronic message has not been altered. The electronic postal certification mark acts as evidence of who signed what and when.
The Advanced Electronic Services user group, part of the UPU’s Telematics Cooperative (an association of UPU member countries that work together to develop technical applications for the benefit of the postal world), and countries currently using electronic postmarks also contributed their expertise to the project. These include Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Portugal and the United States.
With this application, the UPU will work to provide member countries wishing to offer electronic postal certification marks the necessary infrastructure to do so.
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