Tag: Emirates Post

Postal pilot project ends successfully

Posted by | Jun 18, 2008 | |

The General Postal Corporation (Q-Post) announced the successful end of the first Arab Countries RFID Pilot Project yesterday. The pilot project, started on March 8 with Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, ended on June 8.

“The pilot was conducted under the observation and advice of Universal Postal Union (UPU). It was a huge success with good participation from Q-Post, Saudi Post and Emirates Post,” said Ali Mohammed Al Ali, Chairman and General Manager, Q-Post at a press conference yesterday.

The pilot tested live different Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies for measuring the quality of services of letter mail. The RFID pilot aimed to demonstrate the abilities of the different technologies within the same environment in the field of real-time monitoring networks. Hidden mail of almost 4,000 test items was circulated over the test period among the three countries. The time of posting and delivery was noted to measure the quality of services.

“This is a small project but its magnitude is much greater. The whole postal world has been eagerly awaiting the result of this pilot. The project will provide us a lot and is capable of satisfying all postal requirements,” Akio Miyaji, Quality of Service Coordinator, Universal Postal Union, told The Peninsula. “This project is the first in the whole postal world and is for service quality improvement. The results are excellent and this will help the technology to be introduced in more countries, helping in a global improvement of the postal system worldwide in a long run,” he added.

The recommendations of the test will be sent to all UPU member countries.

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Emirates Post opens new post offices at Dubai Silicon Oasis and Al Barsha

Posted by | Jun 2, 2008 | |

Emirates Post has opened two new post offices in Dubai: Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) and Al Barsha.

The Dubai Silicon Oasis Post Office will be open from 8 am to 3 pm. Apart from offering all regular services, it will have 500 P.O. Boxes.

The Al Barsha Post Office will be open from 8 am to 10 pm. It will house 700 P.O. Boxes.

‘The post offices are being opened in two of the fastest developing areas in Dubai. Dubai Silicon Oasis is attracting global companies specializing in technology-related areas.

With residential complexes and offices, Dubai Silicon Oasis is set to become a vibrant business and residential hub,’ said Mr. Abdulla Al Daboos.

Commenting on the inauguration of Emirates Post post-office at DSO, Dr. Juma Al Matrooshi, Sr. Chief Corporate Services Officer, Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), said: ‘In our goal to develop an integrated community dedicated to technology, it is quite important for us to ensure that engineers and their families living in Dubai Silicon Oasis have access to day to day utilities. The launch of postal services by Emirates Post at DSO represents a vital component of DSO’s integrated city concept.’

Commenting on Al Barsha Area office, Al Daboos said: ‘Al Barsha area is already humming with a lot of activity and has witnessed huge population growth over the past years. We are pleased to bring postal and related services to the residents of this booming area.’

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Emirates Post presents Innovation Award to Post Denmark at World Mail Awards 2008

Posted by | Jun 1, 2008 | |

Emirates Post presented the Innovation award to Denmark Post at the prestigious World Mail Awards 2008 which were announced at a gala dinner in Budapest, Hungary, in the presence of over 300 senior postal industry executives.

Mr. Ibrahim Bin Karam, CEO of Emirates Post, presented the award to Post Denmark for its ‘No More’ solution that allows packing and distribution of unaddressed mail based on individual mail recipient, rather than mass distribution based on bulk recipients.

‘Emirates Post has been sponsoring the Innovation category at the World Mail Awards as it believes innovation is a key driver of any business,’ said Bin Karam. ‘It was indeed a privilege for Emirates Post to stand among major global postal operators and sponsor one of the most coveted categories of the World Mail Awards, the mail industry’s premier global honours.’

In its 9th year, the Awards continue to grow in both prestige and breadth of coverage. This is the third year Emirates Post has sponsored the Innovation category.

The twelve winners competed against a broad geographical diversity of applicants and a wide variety of products and services submitted by operators and suppliers of the mail industry.

The Awards were part of the World Mail and Express Europe Conference which took place on 20th and 21st May, offering delegates a prime opportunity to network and celebrate best practices in the industry.

With over 100 entries received this year, judges had a tough job on their hands.

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Emirates and Indian Posts start exchanging electronic money transfers

Posted by | May 5, 2008 | |

The Emirate and Indian postal services have joined the UPU’s International Financial System network to offer their customers a new possibility for sending money electro-nically.

In addition to being eco-nomical, a new electronic money-transfer service launched by the two postal operators is fast (recipients receive their money within hours) and offered in many post offices. As part of a first phase, customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can send transfers from any post office in the country to 97 main post offices and more than 2,400 branches in the regions of Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkota and Kerala. The service will soon be extended to all of India.

At the moment, money sent to India is delivered directly to the recipient’s home, but more options will be added later.

At a worldwide level, the exchange corridor between India and the UAE is among the 10 most important ones in terms of money transfers from migrants. According to the World Bank, close to 2.2 million Indian immigrants reside in the UAE. Each year, migrants from all over the world send 27 billion USD to India.

The transfers between the Indian and Emirate Posts are possible thanks to the IFS solution, the backbone of the UPU’s international electronic postal payments network. Ninety countries are currently using or testing IFS, which is bringing solutions to issues around money transfers, international migration and poverty reduction.

India, China and the UAE are the most recent large countries to have adopted IFS in order to improve and facilitate money transfers for their customers.

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Emirates Post, India Post launch e-money order service to Kerala

Posted by | Apr 27, 2008 | |

Emirates Post and India Post yesterday launched an electronic international money order facility between the United Arab Emirates and Kerala, fulfilling a long-standing demand of expatriates for an affordable electronic money transfer service.

A bulk of the estimated Rs250 billion which Non-resident Keralites (NRKs) send home annually comes through banks and money transfer operators at present. A sizeable chunk of the remittances also come through illegal channels.

The facility launched by Kerala Circle Post-Master General Uday Balakrishnan is expected to benefit the low-income group, who constitute about 90 per cent of more than half a million Malayalees working in the UAE.

The e-money order launched in alliance with Emirates Post envisages delivering money at the customer’s doorstep.

It uses the Universal Postal Union’s secure International Financial System for the purpose.

The maximum remittance allowed per person is 12 in a calendar year, while the maximum amount that can be sent is USD 5000 or its equivalent. MOs up to Rs20, 000 will be delivered to the customer in cash within two days.

Amounts between Rs20, 001 and Rs50, 000 will be paid from the post office counter and those exceeding Rs50,000 by cheque, the official said. Emirates Post will charge 11 dirhams for ‘window’ delivery per transaction and 14 dirhams for door delivery in India.

The e-money order facility has also been launched at 46 head post offices in the four metros of New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. 1 INR = 0.0249476 USD

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