Tag: Mail Services

Money transfer through mobile phones

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

The DG Pakistan Post chaired the meeting of Pakistan Postal Services Management Board at the office of Postmaster-General, Sindh, which was especially addressed by Federal Minister for Communications Barrister Habib-ur-Rahman who, in his address, gave his guidelines for improving postal services in the country.

Khan said the meeting was especially held in Karachi keeping in view the city’s importance as the hub of financial, trade and market activities. The meeting of Postal Services Management Board approved, in principle, to launch the scheme of money transfer through mobile phones in collaboration with the operators of telecommunication services in the private-sector.

He said that, at present, the Pakistan Post was undertaking negotiations with various providers of mobile phone services in the country for launching of the unique money transfer service. He said that initially the money transfer service would be provided in the major cities only and later on its services would be extended to smaller cities for the benefit of the customers of postal services.

The DG said that once Pakistan Post signs an agreement with the private-sector service-providers to launch the money transfer scheme, he would be in a better position to tell as to when the Post Office would start providing the service.

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PIN Group to cut over 1,000 jobs in Germany

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

Mail delivery company PIN Group, majority owned by German publisher Axel Springer, plans to cut more than a 1,000 jobs in Germany due to a planned minimum wage law for postal delivery workers.
The company, which is based in Luxembourg and Germany, will sound out options for its future with the help of a consulting firm, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Western Union and Fundacion Teleton Mexamerica partner to benefit disabled children and families

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

Zero Transfer Fee Quick Collect(R) Money Transfer Service from Participating Agent Locations in the U.S., Over the Phone and Internet Donations to Benefit Fundraiser

Together with Fundacion Teleton Mexamerica, a leading nonprofit organization in Mexico working with disabled children and families, The Western Union Company), a global leader in money transfer services, today announced a partnership to provide zero transfer fee Quick Collect(R) money transfers within the U.S. – identified as “Teleton Mexico” – in support of this year’s 11th annual Teleton fundraiser.

As an official partner of Teleton, Western Union will provide consumers with zero transfer fee Quick Collect(R) services for money transfers sent from participating Agent locations in the U.S. to the “Teleton Mexico” US account – between December 1 and December 15, 2007. This year, Western Union also will enable consumers in the U.S. to make donations over the phone (1-800-CALL-CASH) and the Internet (www.WesternUnion.com/teleton).

According to Teleton, there are more than 10 million disabled persons in Mexico, of which 2.5 million are children – living in remote parts of the country with no access to medical resources to meet their needs. The annual fundraiser uses all proceeds to support children rehabilitation centers across Mexico.

“Western Union’s support will afford Teleton the unique opportunity to reach the U.S. Mexican population with the hope to help our children receive the necessary services they need for their rehabilitation and integration process,” said Fica Soriano, director promotional activities, Fundacion Teleton Mexamerica.

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Algeria Post facts

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

Algeria Poste is a publicly-owned commercial operation, with revenues
of DZD272,055,490 in 2006. In terms of its infrastructure, the company has:

– 3,293 post office branches

– 09 central sorting offices, including 4 of them dealing with
international business

– 06 parcel post processing centers
– 04 EMS express mail service centers
– 01 national postal check center
– 06 regional postal check centers
– 06 postal order centers
– 07 savings centers
– 9.5 million CCP accounts
– 3.7 million Cnep accounts
– Coverage: one post office branch for every 9,800 head of population
– 221 million financial operations carried out each year
– 16,000 billion Algeria Dinars handled each year.

1 USD = 66.7873 DZD

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South Africa: Home Affairs Steps Up Turn Around Strategy

Posted by | Dec 4, 2007 | |

All Department of Home Affairs offices now use track and trace equipment and 254 offices have received scanners and receipt slip printers to date as part of their Turn Around Strategy.

Addressing the Governance and Administration Cluster in Parliament Friday, the Minister of Public Service and Administration, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said 1 249 front line staff have been trained in customer service procedures and that further training will be provided to 427 additional staff in the frontline offices.

To enhance the effectiveness of the existing Client Service Centre, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) will also implement a Contact Centre, which will deal with all enquiries and service delivery complaints. In terms of identity document distribution, the DHA has investigated various methods of postage namely, postage of application forms from front offices to head office, postage of enabling documents from the head office to front offices, and postage of uncollected enabling documents from front offices to serviceable postal addresses

The Department previously signed a service level agreement (SLA) with the South African Post Office (SAPO) for the distribution of uncollected enabling documents from front offices to serviceable addresses.

The SLA was to be revised during 2007 in order to include secure mail delivery options. This review process was however expanded to include all three dimensions of postage engaged by the Department. Direct postage of identity documents to postal addresses was however discontinued with effect from June 2007. As a result of these challenges, the Department has decided to appoint a single service provider to provide secure and fast postal services in order to improve turnaround times and ensure secure delivery of applications and enabling documents.

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