NZ Post signs deal for digital mail delivery
NZ Post has signed a licensing deal with digital postal mail provider Zumbox, whose software makes electronic copies of paper mail, which are then delivered online to users based on postal addresses.
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NZ Post has signed a licensing deal with digital postal mail provider Zumbox, following a 5% decline in physical mail deliveries year-on-year.
The company will test and then trial the software after signing the deal earlier this month, said external communications manager John Tulloch. He said decline in physical deliveries was an irreversible trend, and NZ Post's deal with Zumbox was a fundamental change in the way the company operated.
The software allows electronic copies of post to be made, and then sent online via a secure system, based on street addresses. An electronic and physical version are created at the same time, and no scanning was involved, Mr Tulloch told NBR, but the technical details were not at hand.
The service was aimed at big senders, such as major commercial companies, governments and banks, but personal mail would be a component of the final software.
The main differences between Zumbox and email, said Mr Tulloch, were the level of security - "it's got bank level security" - and the ability for big senders, to use the same network to access mail.
Interim results to December 20 from NZ Post indicated it was unlikely to reach its full-year net profit target of $60.8 million. In the 2010 financial year, NZ Post had a net profit of $1.3 million after one-off costs.
Mr Tulloch said that comments from a recent select committee review that the committee was disappointed NZ Post would not reach its target mirrored those of the chairman and CEO, who told the committee NZ Post was going through a phased, fundamental change. This would include the closure of some post shops, and the installation of self service kiosks at locations such as petrol stations.
NBR Staff
Tue, 26 Apr 2011
Tue, 26 Apr 2011
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NZ Post signs deal for digital mail delivery
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