New Zealand Post has signed a licensing deal with US firm Zumbox to set up a digital mail service.
New Zealand Post has licensed the Zumbox Platform for Digital Postal Mail and received anational exclusive on the use of the platform as it develops market offerings to provide mailersand consumers a cost-effective and convenient option for secure digital delivery and storage ofpostal mail, Zumbox announced.
“As customer preferences change with technological advancements, New Zealand Post iscommitted to a future that meets our customers’ mailing needs both physically and digitally,” saidSohail Choudhry, GM Integrated Communications of New Zealand Post. “We have identified a clearinterest – both among consumers and businesses – in a digital postal system here in New Zealand,and we are eager to test this service on the Zumbox Platform.”
The Zumbox Platform is a locally deployable, white-label software offering that providespostal operators and commercial entities a complete system for digital delivery of mail based onstreet addresses. For every street address in a country, the Zumbox Platform offers a correspondingdigital mailbox, enabling mail and other content to be delivered and stored digitally. Digitalpostal mail is a facsimile of paper mail created from a diversion of the existing print stream. Itis presented and archived digitally for consumers in a centralized, secure online location,creating significant cost savings for mailers along with the environmental benefits of reducedpaper production and waste.
Zumbox CEO John Payne said many postal operators have explored digital initiatives in recentyears because of the compelling case for providing customers with an alternative. “In recentmonths, we have seen many posts around the world accelerate rapidly from exploration towardscommercial deployment, and we are thrilled to see New Zealand Post seeking to be a key player indigital postal mail delivery.”
With a digital postal system based on street addresses, the Zumbox Platform enablesmulti-channel delivery for postal operators who can now offer mailers the ability to deliver bothphysically and digitally in parallel until consumers opt out of receiving the paper version.Consumers benefit from a simple, time-saving and environmentally responsible alternative withpermanent online recordkeeping of their important mail and documents. Zumbox is a closed system ofknown, verified mailers and recipients, which provides bank-level security, complying with PCI,HIPAA and BITS security standards.
Last August, Zumbox agreed a partnership with GovDelivery, which provides informationcommunications services for more than 350 governmental organizations and agencies in the USA,including the Departments of Defense, State, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, Homeland Security,Justice, Health and Human Services. More recently, it secured deals with two major US mailinghouses, DST Output and Kubra, for digital postal delivery.
