Thailand Post is about to launch Prompt Post, a digital mailbox service, by the third quarter of this yr. The move is aimed at capitalising on the rising trend of electronic doc dealing with and supporting the company’s Post Digital mission.
Thailand Post‘s chief executive, Dhanant Subhadrabandhu, defined that the company has been actively creating its business to offer complete postal and logistics providers. Prompt Post is a digital mailbox platform designed to supply comfort for its prospects.
The digital mailbox system ensures security via id verification utilizing an ID card system, which is confirmed by the Department of Provincial Administration. Once the identity is efficiently verified, clients can access the Prompt Post service.
The means of receiving and sending paperwork by way of Prompt Post is similar to sending common letters, with the primary distinction being the digital format. Senders of business-related registered letters must present an electronic signature to ensure authenticity and forestall forgery. Mold can be utilized as proof in court.
Dhanant highlighted that the principle difference between a digital mailbox and an e-mail is that emails can obtain spam messages or messages from unknown senders. At the same time, Prompt Post is a closed platform. Therefore, senders should register first to verify their id by way of a process often identified as KYC (Know Your Customer).
Thailand Post is presently discussing with several government companies to develop a Prompt Post pilot venture. The company is the sole authorised company under the Postal Act with full authority to operate licensed digital mail and paperwork in the country.
In addition to the digital mailbox service, Thailand Post has invested in IT infrastructure to turn into an intelligent logistics operator. Last yr, the company invested around US$64 million in such improvement.
The transformation of traditional mail to a digital mailbox platform will help prepare Thailand Post’s postmen for further integration into the e-commerce ecosystem. Dhanant said…
“Our 18,000 postmen could help introduce merchandise to people in the neighborhood, obtain orders and ship the products as required within the retail enterprise.”
Currently, transport and logistics account for 47.6% of Thailand Post’s total revenue, adopted by the postal group at 31.2%, the international service group at 15.9%, the financial enterprise group at 1.78%, the retail enterprise group at 2.78%, and other enterprise at 0.66%..