The Italian postal operator, Poste Italiane, has agreed to work closely with the UPU on securing electronic postal services, including the .post project.
Poste Italiane's chief executive officer, Massimo Sarmi, and the UPU’s director general, Edouard Dayan, signed a memorandum of understanding in Geneva on the sidelines of a press conference where ICANN granted the UPU the .post top-level Internet domain.
“We are delighted to work with Poste Italiane and to benefit from its expertise," said Dayan.
Promoting electronic postal services is part of the UPU's world postal strategy for 2009-2012, adopted at its last Congress in Geneva in 2008.
Unique capability
Many Posts today offer electronic postal services, from online post offices and electronic certification postal marks to e-registered mail, hybrid mail, e-shopping platforms and e-government services, all electronic equivalents of a number of existing physical services.
Poste Italiane has developed a vast technology-enabled integrated service platform and a unique capability in protecting its own data, services and infrastructure from digital threats and cybercrime.
At the UPU, Italy currently chairs the Telematics Cooperative and the Standards and Technology Committee.