| |
Contact:
Claudia Monlouis
Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - Partnering between the public and private sector
entities continue to bring to fruition a number of initiatives that aim to
enhance the public access to a diverse number of key services. Among the latest
initiative to come out of such collaboration is the “Net Stop Automated
Services” project which will come into effect at selected post offices later
this year. In an interview with the Government Information Service (GIS), Post
Master General Ianthe Charlemagne said the project should be completed by the
end of July.
Under the project, Gamma Investments and Cable & Wireless have jointly signed an
agreement with the Ministry of Communications and Works on behalf of the postal
service, to get the project underway. Ms. Charlemagne said the project coincided
with the Post Office’s push to bring on board, the latest tools of internet
technology in its delivery of services to the public.
The Postmaster General explained that Gamma Investments will install the
internet kiosks in order to facilitate customers, who are interested in surfing
the web. According to Ms. Charlemagne the kiosks will be installed at Post
offices in several communities, including the main Post Office on Bridge Street.
She said later in the year the postal service would broaden its internet scope
to include services, such as electronic money transfers under a new project of
the Caribbean Postal Union slated to come on stream this year.
The Post Master General said that the project would be facilitated via a
software developed by the Universal Postal Service known as ‘International
Financial Services’ (IFS), which is made available to post offices around the
world. In order to offset the cost of implementing the use of this software, the
regional postal service is considering implementing the IFS software jointly. In
order to access these new services when launched, members of the public will
only be required to purchase internet ready cards which will be on sale at all
postal outlets.
|
