THE POSTAL SECTOR AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY IN EGYPT

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THE POSTAL SECTOR AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY IN
EGYPT
Alaa Fahmy Chairman, Egypt Post
November 2006
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Egypt Post a natural gateway to the Information
Society

• Egypt Post attributes provide the ideal platform
  to help build the necessary infrastructure on
  which to base an integrated Information Society.
• Vertical and Horizontal coverage
• Physical Network
• Outlets
• Distribution Network
• Customer base
• Peoples trust

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Egypt Post Strategy geared towards new
technologies and digitization

• Egypt Post is expanding the electronic dimension
  of its network
• Telecom Network
• Business applications system platforms
• ? ERP ? CRM ? Saving Accounts
• Information centers
• ATM POS EFT
• IFS/IPS
• GIRO system
• Archiving
• AIS / GIS
• Server farms for interactive e-mail web center

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Building confidence and security in the use of ICT

• Egypt Post is recognized as a trusted third party
• The natural development of the registered mail
  service, Egypt Post already provides, is
  certification of digital mail
• Egypt Post is developing a framework by which it
  can provide document certification services
• Egypt Post is in the process of introducing
  certification services like EPM and CMS

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Impact of Information and Communication
Technologies on Egypt Post

• Decrease in mail volume
• Change in customer demands
• Globalized postal market
• Better quality of service
• Change in palette of offered services
• E-payment gateway to the government
• Delivery arm for all e-government applications
• Utility Bill Collection
• IFS
• Track and trace of international mail
• Hybrid mail/Direct mail

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Egypt Post Financial Services

• Access to finance
• 15 million accounts
• economic catalyst
• economic and social development
• poverty reduction
• Electronic Fund Transfers
• 5 million Egyptians living abroad
• Pension Payments through ATMs

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The Perfect Match

• Merging of the most advanced Information and
  Communication Technologies and Egypt Post
  represents a paradigm shift.
• Egypt Post involvement in the third mobile
  operator in Egypt is an investment opportunity
  capitalizing on Egypt Post existing assets
• Branch locations retrofitted to serve network
  operations
• Outlet Network
• Distribution Network
• Customer Base

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• We have decided to choose big projects to
  transfer Egypt Post into the modern era
  utilizing the most advanced Information and
  Communication Technologies.

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Thank you