Scandinavia Swap Stamps For Texts Messages
-
-
- sbacker
- added this
People stuck for a stamp in Denmark will soon be able to send a text message to pay the postage on a letter.
From 1 April, the Danish post office is introducing The Mobile Postage service that does away with stamps for standard sized letters.
Instead, people will send a text to the post office and get back a code they write on the envelope.
Danish service Post Danmark and Swedish postal service Posten AB are adopting the high-tech system to make it easier to post letters, packages, and cards.
The system will work by sending you a code to write on your letter. Danes simply stick the letter, card, or parcel--up to 4.4 pounds--in an envelope, as normal, then text-message the word "porto" to the number 1900. Then they receive a unique code to write where the stamp previously would have gone and pop their goods in a mailbox as usual.
Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20041170-1.html
http://www.cityfarmer.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/colony1.jpg
From 1 April, the Danish post office is introducing The Mobile Postage service that does away with stamps for standard sized letters.
Instead, people will send a text to the post office and get back a code they write on the envelope.
Danish service Post Danmark and Swedish postal service Posten AB are adopting the high-tech system to make it easier to post letters, packages, and cards.
The system will work by sending you a code to write on your letter. Danes simply stick the letter, card, or parcel--up to 4.4 pounds--in an envelope, as normal, then text-message the word "porto" to the number 1900. Then they receive a unique code to write where the stamp previously would have gone and pop their goods in a mailbox as usual.
Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20041170-1.html
http://www.cityfarmer.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/colony1.jpg
-
- groups:
- Tech, Technology
-
- tags:
- Mobile Phones, Sweden, Texting, Denmark, 5 more
