OREANDA-NEWS. The Universal Postal Union, on behalf of Posts worldwide and associated industry bodies, is looking to enhance access to universal postal service in the electronic world by establishing a top-level domain on the Internet - post. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has proposed the name post to the UPU.

The domain will give unlimited possibilities for universal postal operators and their customers. Posts worldwide could use the .post domain to offer new electronic services, or provide citizens with an electronic address that matches their physical address, for example. Only postal administrations will use this domain. It will also enable many developing Posts to enter the electronic world more easily, as well as helping Posts develop a brand that would be world-wide recognized.

Establishment of .post is the ideal way to create a universal electronic postal service that fulfils the expectations of citizens and governments worldwide in terms of security and stability post would allow the UPU to create a global electronic postal network establishing more than 660,000 post offices via the Internet, alongside the single territory for the exchange of international physical mail.

Russian Post and other postal operators can exchange confidential information by e-mail, as commented the domain establishing Head of Directorate on International Affairs Lev Razovskiy, FSUE Russian Post. High-tech security systems help to reduce data falsification that will work as то registered items delivery. In addition post can immensely reduce digital gap, increase transactions volumes of e-commerce, set up the base for innovative electronic services and customers can use new extra-services.