[June 21, 2010] Posts Threatened By Technology Tweet Arusha, Jun 21, 2010 (Arusha Times/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The Postal services companies in East, South and Central Africa have been urged to improve their services in order to cope with present challenges of world dynamic technological advancements. The call was sounded in Arusha by Arusha's Regional Commissioner Isidore Shirima when he officially opened the Eastern Southern and Central Africa Region Postal Companies' executives meeting. RC Shirima said postal companies needed to increase speed in their services so as not to be left behind or sidelined by technological advancements. In the speech read on his behalf by the District Commissioner for Arusha, Raymond Mushi, the Regional Commissioner said postal companies needed to revolutionize their services through improved infrastructure and application of modern technology. Earlier, the Tanzania Post Office General Manager Deos Mndeme expressed his worry on the challenges posed to postal services by the ever-expanding use of internet and the mobile phones. Mndeme, however, said postal services would be of viable importance for services such as delivery of parcels, money and letters in a foreseeable future. He said some of the services needed physical delivery that couldn't be easily replaced by the use of the software communications even though the volume of hard copy letters is on the decrease. The meeting sponsored by the International Postal Services, Pan African Postal Union (PAPU) and the Tanzania Postal Services was focused on implementation of postal services improvement program worldwide. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]