Media | 26 March 2014 12:58
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De-Mail launches pilot image transfer project
Birkenwerder, 26 March 2014. Mentana-Claimsoft, a subsidiary of market-listed Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG, has laid the technical foundations for sending passport photos to identification authorities electronically. At the beginning of March, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) launched a pilot project for transferring images by De-Mail in the cities of Cologne and Göttingen. For this, the project uses Mentana-Claimsoft’s De-Mail channel via the De-Mail web service, Connector. Electronic image transfer simplifies the process of applying for an ID card or passport. In future, photographers will be able use De-Mail to send the required passport photo to the relevant authority in digital form. The applicant’s photo would therefore be encrypted electronically, enabling third parties to integrate a signed photo into the digital application procedure. A working group on electronic image transfer was set up under the direction of the BSI last year. The members of this group, which included representatives of Mentana-Claimsoft, laid down the necessary technical and organisational foundations for digital transmission. Back in 2013, Mentana-Claimsoft presented a proof-of-concept along with the working group’s other findings at the CeBIT consumer electronics fair. “At the end of the development phase, BSI chose Connector, our De-Mail web service. This means that we can help to simplify the process of applying for personal ID documents,” explains Hans Szymanski, CEO and CFO of the Francotyp-Postalia Group. The advantages are clear to see. If passport-issuing bodies and individual citizens use the electronic image transfer service, two steps in the application process can be removed because photos that are already available in digital format do not need not be printed out and scanned back in again. This solution not only saves a great deal of time, but is also more eco-friendly too.
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Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG currently operates in many industrialised countries through subsidiaries and owns around 10% of the worldwide market share for franking machines. With a company history dating back more than 90 years, the FP Group is now benefiting from the increasing liberalisation of the postal markets as well as the readiness of companies to outsource their outgoing mail to professional service providers. During the 2012 financial year, the company achieved revenues of EUR 165.6 million. The FP Group has around 1,100 employees worldwide. End of Media Release Issuer: Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG Key word(s): Information technology 26.03.2014 Dissemination of a Press Release, transmitted by DGAP – a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP’s Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de |
| Language: | English | |
| Company: | Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG | |
| Triftweg 21-26 | ||
| 16547 Birkenwerder | ||
| Germany | ||
| Phone: | +49 (0)3303 525 777 | |
| Fax: | +49 (0)3303 53 70 77 77 | |
| E-mail: | ir@francotyp.com | |
| Internet: | www.francotyp.com | |
| ISIN: | DE000FPH9000 | |
| WKN: | FPH900 | |
| Listed: | Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart | |
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