This product is new. Document Exchange was complementary to, rather than a direct replacement for, traditional document courier services, he said. Security issues have dominated the debate about the business potential of the Internet, but electronic commerce is expected by analysts to thrive once secure payment and transmission issues have been resolved. UPS Document Exchange has placed security issues at the heart of its two core on-line services. Courier is an open environment that allows customers to send documents to anyone, regardless of e-mail software, operating system or hardware used by sender or receiver, with security options and tracking and receipt confirmations.
Courier is available in every country of the world except North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Libya and Cuba.
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