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Text Messages To Replace Stamps In Sweden

Posted by samzenpus on from the mobile-licking dept.

99luftballon writes "Sweden and Denmark are running tests on replacing stamps with text messages. The writer sends a text message to a central server, which bills for the stamp and returns a code to be written on the letter. It's an interesting system but it better have very good security. Could this be the end of stamp collections and philately?"

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  1. Re:Nice to get this from slashdot by Menkhaf · · Score: 4, Informative

    Det blev faktisk dækket af Ing.dk i går aftes: http://ing.dk/artikel/117178-post-danmark-klar-med-sms-frimaerker

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  2. Re:Nice to get this from slashdot by Menkhaf · · Score: 3, Informative

    I guess it could be considered rude to speak something other than English here, so I'll provide a translation before I get lynched:

    "It was actually covered by Ing.dk (online newspaper driven by a big Engineering Association in Denmark) last evening: http://translate.google.com/translate?tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fing.dk%2Fartikel%2F117178-post-danmark-klar-med-sms-frimaerker&act=url "

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