Just in: Time to end Singapore’s mailbox monopoly?

Liberalizing mailboxes could make Singapore’s ecommerce market more efficient, but it’s easier said than done. [View this email in your browser]( This Just In: Hi {NAME} SingPost, Singapore’s national postal service, literally holds the keys to ecommerce in the city-state. As the country’s sole Public Postal Licensee, it’s the only company possessing the “master key” that unlocks all mailboxes in the country and allows its fleet of postmen to deliver mail en masse to building residents and tenants. This monopoly gives SingPost an upper hand in delivering small items bought by consumers when they shop online. And because mailboxes are often grouped together in certain areas, the company is effectively able to access households from one dedicated location without having to go door to door, making it the fastest way to deliver items to people in Singapore. Should this status quo change? Following SingPost’s recent price increases for its package deliveries through the mailboxes, several logistics and ecommerce players are calling for the monopoly to end. [Read the full story here](. - Terence, Tech in Asia [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [Podcast]( Copyright © 2019 Tech in Asia, All rights reserved. You have registered for Tech in Asia. Our mailing address is: Tech in Asia 51 Bras Basah Rd #05-5061Singapore 189554 Singapore [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](.