News Archiv 2008

May 14, 2008
Emirates Post plans the introduction of a postal code system in the United Arab Emirates by the end of 2009. Up to now, the national postal system only provides P.O. Box numbers for individuals or companies.
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May 6, 2008
AddressDoctor provides up-to-date address quality at any time. In May 2008, 29 further reference databases were updated. By means of monthly database updates, AddressDoctor provides its customers with proper addresses and, consequently, effective customer management.
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April 30, 2008
High quality data can increase response rate up to 50% for mailing campaigns. This conclusion was reached by Market Research Agency Quadrangle on behalf of Royal Mail.
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April 23, 2008
AddressDoctor is extending its geocoding ability by 13 additional countries. With this expansion, addresses from North America and many Eastern European countries can be geocoded in addition to the previously covered regions.
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April 16, 2008
FAZ - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany) reported that Sweden and Denmark want to combine both postal organizations into a publicly-traded company within the next five years. The merger is intended to secure the competitive position of the combined organization in the highly competitive international postal market.
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April 10, 2008
AddressDoctor announces its monthly reference database release. Monthly updates are especially important for countries with high change rates of addresses, including: the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. AddressDoctor's customers benefit by always keeping address files up-to-date and thereby maintaining superior customer relationship management.
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April 1, 2008
AddressDoctor will be exhibiting at the ATM Arabian Travel Market May 6 through May 9. The event is hosted at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre, UAE. Arabian Travel Market is the industry's leading travel and tourism exhibition in the Middle Eastern and pan-Arabian region.
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March 17, 2008
Don't forget to update your addresses from New Zealand! As of July 1, 2008, it will be mandatory for bulk mailers to use the new postal codes to qualify for bulk mail discounts.
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March 10, 2008
AddressDoctor’s monthly release of country databases is now available. Significantly new data was implemented for Lesotho and Slovenia. Updates of all reference databases not only include changes on address entries. AddressDoctor also performs measures to improve the quality of address processing.
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February 26, 2008
Kosovo has declared its independence from Serbia. AddressDoctor will list Kosovo as the 247th country when an ISO-code is assigned to this country. Postal code data for Kosovo, created by the UN Interim Administration, are already available to the public.
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February 19, 2008
A new interface (version 2.3) of the AddressDoctor Web Services has been published.
The new interface, represented by a slightly modified WSDL, is made available in addition to the currently existing version.
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February 12, 2008
Continuous maintenance of the reference database for well developed countries as well as for developing countries and territories makes AddressDoctor's solutions unique. Today, AddressDoctor's new release includes 19 databases covering 43 countries and territories. Completely new or significantly improved databases are available for Albania, Republic of Moldova, Mozambique and Pakistan.
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February 8, 2008
AddressDoctor's Postal Code Lookup is now available in two additional languages. This will enable even more users around the world to access the system.
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February 1, 2008
Correos del Ecuador published new postal codes in December 2007. The revision of the postal codes is part of the modernization of postal services in Ecuador.
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January 22, 2008
In order to accommodate the increased market demands and to serve our customers better, AddressDoctor has established an official North American organization.
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January 21, 2008
The first release of the country databases for 2008 is now available. The database have been updated to improve the processing and to bring existing entries up to date.
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January 10, 2008
AddressDoctor has achieved CASS Certification for its software libraries. The United States Postal Service (USPS) defined new CASS Certification requirements for the current CASS Cycle L including DPV and LACSLink.
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January 9, 2008
Correos de Costa Rica intends to implement a standardized system of addresses. According to Los Angeles Times, the postal service is assigning numbers, street names and postal codes to every home and building in the country, which measures about 20,000 square miles. A descriptive form of addressing is currently used by most senders in Costa Rica, geared to Points of Interests like Churches, Schools – or quite recently better known locations like "Pizza Hut" (see AddressDoctor News from August 20, 2007).
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