Iraqi Post

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company_name = Iraqi Post
company_type = State-owned
foundation = 1919
location = Iraq, Baghdad
key_people = Ibraheem Hussien Ali, Iraq’s Postmaster General
industry = Postal Service
products = Postal Service
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The Iraqi Post (The Iraqi Telecommunication and Post Company (ITPC)) is a government-owned and operated corporation responsible for providing postal services in Iraq.

History of Post In Iraq

The ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia are considered the cradle of human civilizationFact|date=April 2008. They reflect for us the older trace of the post role. They had been left many letters of clay sheets and these civilizations prove about their pioneer role of invention of social communication device which consider the first way for communication. Every one know that the wheel had been invented in ancient Iraq and this give us another signal about the Iraqi role in invention of the first communication device represented by Akadian Cabriolet of post discovered about 2400 B.C . The wheel of time continue and invaded forces succeed on our fruitful country but the post remains in spite of every thing , The first communication device which had been knew by humanity . We reach the period of ottoman invasion of Iraq . This period considers worst period in post history in Iraq that the post remained between 1500 and 1900 under the control of ottoman colonialism that which we can call it the dark era .After four centuries of invasion our country wakes up to find itself in a modern age and after that Iraq became under the controlling of English colonialism and they unify the post office and telegram office to be one office in 1919 and after that the ministry of labors in 1919 it contained the post and telegraph office and the grace of founding telegraph service related to the English authority in that time because it has great desire to make contact with the orient . They had establish communication line from India to Basra throw sea and towards Baghdad throw the river bed of The River Tigris in the middle of 19th century. The beginning of 20th century the phone was born to be one of the main devices in communication world among the societies .the first switch has been established in Iraq and middle east in 1920 with a capacity of 300 lines and also another manual switch had been established in Baghdad with a capacity 500 lines and telephone service expanded as result of increasing of people so the post, telegraph and telephone office was ready to prepare projects and plans to cover these increasing and from technical and administrational needs motivated to extend its work and after that became the foundation of post telegraph and telephone . The development contains all the sectors naturally the communication field get a apart from this development .With the beginning of satellite communications and microwave transmission and telex .This foundation became the responsible of operation and maintaining the telecommunications system and installing networks for this purpose . Its name has been change to be the establishment of telecommunications and post .After a period of time it can cover the regions and cities by telecommunications services and in 1997 the name has been change to be The Iraqi Telecommunication and Post Company (ITPC) .The ITPC keeps up with a development with the field of telecommunication and another era begins with the establishment of optical fiber at the end of 20th century and we call this ((the era of optical fiber telecom and all the regions and parts of our country has been covered with an optical network .After the military actions in 2003 and the switches has been operated in Baghdad and governorates in a very short time and new services innovated like WLL and this service prove its success in Baghdad and Najaf that it let our officials in ministry and I.T.P.C to think seriously to contact all the governorates of Iraq . so the communication will remain one of the main devices used to continue the contact among the societies and also the post will remain responsible and the center when the humankinds built this relations throw the words and letters in spite of the spread of globalization era and internet its like a salt which has hardly to find food free of it

International Service Center

The International Service Center (ISC) will play a vital role in rebuilding the economy of Iraq through encouraging international commerce by creating a worldwide gateway for mail entering and exiting the country. The ISC enables Iraq to have greater access and quicker delivery to global goods and services which will improve the quality of life for the Iraqi people. The ISC facility, located at the Baghdad International Airport, will serve as the primary recipient for (inbound) and dispatch for (outbound) all international mail operating under the established arrangements of the Universal Postal Union (UPU). Iraq’s membership in the UPU will ensure coordination of postal policies with the worldwide postal system. The benefits of the ISC and membership in the UPU are important to all of Iraq and businesses operating within, as it facilitates the ability to send and receive international mail.

New Postal Codes

In 1991 and 2003, Iraq developed a Postal Code System which was not widely utilized. Both attempts tried to identify the street or delivery address, along with the Province and post office. Unfortunately, both of these attempts had built-in limitations that would not allow for expansion and were much more complex than necessary.

In 2004, Iraq’s Postmaster General, Mr. Ibraheem Hussien Ali, and CPA/MoC postal advisors initiated an effort to correct and modernize the Iraqi Postal Code system. The Iraqi Post team developed a comprehensive Postal Code numbering system to better serve the Iraqi people. After agreeing to several modifications of the five-digit Postal Code the team met the principal objectives: to expedite the processing, transportation, delivery, and economics of the mail system. A few of the major benefits of using a coding system is the increase in the security of the mail due to the reduction in hand sorting and a quicker more accurate delivery to the customer.

Adoption of a comprehensive Postal Code is the first step toward address standardization and automated sortation. Keeping the design simple and flexible will allow for the future growth of mail distribution in Iraq. The new Postal Code utilize a simple five (5) digit scheme that identifies the geographic region, Province and each post office within the Provinces. At the post office level, the Postal Code will identify a post office box (box-line) or business holdout.

The most important revision to Iraq’s Postal Code system is that the five digits would only be utilized on the bottom line of the address block. This simple scheme allows for future growth without completely changing or modifying the system. The specific address of delivery line (second line in address block) was resolved utilizing a simple address delivery scheme. Both the second and third lines of the address block will have different schemes or format rules.

Postal Code Example

• The first digit is the geographic region of the country• The second identifies the Province• The third identifies the type of delivery (0=street, 1= PO Box, 2-9= Assigned to large businesses)• The last two digits identify the specific post office

Name Mr Ibraheem Hussien

Street/PO Box Address Post Office Box 654 10 Qahwa Share’a

City*, Province Al Asmaee, Al Basrah

Postal Code 61002

So it will be like this:

Mr Ahmed Tarek

10 Qahwa Share’a

Al Asmaee, Al Basrah

61002, Iraq

Specific Postal Codes can be reserved for government and large business use. The system is also designed to incorporate future modernization of the Iraqi Post and Savings by automating the letter and flat processes. Within the City of Baghdad, the post office name (neighborhood) is used in lieu of the city name.

Key Benefits of Postal Codes

• Facilitates emergency response of fire, police, and EMT services.

• Straightforwardness of sorting: Regions, Provinces, Governorates, Districts, Cities and individual post offices.

• Reduces missorts and misdeliveries.

• Facilitates the processing, transporting, and delivery of mail.

• Improves the speed and reliability of service.

• Increases security, quality, and productivity of the entire process.

• Adaptable to automation and bar-coding.

• Increases economy of scale with volume growth.

• International recognition - Iraq’s Postal Code will be incorporated into the Universal Postal Union’s (UPU) database.

ee also

List of postal codes in Iraq

Postage stamps and postal history of Iraq

References

http://www.cpa-iraq.org/pressreleases/20040524_postal.html

http://www.iraqimoc.net/e_aboutus1.htm

External links

* http://www.uruklink.net/itpc