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Article: Internet postage gets U.S. stamp of approval.(E-Stamp Internet Postage technology)(Company Business and Marketing)
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- Network World
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- June 14, 1999
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SAN MATEO - Buying postage over the Web will finally become an option for businesses nationwide later this summer, says Robert "Bo" Ewald, CEO of E-Stamp.
The U.S. Postal Service recently approved E-Stamp's third round of beta testing and, according to Ewald, is expected to grant final approval for full-scale online postage sales within a matter of months. About one thousand customers are testing E-Stamp with live postage purchases in California and the Washington, D.C., area.
While E-Stamp was first to begin beta tests in 1998, the company will face competition from another start-up, Stamps.com of Santa Monica, Calif., as well as from Pitney Bowes, ...