30 October 2012 6:39am

As Australia Post prepares to launch its digital business this week, complete with a payment facility, a start-up has confirmed its plans to compete in the digital postal services market.

Digital Post Australia is a consortium owned by the investor service company Computershare and technology companies Fuji Xerox and Zumbox Software. Zumbox is a digital post box provider, which launched a service in the United States in June last year.

Digital Post Australia's chief executive, Randy Dean, says the local business will be operating by the end of the year. It will include a...