Almost 80% of companies still use this device. It is a question of communication with public authorities.
Let’s go back to the 1980s and 1990s: the fax it was an essential “modernity” in companies, and beyond.
There was an abundance of devices in the offices, which were a marvel of technology for sending documents quickly over the telephone line. In practice, it was a mixture of phone plus printer.
For readers: place the document on the device and call the destination number where you want to receive a copy of that paper. And that’s it. On the other side, and after that typical high-pitched sound, the recipient received a copy of the original document.
The years went by and e-mail practically ended faxes.
More, already Germany, “pretty much over” doesn’t apply.
informs you that 77% of German companies still use fax. And 25% of them use it frequently or even very often.
Most companies justify this option: “It is essential for communication with public authorities“, continues Felix Lesner, from Bitkom, the German information technology association.
It may surprise you, but Germany is one of the most backward European countries in terms of digital public services.
For example, when you move house, you have to go to the City Hall in person to fill out a form; Anyone who goes to the doctor and does not take their health insurance card with them asks the company to send proof to the appointment location – and this proof is often sent… by fax.
Düsseldorf is considered an advanced digital city. In Düsseldorf, only 20% of administrative services exist online.
The issue is that there are few softwares and digital processes from Berlinfrom the central, federal government. Each city, each state, needs to have its own solutions.
E lack of coordination. In other words, each “corner” makes its own innovation, but there is no connection at a national level, often not even at a local level. There is no joint advancement.
And sometimes also there is no compatibility among the technologies presented locally.
