In 2014, the Postal Service began deploying new mobile delivery devices to its letter and rural carriers. These devices offer real-time scanning, making it possible for customers to receive text messages as soon as mailpieces arrive in their mailboxes. The Postal Service also is investing in geo-fencing, which creates a digital address for every delivery point in the nation. These new technologies enable us to provide great new services to consumers, and they help us provide rich data to mailers and shippers — so they can know exactly when their mailpieces arrive.
