U.S. Postal Service selects Motorola Israel for mobile data collection devices

Mobile Internet, The, Nov, 2004

Motorola Israel reported that it would supply 300,000 mobile data collection devices to the U.S. Postal Service. The three-year contract is worth almost $300 million, including financing for Motorola Israel and setting up necessary infrastructure in the U.S. The devices will be used at most postal service points in the U.S. as a mobile scanner, which can read advanced barcodes.

This will make it possible to track mail at all delivery stages, from the moment it is sent until it reaches its destination. Over 800 million pieces of mail were scanned in the U.S. in 2003. Motorola Israel is Motorola's global development center for data products designed for the global market. Motorola Israel will develop the devices for the contract, and manufacture them in the Motorola Israel plant in Arad.