# MetTel Wins USPS Supplier Award — Powered by DataRemote > MetTel earned a 2024 USPS Supplier Excellence Award for modernizing landlines at 23,000 postal locations with DataRemote's POTS IN A BOX® hardware. - Category: Awards - Published: May 21, 2025 - Author: DataRemote - Geography: United States - Primary entity: family:pots-in-a-box - Related entities: solution:multi-site-telecommunications, solution:pots-line-replacement, topic:pots-line-replacement, standard:emergency-communication-requirements, definition:pots, definition:pots-line-replacement **Direct Answer:** MetTel has been honored with a 2024 [USPS Supplier Excellence Award](https://about.usps.com/what/business-services/suppliers/general-information/performance-awards.htm) for a nationwide telecom modernization that replaced aging copper landlines with IP-based connectivity across roughly 23,000 postal locations. The deployment runs on DataRemote's [POTS IN A BOX®](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box) hardware, which converts circuit-switched analog signals to resilient, multi-path IP while keeping existing phones, fax machines, alarm panels, and other analog equipment in place. NEW YORK / [MetTel](https://www.mettel.net/press/mettel-wins-usps-supplier-excellence-award/) / May 21, 2025 ## Key takeaways - MetTel won a 2024 USPS Supplier Excellence Award for a nationwide copper-to-IP telecom modernization spanning ~23,000 postal locations. - The award recognizes extraordinary contract compliance, quality, and on-time performance under the USPS Supplier Performance Awards program. - DataRemote's [POTS IN A BOX®](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box) hardware is the technology layer that makes the migration possible without replacing analog endpoint devices. - The solution preserves E-911 access and supports specialty lines — elevator phones, fire and burglar alarm panels, fax, and M2M/SCADA — alongside standard voice. - [MetTel](https://dataremote.com/replace-pots-landlines) reports the approach cuts telecom costs by 30% or more annually versus legacy copper. ## What the USPS award recognizes The [USPS Supplier Excellence Award](https://about.usps.com/what/business-services/suppliers/general-information/performance-awards.htm) is one of the Postal Service's Supplier Performance Award categories. It recognizes suppliers who deliver "extraordinary contract compliance" alongside exceptional quality and on-time performance, and who contribute measurably to USPS supply chain operations or safety. MetTel earned the recognition for designing and executing a large-scale modernization that replaces aging copper landlines with IP-based connectivity — without forcing the Postal Service to rip and replace existing analog endpoints across thousands of facilities. ## How the transformation works MetTel's fully managed service combines multi-carrier network connectivity with DataRemote's [POTS IN A BOX®](https://dataremote.com/solutions/pots-line-replacement) hardware to convert circuit-switched phone signals into resilient, multi-path IP. The approach keeps existing analog devices — phones, fax, elevator and emergency lines, alarms, ATMs, and other specialty endpoints — operational while adding modern visibility and control. - **Seamless cutover.** Bridges analog to IP with minimal disruption to field operations — no new wiring or truck rolls to swap endpoint hardware. - **Resilience by design.** Dual-SIM and wireless backup options help maintain continuity during outages, backed by battery power at the appliance itself. - **Scalable and centralized.** Managed deployment and monitoring across thousands of sites from a single platform via DataRemote's [Ara Device Management Platform](https://dataremote.com/ara). - **Cost control.** Replaces high, and rising, copper line costs with predictable, modern service pricing — MetTel cites savings of 30% or more annually. ## Why it matters for postal, public-sector, and enterprise teams As [carriers retire traditional copper networks](https://dataremote.com/blog/fcc-2025-copper-retirement-what-businesses-must-do) following FCC actions that allow legacy analog lines to be discontinued, agencies and enterprises need a compliant path forward. [POTS IN A BOX®](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box) provides that path — preserving installed analog equipment while moving connectivity to IP and cellular, with features that support E-911 access and life-safety use cases. MetTel's POTS Transformation has now been deployed across roughly 23,000 USPS locations, with similar deployments reported across large retail and self-storage footprints. Customers benefit from improved reliability, operational insight, and the ability to standardize communications across geographically distributed sites. ## DataRemote's role: POTS IN A BOX® DataRemote's [POTS IN A BOX®](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box) portfolio is purpose-built to replace copper POTS lines with IP and cellular connectivity. Every model supports voice, fax (T.38), analog modem data, alarm panel signaling, and elevator/emergency lines — paired with battery backup and automatic carrier failover to keep critical communications online during outages. If you're planning a POTS replacement program of any scale, our team can help you choose the right device — such as the [90X1](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box/90x1) for 5G deployments or the [90X2](https://dataremote.com/pots-in-a-box/90x2) for LTE — and a deployment model that meets your compliance, uptime, and budget requirements. See our full [certifications and Trust Center](https://dataremote.com/compliance) for the standards this deployment relies on. ## More from the MetTel × DataRemote partnership - [MetTel wins ChannelVision's 2026 Visionary Spotlight Award](https://dataremote.com/blog/mettel-channelvision-visionary-spotlight-award-pots-transformation) - [MetTel's POTS Transformation solution with DataRemote's 90X1](https://dataremote.com/blog/mettel-pots-transformation-dataremote-90x1) - [DataRemote powers MetTel's $54M VA POTS Transformation contract](https://dataremote.com/blog/va-pots-transformation) ## Future-proof your telecommunications Ready to modernize your analog lines with a proven, award-winning approach? [Talk with DataRemote](https://dataremote.com/contact) about POTS IN A BOX® and how we work with MetTel to deliver at scale across public-sector and enterprise environments. --- Canonical page: https://dataremote.com/newsroom/news/mettel-usps-supplier-excellence-award-dataremote Organization: DataRemote, Inc. — POTS line replacement, cellular failover, and fixed wireless access solutions. https://dataremote.com