Bellmawr is home to the main post office for the area, one of the largest in the state of New Jersey. In late October 2001 the office was closed due to possible anthrax contamination (see 2001 anthrax attacks).
The fourth quarter of 2013 was the second consecutive quarter that Telus's wireless subscriber base exceeded that of Bell Mobility, the wireless unit of media empire BCE.
Under the Bell System monopoly (post Communications Act of 1934), the Bell System owned the phones and did not allow interconnection, either of separate phones (or other terminal equipment) or of other networks; a popular saying was Ma Bell has you by the calls. This began to change in the landmark case Hush-A-Phone v.