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When was the last time you used a BT phone box? If you’re struggling to remember you’re probably not alone as mobile phones have mostly overtaken the use of the pay phone, with calls from them ...
Red phone boxes which have stood on British streets for 75 years are to be sold off by BT with a starting price of £1,950. A consignment of 60 of the K6 or Jubilee boxes will be offered for sale ...
Thousands of old phone boxes are set to get a 21st century makeover, BT has announced. The telecoms giant is turning them into Street Hubs with Wi-fi, phone chargers, and screens showing real-time ...
BT has been given the go-ahead to start removing under-used telephone boxes from thousands of locations. What we are going to do is make sure BT provides the services that it has to provide in areas ...
Artists and designers including Sir Peter Blake, Zaha Hadid and Giles Deacon have re-designed the iconic red telephone box as part of BT Artbox, a new exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary ...
It’s been a problem for BT for many years. The advent of mobile phones brought about a massive drop in the number of people using their phone boxes. Some have been reclaimed and turned into ...
Red alert for low-usage phone boxes... BT is looking to close more public call boxes as usage continues to slide. The telco said it is writing to local authorities to test the water about closing ...
The public phone box, which has been demoted in status in recent years by the ubiquity of mobile phones, has received a fresh lease of life through a joint venture between BT and Travelex.
As is the steel-and-glass telephone kiosk – the KX100 – introduced by BT in 1985, and produced in ... original Giles Gilbert Scott red telephone boxes were listed, they had become a national ...
The red ones may be design classics, but when was the last time you actually used a phone box? Telecoms provider BT says only 3% of us have made a call from one in the last month, so it is ...
BT is to roll out a phone box fit for the 21st century offering free calls and ultrafast Wi-Fi. The ultramodern Link kiosks will open on major high streets across London next year complete with ...