LONDON (AP) — Thousands of Britain’s iconic red phone boxes will be protected from removal under new rules, the U.K.'s telecommunications regulator said Tuesday. The public payphone boxes may look ...
One hundred years ago, the first all-red telephone box, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, was installed in London. Deborah ...
Smartphones and mobile networks might be near ubiquitous, but the UK government is keen to protect its heritage of iconic red public phone boxes. UK communications regulator Ofcom has announced plans ...
LONDON — Sometimes it’s hard to let go. For many Britons, that can apply to institutions and objects that represent their country’s past power and glory — stately homes, the monarchy … and red phone ...
Latest attempt to turn around the payphone business... 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 ...
LONDON — The British telephone box is not dead yet. In parts of central London, a box stands sentinel every 100 feet — and if phone companies got their way, they’d plant one every 50 feet. But these ...
A man wearing a face mask walks past traditional red phone boxes in London. Thousands of Britain’s iconic red phone boxes will be protected from removal under new rules, the telecoms regulator said ...