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BT puts classic 'Jubilee' phone boxes up for sale

BT has begun selling off its vintage 'Jubilee' or 'K6' phone boxes, as the age of the mobile phone sees usage of the... Read more

26 April, 2012

Photos: BT red phone boxes get heart-starting makeover

Defibrillator machines coming to communities' kiosks... Five former BT red phone boxes are getting a heart-starting makeover after BT agreed to fund... Read more

11 July, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

The Weekly Round-Up: Are we only ever four feet from a rat with a mobile phone?

Plus a big happy birthday to red phone boxes and why geek trolley dashes just got a little closer... Read more

2 September, 2011 by The Round-Up

Nokia pulls out of free London Wi-Fi scheme

...joined a pilot of the project, which put Wi-Fi hotspots on phone boxes, last November. However, the other two companies in that pilot, location... Read more

11 May, 2012
Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

Bletchley museum treasures vintage tech

...Model 100 portable computer, it could give portable dial-up access from phone boxes, thus creating the very first generation of mobile data access.Photo... Read more

2 May, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Photos: History calling - the many faces of the iconic phone box

...experimental models that only survived a handful of years. The first ever phone boxes were not standard designs. Pictured above is one of six call... Read more

21 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Nokia switches on free Wi-Fi trial in London

...service, run by hotspot operator Spectrum Interactive, uses 26 Wi-Fi-equipped phone boxes to deliver connectivity. Any nearby mobile device — not just those from... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Simon Bisson

Photos: iPad accessories, Android apps for business and Sony's S1 and S2 tablets

...a heart attack. For more on the new kiosk, see BT red phone boxes get heart-starting makeover. Photo: BT Read more

2 August, 2011 by silicon.com staff

The Weekly Round-Up: iPad extras, Google+ for guinea pigs and red phone box revival

...call that'll get your heart racing Next up this week, red phone boxes to the rescue. Red phone boxes are an increasingly anachronistic sight... Read more

15 July, 2011 by The Round-Up

The Schmoozer: Last Straw for the evil hacker underground

...a couple of weeks ago that it plans to rent out its phone boxes to help reduce its massive debt should send out a warning... Read more

20 April, 2001 by ZDNet UK

Phoneboxes transformed into surfboxes

If you thought the phonebox was just for making calls, think again Read more

17 January, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

BT turns phone boxes into base stations

Money-spinning ideas from the beleaguered telco include renting out phone boxes to mobile network carriers Read more

12 April, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

BT rolls out cash-dispensing phone boxes

...On a more serious note, Hendron did say the criminal abuse of phone boxes is an issue BT takes very seriously and one which cost... Read more

8 March, 2004 by Will Sturgeon

BT tries to tempt users back into phone boxes

...use... BT is offering customers 20 per cent more calling time from phone boxes in order to counter the decline in their use. In a... Read more

25 July, 2001 by Mark Graham

In brief: French phone boxes under threat

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7 August, 1998 by silicon.com staff

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