Thousands of phone boxes to be saved from closure
About 5,000 phone boxes around the UK will be kept open if they fulfil certain criteria, says Ofcom. …
Selina Chadha, Ofcom’s Director of Connectivity, said: “Some of the call boxes we plan to protect are used to make relatively low numbers of calls. But if one of those calls is from a distressed child, an accident victim or someone contemplating suicide, that public phone line can be a lifeline at a time of great need.