Ofcom sticks up for neglected phone boxes

UK comms regulator Ofcom has said certain public phone boxes will be safeguarded against removal if they are still needed by a local community.
As must be blatantly obvious to all, the need for public phone boxes declined in line with the ubiquity of mobile phone ownership. Ofcom reckons usage has dropped from around 800 million minutes in 2002 to 4 million 2021/22, but says that there is still need for them in some areas, such as places where there isn’t any mobile signal.
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