{"id":37666,"date":"2024-03-27T15:17:37","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T15:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=37666"},"modified":"2024-03-27T15:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T15:17:37","slug":"bt-to-convert-2000-more-uk-payphones-to-gigabit-wifi-street-hubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2024\/03\/bt-to-convert-2000-more-uk-payphones-to-gigabit-wifi-street-hubs.html","title":{"rendered":"BT to Convert 2,000 More UK Payphones to Gigabit WiFi Street Hubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broadband and technology giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> has today announced a new 10-year partnership with media group Global, which will jointly work to convert a further 2,000 of the operator&#8217;s legacy payphones and kiosks &#8211; across more than 200 UK towns and cities &#8211; into brand-new smart Street Hubs, starting in 2025.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At present <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a> has already upgraded 959 of their old payphone boxes to<strong> Street Hub 2<\/strong> units, which typically offer features such as &#8220;<em>up to<\/em>&#8221; 1Gbps capable public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/wifi\">WiFi<\/a> connectivity (&#8220;<em>within a 150-metre radius<\/em>&#8220;), USB charging, mobile calling, small cells to boost localised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/4g\">4G<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/5g\">5G<\/a> mobile signals, local information, environmental sensors and a large HD display for adverts.<\/p>\n<p>The roll-out will occur very slowly over the next 10-years, and during this period Global will also continue to manage the marketing and selling of advertising spaces on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/britishtelecom\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">BT<\/a>\u2019s existing Street Hubs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bq1\"><p><strong>Bas Burger, CEO of Business at BT, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBT\u2019s payphones have long been an iconic feature on the UK\u2019s streets \u2013 and with the way we all communicate changing, today\u2019s announcement marks a further step into the future. There are already almost 1,000 modern digital Street Hubs bringing communication benefits to local communities across the UK. By bringing together BT\u2019s rock-solid connectivity with Global\u2019s unrivalled expertise in out-of-home advertising, we can almost triple this number over the next decade.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just to put this in some context. At present there are less than 20,000 remaining BT payphones (aka \u2013 \u201c<em>Public Call Boxes<\/em>\u201d or PCB) in operation across the UK (down from a height of c.92,000 some years ago) and around 3,000 of those are in traditional red kiosks. 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