London phone booths to feature Wi-Fi, charging station and access to local services

BT is going to replace payphone kiosks in London with a replacement that it says can be "the phone boxes of the future." According to a Mobile Europe news report, the new InLinkUK units will be smaller than traditional payphone boxes, will provide ultrafast Wi-Fi, a charging station, access to maps and local services, a business phone directory and real-time, context specific information such as weather updates and London Underground tube times. BT also says the services will be free and paid for by advertising revenue, but added that users will have to register for them. "This is the phone box of… [Continue Reading]