1868
The Telegraph Act grants the Postmaster General (the office of the General Post Office) the right to acquire privately-owned telegraph companies
The Telegraph Act grants the Postmaster General (the office of the General Post Office) the right to acquire privately-owned telegraph companies
Public telephone kiosks are introduced to British streets
The first standard kiosk, the K1, is introduced
The K6 kiosk, designed by Giles Gilbert Scott is introduced; 8,000 K6 kiosks are installed as part of the General Post Office's Jubilee Concession, which sought to make a kiosk available to all towns and cities with a Post Office
British Telecom announces a £160 million modernisation scheme for the public telephone network
Kiosk KX 100+, the latest kiosk model designed
A competition organised by the Design Museum and BBC Television to find Britain's favourite design icon since 1900, voted for by the general public, places the Telephone Box in the top ten, in March
British Telecom introduces an "Adopt a Kiosk" scheme, which involved adopting a telephone kiosk for just £1
The 1,500th telephone kiosk to be adopted under the "Adopt a Kiosk" scheme
British Telecom confirms of the remaining 51,500 pay phones across the UK. 11,000 "traditional red phone boxes" still remain, 1/6 of the totall installed.