New Ofcom rules will protect boxes in areas of poor mobile coverage or where they are needed for safety.
Ofcom has brought in new rules to protect rural phone boxes from closure.
The UK telecoms regulator said it will stop British Telecom from closing down phone boxes in areas with poor mobile signals if they are needed by local communities.This is lower than its original estimate that 5,000 phone boxes would be protected by new rules. But it is unclear how many phone boxes will be protected for other reasons. Ofcom said it would also protect boxes in areas with high frequencies or accidents of suicides, or where calls are being made to services like Childline.Meanwhile, phone boxes were used to make almost 150,000 calls to emergency services in the same period.
It is otherwise providing a vital service, such as being used to make calls to Childline or Samaritans
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