在手機普及的時代倫敦為何還保留著電話亭

The UK's first phone boxes started popping up in 1921, with the iconic red design appearing five years later. At their peak in 1992, BT operated 92,000 of them.

英國首批公用電話亭從1921年開始出現(xiàn)，標志性的紅色設計在五年后才面世。在1992年的鼎盛時期，由英國電信集團運營的電話亭有9萬2千座。

But as mobiles became part of everyday life, many phone kiosks were removed or re-used for services like community libraries and pop-up coffee shops. There are now just 21,000 payphones left.

但隨著手機成為日常生活的一部分，很多電話亭被相繼拆除或改造成社區(qū)圖書館和快閃咖啡館等用途?，F(xiàn)在只剩下2萬1千臺公用電話了。

Ofcom wants to protect 5,000 phone boxes, particularly in poor mobile coverage1 areas. It says they still provide a valuable emergency function, with 150,000 999 calls made from phone boxes last year.

英國通信管理局希望保護5000座電話亭，特別是在移動信號覆蓋率低的地區(qū)。該機構表示，這些電話亭仍提供寶貴的緊急求救功能，去年通過公用電話亭撥打的英國999緊急求救電話就有15萬通。