Pay phone boxes at Broadmead in Bristol’s city centre will soon be removed and replaced with a new digital advertising screen.
The BT Street Hub will be installed on Merchant Street and will let users access wifi, make free 30-second phone calls and charge their phones. Digital displays on each side of the hub will show LED adverts.
BT now has planning permission for its new street hub screen, after Bristol City Council’s development control committee gave approval on August 24. Councillors were told the new hub would be an improvement to the street than “obsolete and eyesore” phone boxes.
