publish_date | publication | title | url | authorities |
2017-06-27 | Wired UK | Phone boxes across the UK are being turned into free 1Gbps Wi-Fi hotspots and charging stations | https://www.wired.co.uk/article/link-free-wifi-london | Camden |
2017-06-27 | Mobile News | First InLink hits Camden High Street | http://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/2017/06/27/first-inlink-hits-camden-high-street/ | Camden |
2017-06-27 | Gizmodo UK | Goodbye phone boxes, hello wifi kiosk: Hands on with BT InLink | http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2017/06/goodbye-phone-boxes-hello-wifi-kiosk-hands-on-with-bt-inlink/ | Camden |
2017-10-26 | Camden New Journal | Police urge Town Hall to block new wave of phone boxes | http://camdennewjournal.com/article/police-urge-town-hall-to-block-new-wave-of-phone-boxes | Camden |
2017-11-29 | Wandsworth Guardian | Residents call for council to reject new 'eyesore' BT kiosks | https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/15690988.residents-call-for-council-to-reject-new-eyesore-bt-kiosks/ | Wandsworth |
2017-12-13 | Adrian Short | InLink kiosks: Email to Wandsworth Council's planning applications committee | https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2017/wandsworth-council-inlink-privacy/ | Wandsworth |
2017-12-14 | Adrian Short | BT InLink in London: building a privatised "smart city" by stealth | https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2017/bt-inlink-london-smart-city/ | London |
2017-12-19 | Wandsworth Guardian | Plans to install new BT kiosks in Wandsworth approved by council | https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/15782260.plans-to-install-new-bt-kiosks-in-wandsworth-approved-by-council/ | Wandsworth |
2018-01-04 | Adrian Short | Google InLink spy kiosks targeting kids in London and Leeds | https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2017/google-inlink-spy-kiosks-targeting-kids/ | Leeds|Wandsworth|Lambeth |
2018-01-29 | ISPreview | Local UK councils rail against surge in Trojan telephone boxes | https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/01/local-uk-councils-rail-surge-trojan-telephone-boxes.html | |
2018-02-16 | Wired UK | Stop replacing London’s phone boxes with corporate surveillance | https://www.wired.co.uk/article/linkuk-bt-google-free-wifi-and-calls-london | London |
2018-02-21 | Islington Gazette | Islington Society takes aim at digital phone boxes, likens them to ‘plague of locusts’ | http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/environment/islington-society-takes-aim-at-digital-phone-boxes-likens-them-to-plague-of-locusts-1-5404024 | Islington |
2018-02-22 | Islington Society | Society leads resistance to new phone boxes | https://www.islingtonsociety.org.uk/news/society-leads-resistance-to-new-phone-boxes/ | Islington |
2018-04-03 | Wandsworth Guardian | Hundredth BT InLinkUK kiosks switched on in Wandsworth | https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/16134222.hundredth-bt-inlinkuk-kiosks-switched-on-in-wandsworth/ | Wandsworth |
2018-04-04 | Bristol Post | BT plan to replace Bristol's telephone boxes with these modern wifi portals | https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bt-plan-replace-bristols-telephone-1417266 | Bristol|Wandsworth |
2018-04-06 | Adrian Short | Is Intersection part of Google? | https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2018/intersection-sidewalk-labs-google-alphabet/ | Bristol|Wandsworth |
2018-04-06 | Adblock Bristol | Act now! 34 new digital advertising screens planned for Bristol city centre | http://adblockbristol.org.uk/2018/04/act-now-thirty-four-new-digital-advertising-screens-planned-for-bristol-city-centre/ | Bristol |
2018-04-12 | Bristol Post | BT's new InLink WiFi portals will introduce dozens of new security cameras to Bristol's streets | https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bts-new-inlink-wifi-portals-1445687 | Bristol |
2018-04-17 | Bristol Cable | Opinion: Bristol’s new phoneboxes could end up spying on you | https://thebristolcable.org/2018/04/opinion-bts-spy-kiosks-could-be-coming-to-bristol/ | Bristol|London |
2018-04-20 | Sky News | Swipe: Upgraded phone boxes | https://youtu.be/rMnMtWdwNe8?t=126 | |
2018-04-23 | Bristol Walking Alliance | InLink advertising monoliths | https://bristolwalkingalliance.org.uk/2018/04/23/inlink-advertising-monoliths/ | Bristol |
2018-04-25 | Chronicle Live | Trojan phone box 'turmoil' ahead of Great Exhibition of the North | https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/trojan-phone-box-turmoil-ahead-14570686 | Newcastle upon Tyne |
2018-05-23 | Adblock Bristol | Success! 34 digital advertising screens rejected by Bristol City Council | http://adblockbristol.org.uk/2018/05/success-advertising-screens-rejected/ | Bristol |
2018-06-12 | Adrian Short | InLink is dodging full planning permission in Kingston | https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2018/kingston-inlink-planning-permission/ | Kingston upon Thames|Bristol |
2018-06-18 | Islington Tribune | ‘Horrible tsunami’ of phone boxes planned | http://islingtontribune.com/article/horrible-tsunami-of-phone-boxes-planned | Islington|Leeds|Glasgow |
2018-06-19 | ISPreview | BT begin deploying 12 ultrafast wifi InLinkUK kiosks in Glasgow | https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/06/bt-begin-deploying-12-ultrafast-wifi-inlinkuk-kiosks-in-glasgow.html | Glasgow|London|Leeds|Birmingham|Southampton|Newcastle upon Tyne|Sheffield|Kensington and Chelsea |
2018-07-04 | Chronicle Live | Why bosses think the 'Trojan' phone boxes should be built in Newcastle and Gateshead | https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/bosses-think-trojan-phone-boxes-14866211 | Newcastle upon Tyne|Gateshead |
2018-07-07 | Ham&High | Revealed: How new digital phone boxes are helping to drive Camden’s drug trade | http://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/crime-court/new-bt-inlink-panels-being-used-by-camden-s-drug-trade-1-5550889 | Camden |
2018-08-23 | ISPreview | Sheffield, Newcastle and Gateshead get BT InLinkUK gigabit wifi kiosks | https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2018/08/sheffield-newcastle-and-gateshead-get-bt-inlinkuk-gigabit-wifi-kiosks.html | Sheffield|Newcastle upon Tyne|Gateshead|London|Leeds|Glasgow|Southampton |
2018-09-07 | CoventryLive | This is why you might not be getting free super fast wifi in Coventry | https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/you-might-not-getting-free-15113081 | Coventry |
2018-09-07 | Westminster City Council | Westminster at war with ‘whack-a-mole’ phone boxes | https://www.westminster.gov.uk/westminster-war-whack-mole-phone-boxes | Westminster |
2018-09-07 | Engineering and Technology | Crime link stalls 5G phone boxes | https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/09/crime-connection-stalls-5g-phone-boxes/ | Tower Hamlets|Bristol|Camden|Coventry|Kingston upon Thames|Liverpool |
2018-09-10 | Gizmodo UK | Police postpone installation of BT's 5G internet kiosks over drug links | http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/09/police-postpone-installation-of-bts-5g-internet-kiosks-over-drug-links/ | Camden|Bristol|Tower Hamlets |
2018-09-10 | Huffpost UK | BT digital kiosks expansion halted after claims they're 'used mainly for drug dealing' | https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bt-digital-kiosks_uk_5b96aa2ae4b0511db3e4fda8 | Camden|Tower Hamlets|Bristol|Liverpool|Coventry|Kingston upon Thames |
2018-09-14 | Engineering and Technology | Westminster brands 5G phone kiosks a deceit | https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/09/westminster-brands-5g-phone-boxes-a-deceit/ | Westminster|Bristol|City of London|Hackney|Hammersmith|Islington|Kingston upon Thames|Liverpool|Tower Hamlets |
2018-09-17 | Cian Heasley | An interview with anti-surveillance activists ReThink LinkNYC on tech, privacy and the future of smart cities | https://medium.com/@nscrutables/an-interview-with-rethinklinknyc-on-tech-privacy-the-future-of-smart-cities-8bfe4a987876 | Glasgow |
2018-09-29 | New York Times | On crowded London streets, councils fight a flood of phone boxes | https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/world/europe/london-phone-boxes-inlink.html | Westminster |
2018-10-01 | BBC One (Wales) | X-Ray: Omar Hamdi tries out the latest futuristic phone boxes to appear on the streets of Swansea (at 9m 48s) | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bltlmz/xray-series-18-episode-1 | Swansea|Cardiff|Leeds|Southampton|Glasgow|Newcastle|Bristol|Liverpool|Edinburgh |
2018-10-02 | Sutton Guardian | BT InLink kiosks: Plans to build Sutton's first units thrown out | https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/16955356.bt-inlink-kiosks-plans-to-build-suttons-first-units-thrown-out/ | Sutton|Leeds|Glasgow|Newcastle|Swansea |
2018-10-05 | Independent | Why critics are calling Britain's new phone boxes a 'surveillance network' | https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/telephone-phone-boxes-surveillance-british-culture-public-space-london-long-reads-westminster-a8569096.html | Westminster |
2018-10-12 | Engineering and Technology | 5G street fight | https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/10/5g-street-fight/ | Camden|Hammersmith and Fulham|Southampton|Nottingham|Glasgow|Sheffield|Waltham Forest|Tower Hamlets|City of London|Westminster|Liverpool|Coventry|Kingston upon Thames|Hackney|Southwark|Lambeth|Bristol|Islington |
2018-10-12 | Engineering and Technology | Cities block 5G kiosks after doing rival deals | https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/10/cities-block-5g-kiosk-rollout-after-doing-rival-deals | City of London|Westminster|Coventry|Liverpool|Birmingham|Bristol|Edinburgh|Hammersmith and Fulham|Hackney|Kingston upon Thames|Islington|Camden|Hackney |
2018-11-16 | Bristol Post | BT 'in talks' with council to bring controversial InLinks to Bristol despite drug dealer fears | https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bt-wifi-inlinks-bristol-drug-2228617 | Bristol |
2018-11-30 | ChiswickW4.com | BT plan to replace phone boxes on High Road with InLink units | http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conplan106.htm | Hounslow |
2018-12-05 | Engineering and Technology | BT disables next-gen phones to counter London drugs gangs crisis | https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/12/bt-disables-next-gen-phones-to-counter-london-drug-gangs-crisis/ | Tower Hamlets |
2018-12-21 | Engineering and Technology | Twenty thousand drug deals on five InLink phone kiosks in 15 weeks | https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2018/12/twenty-thousand-drug-deals-on-five-inlink-phone-kiosks/ | Tower Hamlets |
2019-01-18 | Adrian Short | Police object to new Google InLink kiosks over drug deal phone calls | https://www.adrianshort.org/posts/2019/inlink-police-drug-dealing/ | Tower Hamlets|Merton|Westminster|Sutton |
2019-01-22 | Wimbledon Times | Proposed InLink kiosk for Wimbledon town centre rejected as police warn drug dealers are using them | https://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/news/17375899.proposed-inlink-kiosk-for-wimbledon-town-centre-rejected-as-police-warn-drug-dealers-are-using-them/ | Merton|Tower Hamlets |
2019-01-30 | BrentfordTW8.com | Council refuse BT plans for ad display monoliths | http://www.brentfordtw8.com/default.asp?section=info&page=planning051.htm | Hounslow |
2019-02-03 | Sunday Times (paywall) | Free InLinkUK phone kiosks used for thousands of street drug deals | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/free-phone-kiosks-used-for-thousands-of-street-drug-deals-fwhxfzk5v | Tower Hamlets|Merton|Westminster |
2019-02-05 | BBC London News | InLink drug dealing in Tower Hamlets | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azxy69OechU | Tower Hamlets |
2019-02-12 | Telegraph | Councils given new powers to block phoneboxes being built | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/02/12/councils-given-new-powers-block-phone-boxes-built/ | Westminster |
2019-02-14 | Planning Resource | The ruling that could end prior approval consents for phone kiosks (paywall) | https://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1525680/ruling-end-prior-approval-consents-phone-kiosks | Westminster |
2019-02-20 | London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies | A ruling that could end prior approval consents for phone kiosks (PDF) | https://www.londonforum.org.uk/reports/A_ruling_that_could_end_prior_approval_consents_for_phone_kiosks.pdf | Westminster|Camden |
2019-02-28 | Islington Council | Islington Council takes action to tackle anti-social abuse of free-phone units | https://www.islington.media/news/islington-council-takes-action-to-tackle-anti-social-abuse-of-free-phone-units | Islington |
2019-03-20 | Manchester Evening News | New futuristic phone kiosks in Piccadilly Gardens are being used to arrange drug deals | https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-futuristic-phone-kiosks-piccadilly-15897108 | Manchester|Tower Hamlets |
2019-04-09 | Manchester Evening News | From now on, phone kiosks in Piccadilly Gardens will know if you're trying to buy drugs | https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/piccadilly-gardens-phone-kiosks-drugs-16098562 | Manchester|Salford|Tower Hamlets |
2019-04-12 | Evening Standard | ‘Smart’ phone boxes are a honeypot for drug dealers, BT told | https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/smart-phone-boxes-are-a-honeypot-for-drug-dealers-bt-told-a4116226.html | Tower Hamlets|Islington |
2019-04-12 | Engadget | An algorithm is attempting to block drug deals at UK WiFi kiosks | https://www.engadget.com/2019/04/12/bt-inlink-uk-algorithm-block-calls/ | |
2019-04-16 | Evening Express (Aberdeen) | New wifi and phone hubs to be officially unveiled in Aberdeen city centre | https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/new-wifi-and-phone-hubs-to-be-officially-unveiled-in-aberdeen-city-centre/ | Aberdeen|Glasgow |
2019-04-12 | BBC 1 News London | InLink issues in Tower Hamlets | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yg7yzv6N6c | Tower Hamlets |
2019-04-30 | Brighton & Hove News | BT plans to remove 26 payphones and replace them with controversial hubs | https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2019/04/30/bt-plans-to-remove-26-payphones-and-replace-them-with-controversial-hubs/ | Brighton and Hove |
2019-07-09 | Bradford Telegraph and Argus | High tech phone hubs to measure city centre air quality | https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/17756473.high-tech-phone-hubs-measure-city-centre-air-quality/ | Bradford |
2019-12-18 | The Register | InLink Limited limited: Firm that puts up UK's ad-supported phone booths enters administration | https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/18/inlink_limited_administration/ | Westminster|Kingston upon Thames|Liverpool|Coventry|Tower Hamlets|Bristol |
2019-12-18 | The Telegraph | BT's WiFi kiosk business InLink collapses into administration after planning issues | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/12/18/bts-wifi-kiosk-business-inlink-collapses-administration-planning/ | |
2019-12-19 | Sixteen:Nine | High profile UK smart cities DOOH network can't pay its bills | https://www.sixteen-nine.net/2019/12/19/uk-smart-cities-dooh-network-cant-pay-its-bills/ | |
2019-12-23 | The Register | There is a Santa! BT prises remnants of InLink from jaws of administration | https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/23/bt_acquires_remnants_of_inlink_from_administration/ | |
2020-01-08 | BusinessLive | BT 'effectively' buys InLink out of administration | https://www.business-live.co.uk/technology/bt-effectively-buys-inlink-out-17532607 | |