So Cool: New York City Unveils Modern Pay Phone.

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New York City had announced Monday, November 17, 2014 that it had selected a consortium of advertising, technology and telecom companies to deploy throughout the city thousands of modern-day pay phones that will offer 24-hour, free gigabit WiFi connections, free calls to anywhere in the United States., touch-screen displays with direct access to city services, maps and directions for tourists, and charging stations (for the cellphones you'd rather use).

New York City unveils the payphone of the future - which does way more than make phone calls http://t.co/SlyuZv5w1i pic.twitter.com/cRxu1W6V06
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) November 18, 2014

The devices will also be capable of connecting people straight to emergency responders, and broadcasting alerts from the city during emergencies like Hurricane Sandy.

The whole system, city officials said, will constitute the largest free municipal WiFi network in the world.

When are we having something like this in Naija..lol