GPT Payphone's products and systems utilise leading edge technology
supplying a world-wide network in secure, semi-secure and outdoor
locations in over 80 countries.
Brief
Design Technology International were commissioned to design and
develop a new modular range of vandal-proof public payphones that
could offer payment methods by coin, credit or pre-pay cards or
a mix of options to suit the market. Previously, alternative methods
of payment had been confined to individual payphone designs.
Speed to market was a critical requirement for GPT as they wanted
to be the first movers with public payphones offering a variety
of payment methods.
As public payphones are exposed to the extremes of weather, rough
handling and even vandal attack, the selection of materials and
finishes was critical. The resultant designs had to be robust and
durable, yet aesthetically pleasing and simple to use by a wide
range of age groups.