BT-Payphone 90

The Payphone 90 was an early-1990s British Telecom public payphone that carried no CT number, as it was BT-owned and not customer-approved equipment. Manufactured by GEC or STC, it featured modular construction, an LCD display, and early digital functions for BT-operated sites.

NamePayphone 90
Dateearly 1990s
ManufacturerGEC or STC (depending on batch)
UsageSupervised

Development of the BT-Payphone 90

Payphone 90
The BT Payphone 90 did not have a CT (Common Tariffing) number.
CT numbers were assigned to payphone models approved for use with the BT Payphone Service under specific regulatory and tariffing frameworks in the UK. However, Payphone 90 was not included in the official list of CT-approved models, as it was a BT-owned and controlled model, rather than a third-party or customer-premises model requiring CT approval.
Instead, Payphone 90 was a standard unit used by BT in the early 1990s and was not marketed to other providers or for private installation, meaning it fell outside the remit of the CT scheme.
Model: BT Payphone 90
CT Number: Not applicable
Manufacturer: GEC or STC (depending on batch)
Use: BT-operated public payphones (c. 1990s)
Notable: Modular design; LCD display; early digital features
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