French Payphones List
| NAME | IMAGE |
| TAXIPHONE | |
| FR-TX-01 Type SAINT-CYR |  |
| FR-TX-03 Type PARIS Hall 25 |  |
| FR-TX-04 Type BENJAMIN Hall |  |
| FR-TX-06 Types 100 and 200 Urbain 57 |  |
| FR-TX-08 Type 300 Urbain 74 |  |
| FR-TX-09 Type 400 Urbain |  |
| FR-TX-10 Type 700 Interurbain57 |  |
| PUBLIPHONE | |
| FR-PU-01 Type BRIEND |  |
| FR-PU-02 Type TE432 urbain |  |
| FR-PU-03 Type Bell |  |
| FR-PU-04 Type 800 |  |
| FR-PU-05 Type TE80-01 |  |
| Card Phones | |
| FR-CA-01 prototype Publiphone à Carte LG |  |
| FR-CA-02 Type PF32 Publiphone à Carte |  |
| FR-CA-03 Type PC31P |  |
| FR-CA-04 Type PF16 Schlumberger |  |
| FR-CA-05 Type IPT701 Monétel |  |
| FR-CA-06 Type PF64 Schlumberger |  |
| POINTPHONE | |
| FR-PO-01 Pointphone PI73 Mecelec |  |
| FR-PO-02 Pointphone PIM 96 LG |  |
TAXIPHONE (1924) :
The oldest terminology, which appeared in France as early as the 1920s, is simply because electromechanical payphones were manufactured by the Compagnie le Taxiphone, and it is a proper noun that has entered common usage. The Compagnie le Taxiphone manufactured payphones for the French Post Office (PTT) until 1970.
Remarkably, even today, while the word “taxiphone” is practically no longer used by the French, it continues to thrive in the countries of the former French Union. So, whether you go to sub-Saharan Africa or North Africa, you’ll still hear people talking about “taxiphone,” which is always a pleasure to hear.
In France, only coin-operated or token-operated payphones existed.
PUBLIPHONE (1974) :
In France, the word “Taxiphone” gradually fell out of use because, in 1970, the French Post Office (PTT) did not renew its concession with the Compagnie le Taxiphone. Therefore, to avoid legal disputes, the administration invented the term “PUBLIPHONE” to replace the good old “taxiphone” (trademark registered on July 29, 1974) .
The Publiphone is a public telephone booth.
The term was chosen by the Administration in 1970, from among other proposals (Cabitel, Publitel, Cabiphone…). It refers to public telephones located on public roads or in semi-private but open spaces, manufactured after 1970 by new companies (Landis & Gyr, SMH, Crouzet, etc.) .
There are both coin-operated and card-operated payphones.
POINTPHONE (1985) : (in supervised locations)
This is a purely commercial term (registered trademark) , for small payphones intended to be installed in indoor and monitored locations, such as on bar counters, or in hotels, rural guesthouses.
This brand name, which appeared in 1985, is used for these small indoor public telephones (Trademark registered on June 19, 1985) . There were also Card-operated Indoor Telephones, similar to the Card-operated Pointphones, although simplified