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The first telephone booth was set up in London way back in 1903. It was operated by the Grand Central Railway, according to Wikimedia.
Over the years, the pay phone kiosks became trendy and interesting.
This booth is shaped like a "Dourado" fish. Authorities designed the unique phone booth to reflect the heritage ot the Pantanal, the world's largest undisturbed wetlands and to promote tourism.
Take a look at some of the stylish and beautiful phone booths across the world...
Children play in telephone booths along a flooded street at Thung Song Hong district in Bangkok.
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Two rival teams named after oxen competed in a spectacle recounting Indian tales, local history and the region's cattle ranching roots.
The carnival-style event began only 41 years ago, but its roots date back to 1913 when roving bands of singers donned bulls costumes and danced in the streets to improvised lyrics.
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The classic red phone booth in the centre of the village, was bought by residents for 1 pound and turned into a book exchange, as part of British Telecom's Adopt a Kiosk campaign which has seen more than 350 red phone boxes adopted by small communities across Britain.
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The Call Parade is a street art exhibition involving 100 artists who decorated and painted 100 public telephone booths, which are falling into disuse as mobile phones become cheaper, around Sao Paulo, according to the organisers.
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A visitor poses in front of a mock telephone booth inside the "Kitty Lab", a simulated city environment of Hello Kitty, to celebrates the character's 35th anniversary, inside an exhibition centre in Hong Kong.
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A man looks at a public telephone booth painted by Brazilian artist Juarez Fagundes during the Call Parade art exhibition in Sao Paulo.
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A waitress walks by dinosaur-shaped telephone booths at a theme restaurant in Taipei.
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A public telephone booth decorated by Brazilian artist Emili Akemi is seen during the Call Parade art exhibition in Sao Paulo.
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Snow covers a telephone box in Crathie, in Scotland.
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A couple walk past a public telephone booth painted by Brazilian artists, daughter and father, Julia and Ricardo Paoliello during the Call Parade art exhibition in Sao Paulo.
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Show attendees make free calls at the Vonage booth during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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A telephone booth is seen outside the offices of BCE Inc in Montreal.
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Telephone booths are filled with advertisements offering cash loans on the streets of Kuala Lumpur.
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A trendy telephone booth in Sao Paulo.