Emergency telephone on a beach at Trefor in North Wales

An Emergency telephone is a phone specifically provided for making calls to emergency services and are most often found in places of special danger or where it is likely that there will only be a need to make emergency calls. North Wales is the northernmost region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ... The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly voice and speech) across distance. ...

They are commonly found alongside motorways (in the UK and New Zealand, Autbahns ( in Germany), Payage (in France), highways (in the USA) and similar roads throughout the world. Motorway mark in Europe A motorway (in the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and some Commonwealth nations) is both a type of road and a classification. ...

Emergency 'phones can also be found at the ends of bridges or near cliffs which have a history of suicides. These are generally routed directly to appropriate support agencies such as The Samaritans in the UK. For the ethnic group of this name, see Samaritan. ...

They are also occasionally found along the coastline where members of the public may wish to report swimmers or boats in danger at sea. In the UK such phones connect directly to the Coastguard Agency. A coast guard is an organization devoted to saving the lives of shipwrecked mariners or people in danger at sea. ...

In some countries, they are also found in places where people may feel vulnerable or unsafe at night. In New Zealand, for example, they are found on university campuses. These are generally linked to security companies who patrol the areas where the phones are located. // History Because of the above definition, the oldest universities in the world were all European, as the awarding of academic degrees was not a custom of older institutions of learning in Asia and Africa. ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campi) is Latin for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ...

As cell phones continue to increase, the need for emergency telephones is reduced and as a result are being phased out in many areas. Motorola T2288 mobile phone A mobile phone is a portable electronic device which behaves as a normal telephone whilst being able to move over a wide area (compare cordless phone which acts as a telephone only within a limited range). ...