Phone boxes could be set to make a return to Liverpool after plans have gone in to install new ones across the city.
But the company that has applied to the council for permission for them has no public telephone number itself - or an email address.
Telephone boxes have been disappearing across the country over the past decade as people increasingly use mobiles to make calls and access the internet.
But company Infocus Public Networks, which is described on its own site as the 'UK's third public payphone operator', has applied to bring phone booths back to sites across the city, including Lime Street, Liverpool One and Castle Street.
Documents submitted with its applications promise that the new phones will also have screens and would allow people to access the internet.
But when the ECHO tried to contact the company to find out more about why it wanted to install the new phones at a time when they were being removed elsewhere, it found no public phone number on its website - and no email address either.
However documents attached to the application show the high spec phones would be equipped with 32 inch touchscreens and be designed so that people could access the internet from them as well.
They also have a sleek design to make them blend in with the rest of the street.
The documents submitted with the application say: "The unit has been designed and built to a high standard and is intended to create a quality standard, in terms of build and function, for this type of street furniture."
Research shows the company has applied to install payphones across the country in the past - but so far the ECHO has been unable to find an example of when the company has been successfully contacted.
Earlier this year more than 5,000 traditional red telephone boxes went on sale across the UK for as little as £1. Many have been turned into libraries, museums and bakeries.
