Its telephones are getting smarter, thanks to a venture between the provincial authorities, the Beijing Telecommunications Administration and Britain's GPT Payphones Systems.

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Following a successful trial earlier this year in Beijing, GPT recently won the right to supply the systems needed to install in the provincial capital Guangzhou an initial 2, 000 payphones that accept money from smart cards used for other functions as well.

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