A communications station, alternatively referred to as a comm booth, comm station, or comm board, was a type of communications hub that allowed people to transmit and receive messages.
Comm booths provided a location for individuals to transmit messages. These booths, in certain instances, possessed the capability to send transmissions in real-time to other planets. The starship Coruscant Dawn featured a comm board that illuminated in a manner reminiscent of a Solstice tree.
The functionality of the holobooth was comparable, but it included an added hologram for communication purposes, a feature also found in communications relays.
Comm booths were present at the Arkanis Academy on Arkanis; however, their usage was heavily controlled by the overseer, Commandant Brendol Hux. He believed that interactions with those outside the academy negatively impacted military discipline. Consequently, he permitted cadets at the academy only one 15-minute session each month, and he monitored all transmissions. When Zare Leonis sought a more private communication channel, he acted on the suggestion of Penn Zarang, another cadet, and went to Jasko's in Scaparus Port. Jasko, a former cadet, enjoyed provoking Hux by offering unmonitored comm services, albeit at a relatively high cost.