There were three values that made up the first series of cards with chips issued in Malawi by MPTC (Malawi Posts and Telecommunication Corporation): MK50, MK100 and MK200. A couple of years later, MPTC was…
Mali, 1988
The simple white chip cards with SoTelMa logo have been used in Mali for a long time and exist in many variations. However, before 1994 the optical cards provided by Landis & Gyr were used.…
Mauritius, 1992
The first card phone system installed on this island was provided by Landis & Gyr, along with a series of four cards all with 212K code and the same image. The values were 10, 20,…
Morocco, 1983
The first card used in Morocco is a Landis & Gyr of 100 units, issued back in 1983, and is very rare given that only 4,000 were produced. Strangely, after this issue no others followed…
Mozambique, 1997
The first card of Mozambique is a chip card with a face value of 50.000 MT, with instructions on how to use it on the back. It was reprinted two years later, but the reprint…
Namibia, 1993
Following a few months of field trials with cards provided by South African Telkor, the first regular cards were issued in December 1993. Produced by GPT, they had the facial value expressed in Rand (R…
Niger, 1988
The history of card-based telephony in this West African country is not very long. Phones provided by Landis & Gyr were installed in 1988, and the first cards were issued. These were the classic optical…
Nigeria, 1985
The cards in circulation in Nigeria are with electronic chips, but before 1994 magnetic cards produced by the Swiss company Autelca were used. During the first period, standard test-type cards, utilized in other countries too,…
Rwanda, 1994
The first telephone cards used in Rwanda were not public, but were provided to the UN peacekeeping forces that operated in the country from 1993 to 1996. They were two magnetic cards provided by the…
Saint Helena, 1989
The first cards used in this small island in the south-central Atlantic, known to have been the site of Napoleon's last exile, were a field test conducted by the British GPT. The three cards, with…
