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,…

Micronesia, 1990

The Federated States of Micronesia, abbreviated FSM and also known simply as Micronesia is an independent republic associated with the United States. It consists of four states – from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei…

Mongolia, 2003

The Mongolian Telecommunications Company issued the first telephone cards in 2003, using the chip system developed by Gemplus. These were 4 landscape cards, of which the first two values shared the same image: 60, 150,…

Montenegro, 2000

Even though until 2 June 2006 the Republic of Montenegro was united to the Republic of Serbia with the name of Serbia and Montenegro, already in 2000 it began to issue its own chip cards.…

Montserrat, 1989

A series of 4 values with the same image, produced by GPT, was the first issue of this Caribbean island, a British overseas territory. The four cards have the deep notch and values of EC…

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…

Myanmar, 1995

The first cards of this nation, which was once called Burma, provided by Urmet, were issued in 1995, with two subjects: 100 units, advertising the film festival, and 200 units, with the illustration of a…

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…

Nepal, 1999

The Nepal Telecommunications Corporation issued only 5 chip cards from 1999 to 2003, before moving on to the remote memory system. The first card issued was 200 Rs (Nepalese rupee) and 10,000 were produced.