Togo, 1990

Before moving to the chip system, Togo used the magnetic card telephone system installed by Autelca for five years. In this period only two cards were issued, which exploited the design that had been adopted…

Tokelau, 1997

Tokelau is a small dependent territory of New Zealand, it is located in the South Pacific Ocean and is formed by the atolls Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu, which together form a portion of territory of…

Trinidad & Tobago, 1987

Trinidad & Tobago is known among collectors especially for its beautiful GPT cards, issued since 1992. However, in the previous five years, a telephone system was installed that used the magnetic cards produced by Autelca.…

Tunisia, 1983

Landis & Gyr optical cards went into circulation in Tunisia in 1983 and used for several years; the first issue includes three red ordinary cards without notch, with a paint-type print, and face values of…

Turkmenistan, 1995

A public trial was conducted by Turkmentelekom, with the magnetic card phone system developed by Alcatel. For the occasion two cards were produced, a test of 50 units, and a public one of 10 units,…

Turks and Caicos Islands, 1987

Turks and Caicos, a British Overseas Territory, is a Caribbean coral archipelago. The first cards were marketed in 1987: it was a series of three magnetic stripe definitives, supplied by Autelca, with values expressed in…

Uganda, 1992

A series of four magnetic cards, supplied by the Japanese Tamura, was used in Uganda since 1992. It consisted of four values: 50, 100, 500 and 1000 units, and it should be noted that the…

Ukraine, 1994

Ukraine became an independent nation in 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, of which it was previously a republic. In that year, in the city of Yalta two Ascom Autelca magnetic cards were…

United Arab Emirates, 1988

Following some successful trials during 1986/87, Tamura cards were adopted and the first public set was issued in 1988: there were four different cards, each one with a different slogan about telephone sevices, but for…

USSR (Soviet Union), 1988

The first telephone card used in the Soviet Union was a magnetic test card provided by GPT to Comstar in 1988, which was used to demonstrate the functioning of the card telephone through communications between…