Cape Verde, 1990

Before moving to the chip system, Cape Verde used Landis & Gyr technology for the public telephone network, issuing, from 1990 to 1993, only 5 card models. Four of these were ordinary cards with the…

Cayman Islands, 1986

The Cayman Islands, an autonomous British Overseas Territory, are located in the western part of the Caribbean Sea and consist of three islands. Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. The first phonecards used were…

Central African Republic, 1987

The Landis & Gyr optical card system was used from 1987 to 1993, and later replaced by chip technology. The cards issued in that period were 6, always in pairs of two values, 60 and…

Chad, 1988

Optical cards, only definitive with three values (30, 60 and 120 units), were supplied to Chad by Landis & Gyr. The first issues were without notch while later on they were reprinted notched. Then, in…

China, 1985

In 1985, the first phonecards appeared in China, introduced by the Shenda Telephone Company Ltd, a joint venture between Cable and Wireless PLC and Shenzen Telecommunications Development Co., for use in Shenzen Province, bordering on…

Comores, 1992

The first and only telephone system used in the Comoros Islands is the one working with chip cards, which was supplied by Schlumberger together with the cards, two values that show the OPT logo on…

Congo, 1992

There are very few cards issued in the Republic of the Congo. In 1992 a telephone system based on chip cards supplied by Schlumberger was installed and three cards were issued, with values of 25,…

Costa Rica, 1989

A set of 3 magnetic cards with deep notch was issued by GPT: 50 units (15,000 printed), 100 units (7,500), and 800 units (2,500) and they went on trial in 1989. After some years of…

Croatia, 1991

We all know the beautiful Croatian cards with chip, but the first cards, in use from 1991 to 1994, were magnetic cards supplied by GPT. The first one had the Croatian colors on white background,…

Cuba, 1993

Chip cards issued by Etecsa (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba SA) have been widely used on the island for several years since 1994. However, the first public telephone cards were issued by Intertel (Empresa Internacional…