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…

Philippines, 1990

In this country, several prepaid phone card systems are currently in use, but the first public-line telephone system to be installed, in 1990, was the Japanese Tamura, which then also provided the first issues, a…

South Korea, 1986

Autelca magnetic cards were initially supplied in 1986 and used for many years, with several thousand different printed cards. In 2000 the magnetic system was abandoned and chip cards were introduced.

Brunei, 1988

Magnetic cards supplied by Autelca have been in use up to 1994; the first cards have been a set of 4 definitives, B$ 10 (180,000 printed), B$ 20 (150,000), B$ 50 (120,000) and B$ 100…

Bangladesh, 1993

Urmet firm supplies payphone system to Bangladesh. The first cards issued were a set of two with the same picture, showing a hand keeping a young plant: values were 25 and 100 units, each one…

Bahrain, 1986

Magstripe cards were originally manufactured by Autelca on behalf the Bahrain Telecommunications Company B.S.C. There was a set of 4 definitives with use instructions in both English and Arabic and black control numbers on the…

Diego Garcia, 1985

The island of Diego Garcia is an atoll that is part of the British Indian Ocean Territories, known for the presence of the United States Navy military base, one of the most important US forces…

Armenia, 1994

A nation from recent history, so even the first cards were issued late compared to other countries, produced in Italy by Urmet. The series is of two values: 25 units, with the image of the…