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…
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…
Hong Kong, 1984
The magnetic cards supplied by the Swiss Autelca have been used for many years in the former British colony, which since 1997 is a special administrative region of China. The first issued cards, commonly called…
Maldives, 1987
The Maldivian telecom is the Dhiraagu that was founded in 1988, but until then the telephone service was provided by Cable & Wireless. A trial with cards provided by Autelca was conducted at the end…
Yemen, 1985
Until 1990, the state of Yemen was divided into two parts: the Arab Republic of Yemen, or Yemen of the North, and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, also known as Yemen of the South.…
Qatar, 1984
The first public card-operated telephones were supplied to Qatar Telecom in 1984, together with the first supply of cards to be used as field trials. These were two values, 100 and 200 QR (the local…
Kuwait, 1988
The first telephone cards in Kuwait were provided by the Swiss company Autelca. The first experiments were held in 1987, using the generic testcards in which the value in Kuwaiti dinars was overprinted, but it…
Oman, 1985
In Oman several public card-based telephone systems were used. The first to be installed, in 1985, was provided by the Swiss Autelca, which also produced a series of 4 ordinary cards, with values in ryals,…
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…
