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…
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…
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…
Gabon, 1985
Gabon too, like other African countries, initially used the magnetic telephone cards produced by Autelca, before moving on to the chip system. The first issue was a series of two values: blue 3100F, with a…
Kenya, 1988
The first cards to be used in Kenya were 5 values, supplied by Autelca: 50, 100, 200, 400 and 1000 KSHS. The cards, which showed the colors of the Kenyan flag, were without the typical…
Ivory Coast, 1988
The history of telephone cards in Ivory Coast began in 1988, when ONT (National Telecommunications Office) installed 206 public card-operated phones in the capital and other strategic places. The phones were provided by the Swiss…
Ascension, 1985
Before switching to the magnetic system of GPT cards, Cable & Wireless, the telephone operator on Ascension Island, had installed public telephones in 1985 using magnetic cards supplied by Autelca. The cards issued, of the…
Nigeria, 1985
The cards in circulation in Nigeria are with electronic chips, but before 1994 magnetic cards produced by the Swiss company Autelca were used. During the first period, standard test-type cards, utilized in other countries too,…
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.…
Autelca, the magnetic cards with Thorn-EMI technology
Autelca is a Swiss company and the cards are manufactured not only in Switzerland but in the U.K. and Korea too, and they had been manufactured in Yugoslavia under licence in the years before the…
