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…
East Timor, 1999
A remote memory card, with a face value of $ 100 (US dollars), was provided to the Peace Keeping Force troops stationed in the country following the independence proclaimed after the occupation by Indonesia. The…
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…
India, 1989
The Indian telephone company used two types of telephone cards, both supplied by the Indian company Aplab: the chipcard, which was in effect a disposable card and mounted chips made by Aplab itself or by…
Indonesia, 1988
Indonesian telephone company, state-owned, was called Perumtel when they started to issue phonecards in November 1988 using the magnetic system, with cards supplied by Japanese company Tamura. The first set of cards bore the same…
Iran, 1991
The first cards in Iran appeared in April 1991, produced by the French company Solaic. The drawing depicted a telephone receiver, a dove and stylized flowers and was used for most of the subsequent cards,…
Iraq, 2003
Chip cards have been used in Iraq since 2003, issued by ITPC (Iraq Telecommunications and Post Company). The first, with face value of 5,000 Iraqi dinars, was issued shortly before the fall of Saddam Hussein…
Israel, 1988
On the occasion of the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of Israel in June 1988, two prototypes of a public telephone operated by cards were presented. The cards, just 300, were supplied by the Swiss…
Jordan, 1986
For several years, the only existing phonecards in Jordan were magnetic cards, issued by the Telecommunication Corporation and used for a field test of a public telephone system. The values were three (100, 500 and…
Kazakhstan, 1994
In Kazakhstan the first telephone cards were magnetic, and were supplied by Alcatel in 1994. These were 4 cards with face values in US dollars: $ 5, $ 10, $ 20 and $ 50, issued…
