A series of four magnetic cards, supplied by the Japanese Tamura, was used in Uganda since 1992. It consisted of four values: 50, 100, 500 and 1000 units, and it should be noted that 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…
Tanzania, 1992
Most collectors believe that the first issue of Tanzania dates back to 1993, with the pair of Landis & Gyr cards depicting Mount Kilimanjaro and code 302A. In reality it is not so, the two…
Swaziland, 1998
Cards with chips were issued by Swaziland P. & T. Corporation. The first two were a pair of values with expiration date 03/2000: E10, depicting a card phone, and E20, with the image of His…
Sudan, 1997
The Sudatel company issued the first telephone card in 1997: it was a card with Gemplus GEM2 chip and a circulation of 42,000 copies. The 1998 calendar was printed on the back. Following this, other…
Somalia, 1993
Little is known about Somali phone cards. In 1993, chip cards issued by Aerolite Somalia Telecommunications Ltd appeared in the collectibles market: the country had just come out of the civil war, and some private…
Seychelles, 1989
Seychelles Telephones, a Cable and Wireless plc company, introduced Landis & Gyr telephones and cards around May, 1989. The two first card were two values: 120 and 240 units, both 4,000 issued with code 902D.…
Senegal, 1985
The first card used in Senegal was a Landis & Gyr that was supplied to oil platform workers. The card, a red "Sodeco" of 120 units with the code "006 + 6 numbers" and optic…
Saint Helena, 1989
The first cards used in this small island in the south-central Atlantic, known to have been the site of Napoleon's last exile, were a field test conducted by the British GPT. The three cards, with…
Rwanda, 1994
The first telephone cards used in Rwanda were not public, but were provided to the UN peacekeeping forces that operated in the country from 1993 to 1996. They were two magnetic cards provided by the…
