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…
Uganda, 1992
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…
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…
Venezuela, 1984
Chip cards from Venezuela are easy to get and issued in great quantities. But not all know that the first card used in this Country has been a magnetic one, manufactured by Italian SIDA and…
Japanese cards: Tamura, Anritsu e Hakuto
Cards manufactured by Tamura, Anritsu and Hakuto (who mainly make other cards like Orange cards for the railways, but sometimes produce telephone cards when the other two are overstretched) are commonly grouped together by collectors…
