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…
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,…
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…
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…
Bhutan, 2003
Bhutan Telecom, founded in 2000, installed the first autonomous public telephone booths in 2003. Previously, in fact, you could only call from public telephone offices, during opening hours and with the assistance of an operator.…
Azerbaijan, 1993
The Alcatel magnetic card system was used in Azerbaijan since 1993. The first cards issued were a series of 6, with views of Baku, the capital: 3 with a value of 300 units and 3…
Mongolia, 2003
The Mongolian Telecommunications Company issued the first telephone cards in 2003, using the chip system developed by Gemplus. These were 4 landscape cards, of which the first two values shared the same image: 60, 150,…
Afghanistan, 2002
In the country only a few cards were issued that used the remote memory system. The first of these, in 2002, was a 5 unit card of AWCC (Afghan Wireless Communication Company), which later produced…
Palestine, 1998
The State of Palestine used its first telephone cards in 1998, issued by Palestine Telecommunications Company P.L.C., a company founded in 1995 when only 3% of the Palestinian population owned a telephone. The first issue…
Lebanon, 1992
Two chip cards from Inteltec telephone company, a 30 and a 100 units manufactured by Schlumberger, have been issued in 1992, but had a scarce diffusion and they are now not easy to get. The…
