The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Savezna Republika Jugoslavija) was an independent state of Europe, formed on 27 April 1992 by the union of the republics of Serbia and Montenegro (including the autonomous regions of Vojvodina…
Serbia, 1997
After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Republic of Serbia had joined Montenegro forming the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, a name that in 2003 became the Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Following the referendum of 21…
Yugoslavia, 1989
The first trials of a card-based telephone system began in 1985, using magnetic cards supplied by the Swiss Autelca. The cards were the standard testcards, with the codes formed by the letter "D" followed by…
USSR (Soviet Union), 1988
The first telephone card used in the Soviet Union was a magnetic test card provided by GPT to Comstar in 1988, which was used to demonstrate the functioning of the card telephone through communications between…
Ukraine, 1994
Ukraine became an independent nation in 1991, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, of which it was previously a republic. In that year, in the city of Yalta two Ascom Autelca magnetic cards were…
Georgia, 1996
Reborn as a state in 1991, after being a republic of the Soviet Union, Georgia installed public telephones that used electronic chip cards in 1996, but disposed of them in 2000, issuing only 7 cards.…
Vatican City, 1992
The Vatican City State, born in 1929, is the smallest sovereign state in the world, both by population and by territorial extension. The first telephone card was produced by Urmet and issued in 1992 with…
San Marino, 1994
The small state located in central Italy issued the first telephone cards by Telefonia Sammarinese in 1994. It was a set of three Urmet cards, like those used in Italy, with the small corner to…
Liechtenstein, 1994
Several remote memory cards have been issued in this small country in the heart of Europe. However, what is considered to be the first issue is a chip demonstration card, produced for the International Fair…
Northern Cyprus, 1992
Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (in Turkish Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, in the KKTC abbreviation), is a self-proclaimed republic not recognized by the international community that extends in the northern part…
