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Prepaid calling cards - its history


Added: 22-02-2009
Author: Eliza Maledevic
Category: Telecommunications
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The first idea Prepaid cards made in 1975 in Italy, because it operated vending machines and coin, seller, or is destroyed or stolen phone.

For this reason, a few months later they released their first phone card. Use their cards made of cardboard and thin magnetic contributions. They use this as an alternative currency of their lack of experience.

Phone card users will enter the card from a pay phone and Instant machine you can make your calls and automatically reduced minutes for your phone card. They face problems with the first phone cards because they are very thin and can be stuffed machine public phone. Successful in France, Sweden, Austria adapted to the new phone card.

Prepaid phone cards were introduced in Japan in 1982. After a currency shortage problems, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph was first released by a prepaid phone card. Since then, the company continued to improve the quality of phone cards. Smart Card chip was first introduced in France in 1984 primary.

A decade after the eastern world, he uses a phone card for success. World telecommunication group founded by the United States. General Electric and Siemens is providing the card. Technology that they created their magstripe This magstripe magnetic strip on the back of the card. This information contains magstripe card number and address with your name.

Development of the card continues to grow. In 1988 the first calling card is distributed to the prepaid phone card collector in the UK, following the AT & T, he joined the prepaid card calls. Mass production of cards.

The New York Regional Bell Operating Company that made the first non magstripes phone cards. This card and PIN (personal identification number) and requires dialing a toll-free access number. This card is more than a versatile phone card. Each country can use the phone.

Phone cards continue to prosper and they would prefer to use the card access number and PIN from the magstripe. Major telecom companies issue their own cards. Sales continue to grow. Achieve higher sales due to unexpected high demand. On this day continues to increase its sales rose more than $3 billion. Even small businesses and companies have issued their own phone card. There are websites you can choose the type of calling card you want.

changes in the industry again in 2001 to pay before the first album the phone. This card works with our calling card, but once the call is a prepaid card, available in every store, vegetables, buildings and sites in the network.

Eliza Maledevic Ayson

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