The idea of the first prepaid card was created in 1975 in Italy because the vending machines they use is that the coins, this coin telephone destroyed or stolen.

For this reason, a few months later, the first phone cards issued. The paper used a card with a magnetic strip. They use it as an alternate to the scarcity of money they are living.

The user of the payphone card to map machine public phoneand in an instant you could make your call and its automatically deducting minutes from your payphone card. They encounter problem with the first phone card because they are so thin and can jammed the payphone machine. In the succeeding year the France, Sweden, Austria adapts the new phone card.

Prepaid phone cards were introduced in Japan on 1982. Having the same problem of coin shortage, the Nippon Telephone and telegraph was the first to the released the prepaid phone cards. Since Then, companies continuously improve the quality of phone cards. Smart Card was introduced chips based in France in 1984.

A decade after the eastern part of the world used to map the phone successfully. The World Telecom Group to lead the United States. General Electric and Siemens is one of the cards to be distributed. With the technology that created them "magnetic stripe" This is the magnetic strip on the bottom magnetic stripe card. The magnetic stripe containsinformation on credit card address as your name.

Map of development continues to grow. In 1988, the first phone cards are dealt to the prepaid card collector in England next year, AT & T prepaid cards. Produce mass production of the card.

The New York Regional Bell Operating Company became the first phone cards magstripes not done. This card PIN (Personal Identification Number) and requires free access dialingnumber. The map is more maneuverable phone cards. Can be used for a mobile country.

The phone card is still ongoing, and prefer to use the card with an access number and PIN as magnetic stripe. large telecommunications companies released their own telephone cards. Sales continue to grow. Sales reached unexpected high because of its high demand. As sales continue to rise today not rise more than 3 billion dollars. Even small businesses and companies have theirPhonecard own. There are websites you can choose which card type you wish to call.

The changes in the sector in 2001, reissued their first pre-paid phone. This card works with other phone cards, but records and phone calls must be paid in advance, this map is available in stores, groceries, shopping malls and places on the Internet.

Eliza Ayson Maledevic

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