Importance of Prepaid Telephone Cards in Evolving of Today's Communication

It is difficult to imagine new world of communications without calling cards. During the 1970-s phone cards were developed in some countries, also in United States of America. After seventieth, calling cards were used in big number of countries throughout the world. In our days, it is difficult to find a country who does not apply international calling card.

Let's talk about the history of phone cards. As the effect of scarcity of coins and systematic burglary in the pay telephone system the advent of calling cards was very significant and essential.

The way out of problem proposed the provider of vending machines, who invented international phone card. Prepaid telephone cards were a proposition of communication firm SIDA.

The first country which started to apply this discovery was Italy in 1976. In 1977 among the countries which started to introduce prepaid phone cards attached Austria, France, Sweden and United Kingdom. Comfort and easy of apply has increased the interest amid the population of the Europe, therefore calling cards became appear in a lot of states soon. By early 1982, population throughout the world became acquainted with international phone card. During this period they emerged even in Asia.

Calling cards successfully found their application in the Subway in Japan. During the year 1987 these international calling card began to apply in the Western world. In this year Siemens and General Electric Company invented these cards and introduced magnetic stripes technology. In our time, magnetic stripes are utilized in almost all sorts of phone cards.

Immediately after this, in 1989 AT&T, a big communication company has entered the world of calling cards. This company began to acquaint Hawaii with universe of international phone card. Soon they acquainted these cards to other parts of United States of America. In 1990 prepaid calling cards began to be utilized on magstripes based. The growth of these cards began to rise during this time. In Western world appeared such services as PIN numbers, long distance calls, and other services.

In the year 1992 popularity of calling cards has reached the highest points. All major communication corporations began to output calling cards. Not only huge communication establishment understood the profit of manufacturing phone cards but also small firms began to output the cards of their own. During only two years selling has doubled, compared with the past years, they have achieved the point of 12 million dollars. The interest of majority corporations was caused by incredible jump in sellings in 1993, the sellings of phone cards achieved 25 million dollars.

During the year 1995 emerged other invention in phone cards business. Telephone cards were fitted with chips instead of magstripes. New invention caused incredible growing of sellings and they achieved 650 million dollars.

The sales achieved the highest point of more than billion dollars. In our time it is hard to imagine a new world without prepaid telephone cards, they opened the door to comfortable communication, and give us a lot of helpful services like IP communications, online calling cards, international phone cards etc.