Value of Prepaid Telephone Cards in Evolving of Modern Telecommunication

A lot of time has passed since international calling card were first utilized in Europe. At this period began intense development of prepaid calling cards in whole world specifically in the United States. After this time international phone card began to employ throughout the world. In our time, it is difficult to seek a state which doesn't employ international phone card.

Now we will speak about history of evolving and utilizing of calling cards online from Europe to United States. The invention of phone cards in that days was significantly essential, because of dearth of money and burglary in the pay phone system.

The best way out of the problem proposed by purveyor of vending machines, they discovered prepaid calling cards. The first establishment, which has made phone cards was SIDA.

The first country which started to apply this invention was Italy in 1976. In 1977 among the states which began to insert international phone card attached Austria, France, Sweden and United Kingdom. Comfort and easy of apply has increased the interest amid the users of the Europe, consequently calling cards became appear in many states soon. Already in 1982, international calling card were used in some regions of the world. During this period they emerged even in Asia.

In Japan this invention was utilized in not ordinary context, consumers settle with the assistance of them for services in Subway. During the year 1987 these phone cards began to employ in the Western world. The first corporations which presented magnetic stripes technology were Siemens and General Electric Company. It is hard to imagine new world of international phone card without magnetic stripes technology.

In 1989 AT&T, a big communication company started to explore a world of calling cards. This establishment began to introduce services connected with prepaid calling cards, first to Hawaii and than they acquainted other part of United States with these cards. In the year 1990 telephone cards began to be utilized with magstripes technology. At this period, the growth of international phone card industry came to rise. The first use of PIN numbers, long distance calls, and many other services continued to grow in Western world.

In the year 1992 popularity of international phone card has reached the highest levels. All main telecommunication companies began to output international phone card. But not only huge establishments began to output prepaid calling cards but even littler firms began to making international calling card of their own. Sellings were doubled during only two years, because of incredible demand and big interest, they reached point of 12 million dollars. An incredible demand was for calling cards in 1993, sales achieved 25 million dollars, this fact interested major establishments.

In 1995 prepaid phone cards with embedded chips replaced calling cards with magnetic technique. It caused a colossal increase in sales. They reached 650 million US dollars.

The sellings reached the highest level of more than billion US dollars. In our time the calling cards contain a wide range of services, amid them: online phone cards, international calling cards, IP communication, fax and many another services.