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

It's arduous to imagine modern world of telecommunications without phone cards. During the 1970-s international calling card were developed in some states, also in United States of America. After 1970, phone cards were utilized in many states around the world. In our time, it is hard to find a country which doesn't employ international phone card.

Now we will talk about history of development and using of international phone card. In 1975 the telecommunication corporations have faced the riddle of scarcity of moneys and of robbery in the pay phone systems.

The way out of problem proposed the provider of vending machines, which invented phone cards. Prepaid calling cards were a proposition of telecommunication company SIDA.

The first country which started to apply this finding was Italy in 1976. In 1977 the number of countries which used international prepaid phone cards from UK to United Kingdom significantly rose, among them: Austria, France, Sweden and United Kingdom. These cards made likely to get rid of the many difficulties, therefore they quickly became popular amid the users, soon the rest of Europe began to use international phone card. Already in 1982, phone cards were used in different parts of the world. During this time they emerged even in Asia.

There was found an interesting deployment to telephone cards Japan, they utilize them in Subway. During the year 1987 phone cards matured in Western world. During this year Siemens and General Electric Company invented these cards and performed magnetic stripes technology. Nowadays, you can come across magstripes technology all over in economical field.

Immediately after this, in 1989 AT&T, a big communication establishment has entered the world of international calling card. They opened the door to the universe of calling cards first to Hawaii and later to other regions of the United States. In 1990 phone cards began to be used on magnetic based. The development of prepaid phone cards began to rise during this time. The new level of security appeared in Western world it was first PIN number, also long distance calls and other services.

In the year 1992 popularity of calling cards has reached the highest points. All main communication firms began to output calling cards. But not only big companies began to output prepaid calling cards but even smaller companies began to manufacturing calling cards of their own. During only two years selling has doubled, compared with the past years, they have reached the mark of twelve million dollars. The interest of majority corporations was caused by amazing jump in sellings in 1993, the sellings of calling cards reached twenty five million dollars.

During the year 1995 appeared another invention in phone cards business. Calling cards were fitted with chips instead of magstripes. During this period sales achieved incredible performance of 650 millions US dollars.

The sales increased the highest level of more than billion dollars. In our time it is difficult to imagine a modern world without prepaid calling cards, they opened the door to cozy communication, and give us a lot of helpful services like IP communications, online phone cards, international phone cards etc.