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8/9/2019 Phonecards from around the world
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France Many operators areallowed to use short diallingcodes for freephone .
numbers (four-digits) tomake users' lives easier.
France 1elecom, and its
commercial subsidiary Regie-
T, have been more aggressivetowards newcomers than BT.
Its products include: see-
through cards; promotionalpre-paid mobile cards called
Mobicarte; cheap remote-
memory cards to figh t cut-price operators.
Kertel has made auto-dial
cards for retail chain FNAC)
giving 200F of calls. Cards arere-chargeable and are placedover the mouthpiece, and as
the user presses a button it
dials into the company. For
supermarket chains
Monoprix/Uniprix/ Prisunic it
has made a remote-memory
card, incorporating a magneticstrip that is validated at pas
and can be re-charged throughbank-linked machines in-
store. Kertel is also triallingpre-paid internet cards with
the French
post office
for its Internet cafes. Intercall made a champagne
bottle-shaped card for Gosset
for the millennium, and it hasa well-established collectors'
club.Italy Graf3 has produced a
range of3-D cards (images
include S ta r W af:>, signs of the
Zodiac and the Pope) forvarious clients.
Germany Motion Card hasproduced a lenticular card for
Kodak. As you move it, thecard shows 20 scenes showing
how orange juice gets from thefruit to the bottle.
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Telecom does cards which
Phonecard from Taekom and
Kertel's push-button card for
France's FN AC retail tlzain
incorporate theuser's (or any
other) photo in
quantities ofoneand over.
Japan Clien ts can
order Promo cardsas blanks ("white
cards") giving the
client the freedom to print
them as they wish.China "Puzzle" cards by China
Telecom are popular: either
four, eight, nine or 16 cardsmake up a picture when
assembled. This encouragesrepeat purchase. In true
Pokemon-style, some cardsare intentionally made in
smaller quantities to maintaininterest in collecting the set.
U S Although a late-comer tophonecards, the US market is
showing great innovation.Cards come in all shapes andsizes - even as a wall poster.
Many cards are validated at
pas. A popular use for promophonecards is to produce them
for company sales
representatives as theirvisiting/calling cards.
GTS produces anElectronic Inventory
Distribution Control box thatconverts any plain card to aphonecard at pas, includingany blank cards that are sent
out as part of a promotion.
.Auric makes a card that
allows the holder to dial in
from anywhere and connect tothe internet.
.GTECommunications
produces cards with surveyfeatures that collect marketing
information or product
registration: the customer is"rewarded" wii:h phone time;
It is also possible to add phonetime as an alternative to points
or miles on loyalty cards.
Siesta Telecom has done adeal with the Vatican for an
excl usive set of phonecardsfeaturing the Pope, with his
signature, papal seal and a
personal prayer.