Singapore Telecom (SingTel) International Calling card

Title
Singapore Telecom (SingTel) International Calling card
Year/Period
1990s
Region
Singapore
Object Type
cards (information artifacts)
Material
plastic (material)
Technique
forming (physical activity), embossing (technique), printing (process)
Dimension
Object size: 8.5 x 5.3 cm,
Object size: 5.5 x 8.6 cm
Accession No.
2020-00210
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of Dr Jack Tsen-Ta Lee, in memory of Mary Kwan Tse-Chwong

This Singapore Telecom (SingTel) International Calling card dates back to the 1990s when public phones were the main channel of overseas communication. Like any value card, it needed to be topped up with credits to enable the user to make their calls.

 

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