Abstract
Payphones were installed in public buses in Brazil. These payphones worked with same phonecards used in tradicional payphones or with specific phonecards produced by telecommunication companies in collaboration with bus transport companies. The objectives of this study were to identify the buses installed with payphones in Brazil, chronology, payphone system, and phonecard type (whether tradicional or specific). The specific phonecards were described. A mobile phone-type payphone working with tradicional phonecards, developed by Telecomunicações da Paraíba S.A. (TELPA; João Pessoa, Paraíba State, Brazil) and installed in 1994 on Rogetur Transporte e Turismo Ltda. transport company buses, is the first consolidate case of a payphone used in a bus in Brazil. Specific phonecards developed by Globalstar, Inc. (Covington, Louisiana, United States of America) in 2000 were used in payphones installed on Viação Itapemirim S.A. and Empresa de Ônibus Nossa Senhora da Penha S.A. transport company buses.
Highlights
Telefones públicos operados com cartão telefônico em ônibus no BrasilResumo Telefones públicos foram instalados em ônibus públicos no Brasil
Phonecards are items collected as a hobby by several people around the world (TAVARES, SILITONGA, 2021a; TAVARES, 2021)
The number of traditional payphones started to decrease drastically in 2007, while that of mobile phone lines increased to reach about 255 million active lines in Brazil in 2013 (BAZANI, 2013)
Summary
Resumo Telefones públicos foram instalados em ônibus públicos no Brasil. Esses telefones funcionavam com os mesmos cartões telefônicos usados em telefones públicos tradicionais ou com cartões telefônicos específicos produzidos por empresas de telecomunicações em colaboração com empresas de transporte de ônibus. Os objetivos deste estudo foram identificar os ônibus instalados com telefones públicos no Brasil, cronologia, sistema de telefones públicos e tipo de cartão telefônico (tradicional ou específico). Telefone público do tipo telefone móvel com cartões telefônicos tradicionais, desenvolvido pela Telecomunicações da Paraíba S.A. Cartões telefônicos específicos desenvolvidos pela Globalstar, Inc. (Covington, Louisiana, Estados Unidos da América) em 2000 foram usados em telefones públicos instalados nos ônibus das empresas de transporte Viação Itapemirim S.A. e Empresa de Ônibus Nossa Senhora da Penha S.A. Palavras chave Arte em cartões telefônicos, Empresa de transporte, Globalstar, Inc., Ônibus, Transporte público
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