| Name | Icatel TP 102 and TP 2000 |
| Date | mid 1990s |
| Manufacturer | Icatel |
| Credit | With thanks to- https://acervo.institutofuturos.org.br/ Images copyright Musehum, Museum of Communications and Humanities (Brazilian Telecommunications Museum) |
Above- the ICATEL TP-102
Development of Icatel
These Brazilian card payphones were manufactured by ICA Telecomunicações Ltda, trading as ICATEL, for use within the Telebrás system. The TPC 2001, documented from 1992, features a shaped metal cabinet, recessed handset, digital display and card reader. The TP-102 MB, represented by a museum example dated 1997, uses a rectangular enclosure with an externally mounted handset, alphanumeric keypad and volume controls. Both accepted prepaid inductive telephone cards rather than coins or tokens. Although the TPC 2001 resembles Britain’s GPT Mercury cardphone, no documented manufacturing or licensing connection has been established. Their similar layouts may reflect common ergonomic and operational requirements.
Above- the ICATEL TPC 2001. It bears a very nice similarity to the IPP Mercury Card Phone by GPT.
Above- interesting stumpy card phone version with no coin box area
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