pay phone story

Name	TAMURA 1990
Date	1990
Manufacturer	These are made under licence from Tamura by PT INTI. There are very similar models used in Taiwan and Brazil. Note that these are coin phones, a technology that rapidly disappeared elsewhere in the 1990s.

Above- basic blue livery

Development of the Tamura payphone

Manufactured in Indonesia by PT INTI under licence from Tamura of Japan, these electronic coin payphones served Telkom’s public telephone network. They featured push-button dialling, an LCD and a separately secured cash compartment. Closely related designs appeared in Taiwan and Brazil, illustrating the international reach of Tamura’s payphone technology.

Tamura of Japan contributed to Indonesia’s public telephone industry through a technology partnership with PT Industri Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT INTI). INTI’s official history lists Tamura among its equipment partners during 1985–1998. PT INTI manufactured coin-operated public telephones for the national operator, Perumtel, later Telkom, supporting the expansion of public communications. The relationship provided a channel for Japanese telephone technology to enter Indonesian production. Tamura’s presence also extended to cardphones: historical research identifies the DC-31 in Indonesian service. However, available records do not specify the partnership’s starting date, individual licensing arrangements, production quantities or local content of particular models and variants.

Above- graphic push button plate

Below- one model that was repainted yellow. Looks good.

Above- interesting version, am not sure of model info.