Issue 63b. 09/16/00

-Bulgaria's Mobika issues new cards in August and September:

Bulgaria 1 Mintage: 40 000	Bulgaria 2  Mintage: 40 000	Summer Mintage: 30 000	Radio Lux 10 000	Durimex 10 000

-9278 Communications, Inc. launches its Access Live Phonecards at Phonecard Collectors EXPO 2000. 

The cards which will feature the officially licensed names and images of hundreds of today's top celebrities and daily entertainment news updates from MTV Networks. Each Access Live Phonecard will also offer domestic long distance rates as low as 1.9 cents per minute, making it one of the lowest priced collectible quality, licensed phonecard products on the market today. 

First edition Access Live Phonecards featuring NSYNC, the Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, Ricky Martin, Tupac Shakur, and Pamela Anderson, are now available through
9278. 

In addition to featuring the collectible images of some of today's most sought after celebrities, each phonecard from the Access Live music series will allow callers access to voice prompts with daily music news from MTV, thus assuring that fans are only a phone call away from receiving the latest buzz from the industry's premier source. 

As the first item of consumable entertainment merchandise to be offered to consumers, 9278 is confident that the Access Live Phonecard Plus products will appeal to phonecard users, collectors and fans alike. 9278 will assure nationwide distribution through its diverse
marketing channels.

-Norfolk issues first chip cards, which is a beautiful puzzle set.

This new set of four phonecards from Norfolk Island highlights the role of aviation in bringing people and products to and from the Island. Norfolk Island sits strategically between Australia and New Zealand, and although it uses Australian currency, it is closely aligned with both these neighbours and enjoys significant tourist and commercial traffic with both. The four cards sit together to form a background image of the Island with the airport prominently visible. Each card shows an airplane from one of the four air service providers to Norfolk Island - 
Air New Zealand
Flight West (a division of QANTAS)
Norfolk Jet (a division of Ansett Australia)
Royal Australian Air Force

Norfolk Island has previously issued magnetic phonecards on the Tamura / Anritsu system, but
recently made the decision to switch to chip-based technology. This phonecard issue is the first
release of chip phonecards by Norfolk Island, and the cards will go into immediate service at the chip payphones already installed on the Island.

The cards can be obtained at http://www.aeroimages.com.au/norfolkchip.htm 

/Contributed by Torsten Weller, dealer/

Upcoming fairs:

KardEx Austria
World Millenium Expo - International Phonecard Fair 27th - 29th October 2000, in Stockerau (14 km out of Vienna) http://www.come.to/KardEx | phone the organizers: ++43 1 7152773]
Tables are available for $90/3 days.

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