The international telecommunication charge card | |
![]() Payphone for use of card | |
Status | In force |
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Year started | 1988 |
Latest version | 05/06 May 2006 |
Organization | ITU-T |
Committee | Study Group 1 |
Website | https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-E.118 |
E.118 is an international standard that defines the international telecommunication charge card, for use in payphones.[1] It also defines the Integrated Circuit Card Identifier (ICCID), which is used in Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs, including SIM cards and eSIMs.[2] The standard was first developed in 1988 by what became the Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) with several revisions having been published since then.