ALPHACOM is a leading manufacturer of Pre-Paid vending machines which distribute airtime throughout South Africa …

The company functions as a Franchisor whereby the “Operators” purchase all their virtual and hard-card airtime through the vending machines they purchase.

Alphacom initiated in February 2000 where it ran up to 25 Hard-card Vending machine which it had purchased from a third party supplier.. Alphacom then initiated development of its Vending system in August 2000 and by December 2000 it started placing proto-types out in the field..

By July 2001 it started manufacturing vending machines for sale…

Within 2 years it manufactured and sold over 600 machines with voucher sales averaging approximately 1,000  per machine per month.

Branding was a one key to the success of these machines whereby every opportunity was exploited….

Every slip sold has Alphacom branding on it and a website address whereby clients can go see information regarding vouchers, machines etc..

Maintaining ethics and values in its dealings with its clients, Alphacom has built up strong relationships with its Operators and sites alike..

Due to industry changes in regulations and a serious competitive environment it has become increasingly difficult to expand at the rate it has in the past and has been forced to diversify into other markets….

Having a strong brand that promotes consumer confidence , Alphacom has been seen to provide a quality, robust , convenient and technological product in the marketplace..

The focus for Alphacom in the past has been purely that of “PRE-PAID VOUCHERS ANYTIME ANYWHERE” which was its slogan…At any given point over the past 4 years Alphacom had one product it was selling.. There were 3 updates of version of machines but only one product at a time…

The focus as from June 2005 will be “INNOVATION EXCELLENCE” whereby it will diversify from selling machines and airtime to a technological products company...