PLUM SYSTEMS is a South African technology company producing PREPAID PIN/VOUCHER AND AIRTIME TERMINALS, VENDING MACHINES and a superior BACK OFFICE OPERATING SYSTEM for the admin, distribution and management of prepaid airtime and other pins via gsm, gprs or cdma technology. Examples of these PLUM products can be seen in several African and Middle Eastern countries, operating on a licence basis, whilst several thousand terminals and upright vending machines are in daily use in South Africa in retail stores, garages and informal outlets. Plum low cost terminals and vendors are world leaders, and as the cellular market matures in South Africa, the technology makes it possible to profitably operate in the rural and undertraded areas. The terminals long life battery makes it possible to offer pre paid products and sale of voice calls to previously ignored areas, and the community phone and pay phone application is being well received in Africa. The advanced yet simple Back Office Operating system is the heart of the approach to retailing pre paid pins and other services such as financial transactions to a mass market with limited banking and other financial infrastructure, and may be licenced to operators in other countries and territories. Plum is the only company that offers the operating system for terminals, vendors and Bulk Voucher Printing systems at no charge to country agents, and sells terminals at less than half the price of competing equipment.