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GOVINDRAM SEKSARIA INSTITUTE OF 
MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH, INDORE 
“A Study of Factors Affecting the Consumer Choice To Select 
Mobile Service Providers” 
(In the partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of 
Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalya Indore) 
Master of Business Administration (FT) 
2012-14 
GUIDED BY: SUBMITTED BY: 
Dr. Avinash Desai Shreya Pathak 
OPERATION MANAGEMENT MARKETING & 
OPERATION 
MANAGEMENT 
4TH SEM
GOVINDRAM SEKSARIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & 
RESEARCH, INDORE 
(Affiliated to Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidhyalaya (DAVV) ,Indore) 
CERTIFICATE 
This is to certify that Shreya Pathak student of MBA IV sem. Specializing in marketing 
and operation management has undertaken a project entitled “A Study of Factors 
Affecting the Consumer Choice To Select Mobile Service Providers” under my guidance 
and supervision for the partial fulfillment of requirement of the degree MBA (Full Time) 
of Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidhayalaya, Indore for year 2012-14. 
I further certify that the work compiled by her is genuine and has been arrived at her own. 
She is appreciated for her own sincere efforts in collecting the relevant data. She has 
shown tremendous potential in analyzing the same. 
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Dr. Avinash desai Dr. Rajendra Jain 
PROJECT GUIDE DIRECTOR 
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EXTERNAL EXAMINER 
DECLARATION 
I hereby declare that the project work entitled " A Study of Factors Affecting the 
Consumer Choice To Select Mobile Service Providers "submitted to Govindram Seksaria 
Institute of Management and Research, Indore is a record of an original work done by me 
and this work has not performed the basis for the award of any degree or 
diploma/associate ship/fellowship and similar project if any. 
SHREYA PATHAK 
M.B.A. 4th Semester
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
Exchange of ideas generates energy and will to work in a better way wherever, it is 
helped and co-operated by others, and heart is bound to pay his gratitude and obligations 
to them. During this research work I have been indebted to a number of individuals. I 
take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude towards all those who have been 
helpful for me directly and indirectly. 
I am grateful and sincerely acknowledge the constant ardent help extended by my guide 
Dr. Avinash Desai , parents, friends and family of G.S.I.M.R. for their time to time help 
and final touch of my work. 
I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Rajendra jain (Director of 
G.S.I.M.R.) , and all other faculty members of the college and the Library staff, computer 
lab staff, who helped me in many ways. 
SHREYA PATHAK 
M.B.A. 4th Semester
CONTENTS 
S. 
No. 
Chapter Particulars Page 
No. 
1. Chapter -1 Introduction 
2. Chapter -2 Review of Literature 
3. Chapter -3 Rationale of the study 
4. Chapter -4 Objectives 
5. Chapter -5 Research Methodology 
5.1 Sources of data 
5.2 Methodology and presentation of data 
5.3 Tools and techniques for data analysis 
5.4 Research design 
6. Chapter -6 Data Analysis 
6.1 General information 
6.2 Findings of questionnaire 
7. Chapter -7 7.1 Limitations 
7.2 Scope 
8. Chapter- 8 Conclusion 
8.1 Suggestions 
9. Chapter-9 References 
9.1 Webliography 
9.2 Bibliography 
10. Chapter-10 Annexure 
10.1 Questionnaire 
10.2 Data Sheet
CHAPTER 1 
Introduction 
The rapid growth and development in information technology and mobile devices has 
made the Indian mobile phone service markets more and more competitive. In order to 
sustain its present growth rate in the telecom sector. Mobile phones have become an 
integral part of human daily life and a major source of personal communication across the 
universe. By the end of 2007, there were approximately 3.3 billion mobile phone users 
worldwide which is equivalent to a penetration rate of 49% of the last year. According to 
the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (2008), the mobile phone 
penetration rate in India increased its growth rate to over 50% in 2006 in comparison to 
35% in 2005. The mobile phone market grew by 41.3% between 2003 and 2007.Within 
this competitive market, it is essential for mobile phone companies to better understand 
purchasing behavior to enable them to acquire new customers and retain existing ones. 
Blackwell et al., (2001) demonstrated that culture has a profound influence on ‘how’ and 
‘why’ consumers purchase a range of products and services. (Foxell et.al., 1994) stated 
that the consumer’s motivation of product and service choices as well as lifestyle could 
be shaped by cultural dimensions. 
According to a Gartner report, after China, India would be fastest growing mobile 
telephony market in Asia Pacific. Cellular penetration would increase to 38.6% in 2011 
with 58% of rural population and 95% of urban population possessing mobile phone. The 
market will be driven by prepaid connections, which will account for more than 93% 
connections. The low rural mobile penetration of 2% represents an immense opportunity 
for cellular players. The call rates will further drop to become closer to fixed line rates, 
further lowering the entry barrier. Indian telecommunication Industry is one of the fastest 
growing telecom markets in the world. The mobile sector has grown from around 10 
million subscribers in 2002 to reach 150 million by early 2007 registering an average 
growth of over 90%. The reasons for regular increase in the growth rate in telecom sector 
are low tariff Rates, lesser pulse rates, & regular fall in handset prices.
Srivastava (2005) stated that the mobile phone has shifted from being a ‘technological 
object’ to a key social object as communication with others is the main purpose for 
mobile phone purchasing. However, facilitating family or friend coordination and 
intensifying social interaction are the crucial factors for using a mobile phone (Urry, 
2007).According to Castells et al., (2007, p.85), “obtaining a mobile phone is a milestone 
that indicates success, not only financially but also culturally in term of the integration 
within society”. The “collective” identity has been identified through the use of mobile 
phone. Marquardt (1999) has claimed that mobile phones affect social relationships. 
Mobile phone usage has resulted in greater electronic interactions between friends and 
family at the expense of face to face interaction which have been dramatically reduced. 
Consequently, it could be proposed that mobile phones are changing individual cultural 
norms and values (Rauch, 2005). 
After the implementation of government policies on globalization and liberalization, the 
consumers have become more critical about the selection of service providers. 
Consumers are now very much aware of the alternatives available in relation to services 
and the provider organizations. Expectations of consumers are rising and the provider 
organizations should be aware of these expectations. The objective of the present study is 
to examine the factors responsible for helping the consumers to choose mobile 
telecommunication service provider among the competitors in the market. 
The primary statistical techniques used in the study are Exploratory Factor Analysis, and 
Structural Equation Modeling. The data was collected with the help of structured 
questionnaire consisting of different questions related to demographics, service quality, 
product quality and availability, promotion and price in order to study perceptions of 
consumers. In order to examine these above mentioned variables and to derive 
meaningful conclusions, use of structural equation modeling was imperative. AMOS 
(Analysis of Moment Structure) version 16.0 was employed in the research to test the 
underlying hypotheses of the study. Results showed that the paths are significantly 
related to the casual processes. 
Price was found to be the most important factor followed by product quality and 
availability, service quality, and promotion in determining perceptions of customers 
towards mobile telecommunication services. It is expected that the findings of the study
may provide meaningful insights to the service providers and contribute in improving 
their strategies and marketing operations 
1.1 Indian Players in Mobile Telecom Sector 
The Indian Players was open independently at vast level in the mid nineties. This industry 
is now among the most prosperous & rising industry nowadays. A Number of Private 
Players like Bharti Enterprises, BSNL,Idea etc. have ventured into this sector. Indian 
Telecom companies basically offer two types of industries: 
Cellular Services 
The major players in this segment are Bharti Airtel, Idea, BPL Mobiles that use the 
Global Satellite Management (GSM) Standard. With this Standard, telephone calls can be 
made to & received from any place. 
Basic Services 
Major Players are AIRTEL, IDEA, Reliance using the code division multiple access 
(CDMA) standard, which offers limited mobility. Calls can be made to & received from 
certain fixed areas. 
There are 13 service providers in India. With the new entrants like Fly, iNQ, Videocon, 
Lava, iBall, Beetle, Palm, Sagem etc. in the mobile manufacturing segments , mobile 
purchasers have a choice with themselves not only of which operator to select and which 
technology but also what handsets they want. 
After becoming the second most populated country in the world, India is set to achieve 
another record of having half a billion wireless connections, thus becoming the second 
largest group of mobile phone users after China. In fewer than twenty years ago, mobile 
phones were considered to be rare and expensive pieces of equipment used by businesses 
to a pervasive low-cost personal item but now it has become a common household item. 
Building trust and adapting to the individual and local needs of the community are critical 
success factors for the diffusion and success of cutting-edge information and 
communication technology. With the introduction of private sector telecom service
provider in the state the competition in the telecom industry has increased significantly. 
The aim of study was to objectively understand the behavior of mobile phone users in 
Uttarakhand and further capture their satisfaction level that is influenced by various 
technical and non technical factors. Specific aspects to be studied were usage pattern in 
terms of the purpose for which mobile phones are generally used by various categories of 
consumers, level of the satisfaction of users, reasons for dissatisfaction, if any, level of 
satisfaction with gadgets and added services provided, liking for various attributes of the 
mobile phone instrument and usage pattern of functionalities and added services. The 
methodology to conduct the study was composed of different tasks such as review of 
literature on consumer satisfaction in telecom industry, empirical research based on a 
stratified random sample survey, a series of structured interviews and few focus group 
discussions and analytical framework aimed at getting an insight in to the behavior of 
consumer by analyzing the data / information gathered through empirical research. To 
achieve the objective of the study 306 randomly selected mobile users of Uttarakhand 
State were chosen. The father of telecom revolution in our country was the erstwhile 
Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi, wherein he called Mr. Sam Pitroda who initiated the 
Digital telephony revolution in our country. 
Advances in technology coupled with reforms of 1991 and the fundamental, structural 
and institutional changes brought about in that period were instrumental in setting up the 
tone for future growth and development. Today, India is one of the fastest growing 
telecom markets in the world with current sub-scriber base nearing 490 mil-lion and 
looking positive to touch 500 million subscribers by 2010. Among the various segments, 
cellular or mobile segment has been the key contributor and specially prepaid services, 
with its wide offerings of services, has been leading the growth wave. 15 years back, no 
one had thought that India will become a country with more number of GSM subscribers 
than fixed line sub-scribers. 
With 490 million sub-scribers by 2009, teledensity has risen up to around 42%, and thus 
the other half is yet to be brought to the mainstream. Going by the current data, the 
subscriber base grew to around 494.07 million in August‘09, registering a growth of 
42.67% over the last year. As per the estimates of Stock watch the expected mobile 
subscriber base will touch around 771 million by the year 2013. Over the years, wireless
services has acquired almost 92% of the total telephony market, with State owned BSNL 
as the leader in the landline domain and Bharti Airtel being the leader in cellular services 
with other players like Reliance, Idea Cellular and Vodafone giving it a tough 
competition. The Indian mobile services market is more or less equally divided between 
GSM and CDMA customers with the former capturing around 53% of the sub-scriber 
base. 
Currently there are 11 players who are fighting tooth and nail to increase even one single 
percentage point in their market share. While Bharti Airtel dominates the GSM arena, 
Anil Ambani led ADAG‘s Reliance communications has been leading the CDMA 
services space in mobile telephony but the good sign for the sector is that revenues of all 
the incumbents have increased leading to an increase in their revenues. 
In GSM, Bharti Airtel is given a tough competition by Vodafone and Tata Teleservices 
which operates Tata Indicom and in CDMA; it is considerably behind Reliance 
communications in terms of market share. With Mobile number portability coming into 
the scene, the war will be fiercer in this space and there will be a huge swapping of 
subscribers among the existing players. Indian telecom industry has set an example by 
penetrating the market to an extent of around 43% in a span of 10 years when analysts 
and experts were extremely skeptical about India as a market. 
The growth has not been restricted only to the higher section of the society, now it is 
driven primarily by the rural market as well and the acceptance has been in-creasing 
considerably over the years. On an average approximately 8 million users are added per 
month to the kitty thereby making India the world‘s fastest growing telecom market and 
thus happens to be the country offering highest Return On Investment for the telecom 
companies. To support the growing telecom market, the government is supporting 
telecom manufacturing by providing tax sops as well as setting up Special economic 
zones (SEZ) for the sector.
Service Provider Wise Market Share as on 2014-03-22 
HISTORY OF INDIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS 
It was Started in 1851 ,when the first operational land lines were laid by the government 
near Calcutta (seat of British power). Telephone services were introduced in India in 
1881. In1883 telephone services were emerged with the postal system. Indian Radio 
Telegraph Company (IRT) was formed in 1923. After independence in 1947, all the 
foreign telecommunication companies were nationalized to form the Posts, Telephone 
and Telegraph (PTT), a monopoly run by the government's Ministry . Telecom sector was considered as 
a strategic service and the government considered it best to bring understate's control. The first wind 
of reforms in telecommunications sector began to flow in 1980swhen the private sector 
was allowed in telecommunications equipment manufacturing. In1985, Department of 
Telecommunications (DOT) was established. It was an exclusive provider of domestic 
andlong distance service that would be its own regulator (separate from the postal 
system). In1986, two wholly government-owned companies were created: the Videsh Sanchar 
NigamLimited (VSNL) for international telecommunications and Mahanagar Telephone 
NigamLimited (MTNL) for service in metropolitan areas. In 1990s, telecommunications 
sector benefited from the general opening up of the economy. Also, examples of telecom 
revolution in many other countries, which resulted in better quality of service and lower
tariffs, led Indian policy makers to initiate a change process finally resulting in opening 
up of telecom services sector for the private sector. National Telecom Policy(NTP) 1994 
was the first attempt to give a comprehensive roadmap for the Indian telecommunications 
sector. In 1997, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was created. TRAI was 
formed to act as a regulator to facilitate the growth of the telecom sector.. 
Telecommunication sector in India can be divided into two segments: Fixed Service 
Provider (FSPs), and Cellular Services. Fixed line services consist of basic services, 
national or domestic long distance and international long distance services. The state 
operators (BSNL and MTNL), account for almost 90 per cent of revenues from basic 
services. Private sector services are presently available in selective urban areas, and 
collectively account .Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Code 
Division Multiple Access (CDMA). The GSM sector is dominated by Airtel, Vodfone- 
Essar, and Idea Cellular, while the CDMA sector is dominated by Reliance and Tata 
Indicom. Opening up of international and domestic long distance telephony services are 
the major growth drivers for cellular industry. Cellular he tariffs on airtime, which along 
with rental was the main source of revenue. The reduction in tariffs for airtime, national 
long distance, international long distance, and handset prices has driven demand 
1.2 RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA 
Mobile Number Portability (MNP): 
TRAI announced the rules and regulations to be followed for the Mobile Number 
Portability in their draft release on 23 September 2009.Mobile Number Portability (MNP) 
allows users to retain their numbers, while shifting to different service provider provided 
they follow the guidelines set by TRAI. Once a customer changes his/her service provider 
& retaining the same mobile number they are expected toehold the mobile number with a 
given provider for at least 90 days, before they decide to move to another service 
provider. This restriction is set in place to keep a check on exploitation of MNP services 
provided by the service providers. As per news reports, Government of India decided to 
implement MNP from December 31, 2009 in Metros & category ‘A’ service areas and by March 
20, 2010 in rest of the country. It has been postponed to March 31, 2010 in Metros & category 'A'
service areas. However, time and time again, lobbying by the state-run firms, BSNL and 
MTNL has resulted in innumerable delays in the implementation of Mobile Number 
portability. The latest report suggest BSNL and MTNL are finally ready to implement the 
Mobile Number Portability by October 31, 2010.A press release by the Department of 
Telecommunications on 30 June 2010 said "Keeping the complexity and enormity of the 
testing involved before MNP is implemented and keeping in view the present status of 
implementation by various operators, it has now been decided to extend the time line for 
implementation of MNP to 31st October 2010."A news report on 25 November 2010 said 
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was finally launched in Haryana. The MNP service inaugurate by the 
Union Minister of Communications& IT Mr. Kapil Sibal by making the inaugural call to Shri 
Bhupindrer Singh Hooda, the Chief Minister of Haryana from a ported mobile number in function 
held at Rohtak city. Another news report said it will be implemented across India on January 20, 2011. 
Even as Do T has recommended a porting fee of Rs. 19, some operators such as Idea 
Cellular may consider waiving off the porting charges 
2) Next generation networks: 
In the Next Generation networks can connect customers to a core network based on 
technology. These access networks include networks connected to fixed locations or 
customers connected through as well as to networks connected to users. As a result, in the 
future, it would be impossible to identify whether the next generation network is a fixed 
or mobile network and the would be used both for fixed and mobile services. It would 
then be futile to differentiate between fixed and mobile networks. 
AIRTEL 
Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as airtel , is an Indian telecommunications 
company that operates in 19 countries across South Asia, Africa and the Channel Island It 
operates a GSM network in all countries, providing2G or 3Gservices depending upon the 
country of operation. Airtel is the fifth largest telecom operator in the world with over 207.8 
million subscribers across 19 countries at the end of 2010. It is the largest cellular service provider in 
India with over 152.5 million subscribers at the end of 2010. Airtel is the 3rd largest in-
country mobile operator by subscriber base, behind China Mobile and China Unicom. Airtel 
also offers fixed line services and broadband services. It offers its telecom services under 
the Airtel brand and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mitttal. Bharti Airtel is the first Indian telecom 
service provider to achieve this Cisco Gold Certification. To earn Gold Certification, 
Bharti Airtel had to meet rigorous standards for networking competency ,service, support 
and customer satisfaction set forth by Cisco. The company also provides land-line telephone 
services and broadband Internet access (DSL) in over 96cities in India. It also acts as a 
carrier for national and international long distance communication services. The company 
has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting 
Chennai and Singapore. It is known for being the first mobile phone company in the world 
to outsource everything except marketing and sales and finance. Its network (base 
stations, microwave links ,etc.) are maintained by Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Network and 
Huawei. , business support by IBM and transmission towers by another company (Bharti 
Infratel Ltd. In India). Ericsson agreed for the first time, to be paid by the minute for 
installation and maintenance of their equipment rather than being paid up front. This 
enabled the company to provide pan-India phone call rates of Rs. 1/minute 
(U$0.02/minute). Call rates have come down much further. During the last financial year 
[2009-10], Bharti has roped in a strategic partner Alcatel-Lucent to manage the network 
infrastructure for the Tele media Business. 
IDEA 
Idea Cellular, usually referred to as Idea, is a wireless company operating in all the 22 
telecom circles in India based in Mumbai. In 2000, Tata Cellular was a company providing 
mobile services in Andhra Pradesh. When Birla-AT&T brought Maharashtra and Gujarat 
to the table, the merger of these two entities was a reality. Thus Birla- Tata-AT&T, popularly 
known as Batata, was born and was later branded as !dea. Then Idea set sights on RPG’s 
operations in Madhya Pradesh which was successfully acquired, helping Batata have a 
million subscribers, and the license to be the fourth operator in Delhi was clinched .In 
2004, Idea (the company had by then been rechristened) bought over the Escorts group’s 
Escotel gaining Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (West) and Kerala and licenses for three more UP 
(East), Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. By the end of that year, four million Indians
were on the company’s network. In 2005, AT&T sold its investment in Idea, and the year 
after Tatas also bid good bye to pursue an independent telecom business. And Idea was left only 
with one promoter, the AV Birla group. When the company’s stock listed on the bourses 
in March 2007, its subscriber base was 13 million with presence in 11 circles. In less than 
three years, the subscriber numbers have more than quadrupled. The public issue was 
oversubscribed 50 times and raised Rs 2,450crore.In June 2008, Idea Cellular bought out 
BK Modi’s stake in Spice Communications for Rs 2,700 crore adding Punjab and Karnataka 
circles. Modi’s joint venture partner, Telekom Malaysia, invested Rs 7,000 crore for a 14.99% 
stake in Idea. Just around then, Idea’s subsidiary, Aditya Birla Telecom sold a 20% stake 
to US -based Providence Equity Partners for over Rs 2,000 crore.
CHAPTER 2 
REVIEW OF LITERATURE 
(Wagner, 2005) ‘The success of mobile learning will ultimately revolve around a mosaic 
of rich converged experiences. These experiences will rest, in turn, on a foundation of 
converged network and device technologies, wireless services, rights management, 
content management, search management, and transactional processing power. As with 
the implementation of any innovative scheme, significant technical and administrative 
challenges will be encountered. These will be met along with amore ill-defined challenge. 
‘How can these of mobile technologies help today’s educators to embrace a truly earner 
centered approach to learning?’ Robins (2008) this paper is about marketing the next 
generation of mobile telephones. The study is about third generation of cell phone 
technology, what is usually known as “3G” for short. There are various issues about that 
new innovative. One show to price 3G handsets and services at a level which will enable 
telephone operating companies to recoup the high prices they have already paid to 
governments for operating licenses. Second the technology is not yet complete, there are 
no agreed international standards and companies do not yet know what new services the 
technology will prove Capable of delivering effectively. All variants of 3G remain 
dependent on largely unproven technology. 
Marketing 3G is going to be about services which are new and in many cases, yet to be 
designed. At the same time, it will involve services which can also be obtained by 
computer and other means. It follows that the marketing task will be high risk. First, 3G 
has no obviously unique selling proposition to build on except, perhaps, the combination 
of live video and easy portability. Second, the potential customers have not yet had 
adequate opportunity to signal their service likes and dislikes. Third, the cost and 
complexity of service provision leave doubt about the market’s reaction to price. 
(S.L.Rao and I. Natrajan) explains that the prime focus of the service providers is to 
create a loyal customer basely Benchmarking their performances and retaining existing 
customers in order to benefit from their loyalty. With the commencement of the 
economic liberalization in 1991, and with view to expand and improve telecom 
infrastructure through the participation of the private sector, the Government of India
permitted foreign companies holding 51 percent equity stake in joint ventures to 
manufacture telecom equipment in India. 
The Indian Government has announced a new policy, which allows private firms to 
provide basic telephone services. There had been a monopoly of the state owned 
department of telecommunications. However, several companies are expected to benefit 
from the policy change. Jha (2008), in his study analyzed that it is the youth which is the 
real growth driver of the telecom industry in India. Considering this fact, the paper is an 
attempt to give a snapshot of how frequently young people use their mobile phones for 
several embodied functions of the cell phones. Data was collected from a sample of 208 
mobile phone owners, aged between 20 and 29The study sheds light on how gender, 
monthly voucher amount and years of owning mobile phones influence the usage pattern 
of this device. 
Findings of the study would be helpful for the telecom service providers and handset 
manufacturers to formulate a marketing strategy for different market segments. They 
need to bridge the gap between the services promised and services offered. The overall 
customers’ attitude towards cell phone services is that they are satisfied with the existing 
services but still they want more services to be provided. 
Kumar(2008), in their study titled “Customer Satisfaction and Discontentment vis a vis 
BSNL Landline Service: A Study” analyzed that at present, services marketing plays a 
major role in the national economy. In the service sector, telecom industry is the most 
active and attractive. Though the telecom industry is growing rapidly, India's telecom 
density is less than the world’s average telecom density as most of India's market is yet to 
be covered. 
This attracts private operators to enter into the Indian telecom industry, which makes the 
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) more alert to run its business and survive in the 
market. Seth et al (2008), in their study titled “Managing the Customer Perceived Service 
Quality for Cellular Mobile Telephone: an Empirical Investigation” analyzed that there is 
relative importance of service quality attributes and showed that responsiveness is the 
most importance dimension followed by reliability, customer perceived network quality, 
assurance, convenience, empathy and tangibles. This would enable the service providers 
to focus their resources in the areas of importance. The research resulted in the
development of a reliable and valid instrument for assessing customer perceived service 
quality for cellular mobile services. 
A. Service Quality 
Zeithaml et.al (1996) offered a conceptual model of service quality. The service quality 
affects particular behaviors that indicate whether customers will remain loyal to or leave 
an organization. Superior service quality leads to favorable behavioral intentions, which 
leads to retention, which leads to ongoing revenue, increased spending, payment of price 
premiums, and generation of referred customers. Service quality is measured infive 
dimensions they are reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and tangibles. Wang 
and Lo (2002) studied on comprehensive integrated framework for service quality, 
customer value and customer satisfaction and behavior reinvention of customers in China. 
Omotayo and Joaching (2008) found a strong relationship between customer service, 
satisfaction and retention in the communication industry in Nigeria. So, It can be 
assumed at Service Quality is the one of the main factors influencing the Indian mobile 
subscribers Intention for switching the service provider. First Hypothesizes formulates 
as.Hypothesis1 (H1): The service quality has a significant effect on Mobile Subscriber 
Intention for Switching of service provider 
B. Service Affordability 
Affordability is a measure of cost related to the amount thata purchaser is able to pay. 
Kollmann (2000) states that Price plays a vital role in telecommunication market 
especially for the mobile telecommunication service providers. Michael Draganska & 
Dipal Jain (2003) analyzed that companies should differentiate consumer preference by 
using product line as a price discrimination tool by providing different variety of tariff 
plans to consumer to purchase the product or service according to their requirement. India 
is having 752.19 Million mobile subscribers and Information Mobile Intelligence reports 
claim that in Average Minutes Per User(AMPU) in India is 25 to 30 minutes per day of 
active time on voice calls and almost 15 to 20 minutes per day of the active time on 
messaging. Bharati the major mobile service Provider in India claims as on November
2010 that Indian Monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) is 202 rupees which is 
reduced at 20% on a year base and it is expected to decrease further. As there is an 
increase in mobile subscribers and increase in AMPU at the same time there is a decrease 
in ARPU Mobile service providers are planning to attract Mobile subscriber to their 
service with less affordable price. Jallet andFredric (2008) analyzed the importance of 
yield management and discrimination pricing in telecommunication sector. Yield 
management techniques can help telecom operators and similar companies to optimize 
the benefits they can derive from a subtle management of information networks and 
partnerships. So, Service affordability is the also one of the main factors influencing the 
Indian mobile subscribers Intention for switching the service provider. Second 
Hypothesizes formulates as. 
C. Promotional Offers 
Alvarez and Casielles (2005) specified promotion is a set of stimuli that are offered 
sporadically and it reinforces publicity actions to promote the purchasing of a certain 
product. Mobile service providers are giving different promotional offers like prepaid 
offers on top-up recharge, E-recharge mobile top up vouchers for prepaid connection, 
chota recharge top up, bonus cards, phone alert of astrology, cricket score, call 
management services, caller tunes, free mobile calls, Short Message Services(SMS) 
offers, limited time free internet usage, various kinds of ring tone services, dialer tone 
services and other promotional offers to attract the mobile subscriber .Chinnadurai and 
Kalpana (2006) analyzed the increasing competition in cellular services, changing mobile 
subscriber taste and changing preferences of the customer’s all over the world. These 
circumstances are forcing companies to change their customer promotional strategies. It 
is analyzed that advertisement play a dominant role in influencing the customers but most 
of the customers are of opinion that promotional strategies of cellular companies are 
more sale oriented rather than customer oriented. 
Fornell (1992) suggests that switching cost is a source of preventing brand switching 
behavior of customer. Switching cost can make it costly for customers to switch brands. 
It has been researched by many researchers that higher switching cost stops brand
switching behavior. Customers leverage benefits and cost before taking decision about 
brand switching. If perceived benefits of new product or service are lower than switching 
cost, customer will likely to remain with the existing brand (Lees et al., 2007). If service 
providers aim at convincing competitors’ customers to switch, they have to provide low 
prices or higher benefits to them in order to compensate high switching cost. 
Lee and Murphy (2005) have investigated a number of factors that influence customers to 
switch mobile service providers. Their findings suggested that price is the most 
important factor that persuades customers to change their commitments to other mobile 
service providers. 
Rajkumar (2011) suggest that price is not always brand switching influencer. He 
explained that customers who are quality conscious prefer to pay high prices for high 
quality. It influences those customers who have limited income. Companies use this 
feature of price and provide price comparisons to customers in order to persuade them to 
try new products. 
Literature review discussed about influence of price on brand switching suggests that 
price is major influencer for brand switching. It is not necessary that price always affects 
brand switching. Customers with low income are more influenced by changes in price to 
switch service providers whereas quality conscious customers are less influenced by 
changes in price to switch brands. 
Brand switching is a process in which customers tend to end relationship with a particular 
company and start relationship with a new one. All industries have experience brand 
switching but telecommunication industry is more exposed to it. There are many factors 
that influence brand switching. On one end they persuade customers to switch over other 
company and on the other hand they prevent brand switching. Price has been found most 
influential factor in brand switching in telecom sector. Besides price there have been 
many factors that enhance brand switching like quality service, coverage area, trust, 
advertisement, and brand image. All these factors have been critically analyzed in the 
literature review in the light of work of previous researchers.
CHAPTER 3 
RATIONALE OF STUDY 
So as per the stiff competition in the market between these companies, it is important to 
find out which parameters companies are being preferred by the customers in terms of 
various dimensions. Also customers have different mindset towards publican private 
sector companies. The reforms in the mobile telecommunication sector which were 
started towards end of 1999 have ushered radical changes in the mobile 
telecommunication market. The Indian mobile telecommunication sector is vast and there 
are big business opportunities for the mobile telecommunication players. Before the entry 
of private mobile telecommunication players in Indian mobile telecommunication 
industry, public sector companies had complete autonomy in the market. With almost all 
the public and private insurance companies offering the same kind of services and 
network coverage, the quality of service offered to the customers became one of the 
important differentiators for all the public and private insurance companies to maintain 
their competitive advantage in the market. Service quality refers to the perception of the 
customers of the organization regarding how well the organization is fulfilling their 
service needs.
CHAPTER 4 
OBJECTIVES 
1. To study various Value Added Services offered by mobile service providers like 
tariff plans, bulk SMS, mob banking & internet etc. 
2. To study CRM provided by them. 
3. To study the reason behind switching off towards another provider from current 
one.
CHAPTER 5 
RESEARCH METHEDOLOGY 
The word research is derived from the Latin word meaning to know. It is a systematic 
and replicable process, which identifies and defines problems, within specified 
boundaries. It employs well-designed method to collect the data and analyses the results. 
It disseminates the findings to contribute to generalize able knowledge. The main 
characteristics of research presented below are: 
 Systematic problem solving which identifies variables and tests relationships 
between them 
 Collecting, organizing and evaluating data. 
 Logical, so procedures can be duplicated or understood by others 
 Reductive, so it investigates a small sample which can be generalized to a larger 
population 
 Replicable, so others may test the findings by repeating it. 
 Discovering new facts or verify and test old facts. 
For the proper analysis of data simple statistical techniques such as percentage were use. 
It helps in making more generalization from the data available. The data which will be 
collected from a sample of population was assumed to be representing entire population 
was interested. Demographic factors like age, gender was used for the classification 
purpose.
5.1 SOURCES OF DATA 
Primary Data: Structured questionnaire 
Secondary Data: The study contains secondary data i.e. data from authenticated 
websites and journals for the latest updates just to gain an insight for the views of various 
experts. Because it is a pilot study and due to time constraint the sample size is small. 
5.2 METHODOLOGY & PRESENTATION OF DATA 
The data collected is then coded in the tables to make the things presentable and more 
effective. The results are shown by tables which will help me out in easy and effective 
presentation and hence results are being obtained. 
5.3 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES USED FOR ANALYSIS 
In this study the technique used for interpreting the results is Z-test. 
Z-Test: A Z-test is any statistical test for which the distribution of the test statistic under 
the null hypothesis can be approximated by a normal distribution. 
Z = (X − μ0) / s 
5.4 RESEARCH DESIGN 
The design for this study is Exploratory and Convenient sampling.
CHAPTER 6 
DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETETION 
6.1 General Information 
Data has been collected from the sample through questionnaire survey. In this chapter 
data has been presented systematically. Results of each question have been presented in 
the form of percentages. Results are presented in tables and graphs for proper analysis. 
Respondents were asked to mention their age and gender in questionnaire. Different age 
categories possess different preferences regarding mobile services. Same is true for 
gender of mobile service subscribers. Mobile service providers can analyze the needs and 
wants of different genders and that of age categories in order to design better services for 
different. 
6.2 FINDINGS OF QUESTIONNAIRE 
Q.1 Frequency Distribution of Age of Sample 
Five age ranges were given in the questionnaire. Frequency distribution of age of 
respondents is shown in the following table. 
Table no.1 
Age of Respondents 
Age % of Respondents 
Less than 20 Years 13 
21 - 30 Years 35 
31 - 40 Years 31 
41 - 50 Years 13 
Above 50 Years 8 
Total 100
Interpretation Frequency distribution of sample shows that 13% respondents were 
less than 20 years old, 35 % respondents were between 21 – 30 years of age. 31 % 
respondents were in the age category of 31 – 40 years of age, 13 % respondents were in 
the age category of 41 – 50 years. Only 8% respondents were above 50 years of age. The 
data shows that most of the respondents were in the middle age category. Graphical 
representation of frequency distribution of age of respondents is shown in the following 
table: 
Q.2 Frequency Distribution of Gender of Sample 
Respondents were asked to mention their gender in the questionnaire. By analyzing needs 
and wants of males and females mobile service providers can design specific packages 
for males and females. In the following table frequency distribution of gender of 
respondents is shown. 
Table no. 2 
Gender of Respondents 
Gender % of Respondents 
Male 52 
Female 48 
Total 100
52 
51 
50 
49 
48 
47 
46 
male female 
M 
F 
Interpretation The results show that there were 52 % males and 48 % females in the 
sample. Two deductions can be made from results. The first is that more males use 
telephonic services and the second is that more males have shown their intentions to fill 
the questionnaire. 
Q.3 Type of Telephonic Service 
Respondents were asked about type of telephonic services used by them. In telephonic 
services fixed line and mobile services are common. Respondents were given these 
options in the questionnaire. Results about type of telephonic services are given in below 
table. 
Table no.3 
Which Phone type you are using currently? 
Phone Type % of Respondents 
Prepaid 84 
Postpaid 16 
Total 100
100 
80 
60 
40 
20 
0 
postpaid prepaid 
Interpretation Above data shows that most of the respondents in the area have pre-paid 
connections. And I got only 16% questionnaire filled by post-paid users. 
Q.4 Mobile Service Provider 
Respondents were asked to mention mobile service provider whose services are used by 
them currently. This question was asked to analyze the major share of different mobile 
service providers. The results are helpful in determining the most favorable preference of 
respondents for mobile service providers. In the following table responses of respondents 
are summarized. 
Table no. 4 
Which Mobile phone operator is currently in your use? 
Service Provider % of Respondents 
Airtel 65 
Idea 35 
Others 0 
Total 100
70 
60 
50 
40 
30 
20 
10 
0 
idea airtel others 
Interpretation The results show that 65 % respondents were availing mobile services 
of “Airtel”. 31 % respondents were using services of “Idea”. There are 4 % respondents 
who were using other services. The results show that Airtel is mostly used by the 
respondents. Idea is found to be at second place used by the respondents. 
Q.5 Scheme you are using. 
Respondents were asked about the schemes they are using fro there current provider. 
They respond on three factors i.e. lifetime, monthly plan, pay per second plan. 
Applying significance test i.e. Z-test to check the acceptance or rejection 
rate. 
Ha1: Pay per second plan plays significant role in switching mobile service provider. 
Ho1: Pay per second plan don’t plays significant role in switching mobile service 
provider.
Table no. 5 
Scheme Respondent 
Lifetime 50 
Pay per second 36 
Monthly 14 
Z(calculated) 2.20 
Since calculated value of Z is more than 1.96 at significance level 5%, hence the null 
hypothesis is acceptable and it proves that pay per second plan plays a significant role in 
switching mobile service provider. 
50 
40 
30 
20 
10 
0 
lifetime monthly pay per second 
Q.6 How long have you used the service of that company? 
Table no. 6 
Time Duration Users 
Less than one year 16 
1-2 years 26 
2-4 years 17 
More than 4 years 41
45 
40 
35 
30 
25 
20 
15 
10 
5 
Interpretation Above table analysis depicts that most of the users are using their 
telecom service from more than 4 year. Some of the users are also using it from last 2-4 
year, where minority was using from less than 1 year. 
Q.7 Overall, how satisfied are you, with network of your company? 
Table no. 7 
BRANDS AIRTEL IDEA 
TARRIF 17 4 
BULK SMS 5 6 
MOBILE BANKING 42 6 
INTERNET 6 4 
CRM 0 10 
0 
less than 1 
year 
1-2 years 2-4 years more than 4 
years
45 
40 
35 
30 
25 
20 
15 
10 
5 
0 
airtel idea 
tarrif 
bulk sms 
mobile banking 
internet 
crm 
Interpretation Above data analysis shows that Airtel is being preferred because of its 
mobile internet service. And Idea because of its CRM. 
Q.8 Switching of mobile service provider 
Table no. 8 
Switching from current to other 
Suggestions % of Respondents 
Not at all 13 
Once 35 
Twice 26 
Thrice 17 
More than thrice 9 
Total 100
35 
30 
25 
20 
15 
10 
5 
0 
not at all once twice thrice more than 
thrice 
Interpretation Above table presents clear picture about results of switching behavior 
of respondents. There were 13% respondents who have never switched mobile service 
provider. 35 % respondents have switched mobile service providers once in the life. 
There were 26 % respondents who have changed mobile service provider twice in their 
life. 17 % respondents have switched mobile service provider thrice in their life. There 
were only 9 % respondents who have switched mobile service providers for more than 
thrice. The results suggest that 87% respondents have experienced switching mobile 
service providers. 
Q.9. Reasons behind switching from current service provider to another 
one 
 BETTER SERVICE QUALITY 
Table no. 9.1 
BETTER SERVICE QUALITY 
Suggestions % of Respondents 
Strongly Agree 24 
Agree 37 
Neutral 8 
Disagree 19 
Strongly Disagree 12 
Total 100
40 
35 
30 
25 
20 
15 
10 
5 
0 
strongly 
agreeagree 
neutral strongly 
disagree 
total 100 
 VALUR ADDEDE SERVICE 
Table no. 9.2 
VALUE ADDED SERVICE 
Suggestions % of Respondents 
Strongly Agree 18 
Agree 31 
Neutral 13 
Disagree 23 
Strongly Disagree 15 
Total 100 
35 
30 
25 
20 
15 
10 
5 
0 
stongly 
agree 
agree neutral disagree strongly 
disagree 
100
 GOOD NETWORK COVERAGE 
Table no.9.3 
GOOD NETWORK COVERAGE 
Suggestions % of Respondents 
Strongly Agree 24 
Agree 35 
Neutral 14 
Disagree 17 
Strongly Disagree 10 
Total 100 
35 
30 
25 
20 
15 
10 
5 
0 
strongly 
agree 
agree neutral disagree strongly 
disagree 
100 
Chapter 7 
Limitation and Scope of Study 
7.1 Limitations 
 The users of cellular phones are geographically widespread and hence contacting 
them was time consuming. 
 The sample size was limited to 100 because of time and cost factors. 
 The information collected may not be sufficient and reliable in terms of total 
market conditions in India as Indore represents only a small portion of the total 
national market.
 The study was time bound. 
 Few of the respondent were not open with their responses. 
 Seldom had to come across respondents who did not have much idea about the 
objectives of the study. 
7.2 Scope 
 The study will help the company to understand the mobile service user’s selection 
of particular connection. 
 The product or brand awareness of mobile users. 
 The level of satisfaction of mobile service users. 
 Problems faced by mobile users. 
 Examine the factors which influence the choice of mobile services. 
 Innovation in services and product by the responses and suggestions given by the 
respondents.
Chapter 8 
Conclusion 
This chapter presents conclusion of the whole research. All the findings have been 
concluded here. On the basis of results of primary data and that of secondary data some 
recommendations have been proposed to the telecommunication companies of Indore in 
order to stop their customers for brand switching. Future prospects of research have also 
been presented in this chapter. 
This particular research aimed at examining the factors influencing brand switching in 
telecommunication industry of Indore. In order to examine the factors triangulation 
methodology has been adopted. Questionnaire strategy has been used by the researcher 
for collecting primary data. There were 87% respondents who have experienced brand 
switching of service providers at any stage in their life. 13% respondents have never 
switched mobile service providers. The findings of research suggest that there price has 
been most influential factor in decisions of customers regarding brand switching. The 
results have shown that most of respondents switch mobile service providers in response 
to changes in prices. 
Brand image has also been found an influential factor in determining the final decision of 
customers regarding brand switching. Brands that have appealing image attract customers 
of other service providers and retain their own customers for long time period. 
Finally the objectives of research are reviewed as follows: 
 Switching behavior is a process which persuades customers to end relationship 
with a particular company and to start a new relationship with another company. 
 Price has been the most important factor that influences brand switching. Other 
factors that have been found encouraging for brand switching in 
telecommunication industry of Indore are: Service quality, Customer care, value 
added services and brand image. 
 Most important factor that prevents brand switching is switching cost. High 
switching cost prohibits customers to switch over other service providers. Other 
factors that stop customers for brands switching are: personal or professional
commitments regarding changing number, low service charges, high quality and 
appealing brand image of existing service providers. 
 Most of the respondents prefer Airtel in Indore which has low switching rate. 
After Idea has been found popular in the respondents. 
8.1 Suggestions 
Based on data collection through subscribers survey , certain suggestion are given. 
 Many respondents complaint about the disturbance during traveling. So some 
measures should be taken to overcome this problem. 
 Most of the idea/airtel users have complaint about the network problem in city 
limits, more towers should be put up to avoid this problem. 
 The charges from mobile to land lines should be common. 
 Idea/Airtel should try to expand its coverage area and should provide roaming 
facility all over India. 
 The customer care of idea/airtel are pathetic, it should be checked. 
 The talk-time should be increased. 
 The grace period should be increased from 30 to 45 days. 
 Idea should try to expand its coverage area. 
 Free sms services should be provided by both the operators. 
 Various schemes and services should be provided which will help the service 
provider to turn new subscribers and gain confidence among already existing 
subscribers. 
 Night offer should be provided. 
 Call rate must be low. 
 If call ends at 1 min. 1 sec. it is charged for 2 min. which the company should have 
to work on it.
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Chapter 10 
Annexure 
10.1 Questionnaire 
I, Shreya Pathak pursuing MBA 4th semester from GSIMR, Indore request you to please 
fill the questionnaire as per your choices asked given below. It’s all about my academic 
activity for Major Research Project on “A study of factors affecting consumer choice 
to select mobile service provider” and I assure you that all the information filled by you 
will be kept confidential. 
1. Name ………………………… 
2. Age group you belongs to 
a. less than 20 years b. 21-30 c. 31-40 d. 41-50 e. above 50 
3. Gender a. Male b. female 
4. Mobile connection you are using 
a. Postpaid b. prepaid 
5. From given below which provider you presently own 
a. Idea b. Airtel c. Others 
6. From your provider which scheme you are using 
a. lifetime b. pay per second c. monthly
7. For how long you are availing the services of your service provider 
a. less than 1 year b. 1-2 year c. 2-4 year d. more than 4 years 
8. Reasons for choosing your current service provider 
Strongly 
satisfied 
Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Strongly 
dissatisfied 
Tariff 
Bulk SMS 
Mobile 
banking 
Internet 
CRM 
9. For how many times you have switched your service provider to other. 
a. not at all b. once c. twice d. thrice e. more than thrice 
10. Reasons from switching from current service provider to other i.e. Idea to Airtel 
or Airtel to Idea 
Features Idea Airtel 
Better service quality 
Value added services 
Good network coverage
10.2 Master Data Sheet 
AGE GENDER 
Q3 
Q4 
Q5 
Q6 
Q7 
Q8 
Q9 
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  • 1. GOVINDRAM SEKSARIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH, INDORE “A Study of Factors Affecting the Consumer Choice To Select Mobile Service Providers” (In the partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalya Indore) Master of Business Administration (FT) 2012-14 GUIDED BY: SUBMITTED BY: Dr. Avinash Desai Shreya Pathak OPERATION MANAGEMENT MARKETING & OPERATION MANAGEMENT 4TH SEM
  • 2. GOVINDRAM SEKSARIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH, INDORE (Affiliated to Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidhyalaya (DAVV) ,Indore) CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Shreya Pathak student of MBA IV sem. Specializing in marketing and operation management has undertaken a project entitled “A Study of Factors Affecting the Consumer Choice To Select Mobile Service Providers” under my guidance and supervision for the partial fulfillment of requirement of the degree MBA (Full Time) of Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidhayalaya, Indore for year 2012-14. I further certify that the work compiled by her is genuine and has been arrived at her own. She is appreciated for her own sincere efforts in collecting the relevant data. She has shown tremendous potential in analyzing the same. ------------------------------- ----------------------- Dr. Avinash desai Dr. Rajendra Jain PROJECT GUIDE DIRECTOR --------------------------------
  • 3. EXTERNAL EXAMINER DECLARATION I hereby declare that the project work entitled " A Study of Factors Affecting the Consumer Choice To Select Mobile Service Providers "submitted to Govindram Seksaria Institute of Management and Research, Indore is a record of an original work done by me and this work has not performed the basis for the award of any degree or diploma/associate ship/fellowship and similar project if any. SHREYA PATHAK M.B.A. 4th Semester
  • 4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Exchange of ideas generates energy and will to work in a better way wherever, it is helped and co-operated by others, and heart is bound to pay his gratitude and obligations to them. During this research work I have been indebted to a number of individuals. I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude towards all those who have been helpful for me directly and indirectly. I am grateful and sincerely acknowledge the constant ardent help extended by my guide Dr. Avinash Desai , parents, friends and family of G.S.I.M.R. for their time to time help and final touch of my work. I take this opportunity to express my sincere thanks to Dr. Rajendra jain (Director of G.S.I.M.R.) , and all other faculty members of the college and the Library staff, computer lab staff, who helped me in many ways. SHREYA PATHAK M.B.A. 4th Semester
  • 5. CONTENTS S. No. Chapter Particulars Page No. 1. Chapter -1 Introduction 2. Chapter -2 Review of Literature 3. Chapter -3 Rationale of the study 4. Chapter -4 Objectives 5. Chapter -5 Research Methodology 5.1 Sources of data 5.2 Methodology and presentation of data 5.3 Tools and techniques for data analysis 5.4 Research design 6. Chapter -6 Data Analysis 6.1 General information 6.2 Findings of questionnaire 7. Chapter -7 7.1 Limitations 7.2 Scope 8. Chapter- 8 Conclusion 8.1 Suggestions 9. Chapter-9 References 9.1 Webliography 9.2 Bibliography 10. Chapter-10 Annexure 10.1 Questionnaire 10.2 Data Sheet
  • 6. CHAPTER 1 Introduction The rapid growth and development in information technology and mobile devices has made the Indian mobile phone service markets more and more competitive. In order to sustain its present growth rate in the telecom sector. Mobile phones have become an integral part of human daily life and a major source of personal communication across the universe. By the end of 2007, there were approximately 3.3 billion mobile phone users worldwide which is equivalent to a penetration rate of 49% of the last year. According to the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (2008), the mobile phone penetration rate in India increased its growth rate to over 50% in 2006 in comparison to 35% in 2005. The mobile phone market grew by 41.3% between 2003 and 2007.Within this competitive market, it is essential for mobile phone companies to better understand purchasing behavior to enable them to acquire new customers and retain existing ones. Blackwell et al., (2001) demonstrated that culture has a profound influence on ‘how’ and ‘why’ consumers purchase a range of products and services. (Foxell et.al., 1994) stated that the consumer’s motivation of product and service choices as well as lifestyle could be shaped by cultural dimensions. According to a Gartner report, after China, India would be fastest growing mobile telephony market in Asia Pacific. Cellular penetration would increase to 38.6% in 2011 with 58% of rural population and 95% of urban population possessing mobile phone. The market will be driven by prepaid connections, which will account for more than 93% connections. The low rural mobile penetration of 2% represents an immense opportunity for cellular players. The call rates will further drop to become closer to fixed line rates, further lowering the entry barrier. Indian telecommunication Industry is one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world. The mobile sector has grown from around 10 million subscribers in 2002 to reach 150 million by early 2007 registering an average growth of over 90%. The reasons for regular increase in the growth rate in telecom sector are low tariff Rates, lesser pulse rates, & regular fall in handset prices.
  • 7. Srivastava (2005) stated that the mobile phone has shifted from being a ‘technological object’ to a key social object as communication with others is the main purpose for mobile phone purchasing. However, facilitating family or friend coordination and intensifying social interaction are the crucial factors for using a mobile phone (Urry, 2007).According to Castells et al., (2007, p.85), “obtaining a mobile phone is a milestone that indicates success, not only financially but also culturally in term of the integration within society”. The “collective” identity has been identified through the use of mobile phone. Marquardt (1999) has claimed that mobile phones affect social relationships. Mobile phone usage has resulted in greater electronic interactions between friends and family at the expense of face to face interaction which have been dramatically reduced. Consequently, it could be proposed that mobile phones are changing individual cultural norms and values (Rauch, 2005). After the implementation of government policies on globalization and liberalization, the consumers have become more critical about the selection of service providers. Consumers are now very much aware of the alternatives available in relation to services and the provider organizations. Expectations of consumers are rising and the provider organizations should be aware of these expectations. The objective of the present study is to examine the factors responsible for helping the consumers to choose mobile telecommunication service provider among the competitors in the market. The primary statistical techniques used in the study are Exploratory Factor Analysis, and Structural Equation Modeling. The data was collected with the help of structured questionnaire consisting of different questions related to demographics, service quality, product quality and availability, promotion and price in order to study perceptions of consumers. In order to examine these above mentioned variables and to derive meaningful conclusions, use of structural equation modeling was imperative. AMOS (Analysis of Moment Structure) version 16.0 was employed in the research to test the underlying hypotheses of the study. Results showed that the paths are significantly related to the casual processes. Price was found to be the most important factor followed by product quality and availability, service quality, and promotion in determining perceptions of customers towards mobile telecommunication services. It is expected that the findings of the study
  • 8. may provide meaningful insights to the service providers and contribute in improving their strategies and marketing operations 1.1 Indian Players in Mobile Telecom Sector The Indian Players was open independently at vast level in the mid nineties. This industry is now among the most prosperous & rising industry nowadays. A Number of Private Players like Bharti Enterprises, BSNL,Idea etc. have ventured into this sector. Indian Telecom companies basically offer two types of industries: Cellular Services The major players in this segment are Bharti Airtel, Idea, BPL Mobiles that use the Global Satellite Management (GSM) Standard. With this Standard, telephone calls can be made to & received from any place. Basic Services Major Players are AIRTEL, IDEA, Reliance using the code division multiple access (CDMA) standard, which offers limited mobility. Calls can be made to & received from certain fixed areas. There are 13 service providers in India. With the new entrants like Fly, iNQ, Videocon, Lava, iBall, Beetle, Palm, Sagem etc. in the mobile manufacturing segments , mobile purchasers have a choice with themselves not only of which operator to select and which technology but also what handsets they want. After becoming the second most populated country in the world, India is set to achieve another record of having half a billion wireless connections, thus becoming the second largest group of mobile phone users after China. In fewer than twenty years ago, mobile phones were considered to be rare and expensive pieces of equipment used by businesses to a pervasive low-cost personal item but now it has become a common household item. Building trust and adapting to the individual and local needs of the community are critical success factors for the diffusion and success of cutting-edge information and communication technology. With the introduction of private sector telecom service
  • 9. provider in the state the competition in the telecom industry has increased significantly. The aim of study was to objectively understand the behavior of mobile phone users in Uttarakhand and further capture their satisfaction level that is influenced by various technical and non technical factors. Specific aspects to be studied were usage pattern in terms of the purpose for which mobile phones are generally used by various categories of consumers, level of the satisfaction of users, reasons for dissatisfaction, if any, level of satisfaction with gadgets and added services provided, liking for various attributes of the mobile phone instrument and usage pattern of functionalities and added services. The methodology to conduct the study was composed of different tasks such as review of literature on consumer satisfaction in telecom industry, empirical research based on a stratified random sample survey, a series of structured interviews and few focus group discussions and analytical framework aimed at getting an insight in to the behavior of consumer by analyzing the data / information gathered through empirical research. To achieve the objective of the study 306 randomly selected mobile users of Uttarakhand State were chosen. The father of telecom revolution in our country was the erstwhile Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi, wherein he called Mr. Sam Pitroda who initiated the Digital telephony revolution in our country. Advances in technology coupled with reforms of 1991 and the fundamental, structural and institutional changes brought about in that period were instrumental in setting up the tone for future growth and development. Today, India is one of the fastest growing telecom markets in the world with current sub-scriber base nearing 490 mil-lion and looking positive to touch 500 million subscribers by 2010. Among the various segments, cellular or mobile segment has been the key contributor and specially prepaid services, with its wide offerings of services, has been leading the growth wave. 15 years back, no one had thought that India will become a country with more number of GSM subscribers than fixed line sub-scribers. With 490 million sub-scribers by 2009, teledensity has risen up to around 42%, and thus the other half is yet to be brought to the mainstream. Going by the current data, the subscriber base grew to around 494.07 million in August‘09, registering a growth of 42.67% over the last year. As per the estimates of Stock watch the expected mobile subscriber base will touch around 771 million by the year 2013. Over the years, wireless
  • 10. services has acquired almost 92% of the total telephony market, with State owned BSNL as the leader in the landline domain and Bharti Airtel being the leader in cellular services with other players like Reliance, Idea Cellular and Vodafone giving it a tough competition. The Indian mobile services market is more or less equally divided between GSM and CDMA customers with the former capturing around 53% of the sub-scriber base. Currently there are 11 players who are fighting tooth and nail to increase even one single percentage point in their market share. While Bharti Airtel dominates the GSM arena, Anil Ambani led ADAG‘s Reliance communications has been leading the CDMA services space in mobile telephony but the good sign for the sector is that revenues of all the incumbents have increased leading to an increase in their revenues. In GSM, Bharti Airtel is given a tough competition by Vodafone and Tata Teleservices which operates Tata Indicom and in CDMA; it is considerably behind Reliance communications in terms of market share. With Mobile number portability coming into the scene, the war will be fiercer in this space and there will be a huge swapping of subscribers among the existing players. Indian telecom industry has set an example by penetrating the market to an extent of around 43% in a span of 10 years when analysts and experts were extremely skeptical about India as a market. The growth has not been restricted only to the higher section of the society, now it is driven primarily by the rural market as well and the acceptance has been in-creasing considerably over the years. On an average approximately 8 million users are added per month to the kitty thereby making India the world‘s fastest growing telecom market and thus happens to be the country offering highest Return On Investment for the telecom companies. To support the growing telecom market, the government is supporting telecom manufacturing by providing tax sops as well as setting up Special economic zones (SEZ) for the sector.
  • 11. Service Provider Wise Market Share as on 2014-03-22 HISTORY OF INDIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS It was Started in 1851 ,when the first operational land lines were laid by the government near Calcutta (seat of British power). Telephone services were introduced in India in 1881. In1883 telephone services were emerged with the postal system. Indian Radio Telegraph Company (IRT) was formed in 1923. After independence in 1947, all the foreign telecommunication companies were nationalized to form the Posts, Telephone and Telegraph (PTT), a monopoly run by the government's Ministry . Telecom sector was considered as a strategic service and the government considered it best to bring understate's control. The first wind of reforms in telecommunications sector began to flow in 1980swhen the private sector was allowed in telecommunications equipment manufacturing. In1985, Department of Telecommunications (DOT) was established. It was an exclusive provider of domestic andlong distance service that would be its own regulator (separate from the postal system). In1986, two wholly government-owned companies were created: the Videsh Sanchar NigamLimited (VSNL) for international telecommunications and Mahanagar Telephone NigamLimited (MTNL) for service in metropolitan areas. In 1990s, telecommunications sector benefited from the general opening up of the economy. Also, examples of telecom revolution in many other countries, which resulted in better quality of service and lower
  • 12. tariffs, led Indian policy makers to initiate a change process finally resulting in opening up of telecom services sector for the private sector. National Telecom Policy(NTP) 1994 was the first attempt to give a comprehensive roadmap for the Indian telecommunications sector. In 1997, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was created. TRAI was formed to act as a regulator to facilitate the growth of the telecom sector.. Telecommunication sector in India can be divided into two segments: Fixed Service Provider (FSPs), and Cellular Services. Fixed line services consist of basic services, national or domestic long distance and international long distance services. The state operators (BSNL and MTNL), account for almost 90 per cent of revenues from basic services. Private sector services are presently available in selective urban areas, and collectively account .Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA). The GSM sector is dominated by Airtel, Vodfone- Essar, and Idea Cellular, while the CDMA sector is dominated by Reliance and Tata Indicom. Opening up of international and domestic long distance telephony services are the major growth drivers for cellular industry. Cellular he tariffs on airtime, which along with rental was the main source of revenue. The reduction in tariffs for airtime, national long distance, international long distance, and handset prices has driven demand 1.2 RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA Mobile Number Portability (MNP): TRAI announced the rules and regulations to be followed for the Mobile Number Portability in their draft release on 23 September 2009.Mobile Number Portability (MNP) allows users to retain their numbers, while shifting to different service provider provided they follow the guidelines set by TRAI. Once a customer changes his/her service provider & retaining the same mobile number they are expected toehold the mobile number with a given provider for at least 90 days, before they decide to move to another service provider. This restriction is set in place to keep a check on exploitation of MNP services provided by the service providers. As per news reports, Government of India decided to implement MNP from December 31, 2009 in Metros & category ‘A’ service areas and by March 20, 2010 in rest of the country. It has been postponed to March 31, 2010 in Metros & category 'A'
  • 13. service areas. However, time and time again, lobbying by the state-run firms, BSNL and MTNL has resulted in innumerable delays in the implementation of Mobile Number portability. The latest report suggest BSNL and MTNL are finally ready to implement the Mobile Number Portability by October 31, 2010.A press release by the Department of Telecommunications on 30 June 2010 said "Keeping the complexity and enormity of the testing involved before MNP is implemented and keeping in view the present status of implementation by various operators, it has now been decided to extend the time line for implementation of MNP to 31st October 2010."A news report on 25 November 2010 said Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was finally launched in Haryana. The MNP service inaugurate by the Union Minister of Communications& IT Mr. Kapil Sibal by making the inaugural call to Shri Bhupindrer Singh Hooda, the Chief Minister of Haryana from a ported mobile number in function held at Rohtak city. Another news report said it will be implemented across India on January 20, 2011. Even as Do T has recommended a porting fee of Rs. 19, some operators such as Idea Cellular may consider waiving off the porting charges 2) Next generation networks: In the Next Generation networks can connect customers to a core network based on technology. These access networks include networks connected to fixed locations or customers connected through as well as to networks connected to users. As a result, in the future, it would be impossible to identify whether the next generation network is a fixed or mobile network and the would be used both for fixed and mobile services. It would then be futile to differentiate between fixed and mobile networks. AIRTEL Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as airtel , is an Indian telecommunications company that operates in 19 countries across South Asia, Africa and the Channel Island It operates a GSM network in all countries, providing2G or 3Gservices depending upon the country of operation. Airtel is the fifth largest telecom operator in the world with over 207.8 million subscribers across 19 countries at the end of 2010. It is the largest cellular service provider in India with over 152.5 million subscribers at the end of 2010. Airtel is the 3rd largest in-
  • 14. country mobile operator by subscriber base, behind China Mobile and China Unicom. Airtel also offers fixed line services and broadband services. It offers its telecom services under the Airtel brand and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mitttal. Bharti Airtel is the first Indian telecom service provider to achieve this Cisco Gold Certification. To earn Gold Certification, Bharti Airtel had to meet rigorous standards for networking competency ,service, support and customer satisfaction set forth by Cisco. The company also provides land-line telephone services and broadband Internet access (DSL) in over 96cities in India. It also acts as a carrier for national and international long distance communication services. The company has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai, which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore. It is known for being the first mobile phone company in the world to outsource everything except marketing and sales and finance. Its network (base stations, microwave links ,etc.) are maintained by Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Network and Huawei. , business support by IBM and transmission towers by another company (Bharti Infratel Ltd. In India). Ericsson agreed for the first time, to be paid by the minute for installation and maintenance of their equipment rather than being paid up front. This enabled the company to provide pan-India phone call rates of Rs. 1/minute (U$0.02/minute). Call rates have come down much further. During the last financial year [2009-10], Bharti has roped in a strategic partner Alcatel-Lucent to manage the network infrastructure for the Tele media Business. IDEA Idea Cellular, usually referred to as Idea, is a wireless company operating in all the 22 telecom circles in India based in Mumbai. In 2000, Tata Cellular was a company providing mobile services in Andhra Pradesh. When Birla-AT&T brought Maharashtra and Gujarat to the table, the merger of these two entities was a reality. Thus Birla- Tata-AT&T, popularly known as Batata, was born and was later branded as !dea. Then Idea set sights on RPG’s operations in Madhya Pradesh which was successfully acquired, helping Batata have a million subscribers, and the license to be the fourth operator in Delhi was clinched .In 2004, Idea (the company had by then been rechristened) bought over the Escorts group’s Escotel gaining Haryana, Uttar Pradesh (West) and Kerala and licenses for three more UP (East), Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. By the end of that year, four million Indians
  • 15. were on the company’s network. In 2005, AT&T sold its investment in Idea, and the year after Tatas also bid good bye to pursue an independent telecom business. And Idea was left only with one promoter, the AV Birla group. When the company’s stock listed on the bourses in March 2007, its subscriber base was 13 million with presence in 11 circles. In less than three years, the subscriber numbers have more than quadrupled. The public issue was oversubscribed 50 times and raised Rs 2,450crore.In June 2008, Idea Cellular bought out BK Modi’s stake in Spice Communications for Rs 2,700 crore adding Punjab and Karnataka circles. Modi’s joint venture partner, Telekom Malaysia, invested Rs 7,000 crore for a 14.99% stake in Idea. Just around then, Idea’s subsidiary, Aditya Birla Telecom sold a 20% stake to US -based Providence Equity Partners for over Rs 2,000 crore.
  • 16. CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF LITERATURE (Wagner, 2005) ‘The success of mobile learning will ultimately revolve around a mosaic of rich converged experiences. These experiences will rest, in turn, on a foundation of converged network and device technologies, wireless services, rights management, content management, search management, and transactional processing power. As with the implementation of any innovative scheme, significant technical and administrative challenges will be encountered. These will be met along with amore ill-defined challenge. ‘How can these of mobile technologies help today’s educators to embrace a truly earner centered approach to learning?’ Robins (2008) this paper is about marketing the next generation of mobile telephones. The study is about third generation of cell phone technology, what is usually known as “3G” for short. There are various issues about that new innovative. One show to price 3G handsets and services at a level which will enable telephone operating companies to recoup the high prices they have already paid to governments for operating licenses. Second the technology is not yet complete, there are no agreed international standards and companies do not yet know what new services the technology will prove Capable of delivering effectively. All variants of 3G remain dependent on largely unproven technology. Marketing 3G is going to be about services which are new and in many cases, yet to be designed. At the same time, it will involve services which can also be obtained by computer and other means. It follows that the marketing task will be high risk. First, 3G has no obviously unique selling proposition to build on except, perhaps, the combination of live video and easy portability. Second, the potential customers have not yet had adequate opportunity to signal their service likes and dislikes. Third, the cost and complexity of service provision leave doubt about the market’s reaction to price. (S.L.Rao and I. Natrajan) explains that the prime focus of the service providers is to create a loyal customer basely Benchmarking their performances and retaining existing customers in order to benefit from their loyalty. With the commencement of the economic liberalization in 1991, and with view to expand and improve telecom infrastructure through the participation of the private sector, the Government of India
  • 17. permitted foreign companies holding 51 percent equity stake in joint ventures to manufacture telecom equipment in India. The Indian Government has announced a new policy, which allows private firms to provide basic telephone services. There had been a monopoly of the state owned department of telecommunications. However, several companies are expected to benefit from the policy change. Jha (2008), in his study analyzed that it is the youth which is the real growth driver of the telecom industry in India. Considering this fact, the paper is an attempt to give a snapshot of how frequently young people use their mobile phones for several embodied functions of the cell phones. Data was collected from a sample of 208 mobile phone owners, aged between 20 and 29The study sheds light on how gender, monthly voucher amount and years of owning mobile phones influence the usage pattern of this device. Findings of the study would be helpful for the telecom service providers and handset manufacturers to formulate a marketing strategy for different market segments. They need to bridge the gap between the services promised and services offered. The overall customers’ attitude towards cell phone services is that they are satisfied with the existing services but still they want more services to be provided. Kumar(2008), in their study titled “Customer Satisfaction and Discontentment vis a vis BSNL Landline Service: A Study” analyzed that at present, services marketing plays a major role in the national economy. In the service sector, telecom industry is the most active and attractive. Though the telecom industry is growing rapidly, India's telecom density is less than the world’s average telecom density as most of India's market is yet to be covered. This attracts private operators to enter into the Indian telecom industry, which makes the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) more alert to run its business and survive in the market. Seth et al (2008), in their study titled “Managing the Customer Perceived Service Quality for Cellular Mobile Telephone: an Empirical Investigation” analyzed that there is relative importance of service quality attributes and showed that responsiveness is the most importance dimension followed by reliability, customer perceived network quality, assurance, convenience, empathy and tangibles. This would enable the service providers to focus their resources in the areas of importance. The research resulted in the
  • 18. development of a reliable and valid instrument for assessing customer perceived service quality for cellular mobile services. A. Service Quality Zeithaml et.al (1996) offered a conceptual model of service quality. The service quality affects particular behaviors that indicate whether customers will remain loyal to or leave an organization. Superior service quality leads to favorable behavioral intentions, which leads to retention, which leads to ongoing revenue, increased spending, payment of price premiums, and generation of referred customers. Service quality is measured infive dimensions they are reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and tangibles. Wang and Lo (2002) studied on comprehensive integrated framework for service quality, customer value and customer satisfaction and behavior reinvention of customers in China. Omotayo and Joaching (2008) found a strong relationship between customer service, satisfaction and retention in the communication industry in Nigeria. So, It can be assumed at Service Quality is the one of the main factors influencing the Indian mobile subscribers Intention for switching the service provider. First Hypothesizes formulates as.Hypothesis1 (H1): The service quality has a significant effect on Mobile Subscriber Intention for Switching of service provider B. Service Affordability Affordability is a measure of cost related to the amount thata purchaser is able to pay. Kollmann (2000) states that Price plays a vital role in telecommunication market especially for the mobile telecommunication service providers. Michael Draganska & Dipal Jain (2003) analyzed that companies should differentiate consumer preference by using product line as a price discrimination tool by providing different variety of tariff plans to consumer to purchase the product or service according to their requirement. India is having 752.19 Million mobile subscribers and Information Mobile Intelligence reports claim that in Average Minutes Per User(AMPU) in India is 25 to 30 minutes per day of active time on voice calls and almost 15 to 20 minutes per day of the active time on messaging. Bharati the major mobile service Provider in India claims as on November
  • 19. 2010 that Indian Monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) is 202 rupees which is reduced at 20% on a year base and it is expected to decrease further. As there is an increase in mobile subscribers and increase in AMPU at the same time there is a decrease in ARPU Mobile service providers are planning to attract Mobile subscriber to their service with less affordable price. Jallet andFredric (2008) analyzed the importance of yield management and discrimination pricing in telecommunication sector. Yield management techniques can help telecom operators and similar companies to optimize the benefits they can derive from a subtle management of information networks and partnerships. So, Service affordability is the also one of the main factors influencing the Indian mobile subscribers Intention for switching the service provider. Second Hypothesizes formulates as. C. Promotional Offers Alvarez and Casielles (2005) specified promotion is a set of stimuli that are offered sporadically and it reinforces publicity actions to promote the purchasing of a certain product. Mobile service providers are giving different promotional offers like prepaid offers on top-up recharge, E-recharge mobile top up vouchers for prepaid connection, chota recharge top up, bonus cards, phone alert of astrology, cricket score, call management services, caller tunes, free mobile calls, Short Message Services(SMS) offers, limited time free internet usage, various kinds of ring tone services, dialer tone services and other promotional offers to attract the mobile subscriber .Chinnadurai and Kalpana (2006) analyzed the increasing competition in cellular services, changing mobile subscriber taste and changing preferences of the customer’s all over the world. These circumstances are forcing companies to change their customer promotional strategies. It is analyzed that advertisement play a dominant role in influencing the customers but most of the customers are of opinion that promotional strategies of cellular companies are more sale oriented rather than customer oriented. Fornell (1992) suggests that switching cost is a source of preventing brand switching behavior of customer. Switching cost can make it costly for customers to switch brands. It has been researched by many researchers that higher switching cost stops brand
  • 20. switching behavior. Customers leverage benefits and cost before taking decision about brand switching. If perceived benefits of new product or service are lower than switching cost, customer will likely to remain with the existing brand (Lees et al., 2007). If service providers aim at convincing competitors’ customers to switch, they have to provide low prices or higher benefits to them in order to compensate high switching cost. Lee and Murphy (2005) have investigated a number of factors that influence customers to switch mobile service providers. Their findings suggested that price is the most important factor that persuades customers to change their commitments to other mobile service providers. Rajkumar (2011) suggest that price is not always brand switching influencer. He explained that customers who are quality conscious prefer to pay high prices for high quality. It influences those customers who have limited income. Companies use this feature of price and provide price comparisons to customers in order to persuade them to try new products. Literature review discussed about influence of price on brand switching suggests that price is major influencer for brand switching. It is not necessary that price always affects brand switching. Customers with low income are more influenced by changes in price to switch service providers whereas quality conscious customers are less influenced by changes in price to switch brands. Brand switching is a process in which customers tend to end relationship with a particular company and start relationship with a new one. All industries have experience brand switching but telecommunication industry is more exposed to it. There are many factors that influence brand switching. On one end they persuade customers to switch over other company and on the other hand they prevent brand switching. Price has been found most influential factor in brand switching in telecom sector. Besides price there have been many factors that enhance brand switching like quality service, coverage area, trust, advertisement, and brand image. All these factors have been critically analyzed in the literature review in the light of work of previous researchers.
  • 21. CHAPTER 3 RATIONALE OF STUDY So as per the stiff competition in the market between these companies, it is important to find out which parameters companies are being preferred by the customers in terms of various dimensions. Also customers have different mindset towards publican private sector companies. The reforms in the mobile telecommunication sector which were started towards end of 1999 have ushered radical changes in the mobile telecommunication market. The Indian mobile telecommunication sector is vast and there are big business opportunities for the mobile telecommunication players. Before the entry of private mobile telecommunication players in Indian mobile telecommunication industry, public sector companies had complete autonomy in the market. With almost all the public and private insurance companies offering the same kind of services and network coverage, the quality of service offered to the customers became one of the important differentiators for all the public and private insurance companies to maintain their competitive advantage in the market. Service quality refers to the perception of the customers of the organization regarding how well the organization is fulfilling their service needs.
  • 22. CHAPTER 4 OBJECTIVES 1. To study various Value Added Services offered by mobile service providers like tariff plans, bulk SMS, mob banking & internet etc. 2. To study CRM provided by them. 3. To study the reason behind switching off towards another provider from current one.
  • 23. CHAPTER 5 RESEARCH METHEDOLOGY The word research is derived from the Latin word meaning to know. It is a systematic and replicable process, which identifies and defines problems, within specified boundaries. It employs well-designed method to collect the data and analyses the results. It disseminates the findings to contribute to generalize able knowledge. The main characteristics of research presented below are:  Systematic problem solving which identifies variables and tests relationships between them  Collecting, organizing and evaluating data.  Logical, so procedures can be duplicated or understood by others  Reductive, so it investigates a small sample which can be generalized to a larger population  Replicable, so others may test the findings by repeating it.  Discovering new facts or verify and test old facts. For the proper analysis of data simple statistical techniques such as percentage were use. It helps in making more generalization from the data available. The data which will be collected from a sample of population was assumed to be representing entire population was interested. Demographic factors like age, gender was used for the classification purpose.
  • 24. 5.1 SOURCES OF DATA Primary Data: Structured questionnaire Secondary Data: The study contains secondary data i.e. data from authenticated websites and journals for the latest updates just to gain an insight for the views of various experts. Because it is a pilot study and due to time constraint the sample size is small. 5.2 METHODOLOGY & PRESENTATION OF DATA The data collected is then coded in the tables to make the things presentable and more effective. The results are shown by tables which will help me out in easy and effective presentation and hence results are being obtained. 5.3 TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES USED FOR ANALYSIS In this study the technique used for interpreting the results is Z-test. Z-Test: A Z-test is any statistical test for which the distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis can be approximated by a normal distribution. Z = (X − μ0) / s 5.4 RESEARCH DESIGN The design for this study is Exploratory and Convenient sampling.
  • 25. CHAPTER 6 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETETION 6.1 General Information Data has been collected from the sample through questionnaire survey. In this chapter data has been presented systematically. Results of each question have been presented in the form of percentages. Results are presented in tables and graphs for proper analysis. Respondents were asked to mention their age and gender in questionnaire. Different age categories possess different preferences regarding mobile services. Same is true for gender of mobile service subscribers. Mobile service providers can analyze the needs and wants of different genders and that of age categories in order to design better services for different. 6.2 FINDINGS OF QUESTIONNAIRE Q.1 Frequency Distribution of Age of Sample Five age ranges were given in the questionnaire. Frequency distribution of age of respondents is shown in the following table. Table no.1 Age of Respondents Age % of Respondents Less than 20 Years 13 21 - 30 Years 35 31 - 40 Years 31 41 - 50 Years 13 Above 50 Years 8 Total 100
  • 26. Interpretation Frequency distribution of sample shows that 13% respondents were less than 20 years old, 35 % respondents were between 21 – 30 years of age. 31 % respondents were in the age category of 31 – 40 years of age, 13 % respondents were in the age category of 41 – 50 years. Only 8% respondents were above 50 years of age. The data shows that most of the respondents were in the middle age category. Graphical representation of frequency distribution of age of respondents is shown in the following table: Q.2 Frequency Distribution of Gender of Sample Respondents were asked to mention their gender in the questionnaire. By analyzing needs and wants of males and females mobile service providers can design specific packages for males and females. In the following table frequency distribution of gender of respondents is shown. Table no. 2 Gender of Respondents Gender % of Respondents Male 52 Female 48 Total 100
  • 27. 52 51 50 49 48 47 46 male female M F Interpretation The results show that there were 52 % males and 48 % females in the sample. Two deductions can be made from results. The first is that more males use telephonic services and the second is that more males have shown their intentions to fill the questionnaire. Q.3 Type of Telephonic Service Respondents were asked about type of telephonic services used by them. In telephonic services fixed line and mobile services are common. Respondents were given these options in the questionnaire. Results about type of telephonic services are given in below table. Table no.3 Which Phone type you are using currently? Phone Type % of Respondents Prepaid 84 Postpaid 16 Total 100
  • 28. 100 80 60 40 20 0 postpaid prepaid Interpretation Above data shows that most of the respondents in the area have pre-paid connections. And I got only 16% questionnaire filled by post-paid users. Q.4 Mobile Service Provider Respondents were asked to mention mobile service provider whose services are used by them currently. This question was asked to analyze the major share of different mobile service providers. The results are helpful in determining the most favorable preference of respondents for mobile service providers. In the following table responses of respondents are summarized. Table no. 4 Which Mobile phone operator is currently in your use? Service Provider % of Respondents Airtel 65 Idea 35 Others 0 Total 100
  • 29. 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 idea airtel others Interpretation The results show that 65 % respondents were availing mobile services of “Airtel”. 31 % respondents were using services of “Idea”. There are 4 % respondents who were using other services. The results show that Airtel is mostly used by the respondents. Idea is found to be at second place used by the respondents. Q.5 Scheme you are using. Respondents were asked about the schemes they are using fro there current provider. They respond on three factors i.e. lifetime, monthly plan, pay per second plan. Applying significance test i.e. Z-test to check the acceptance or rejection rate. Ha1: Pay per second plan plays significant role in switching mobile service provider. Ho1: Pay per second plan don’t plays significant role in switching mobile service provider.
  • 30. Table no. 5 Scheme Respondent Lifetime 50 Pay per second 36 Monthly 14 Z(calculated) 2.20 Since calculated value of Z is more than 1.96 at significance level 5%, hence the null hypothesis is acceptable and it proves that pay per second plan plays a significant role in switching mobile service provider. 50 40 30 20 10 0 lifetime monthly pay per second Q.6 How long have you used the service of that company? Table no. 6 Time Duration Users Less than one year 16 1-2 years 26 2-4 years 17 More than 4 years 41
  • 31. 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Interpretation Above table analysis depicts that most of the users are using their telecom service from more than 4 year. Some of the users are also using it from last 2-4 year, where minority was using from less than 1 year. Q.7 Overall, how satisfied are you, with network of your company? Table no. 7 BRANDS AIRTEL IDEA TARRIF 17 4 BULK SMS 5 6 MOBILE BANKING 42 6 INTERNET 6 4 CRM 0 10 0 less than 1 year 1-2 years 2-4 years more than 4 years
  • 32. 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 airtel idea tarrif bulk sms mobile banking internet crm Interpretation Above data analysis shows that Airtel is being preferred because of its mobile internet service. And Idea because of its CRM. Q.8 Switching of mobile service provider Table no. 8 Switching from current to other Suggestions % of Respondents Not at all 13 Once 35 Twice 26 Thrice 17 More than thrice 9 Total 100
  • 33. 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 not at all once twice thrice more than thrice Interpretation Above table presents clear picture about results of switching behavior of respondents. There were 13% respondents who have never switched mobile service provider. 35 % respondents have switched mobile service providers once in the life. There were 26 % respondents who have changed mobile service provider twice in their life. 17 % respondents have switched mobile service provider thrice in their life. There were only 9 % respondents who have switched mobile service providers for more than thrice. The results suggest that 87% respondents have experienced switching mobile service providers. Q.9. Reasons behind switching from current service provider to another one  BETTER SERVICE QUALITY Table no. 9.1 BETTER SERVICE QUALITY Suggestions % of Respondents Strongly Agree 24 Agree 37 Neutral 8 Disagree 19 Strongly Disagree 12 Total 100
  • 34. 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 strongly agreeagree neutral strongly disagree total 100  VALUR ADDEDE SERVICE Table no. 9.2 VALUE ADDED SERVICE Suggestions % of Respondents Strongly Agree 18 Agree 31 Neutral 13 Disagree 23 Strongly Disagree 15 Total 100 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 stongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly disagree 100
  • 35.  GOOD NETWORK COVERAGE Table no.9.3 GOOD NETWORK COVERAGE Suggestions % of Respondents Strongly Agree 24 Agree 35 Neutral 14 Disagree 17 Strongly Disagree 10 Total 100 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 strongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly disagree 100 Chapter 7 Limitation and Scope of Study 7.1 Limitations  The users of cellular phones are geographically widespread and hence contacting them was time consuming.  The sample size was limited to 100 because of time and cost factors.  The information collected may not be sufficient and reliable in terms of total market conditions in India as Indore represents only a small portion of the total national market.
  • 36.  The study was time bound.  Few of the respondent were not open with their responses.  Seldom had to come across respondents who did not have much idea about the objectives of the study. 7.2 Scope  The study will help the company to understand the mobile service user’s selection of particular connection.  The product or brand awareness of mobile users.  The level of satisfaction of mobile service users.  Problems faced by mobile users.  Examine the factors which influence the choice of mobile services.  Innovation in services and product by the responses and suggestions given by the respondents.
  • 37. Chapter 8 Conclusion This chapter presents conclusion of the whole research. All the findings have been concluded here. On the basis of results of primary data and that of secondary data some recommendations have been proposed to the telecommunication companies of Indore in order to stop their customers for brand switching. Future prospects of research have also been presented in this chapter. This particular research aimed at examining the factors influencing brand switching in telecommunication industry of Indore. In order to examine the factors triangulation methodology has been adopted. Questionnaire strategy has been used by the researcher for collecting primary data. There were 87% respondents who have experienced brand switching of service providers at any stage in their life. 13% respondents have never switched mobile service providers. The findings of research suggest that there price has been most influential factor in decisions of customers regarding brand switching. The results have shown that most of respondents switch mobile service providers in response to changes in prices. Brand image has also been found an influential factor in determining the final decision of customers regarding brand switching. Brands that have appealing image attract customers of other service providers and retain their own customers for long time period. Finally the objectives of research are reviewed as follows:  Switching behavior is a process which persuades customers to end relationship with a particular company and to start a new relationship with another company.  Price has been the most important factor that influences brand switching. Other factors that have been found encouraging for brand switching in telecommunication industry of Indore are: Service quality, Customer care, value added services and brand image.  Most important factor that prevents brand switching is switching cost. High switching cost prohibits customers to switch over other service providers. Other factors that stop customers for brands switching are: personal or professional
  • 38. commitments regarding changing number, low service charges, high quality and appealing brand image of existing service providers.  Most of the respondents prefer Airtel in Indore which has low switching rate. After Idea has been found popular in the respondents. 8.1 Suggestions Based on data collection through subscribers survey , certain suggestion are given.  Many respondents complaint about the disturbance during traveling. So some measures should be taken to overcome this problem.  Most of the idea/airtel users have complaint about the network problem in city limits, more towers should be put up to avoid this problem.  The charges from mobile to land lines should be common.  Idea/Airtel should try to expand its coverage area and should provide roaming facility all over India.  The customer care of idea/airtel are pathetic, it should be checked.  The talk-time should be increased.  The grace period should be increased from 30 to 45 days.  Idea should try to expand its coverage area.  Free sms services should be provided by both the operators.  Various schemes and services should be provided which will help the service provider to turn new subscribers and gain confidence among already existing subscribers.  Night offer should be provided.  Call rate must be low.  If call ends at 1 min. 1 sec. it is charged for 2 min. which the company should have to work on it.
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  • 43. Chapter 10 Annexure 10.1 Questionnaire I, Shreya Pathak pursuing MBA 4th semester from GSIMR, Indore request you to please fill the questionnaire as per your choices asked given below. It’s all about my academic activity for Major Research Project on “A study of factors affecting consumer choice to select mobile service provider” and I assure you that all the information filled by you will be kept confidential. 1. Name ………………………… 2. Age group you belongs to a. less than 20 years b. 21-30 c. 31-40 d. 41-50 e. above 50 3. Gender a. Male b. female 4. Mobile connection you are using a. Postpaid b. prepaid 5. From given below which provider you presently own a. Idea b. Airtel c. Others 6. From your provider which scheme you are using a. lifetime b. pay per second c. monthly
  • 44. 7. For how long you are availing the services of your service provider a. less than 1 year b. 1-2 year c. 2-4 year d. more than 4 years 8. Reasons for choosing your current service provider Strongly satisfied Satisfied Neutral Dissatisfied Strongly dissatisfied Tariff Bulk SMS Mobile banking Internet CRM 9. For how many times you have switched your service provider to other. a. not at all b. once c. twice d. thrice e. more than thrice 10. Reasons from switching from current service provider to other i.e. Idea to Airtel or Airtel to Idea Features Idea Airtel Better service quality Value added services Good network coverage
  • 45. 10.2 Master Data Sheet AGE GENDER Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 R1 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 3 2 R2 2 3 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 R3 3 2 2 1 1 1 5 2 2 1 R4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 5 2 2 R5 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 R6 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 R7 3 4 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 R8 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 4 2 R9 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 1 5 2 R10 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 4 1 5 R11 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1 R12 4 3 2 1 2 2 4 1 4 2 R13 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 R14 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 R15 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 5 2 R16 4 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 2 1 R17 3 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 R18 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 R19 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 2 R20 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 5 2 R21 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 5 2 R22 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 R23 2 3 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 R24 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 R25 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 1 5 2
  • 46. R26 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 5 2 R27 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 R28 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 R29 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 3 5 1 R30 3 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 R31 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 R32 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 4 1 R33 3 3 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 R34 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 3 R35 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 R36 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 R37 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 R38 4 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 1 R39 4 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 R40 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 R41 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 R42 3 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 R43 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 R44 2 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 R45 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 5 1 R46 4 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 5 2 R47 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 1 R48 2 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 R49 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 5 1 R50 3 3 2 1 1 2 2 2 5 1 R51 4 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 R52 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 1 R53 3 3 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 R54 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 5 1 R55 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 R56 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 1
  • 47. R57 3 2 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 R58 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 4 R59 3 4 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 R60 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 R61 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 2 R62 3 2 2 1 2 3 5 1 3 2 R63 4 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 5 R64 2 2 2 1 2 2 5 1 5 2 R65 3 3 2 2 2 1 3 1 3 2 R66 1 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 R67 4 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 R68 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 R69 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 R70 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 1 1 2 R71 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 R72 3 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 R73 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 2 1 R74 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 R75 3 4 2 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 R76 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 5 1 R77 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 R78 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 R79 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 R80 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 5 1 R81 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 5 1 R82 2 4 2 1 2 2 3 1 3 2 R83 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 R84 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 R85 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 R86 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 R87 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 1
  • 48. R88 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 R89 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 R90 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 R91 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2 R92 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 R93 3 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 2 2 R94 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 R95 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 5 1 R96 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 R97 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 R98 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 R99 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 5 1 R100 4 2 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 2