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A- Introduction
A.1- Vision
A.2- Mission
A.3- Core values
B.2- Objectives
B.3- Strategies
B.3.1 Segmentation
B.3.2 Target market
B.3.3 Positioning
B.4- 4P’s
B.4.1-product
B.4.2-price
B.4.3-place
B.4.4-promotion
B.6- Conclusion
B.7- Appendix
B.8- Bibliography
Executive Summary-:
We take the honor in submitting the concise and concrete marketing plan of
establishing an ISP in Pakistan, which serves as a basis and covers the
fundamental aspects of marketing an ISP.
While visualizing the mission of the company, we have set down the extensive
objectives and for the execution of those objectives; the strategies are designed
like Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning (STP).
In this context a detail scenario of ISP and Telecom industry, its scope, the
current market situation, product and competitors are stated. As there are a lot of
ISPs working in Pakistan so we have also included the complete SWOT analysis
of ISP industry.
Moreover a vast analysis of market segments, market trends, user demand and
market share of different contenders are given.
We have included the executional plan; a complete media plan which include
where to advertise and when to advertise our new ISP. In the end, cash flow and
profit & loss statement are in the homework of the plan.
(Group Members)
A- Introduction-:
CONNET will provide the customers with great internet service having fast speed
and connectivity and after sale services in order to make them and retain them
as loyal customers. In order to provide the country into a digital revolution with its
ability to seamlessly connect and enable smarter, faster, cost-effective and
flexible internet solutions to reach its valued customers. CONNET offers a
complete range of carrier class internet services like fixed wireless and line
internet, always-on broadband for data, internet with a host of other value-added
services and applications to set the standards for a new era of communications
and entertainment in Pakistan. CONNET offers Total Internet Solutions for both,
the business and home user. With ever expanding horizons, CONNET provides
facilities.
• Professional Integrity
• Customer Satisfaction
• Teamwork
• Company Loyalty
Environmental Scanning-:
The core strengths of CONNET are that we are providing reliable, cost efficient,
speedy and innovative internet services.
The area we would have to improve the advertising strategies by focusing on the
customer dynamics and market opportunities.
The market offers a great deal of opportunities like lower internet usages, lower
technology adoption rate, lower internet awareness, lower reach like in rural
areas especially and lack of introduction of new technologies.
The main threat is the monopoly of the main player PTCL which have maritime
linkages with the global players; others include higher competition among the
existing ISP’s, lower literacy rate.
Digicom launched the first international Internet service in Pakistan in 1995. The
licensing of commercial Internet service providers began in 1996. By mid-
1999licenses to provide Internet services had been issued to approximately 100
organizations. By mid-2000, the number of Pakistani users had grown to
500,000. In year 2005, the total number of Internet Service providers has crossed
2000 mark and subsequent Internet users have reached to a roaring total of 10.5
Million.
(Impact of Internet on Society -Pakistan Community National University of Computer
and Emerging Sciences (NUCES) Faisal Town, Lahore, Pakistan)
Presently, there is 38 main ISP’s working in Pakistan. The main ISP’s include
cybernet, WOL, Brainnet, Wateen, COMSATS and PTCL. These ISP’s are
providing services through WiMAX, dialup, DSL and Broadband wireless
technologies. In 1998-99, simplex satellite Internet services (receive only) were
introduced in the region by some service providers like Zaknet. ISPs started
using these services as costs of PTCL leased lines (IPLCs) were prohibitively
high. But PTCL started harassing ISPs by conducting raids and shutting down
the operations of ISPs who were using simplex satellite services. ISPAK took up
this matter with PTA and Ministry of Communications with full protest and
threatened to go on a strike with all ISPs of the country shutting their operations.
Upon intervention of the Secretary, Ministry of Communications and PTA,
immediate written orders were issued by PTA to restore the services of AKNet in
Lahore and disciplinary proceedings against PTCL officials responsible for
shutting down the ISP were initiated.
Before year 2000, the subjects of Information Technology, Internet and
Telecommunications were dealt by the Ministry of Communications which has so
many other departments to look after like national highways, ports and shipping,
postal services, etc. The IT industry felt that this new and dynamic subject
handled by a conventional Ministry was too neglected by the Government.
Numerous representations and proposals by made various stakeholders
including ISPAK to the Government to create a separate Ministry of IT. The then
Chief Executive of the country, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, through an executive
order in March 2000, created a new Division named IT & Telecommunication
Division under the Ministry of Science & Technology and moved the telecom
subject from the Ministry of Communications to this newly created Division. An
eminent scientist, Prof. Dr. Atta Ur Rahman was appointed as the Minister for
Science & Technology who with his dynamic leadership brought profound
reforms in the IT & Telecom sector of the country in a short period of time. In
2003, a new Ministry of IT & Telecommunications was created by the
Government of Pakistan be separating IT & Telecom Division from the Ministry of
Science & Technology.
(ISPAK, Internet service providers association of Pakistan)
http://www.ispak.com.pk/achievements.php
Out of the estimated 2.5 million internet users in Pakistan, currently there are
about 29000 (91 per cent cable and 9 per cent DSL) broadband subscribers in
Pakistan, showing a penetration rate of 0.016 per cent.
All broadband subscribers are in the three main cities of Karachi, Lahore and
Islamabad. Broadband internet services have much higher number of users in
the countries like Korea, Japan, Canada and Egypt.
(Internet Service Providers in Pakistan welcomes broadband policy Pakistan
Times Business & Commerce Desk)
http://pakistantimes.net/2004/12/26/business2.htm
(Lifestyle indicators,
http://euromonitorinternational.com/pakistanstatistics)
Around 1.5 million people living in Pakistan are reported to use the Internet
regularly with a growth rate of 125.6% during 2002–2004.
However, the real statistics may be greater than the official figures, which
normally do not include Internet cafes set up in every corner of all main and small
cities to facilitate teens of low-income groups to use the Internet.
(www.internetworldstats.com)
Today, the Internet is more easily accessible in schools, colleges, and public
libraries. The use of the Internet has become mandatory in business, both for the
seller and the consumer. In addition, the cost of computers is becoming more
affordable so the number of home computers is rapidly on the rise. With such
accessibility, the Internet has become an integral part of our lives.
(Effects of Excessive Internet Use on Undergraduate Students in Pakistan,
CYBERPSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR Volume 9, Number 3, 2006 © Mary Ann
Liebert, Inc. )
Computers came in Pakistan in 60’s. Internet service was provided in 1995 which
was just the beginning. Technology adoption rate was very low in 90’s as
organizations were not focused towards technology. The use of technology has
increased over the past few years due to cheaper computers, internet rates, easy
accessibility and greater competition among ISP’s. The main sectors of
technology adoption are Education, Medicine, Banking, Entertainment, Business,
Marketing and Communication, Textile designing, Architecture and Agriculture
Technology adoption rate was growing at a fast pace of 125.6% between 2002 &
2004
(CYBER PSYCHOLOGY & BEHAVIOR Volume 9, Number 3, 2006 Mary Ann
Liebert, Inc. Effects of Excessive Internet Use on Undergraduate Students
in Pakistan)
In Pakistan, e-commerce is still in its infancy and faces many barriers to grow.
The notable barriers are misconception of E-commerce in Pakistan are low
literacy rate, access to technology is late, policies of Government, unavailability
of proper infrastructure, limited user of internet, the issue of security of
transactions on the internet, high bandwidth rates the rigid and monopoly role of
the PTCL.
Barriers to Online Shopping: (Iqbal, A., 2009)
Now people are getting aware of the importance of business on the internet
rapidly and this will prove good in the favor of Pakistan. Banks are playing an
important role in increasing the awareness of E-commerce in Pakistan. The
banks start e-Banking and also the availability of business account that will help
the investors to invest in the internet business. Pakistan became a member of
AFACT in September 2000 at Taipei, Taiwan and was nominated its Chairman
last month at AFACT 2002 held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Which surely
reflects that e-Commerce got a very bright future in Pakistan.
http://ezinearticles.com/? Future of E-commerce in Pakistan
Presently there are approx 38 main ISP’s working in Pakistan. Our competitors in
ISP’s market of Pakistan are of varying size and quality of service. The main
competitor ISPs in the country include Cybernet, COMSATS, Brainnet,
Wateen,WOL and Paknet (a subsidiary of the Pakistan Telecommunications
Company Limited, or PTCL).
WATEEN-:
(http://www.wateen.com/AboutUs.aspx)
Cybernet-:
(http://cyber.net.pk/aboutus.asp)
Their Vision-:
To launch Pakistan into the 21st century digital revolution by providing complete
communication solutions to Telecom Operators, Corporate, Consumers and to
be the leading “Carriers’ Carrier” by creating a world-class cutting-edge network
to deliver a broad range of reliable, affordable and quality customer-centric
services.
Their Objective-:
To attain market leadership and expansion in the IT and communication sectors
by leveraging ISP/ASP, Data Networking and Software capabilities.
Their Mission-:
Internal & external customer satisfaction, superior & beneficial solutions, brining
internet into common person’s life and to provide value of your money.
We have included the above ISPs in our main competitors list because.
They are using different augmented services like excellent customer feedback
and excellent handling of customer’s inquiries to satisfy their needs.
The Media-:
Our company’s objective is to provide the customers the reliable, cost efficient,
fastest and innovative services that can enhance the quality of internet services
as well as the customer base of CONNET.
B.3 Strategies-:
B.3.1Segmentation-:
Geographic Segmentation-:
Geographically we will first cover the whole market of Lahore and then move to
the market of Karachi, Islamabad.
Demographic Segmentation-:
On the basis of demographic we first segmented our corporate users in the core
segment and then students on the secondary segment.
Our primary target market is the corporate sector like Multinational organizations,
Telenor, Mobilink, cash and carry and warid.
B.3.3 Positioning-:
As our primary target market is corporate sector and secondary target market is
the consumer from upper and Middle class so we positioned our services in the
mind of target market through providing ultimate internet speed.
As our ISP is a service based company and it provides the service of internet, so
our service strategies are as follows.
Price is the main revenue generating factor in any company. So we will use the
price penetration strategy.
Using the price penetration strategy we will shape our packages low price to
capture the new customers for obtaining competitive edge on the competitors.
For that we will:
There are mainly two channels are used for this purpose:
We will use both these types of channels like we are serving to the corporate
through direct channel by rendering them the service of DSL. And for serving the
home users and students we use Dealers network. We plan to have four main
dealers in Pakistan in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
We will use print media and outdoor advertising for its promotion. However in
spite of this we will also use many tools in its promotion like:
• Publicity
• Word of Mouth
• Emphasis on Event Marketing
• Outdoor Media
• Electronic Media
• Radio
We are initially going to launch our ISP through Outdoor and print media
advertisement.
It clarifies the objectives of the whole advertising campaign and for each
individual advertisement. The model facilitates the marketing team in
identifying the best messaging strategy. It has following steps:
Cognitive
• Awareness
• Knowledge
Affective
• Liking
• Preference
• Conviction
Conative
These steps are sequential. Consumer will spend the period of time at each step
before moving to the next, thus before a person can develop a liking for
CONNET, he or she must have sufficient knowledge about our services. Fot that
first we will provide awareness and knowledge for the sake of building brand
image then we will build brand superiority to cultivate strong convictions that
CONNET is superior to the other brands in the market, and finally making the
customers to avail the services of CONNET.
The objective-:
Our main objective is to increase brand awareness, brand image and increase
customer traffic.
Our primary target market is the corporate sector like Multinational organizations,
Telenor, Mobilink, cash and carry and warid. Our secondary target market is the
Students, home users and:
The support
CONNET will be providing better reliability and quality internet services with
fastest speed.
Constraints-:
The constraints which we have to face can be legal regulations, rules and laws
and obligations.
Slice of life-:
In slice of life commercials we will attempt to provide solutions to the every day
problems that consumers and businesses have to face like poor connectivity,
speed and reliability.
At the time of launching it will be Rs.6, 500,000. And after the launch it will be
Rs.8, 500,000.
The two primary aspects of media selection are media planners and media
buyers for an advertisement campaign.
Media planners-:
The media planners formulate the media program stating where and when to
place an advertisement. Our media planner will be Gallup Pakistan. Gallup
Pakistan is the pioneer in Electronic Media Advertising Monitoring in Pakistan.
Since its launch in 1989, the service has been providing a pool of valuable
knowledge of the Electronic media Advertising to its Clients. Owing to its vast
experience in the field, the database is to date the largest and most credible
source of information on Advertising Expenditure in Pakistan. Gallup Pakistan
AdTrak Services for Print & Media is the only service that offers audience and
advertising data built into a single database. This enables the Clients to compute
the per-thousand costs for their own and competitors’ advertising conveniently.
(http://www.gallup.com.pk/adtrack.php)
Media Buyers-:
B.6 Conclusion-:
There is still a great potential in this field of internet but the main thing is that how
to utilize the gap of excellence and access, so we are quite sure that we are able
to give the users an ultimate high speed experience of internet connectivity with
affordable price.
B.7 Appendix-:
Note: Per Capita GDP in US dollars, source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
(http://internetworldstats.com)
(Lifestyle indicators,
http://euromonitorinternational.com/pakistanstatistics)
GEO Har Pal (24 hours)
Commercial 30 minutes to be utilized as follows:
airtime 60 seconds per hour from 0000-1759
120 seconds per hour from 1800-2359
Scrolls 102 scrolls of 10 seconds each
to be utilized from 0000-2359
(http://www.geo.tv/geopages/ratecardgeonews.htm)
ValidityPromoTimingRegions
CYBERSTUDENT 10 4 Flat @
PackageRate 4 Days Flat Rates
(Chowka) Rs. 2.5/=
CYBERSTUDENT 20 6 Flat @ Flat Rates, Night Free
6 Days Night Free
( Chakka ) Rs. 3.33/= ( 1 am to 9 am )
20 Flat @ Night Free timing
CYBERSTUDENT 50 15 Days Night Free
Rs. 2.5/= ( 11 pm to 10 am )
Region South, 40 Flat @ Night Free timing
CYBERSTUDENT 100 30 Days Night Free
North Central Rs. 2.5/= ( 10 pm to 9 am )
(http://www.cyber.net.pk/home_user/cyberstudent.php)
Daily News
Position Edition Premium
Front page upto 215 cms Single 100%
Front page above 215 cms Single Single 150%
Back page upto 215 cms Single 50%
Back page above 215 cms Single 75%
Spot Color Single Single 25%
4 Color Single 75%
Weekend Edition Single 10%
News style/Readers advertisement Single 100%
Creative advertisements-Front Page Single 150%
Creative advertisements-Back Page Single 150%
(http://dailynews.com)
B.8 Bibliography-:
(Lifestyle indicators,
http://euromonitorinternational.com/pakistanstatistics)
www.internetworldstats.com)
(http://www.wateen.com/AboutUs.aspx)
(http://cyber.net.pk/aboutus.asp)
(http://www.gallup.com.pk/adtrack.php)
(http://abn.net.pk/)
(http://dailynews.com)
(http://www.cyber.net.pk/home_user/cyberstudent.php)
(http://www.geo.tv/geopages/ratecardgeonews.htm)
(Lifestyle indicators,
http://euromonitorinternational.com/pakistanstatistics)
(http://internetworldstats.com)
www.pakistanadvertisement.com
www.google.com
Zeeshan Maqsood
MBA (COMSATS)
Lahore, Pakistan.
E-mail: zeejaze@hotmail.com
Cell: 0300-4111570