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Identifying the Marketing Strategy in
Existing Mobile Company in Bangladesh
Submitted to
Md. Mizanur Rahman Mazumder
Chairman
Department of Marketing
Siddheswari University Collage, Dhaka.
Submitted by
Md. Shibly Hasan
Dept. Marketing
Roll no: 9575781
Registration no: 1625621
Date of submission: 15 April, 2013.
Letter of Transmittal
15 April, 2013
Students Declaration
I hereby declare that the report of term paper namely Identifying the
marketing strategy in existing mobile company in Bangladesh.
I also declare that this paper is my original worked and prepared for
academic purpose which is a part of BBA and the paper may Not Be Used in
Actual Scenario.
Md. Shibly Hasan
Roll: 9575781
Rage: 1625621
Program: BBA
Department of Marketing
Siddheswari University Collage, Dhaka.
National University,Bangladesh.
Supervisors Declaration
I hereby declare that the concerned report entitled Identifying the marketing
strategy in existing mobile company in Bangladesh is an original work by
Md. Shibly Hasan, a student of BBA (Hons), Department of Marketing,
Siddheswari University College, Dhaka-1217 has completed his term paper
under my supervision and submitted for the partial fulfillment of the
requirement of the degree of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) at
Siddheswari University College.
Acknowledgement
First my heartiest gratitude to my reverend teacher and advisor of this course
M.D. Mizanur Rahman, whose enthusiastic guidance and critical comments
during the entire phase of the study made it possible for us to prepare this
report. Our debt to him is warmly acknowledged. I would also like to
convey my sincerest gratitude to website through which I have gotten many
data and information for preparing this report. I am also thankful to all the
group members, friends circle for their friendly co-operation and help. My
parents also encourage me in many ways to prepare this report.
Executive Summary
The study seeks to Identifying the marketing strategy in existing mobile
company in Bangladesh. How they operate their business in Bangladesh
with their local competitors. To operate their business hoe they develop their
strategy to gain the competitive advantage. In details the study aimed to
identify the business policy and their strategy in Bangladesh. What is their
key success factors, marketing strategy, competition structure, market audit
as well as how they develop their segmentation, target market, positioning
strategy, advertising and promotional activities and what is the output.
Table Contents
SL
NO
Subject
page
Chapter 1
Introduction
1.1
Abstract
1.2
1.3
Introduction
1.4
Methodology
Chapter 2
TELECOM OPERATORS IN BANGLADESH
2.1
Grameenphone
2.2
Robi
2.3
Banglalink
10
2.4
12
Chapter 3
Marketing Strategies of Existing Mobile Operators in Bangladesh
3.1
14
3.2
15
3.3
17
3.4
20
3.5
Marketing Slogan
21
Chapter 4
SWOT ANALYSIS
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
SWOT
SWOT Comparison Sheet (Strengths)
SWOT Comparison Sheet (Weaknesses)
SWOT Comparison Sheet (Opportunities)
SWOT Comparison Sheet (Threats)
23
24
25
26
27
Chapter 5
CONCLUSION
5.1
5.2
5.3
Recommendations
Conclusion
Reference
29
30
31
Chapter
One
Introduction
Abstract
Object of the report
Introduction
Methodology
1.1 Abstract
The study seeks to Identifying the marketing strategy in existing mobile
company in Bangladesh. How they operate their business in Bangladesh
with their local competitors. To operate their business hoe they develop their
strategy to gain the competitive advantage. In details the study aimed to
identify the business policy and their strategy in Bangladesh. What is their
key success factors, marketing strategy, competition structure, market audit
as well as how they develop their segmentation, target market, positioning
strategy, advertising and promotional activities and what is the output.
1.3 Introduction
The people of Bangladesh are now dreaming of a digital Bangladesh. Faster
development of telecommunications network coupled with improved quality of
service in line with the national development is a must for the fulfillment of the
vision and aspiration of digital Bangladesh and also to take her to a position of
honor in the community of nations in the 21st century. Mobile phone operators
have been playing an important role in this regard. The telecommunications
market in Bangladesh, particularly the mobile phone sector, is consisted of six
mobile phone operators. These are Grameen Phone Ltd. (GP), Axiata
(Bangladesh) Limited (Robi), Orascom Telecom Bangladesh Limited
(Banglalink), PBTL (Citycell), Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd. (Teletalk), and Airtel
Bangladesh Ltd.
1.4 Methodology
The study covers a survey about few telecom operators of Bangladesh.
Moreover, short overview of mobile operators, their prospects in
Bangladesh, their principle issues and problems, mission, vision and
objectives of the company are also covers. A detail of strategic activities of
few telecom operators is provided to get an understanding of the marketing
strategy. For this study information is collected from both primary and
secondary sources. Some websites are an immense source of information
about Telecom operators of Bangladesh. As a student of under graduate
level due to time constraint comprehensive study based on information
collected from primary source is not possible by me. So, I interview some of
the marketing executives to get an idea of operations and issues in those
company.
CHAPTER
TWO
TELECOM OPERATORS
IN
BANGLADESH
GramenPhone
Robi
Banglalink
Mobile phone operators in at a glance
2.1 Grameenphone
Grameenphone widely known as GP, is the leading telecommunications
service provider in Bangladesh. With more than 40.33 million subscribers
(as of January 2013),Grameenphone is the largest mobile phone operator in
the country. It is a joint venture enterprise between Telenor and Grameen
Telecom Corporation, a non-profit sister concern of the internationally
acclaimed microfinance organization and community development bank
Grameen Bank. Telenor, the largest telecommunications company in
Norway, owns 55.8% shares of Grameenphone, Grameen Telecom owns
34.2% and the remaining 10% is publicly held.Grameenphone was the first
company to introduce GSM technology in Bangladesh.It also established the
first 24-hour Call Center to support its subscribers. With the slogan Go
Beyond, Grameenphone promises it's customers to bring the best of
communication technologies so that they can Go Beyond.
Company mission
The vision will be achieved by:
1) Connecting Bangladesh with ease and care
2) Being user-friendly
Principle Findings of GP
The Technology
GrameenPhones Global System for Mobile or GSM technology is the
mostwidely accepted digital system in the world, currently used by over 300
millionpeople in 150 countries. GSM brings the most advanced
developments incellular technology at a reasonable cost by spurring severe
competition among manufacturers and driving down the cost of equipment.
Thus consumers get the best for the least.
The Service
GrameenPhone believes in service, a service that leads to good business and
gooddevelopment. Telephony helps people work together, raising their
productivity. This gain in productivity is development, which in turn enables
them to afford a telephone service, generating a good business. Thus
development and business go together.
The People
The people who are making it happen the employees are young,
dedicatedand energetic. All of them are well educated at home or abroad,
with both sexes (genders) and minority groups in Bangladesh being well
represented. They know in their hearts that GrameenPhone is more than just
about phones.
The Purpose
GrameenPhone has a dual purpose: to receive an economic return on its
investments and to contribute to the economic development of Bangladesh
where telecommunications can play a critical role. This is why
GrameenPhone, in collaboration with Grameen Bank, is aiming to place one
phone in each village to contribute significantly to the economic uplift of
those villages.
The Strategy
GrameenPhones basic strategy is coverage of both urban and rural areas. In
contrast to the island strategy followed by some companies, which
involves connecting isolated islands of urban coverage through transmission
links, GrameenPhone builds continuous coverage, cell after cell. While the
intensity of coverage may vary from area to area depending on market
conditions, the basic strategy of cell-to-cell coverage is applied throughout
GrameenPhones network.
2.2Robi
Robi Axiata Limited, Robi (formerly known as Aktel), Axiata Group
Berhad, Malaysia (70%) and NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan (30%).Robi is the
third largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh with more than 20 million
subscribers as of August 2012.Robi boasts of the widest international
roaming service in the market, connecting over 500 operators across 207
countries. It is the first operator in the country to introduce GPRS. Robi uses
GSM 900/1800 MHz standard and operates on allocated 12.8 MHz
frequency spectrum. is a Axiata Group Berhad, Malaysia (70%) and NTT
DoCoMo Inc, Japan (30%).Robi is the third largest mobile phone operator in
Bangladesh with more than 20 million subscribers as of August 2012.Robi
boasts of the widest international roaming service in the market, connecting
over 500 operators across 207 countries. It is the first operator in the country
to introduce GPRS. Robi uses GSM 900/1800 MHz standard and operates
on allocated 12.8 MHz frequency spectrum. joint venture between Axiata
Group Berhad, Malaysia (70%) and NTT DoCoMo Inc, Japan (30%).
Robi is the third largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh with more
than 20 Axiata Group Berhad, Malaysia (70%) and NTT DoCoMo Inc,
Japan (30%).Robi is the third largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh
with more than 20 million subscribers as of August 2012.Robi boasts of the
widest international roaming service in the market, connecting over 500
operators across 207 countries. It is the first operator in the country to
introduce GPRS. Robi uses GSM 900/1800 MHz standard and operates on
allocated 12.8 MHz frequency spectrum.
Mission of Robi:
Robi aims to achieve its vision through being number one not only in
terms of market share, but also bybeing an employer of choice with up-todate knowledge and products geared to address the ever changingneeds of
our budding nation.
Principle of Robi:
Principles statements define how people want to behave with each other in
the organization. Robi Axiata Limited statement is about how the
organization will value their customers, suppliers, and the internal
community. For this reason Robi Axiata Limited Employees hold themselves
Transparent: A few key words and phrases sums this up: Honesty,
openness, frankness, no lies, no deceit, no games, easily understood. We are
transparent with our customers, with each other, with our subordinate and
peers.
2.3 Banglalink
Mission of banglalink:
Their mission is, therefore, to reduce the total cost of ownership of buying
and using a mobile phone. Moreover, to achieve this vision, the company
has established some values that it tries to instill in its employees. They want
their employees, and the company as a result, to be straight forward, reliable,
innovative and, above all, passionate.
Vision
To be the best-quality Service Provider in the country.
Robi
Banglalink
2100
5000
Annual
Sales
5890 core
2940 core
3120 core
Revenue
35810 million
15350 million
19945.5 million
Net
Income
4833 core
857 million
N/A
Asset
105335 million
50145 million
6658 core
Liabilities
58450 million
25405 million
2869 core
Business
Value
N/A
N/A
N/A
Stock
Value
46885 million
N/A
N/A
CHAPTER
THREE
Marketing Strategies of
Existing Mobile
Operators in
Bangladesh
Product Positioning
Initially RAX's target was to reach the top, but other mobile operators are
also targeting to the grass roots level and thus increasing their customer
base. RAX wants to be the leader with good quality and designing products
for the middle and lower middle class range too. Marketing division
constitutes seven units. A brief description of each unit is given below:
Product Development:
Product development unit is like the R&D unit of a company, which is
responsible for developing new products and services. This unit is closely
related to the marketing research unit.
International Roaming:
International roaming (IR) unit is basically responsible for ISD, international
SMS etc services. The core task of this unit is to negotiate with foreign
telecommunication companies and to expand the international coverage by
making deals with them.
Corporate Sales:
Corporate sales unit deals with the sales of products and services to other
companies. The unit makes agreements with different companies to be the
corporate clients of Robi and only handle the corporate level sales.
Direct Sales:
Direct sales unit is responsible for the sales of products and services to the
mass customers through the customer service centers.
Dealer Management:
Dealer management unit oversees the dealers of the company around the
country.
Situation Analysis:
Banglalink have started its first operation in Bangladesh in 2005. The
products have been well received and the marketing is the key to the
development of its brand image as well as the growth of the customer base.
Banglalink now offering different packages for the customers but at the
begging year they offered packages as well as different mobile sets for the
customer.
Market Summary:
Banglalink posses good information about the market knows a great deal
about the common attributes of the most valued customer. Before launching
its experienced and prompt sell and marketing force observed the market
carefully and better understood who is served, what is their specific needs
and the way to communicate with the customers need and demand.
Market Needs:
Banglalink is providing a wide range of services for its valued customers.
The company seeks following benefits that are important for its customers:
Quality Service:
Banglalink is providing quality service to the employers. The customers
dont like the network problem and slow networking system. Banglalink
recruits high professional employees and experts to make the network
available for the customers. It is the company which expands its network all
over the country within the shortest period of time after starting its
operation. Banglalink is committed to its customer about the quality service.
Customer Service:
Banglalink has both online and physical customer care service for its
customers. The valued customer can solve the problems over mobile phone
dialing 121. It has also customer care service all over the country mainly in
the city areas. But the centers are too limited to meet the huge demand. Now
at this banglalink is expanding its customer care centers and upgrading its
quality. Banglalink is committed to meet the customer demand and problem
as soon as possible.
Market Growth:
Though the call rate tariff is reducing due to the heavy competition in the
telecom market, the market is widening day by day as the number of mobile
users are increasing and there is a lot of scope to develop this sector.
Banglalink is the fastest growing telecom sector in banglalink. Sheba Phone
became Bnglalink in 2005 when ORASCOM graphed the company. At the
time launching as the name of Banglalink there was only a few thousand
customers but within the three years its number of customers has raised
more than 4million. Banglalink is the second largest telecom company
operating in Bangladesh.
Subscriber
Lowest
Call rate
Lowest
Grameenphone Robi
Banglalink
40.33 million
more than 20
million
25 million
5paisa/10sec
4.67paisa/ 10sec
4.5paisa/10sec
11paisa/10sec
13paisa/10sec
12paisa/10sec
10 Fnf
8 Fnf
10 Fnf
Call rate
(other operator)
Maximum
Fnf
Super fnf/prio
Pulse
1sec
1sec
1sec
10 Tk Advance
facility
5 Tk Advance facility
Note:
This offer is only for prepaid subscriber
15 % VAT will be applicable with all charges.
10 second pulse will be applicable for On/Off-net calls
3.5Marketing Slogan
Every mobile operator company has a slogan of its own. They run their
marketing activities based on slogan. It can make a great attraction on
customer mind. So a mobile operator company offer various package based
on slogan.
Citycell:"because we care"
Teletalk: Amader phone
CHAPTER
FOUR
SWOT
ANALYSIS
4.1 SWOT
SWOT analysis (alternatively SWOT Matrix) is a structured planning
method used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and
Threats involved in a project or in a business venture. A SWOT analysis can
be carried out for a product, place, industry or person. It involves specifying
the objective of the business venture or project and identifying the internal
and external factors that are favorable and unfavorable to achieving that
Grameen
phone
Robi
Banglalink
Network
Coverage
Lower Tariff
Marker Leader
No Credit
Transaction
Providing
Internet Service
Value Added
Service
Airtime
Network
Coverage
Customer
acquisition
Corporate
Business
Lower Tariff
Quality Service
Weaknesses
What areas are
you avoiding?
Grameenphone
Robi
Banglalink
Low tariff
Market
Penetration
Internet
Where do you
lack resources?
N/A
Customer
Satisfaction
N/A
What needs
improvements? Tariff Cost
BTS
BTS
Rural Areas
Network
Coverage
Seam Sales
Seam Sales
Network
Coverage
Network Quality
Opportunity
Grameenphone
Robi
Banglalink
Any Beneficial
Growing Internet
trends?
Improvement of
network quality
Aggressive
improvement of
network quality
Niches that
Competitors
are missing
Cell phone
PCO
N/A
New
Technologies?
3G
3G
3G
New needs of
Customers?
Attractive tariff
Attractive tariff
Grameenphone
Robi
Banglalink
Aggressive
competitors?
No
Yes
Yes
Successful
competitors?
No
Yes
Yes
Negative
economy
Conditions
Inflation political
influence
Inflation political
influence
Inflation political
influence
Government
Regulation
Conflict between
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
industry growth Telecommunication Telecommunication
and dreams of
Act
Act
digital BD
Changing
business
Climate
Increasing
competition
changing
customer need
Vulnerabilities
Uncertainty
regarding
renewal of
license
Increasing
competition
changing customer
need
Increasing
competition
changing customer
need
Power Supply
Power Supply
CHAPTER
FIVE
CONCLUSION
Recommendation
Conclusion
Reference
5.1 Recommendations
Every company must take immediate actions to expand its network
coverage all over Bangladesh.
Should be monitor the existing customer and provide better service.
Should avoid hidden cost
Should reduce call rate with respect to other countries.
Every company should provide 3G technology as like as teletalk
They should develop new competitive packages for the corporate
customers.
Customer care service should available in rural area Bangladesh
Should provide low rated & faster internet service.
Should increase social development work.
5.2 Conclusion
The wizardry of SWOT is the matching of specific internal and external
factors,which creates a strategic matrix and which makes sense.
According to Weihrich (1982), possible combinations are: maxi-maxi
(strengths/opportunities), maxi-mini (strengths/threats), mini-maxi
(weaknesses/opportunities), and mini-mini (weaknesses/threats). Maximaxi (S/O) combination suggests that an organization should strive to
maximize its strengths to capitalize on new opportunities. Maxi-mini
(S/T) combination suggests that an organization should strive to use
its strengths to minimize threats. Mini-maxi (W/O) combination emphasizes
to conquer the organizations weaknesses by making the most of any new
opportunities. Mini-mini (W/T) combination suggests adopting, most
definitely, defensive strategy to minimize an organizations internal
weaknesses and avoid external threats.
5.3 Reference
Hill,T.& Westbrook., R. (1997), SWOT Analysis: Its Time for a Product
Recall, Long Range Planning-International Journal of Strategic
Management, London, 30 (1), pp.4652.
Menon, A. et al. (1999), Antecedents and Consequences of Marketing
Strategy Making,
Journal of Marketing, 63, pp. 1840
http://en.wikipedia.org
www.btrc.gov.bd
http://grameenphone.com
http://dpe.teletalk.com.bd
http://www.citycell.com