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Airtel Introduction
Bharti Airtel Limited usually referred to simply as "airtel", is an Indian telecommunications company that operates in 19 countries. It operates a GSM network in all countries, providing 2G or 3G services. 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 199.610 million subscribers at the end of 2010. 3rd Largest Wireless Operator in the World
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The company is structured into four strategic business units Mobile, Telemedia, Enterprise and Digital TV. Largest & Fastest Growing Wireless Operator in India
The company also provides land-line telephone services and broadband Internet access (DSL) in over 96 cities in India.
Airtel also offers fixed line services and broadband services.
It offers its telecom services under the Airtel brand and is headed by Sunil Bharti Mittal.
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AIRTEL TATA
VODAFONE RELIANCE
IDEA OTHERS
Achievements of AIRTEL
It was first to launch nationwide roaming operations. it was first to cross 1 million and 5 million customers.
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In 2003 Airtel received Voice and Data Award for being Indias largest cellular service provider. 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. It won the prestigious techies award for being the best cellular services
Milestones
1995
Bharti Cellular launched cellular services as "AirTel" in Delhi.
1998
Bharti Telecom and British Telecom formed a 51% : 49% joint venture, "Bharti BT Internet" for providing Internet services 2001 Bharti Telenet launched fixed line services in Haryana under the brand name of "TouchTel"
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2005 Airtel introduces BlackBerry Connect in India 2008 Bharti Airtel tied up with US-based Apple Inc to bring the popular GSM-based iPhone in the country. Bharti Airtel Ltd has forged a technology alliance with Infosys Technologies Ltd to launch its Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services. Infosys, through its digital convergence platform, will offer a suite of products including devices, application servers and interactive applications for Airtel's DTH services.
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2009
Bharti Airtel launched the 'Airtel Advantage' initiative. The initiative is aimed at offering the added advantage to Airtel customers to be in touch with each other at an affordable rate of 50 paise per minute, be it a national long distance call (STD) or a local call. 2010 On 18 November, 2010, Bharti Airtel announced a re-branding campaign wherein, they would be referred as airtel, with a new logo.
Airtel as a brand
Airtel was born free, a force unleashed into the market with a relentless and unwavering determination to succeed. A spirit charged with energy, creativity and a team driven to seize the day with an ambition to become the most globally admired telecom service. The Company worked on a three-layered branding architecture:
Airtel
Tier II
Basic telephony National Long Distance service Mobile Service Broadband Service
Tier III
Free Net Long Distance Tango-internet mobile
Initial Branding
"Airtel celebrates the spirit of leadership
"The first choice of the corporate leaders"
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SEGMENTATION
TARGETING
Leadership
Performance
Dynamism
Airtel Logo
BRAND LOGO The Airtel logo is a strong, contemporary and confident symbol for a brand that is always ahead of the rest.
The Airtel Image style- It incorporates two solid, red rectangular forms whose counter form creates an open doorway.
The Airtel Typographical style- The title case lettering with its capital 'A' was deliberately chosen to reinforce the brand's leadership position. The red dot on the letterform 'I' cues Airtel's focus on innovation.. The words 'Express Yourself' are very much part of the brand identity.
The Airtel Colour Palette- The lettering is grey so that the pure black of Airtel is visually unharmed.
LOGOS OF AIRTEL
Express yourself
INITIAL LOGO
Bharti decided to humanize the brand Airtel to gain competitive advantage red, black and white colors with Airtel'enwrapped in an eclipse. The tagline Touch Tomorrow'was placed below in a lower case typography to convey a warm and informal style
Aimed at strengthening its relationship with its customers and make the brand softer to cater a wide variety of people across the society
In line with its repositioning efforts, Bharti also revamped the entire Airtel network including Airtel Connect centers. It also changed the color scheme of these outlets by adopting a coordination of red, black and white to give the outlets a soothing, soft but classy look. The dress code at these outlets was also changed. Men wore black trousers and a white shirt bearing the Airtel logo with and a red tie. While women sported red tops and black trousers with ivory, schiffon scarves.
NEW LOGO
It incorporates two solid, red rectangular forms whose counter-form creates an open doorway. The title case lettering with its capital A reinforces our leadership position. accompanied by a set of supportive variables like courtesy, politeness and efficiency. The red dot implies focus on innovation. The peripheral value of the brand was status.
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LATEST LOGO
Airtels new logo launched with a new symbol and a new font in which the name of the brand is written. The red colour has always been an integral part of the brand and it still remains in the new logo of Airtel. The red represents energy and dynamism which has brought success to Airtel today.
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The logo has a curve which will given automatic recognition to the identity of the brand.
The new identity by Airtel has been launched in 19 countries in the continents of Asia and Africa Airtels new facial is youthful, has an international look, which is dynamic and represents the journey of the very first Indian brand to go truly global. The new identity of Airtel highlights that the Company is ready to start a new journey and embrace itself. A new curve has been added to the logo is a symbol which will help in instant recognition of the brand across international markets.
Taglines Of Brand
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The tag line 'Power to keep in Touch' used in the brand promise was designed to make the user feel 'in controlpowerful' . Positioned in premium category aimed at elite class of society. Perception of aspirational and lifestyle brand REASON FOR CHANGE
Now, cellular service operators could drop their prices and target new customer segments. As the category developed with prices going down sharply, Airtel began talking to a wider spectrum of potential users. This gives the birth to the new tagline.
REASON FOR CHANGEAirtel started to look from a regional level to pan India position. Rediffussion DY&R, which is the ad agency that took charge of revamping Airtel's brand image thought, to become a Indian leader, Airtel need to change its tagline .
For this Airtel comes up with campaign with Shahrukh Khan and nokia.
To justify the tagline Airtel launched an ad commercial BARRIERS BREAK WHEN PEOPLE TALK. According to marketer, Airtel Justifies its tagline by having an ad commercial KUCH BANDHAN ATOOT HOTE HAIN
BRAND AMBASSADORS
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Introduced in 2002 In 2002, Airtel chose one of the countrys most successful music composers A R Rahman and Tune he gives denote "Live every moment" . This tune used for BRAND RECALLABILITY. It was the most popular tune among the people. People hear this tune and immediately associate it with the brand. It was most downloaded ringtone in India. Rahman had been paid Rs 10 million for the campaign
Harihar Das a Street dancer fianlist of Indias Got talent seoson 2 was selected for the video
The name of the new signature tune is Get closer to what you love Introduced for launching 3G service of airtel.
Jingles of Brand
Nigahhein nigahon se mila kar to dekho, Naye logo se rishta banakar to dekho.. With this the focus have shifted to vibrating the innermost core of a viewers heart. The ad is made up of five snippets, each one displaying the importance of reaching out to others. In this Ad, there is the range of situations/relationships covered, from two little girls in the first one to an aged couple in the next one to the young lovers and then to student-teacher pair. Best part about the ad is that it never shows anyone using a cellphone !! This is definitely one of the best adsofrecent times. It certainly makes you believe in the line -Aasman simat jaayega tumhare aaghosh mein, chahat ki baahen phaila kar tho dekho .
Umbrella branding
Co-Branding
Innovations
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PUBLIC RELATIONS
Marketing Communication function used to manage communication between an organization and its publics and create favorable relationships with different stakeholders.
to become more customercentric aims at developing a relationship of a company with its customers ,suppliers ,partners ,distributors even its stakeholders.
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Corporate Relation
Marketing Relation Media Relation Employee Relation Financial Relation
MEDIA RELATIONS
to maintain a positive professional relationship with the media.
to get the gatekeepers to run a story about an organization or to cover-attend and write about an organizations activities.
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CORPORATE COMMUNICATION
Public Relations carried out by senior executives who advise top management on how the organization presents itself
Involves creating and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders who can affect the organizations business, such as government officials and regulators. Focuses on public opinions and issues management.
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Monitor public opinion and advise senior management in sensitive or controversial industries like pharmaceuticals and liquor
Community Relation
Involve members of local community and address their concerns
Government Relation
Information programs for legislature
Industry Relation
Concerns the industry in which company competes
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
Focuses on establishing and maintaining communication system with employees.
Employee relations intersects with internal marketing, the effort to explain a promotional effort to employees and get their support.
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Financial Relation
Creates communication in collaboration with : investors Analysts
Stockbrokers
Financial media
Build acceptance
Increase Credibility Clutter Busting
Review Situation
Set objectives
Develop Strategies Evaluate
Present Scenario
Airtel as a brand is busy in building a mass franchisee for its target market.
The sales driven communication has a limited ability to promote the brand as the Most preferred and respected brand of India. Airtel increased as a brand but giving back to foundation and community has not been publicized well
Setting objectives
To undertake transformational projects
To diversify into new business To lay foundation to for building conglomerate for future Improve on customer service & quality
News Release
Press conference
Media events
Speeches
Media tour
Empowering people
Being flexible
Making it happen
Transparency
Conclusion
We at Airtel always think in fresh and innovative ways about the needs of our customers and how we want them to feel. We deliver what we promise and go out of our way to delight the customer with a little bit more
THANK YOU.