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    Report

    On

    GrameenPhone

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    ReportOn

    Grameen Phone

    Topic:Customer Satisfaction of

    GrameenPhone

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    Date of Submission: October 17 July 2007

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    Augst 15, 2007

    Masud Ibna Rahman

    Assistant Professor

    Faculty of Business & Economics

    Daffodil International University

    102- Sukrabad, Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1207

    Sub: submission of term paper on Customer Satisfaction of Grameen phoneLtd.

    Dear Sir:

    It is a great pleasure for me for me to submit my report on the topic CustomerSatisfaction of Grameen Phone Ltds.

    I have prepared this term paper, as a fulfillment of the course requirement. Tomake this term paper up to the standard, I have tried my level best to fulfill therequirements. I hope that this will help me in my future practical life.

    I believe that you will be pleased to see my work. I also believe that this reportwill be able to fulfill your expectation.

    Sincerely yours,

    .MD: Feroz AlamID: 042-18-426

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    Executive Summery

    As a market leader, GrameenPhone is continuously coming up with new ideas regarding its

    products and services. Recently, the company is mainly focusing on the non-voice services.

    Because, the company knows in near future, voice based services will reach to the maturity

    stage which will make the business growth constant to some extents. Hence, the company istrying to maintain the leading position in non-voices services as well like SMS, Push-Pull,

    and Information related services at the early growing stage. These services are working as a

    building block to increase GPs service value.

    Coming up with innovative service is easier than making subscribers aware of services.

    Hence through this internship report I have tried to analyze the present situation of the

    cellular phone industry in Bangladesh and GPs position there in, find out the services that

    Grameen phone is presently providing to its valued customers & their satisfaction level. 15

    million people out of 140 million total citizen of Bangladesh are presently using cell phone; itmeans that out of every 9 people one is using cell phone. In the third world country like

    Bangladesh the amount of users is amazing. Grameenphone holds almost 61% market share

    of telecom industry that is out of every 10 users 6 belongs to Grameenphone. So

    GrameenPhone marketing strategy should be Profitable growth & expanding market share

    through satisfying existing customers. I have also made a comparative service analysis of

    various cellular phone companies in Bangladesh and drawn some valuable recommendation

    to GrameenPhone to be the market leader in future in this competitive market.

    A comprehensive survey was conducted to know about GPs present position in the market

    and its present service condition that is providing to its valued customers. The survey report

    shows that Grameen phone is still a market leader in this industry but as it is becoming more

    competitive day by day so Grameen phone should revise its service packages, quality with

    more conveniently for the customers.

    Among the other cellular phone companies GrameenPhone has some unique competitive

    advantages in this industry in Bangladesh so if it is possible for GP to provide better services

    with continuous innovative products it will add value to the company. Otherwise, in the long

    run new innovation services will not give its ultimate success.

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    Table of Contents

    TopicsPage

    No.

    Executive Summary

    Chapter -1 1-5

    Introduction

    Chapter -2 6-11

    Situation Analysis: An overview of theWireless Phone Industry

    Chapter -3 12-29

    Company Profile

    Chapter -4 30-56

    Customer Management Division

    Chapter -5 57-66

    A comparison of service among the wirelessphone operators

    Chapter -6 67-78

    Customer Satisfaction & survey findings

    Chapter -7 79-84

    Recommendation & Conclusion

    Appendix-1 85-86

    Appendix-2 87

    Appendix-3 88-89

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    INTRODUCTION

    GrameenPhone (GP) today is apparently the largest mobile telecommunication industry in

    Bangladesh. It operates its function with an aim to accomplish two principal targets. Firstly,

    as with other commercial organizations, it operates in such a manner that it receives a good

    economic return on the investment. Nonetheless, secondly, it contributes significantly to the

    economic development of the country in making telecommunication a popular medium for

    exchange of information.

    GP, in its operation, has to address a large number of customers throughout the country. It is

    therefore imperative to get to the customers to know their impression on the services of this

    important communication medium. This encouraged the researcher to choose the topic of this

    internship programme as Customer satisfaction of GrameenPhone.

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    Background of the Industry:

    In a highly populated country like Bangladesh, telecommunication can play a vital role to

    boost the economy and social level of people. The introduction of cellular phones has

    dramatically changed the lives of businesses and individuals.

    As there is a growing trend of workers turning from farming to other occupations, the need

    for mobiles is increasing among the thousands of impoverished villages. The overall

    efficiency of other business has increased as an aftermath of the government's decision of

    deregulating the telecommunications sector, which until the late 1980s had been a state

    monopoly.

    Privatization of the telecommunications sector began in 1989, when Sheba and BRTA were

    awarded 25-year licenses to install and operate fixed-wire lines and wireless services in rural

    areas. The same year, Pacific Telecom Bangladesh got the government's permission to launch

    the country's first cellular phone and paging service sold under brand name CityCell in

    collaboration with a Hong Kong-based company. The company targeted only the higher class

    of the society. During that time price of mobile was above Tk 50,000/=. Naturally, the growth

    of the industry was too slow. CityCell had a virtual monopoly until 1996, when the

    government gave licenses to three more companies to operate cell phones in Bangladesh. So,

    the government decided to bring more companies in the market and break the monopoly.

    After careful evaluation the government decided to provide three licenses to GrameenPhone,

    TM International (AkTel), and Sheba Telecom (Banglalink). Only CityCell is using Code

    Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology, AkTel, GrameenPhone, Banglalink these

    three companies are using GSM (Global System for Mobile) technology. GSM is the most

    popular mobile telecommunication technology in the world. About 60% of the cell phone

    users of the world use GSM technology.

    These three new companies entered the market, not only helped trim down over-dependence

    on BTTB's fixed-line system, but also made mobile phones cheaper and easier to get. The

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    price of a cell phone came down from $2,000 to as low as $100, depending on the features of

    the handset and SIM price is only Tk.200-300.

    A definite development has been observed in the Business Market with comparatively high

    expectations. Customer maturity and anticipation regarding technology has increased over

    time. Rumors regarding new entrants have groomed expectations in the market.

    Consequently, people are expecting cheaper handsets with lowered airtime.

    The existing Cellular phone companies in Bangladesh are CityCell (Pacific Bangladesh

    Telecom Limited), GrameenPhone Ltd., AkTel Ltd. Banglalink and TeleTalk. Among these

    company GrameenPhone, AkTeland Banglalinkadopted GSM technology and Citycell the

    market pioneer started with CDMA technology.

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    Objectives of the Study:

    This Programme was designed to accomplish three objectives. The objectives were identified

    through a closer interaction and exchange of views with the management of CMD. The

    objectives are:

    To find out the satisfaction level of GrameenPhone subscribers.

    To locate specific areas of dissatisfaction of the GP users.

    To analysis the year-wise contribution of GrameenPhone to the national treasury.

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    METHODOLOGY

    Based on the topic chosen, the researcher was assigned the task in the Customer Management

    Division (CMD) in GP. This divisions consists of a big team of about 1500 employees. Its

    functions relate with the customer service after the sales occur. Prime functions and activities

    of the GP Customer Management Divisions cater to all after-sales services starting from

    activation of subscriptions, all customer contacts (Centralized Call Center, Customer

    Relations Centers, and centralized Customer Communications), billing, bank communication,

    bill collection throughout the country, helpline services, GPSDs etc.

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    Limitations of the Study:

    GrameenPhone basic strategy is widening its market through its emerging countrywide

    network. As a result of this strategy, the subscribers are from different segments or from

    different income levels. Moreover, the subscribers are scattered all over the country.

    The time constraint confined the study mostly on the data collected in Dhaka zone. Moreover,

    it was not possible to get all required internal information of the company as these are treated

    as confidential to the company.

    The outcome of the study can thus be regarded exploratory, and may not be treated as

    absolute for the whole country. In latter case a more comprehensive study is required.

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    Market Share of Mobile Operators:

    The mobile phone market consists of five operators. Out of which, 61% share of the market

    belongs to GP, 3% to CityCell, 28% to AkTel, 7% to Banglalink and the rest of 1% to

    TeleTalk as of Nov, 05. GP holding the major share maintains a market leader strategy to

    all other players in the market. The telecom market intends to grow at penetration rate of

    more than 3.48%; where GP has already penetrated at 2.12%.

    Market Share of Mobile Operators (2005)

    61%

    28%

    7%

    3%1%

    TeleTal

    TeleT

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    Competitive Position of the mobile operator:

    Table : Relative position of mobile phone operators

    Target

    Custome

    r

    Price &Tariff

    Quality Technology Strategy

    Corporate

    /

    Individua

    l

    LowDeteriorati

    ng servicesCDMA

    Network

    expansion &

    attractive

    products

    Corporate

    /SME/

    Individua

    l

    Competitiv

    e

    Highquality

    service but

    limited

    coverage

    GSM

    Increase

    coverage and

    market share

    Corporate

    /SME/

    Individua

    l

    Very

    affordable

    Low

    quality and

    limited

    coverage

    GSM

    Increase

    coverage and

    Market share

    Corporate

    /

    SME/

    Individua

    l

    Competitiv

    e

    Good

    network

    with wider

    coverage

    GSM

    To maintain

    the no. 1

    position as a

    cell phone

    operator

    Target customers are almost same for the four mobile operators. Regarding to price and tariff,

    AkTel and GrameenPhone are very much competitive. Banglalinks price and tariff is very

    affordable and Citycell is able to give low price to its subscribers. In case of service quality

    and network coverage, GrameenPhone is leading the number one position among them. Only

    Citycell use CDMA technology and others three use GSM technology. By this, Citycell

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    10. Network And Network Coverage OF Grameen Phone:

    GrameenPhone aims to build a full range of service all over the country. The company has

    targeted to build extensive network all over the country. For better coverage, GP has taken

    1600 Km fiber optic cable network leased from Bangladesh Railway. In April 2004, GP had

    750 base stations. Now till Oct05, it has 1750 base stations. Furthermore, considering the

    subscribers need of quality network and extensive coverage, the company is planning to set

    up another thousand base stations in the following year. Recently GP has doubled its speech

    quality 900GSM MHz to 1800GSm MHz. Already the company has expanded its network to

    61 districts out of 64 districts and 400 upazillas out of 460 upazillas. Its the only company

    which covers the most of the land areas with its net work. Approximately 52% land area is

    covered by GrameenPhones network. In over all, GrameenPhone offers the most competitive

    network facility to its subscribers, and continue improving it. Existing coverage areas are

    divided into six zones according to the divisional boundary. These are

    Dhaka Sylhet

    Chittagong Rajshahi

    Khulna Barisal

    District Covered

    2636 40

    47

    60 61 61

    210

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Mar' 05

    Year

    Districts

    Figure : GrameenPhones district coverage.

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    CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT DIVISION

    The Customer Management Division of GrameenPhone Ltd. provides a full range of after-

    sales service customized to the needs of the valued customers. Efforts are made to offer

    complete service through all the contact points dedicated for GP customers at every

    opportunity through Call Center, Customer Management Centers and Customer

    Communication.

    The Slogan Of CMD is:

    We believe inInvolve &Evolve

    Give sustaining positive experience to the customers by understanding and

    fulfilling/exceeding their service expectations at appropriate time and prices. Make the

    customer experience as the main differentiator to stand tall in the market.

    The organgram of Customer Management Division:

    Figure: Organogram of Customer Management Division

    Customer Management

    CommunicatiHuman

    Training &

    CompetenceService

    Technology forCustomer

    Process

    Program Budget and

    CallCenterPostpaid

    CallCenter

    PrePaid

    CustomerManagement

    Center

    CallingCenter

    CreditManagement

    Collectionand

    Banking

    Corporatecustomer

    IRCustomerService

    CustomerDemographic

    andActivation

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    Products and services that have been successful

    GP-Regular, the oldest product of GrameenPhone retains its popularity through its full

    connectivity to all networks including fixed line telephony services.

    EASY Pre-Paid, because of Low flat tariff and nationwide mobility, its a Pre-paid

    service, no monthly rent required and instant use due to pre-activation, no hassles of

    bill payment.

    Information Service through mobile because of easy access, interesting theme, and

    reasonable rate and for being new and innovative.

    Village phone because of use of Grameen Banks borrower network and for having

    access to BTTB & ISD.

    Subscription Unit

    Customer Management Division (CMD) of GrameenPhone Limited is consists of 15 units;

    Subscription Unit is one on them. This is the unit that remains very close to the customer andalways busy to meet the satisfaction of GPs valued customer.

    Subscription Services

    Subscription Unit is the unit that performs its job in touch with all other divisions. The

    following figure [Fig-3.1] shows us the subscription services in a whole.

    i) Sales and MarketingSales and marketing is one of the important services of subscription. Among theservices they allocate phone number for various packages. They planed for new

    product and packages. They receive the subscription papers all over the countryfrom the dealers.

    ii) Technical

    Subscription unit also has some technical responsibilities. Among them quality

    assurance of the SIM features, testing the SIM, SIM problem is important.

    iii) Legal

    Subscription service also deals with the legal issue and various legal procedures.

    iv) IT

    Subscription Unit also has IT services. This service mainly develop the customize

    software for maintaining the customer database and other soft wares to maintain

    efficient customer relation. All the Customer Relation Centers all over the country

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    are connected with central database. This network maintenance is also a

    subscription units service.

    Fig : Subscription Services

    Finance

    Another important service of subscription unit is to monitor the international

    roaming facilities of the subscriber as well as the credit of the subscriber.

    This is the flow of subscription services.

    SUBSCRIPTI

    Sales & MarketingNumber allocationActivation Papers

    International RoamingSubscription Paper Receiving

    Product and PlanningTest SIM

    TechnicalQuality Assurance

    Test SIMPre Paid Reconnection

    SIM Problem

    ITSoftware Development

    Networking between all CRC

    LegalProcedure

    FinanceInternational Roaming

    Subscriber

    InformationCenter

    Dealers orAgents

    SalesCenter

    Fax orcourier

    Services

    InstantServices

    CorporateCare

    Sales andMarketing

    Hotline-155

    Check,Provisioning,

    QualityCheck

    Activation,Migration,

    SIM Change,International

    Roaming,WAP

    Numberallocation

    Manualfiling

    ElectronicFiling

    Sorting

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    Fig: Subscription Services flow Chart

    CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

    The Customers are in the mainstream of sales oriented services. The success of such

    companies largely depends on the satisfaction of the customers .The buyers are happy if the

    product and/or the services meet their expectations. If their requirements do not meet the

    expectations the buyers become discontented, they are delighted when the performance fulfils

    their requirements.

    Customers past buying experiences, the opinion of friends, associates, marketer, competitor

    information and promises lead to the expectations. Marketer must be careful to set the right

    level of expectations. If they set expectations too low, they may satisfy those who buy but fail

    to attract enough buyers. In contrast, if they raise expectations too high, buyers are likely to

    bedisappointed. Dissatisfaction can arise either from a decrease in product and service quality

    or from an increase in customer expectations. In either case, it presents an opportunity for

    companies that can deliver superior customer value and satisfaction.

    To-day most successful companies have taken the strategy of are raising expectations and

    delivering performance to match. Such companies track their customers expectations,

    perceived company performance, and customer satisfaction. Highly satisfied customers

    produce several benefits for the company. Satisfied customers are fewer prices sensitiveremain customers for a longer period and talk favorably to others about the company and its

    products and services.

    Although the customer centered firm seeks to deliver high customer satisfaction relative to its

    competitors, it does not attempt to maximize customer satisfaction. A company can always

    increase customer satisfaction by lowering its price and increasing its services, but it may

    result in lower profits. Thus, the purpose of marketing is to generate customer value

    profitably.

    Now, we have a very good idea regarding the importance of customer satisfaction. So, it is

    also important for the company to know about the satisfaction level of the customers. When

    any problem is identified, it becomes easier to solve the problem.

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    If the inquiry is regarding general information, the customer relations officer does not need to

    take help of information system. She/he just provides the information and the subscriber keep

    the phone.

    There are some queries that are much more personalized and the CM needs to get into the

    account of that particular subscriber to provide the service. In some case, the subscriber just

    keeps the complaint/ request and later action is needed to be taken.

    Customer need to pay TK. 4 per minute to take the service from helpline.

    2 Interactive Voice Responses (IVR):

    This newly introduced service by GrameenPhone. This is automated helpline service. A GP

    subscriber needs to dial 123 to reach this service. After that she/he can get information

    regarding the bill, usage, credit policy, bank name that receives GPs bill and so on by

    choosing different options.Itisfree of charge for the first minute, from the second minute the

    subscriber needs to pay tk.2 per minute.

    3. Information Centers:

    Most of the problems of the subscribers are solved by the helpline service. But there are

    some problems that can not be solved there. Subscriber need to come physically to deal with

    that problems.Grameen Phone has seven customer relation centers and 380 GPSDs which

    provide services all over the country.

    These Customer Relation Centers are situated in the prime divisional head quarters likeDhaka, Chittagone, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Khulna and GPSDs situated all most everywhere in

    Bangladesh. In these information centers the subscribers can come directly with their

    problems like billing, address change, SIM change, handset problems, etc.

    These after sales services are very crucial to keep subscribers satisfied regarding

    GrameenPhone.

    Survey Findings:

    In order to measure the satisfaction of the customers a series of questions were asked to the

    customers with the help of a questionnaire, the data from these questions are tabulated below.For clear understanding, the overall satisfaction has been divided into satisfaction with the

    package and satisfaction with the after sales service. As already mentioned, the survey was

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    conducted among hundred GrameenPhone subscribers, it was conducted in the information

    center as subscribers from different areas in Dhaka come to this center

    Interpretation of Survey Data:

    a. I use GrameenPhone because it is the best:

    Strongly Agree 25%

    Agree 55%

    Neither Agree nor Disagree 15%

    Disagree 5%

    Strongly Disagree 0%

    25%

    55%

    15%5%0%

    Strongly Agree

    Agree

    Neither Agree norDisagreeDisagree

    Strongly Disagree

    b. I use GP mobile as it has additional features in comparison to other operators.

    Strongly Agree 29%

    Agree 63%

    Neither Agree nor Disagree 8%

    Disagree 0%

    Strongly Disagree 0%

    29%

    63%

    8%

    0% 0%0%

    10%

    20%

    30%

    40%

    50%

    60%

    70%

    Strongly

    Agree

    Neither

    Agree

    Strongly

    Disagree

    Farctors

    Percentage

    Strongly Agree

    Agree

    Neither Agree nor Disagree

    Disagree

    Strongly Disagree

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    c. Price of Gramophones different package is affordable.

    Strongly Agree 4%

    Agree 49%

    Neither Agree nor Disagree 13%

    Disagree 23%

    Strongly Disagree 11%

    4%

    49%

    13%

    23%

    11%

    0%

    10%

    20%

    30%

    40%

    50%

    60%

    Strongly

    Agree

    Agree

    Neither

    Agree

    Disagree

    Strongly

    Disagree

    Farctors

    Percentage

    Strongly Agree

    Agree

    Neither Agree nor Disagree

    Disagree

    Strongly Disagree

    d. I am satisfied with the service (quality of airtime and network availability) of GP.

    Strongly Agree 9%

    Agree 26%

    Neither Agree nor Disagree 24%

    Disagree 30%

    Strongly Disagree 11%

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    9%

    26%24%

    30%

    11%

    0%

    5%

    10%

    15%

    20%

    25%

    30%

    35%

    Strong

    lyAg

    ree

    Agree

    Neith

    erAgree

    norDi

    sagree

    D

    isagree

    Strongly

    Disa

    gree

    Farctors

    Percentage

    Strongly Agree

    Agree

    Neither Agree nor Disagree

    Disagree

    Strongly Disagree

    e. Whenever I want to have a GP connection, I can get it.

    Strongly Agree 23%

    Agree 28%Neither Agree nor Disagree 17%

    Disagree 19%

    Strongly Disagree 13%

    23%

    28%17%

    19%

    13%

    Strongly Agree

    Agree

    Neither Agree norDisagreeDisagree

    Strongly Disagree

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    f. GP helpline is very helpful in meeting my queries and other needs

    Strongly Agree 10%

    Agree 35%

    Neither Agree nor Disagree 20%

    Disagree 15%

    Strongly Disagree 20%

    10%

    35%

    20%

    15%

    20%

    0%

    5%

    10%

    15%

    20%

    25%

    30%

    35%

    40%

    Strongly

    Agree

    Neither

    Agree

    Strongly

    Disagree

    Farctors

    Percentage

    Strongly Agree

    Agree

    Neither Agree nor Disagree

    Disagree

    Strongly Disagree

    g. GP helpline is very helpful in meeting my queries and other needs

    Strongly Agree 9%

    Agree 40%

    Neither Agree nor Disagree 20%

    Disagree 15%

    Strongly Disagree 10%

    9%

    40%

    20%

    15%

    10% Strongly Agree

    Agree

    Neither Agree norDisagree

    Disagree

    Strongly Disagree

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    As we can see from the above table and the chart, maximum number of subscribers would

    purchase a cellular service which has a good network coverage, apart from that the other

    criteria which is they consider after network coverage is easy bill payment system.

    j. Criterias which were considered while purchasing GrameenPhone

    Criteria No. of subscribers

    Network Coverage 68

    International Roaming 8

    Value added Services 7

    24 hrs customer service 48

    Pre-paid facility and bill

    payment facility

    37

    From the chart and the table above it can be seen that most of the subscribers purchased

    GrameenPhone due its network coverage. Also by looking at the figures the bill payment

    system and the 24 hrs customer service were the other common attributes which attracted the

    subscribers to purchase GrameenPhone

    k. Satisfaction with the after sales service

    When you are faced with a problem what do you do?

    Criteria No. of subscribers

    Call up the GP hotline 54Write a letter 6Go to the Information center 48

    68

    111216

    37

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    No. of

    subscribers

    Network Coverage

    InternationalRoaming

    Value addedServices

    After Salesservice

    Easy Bill PaymentSystem.

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    From the above table it can be seen that most of the subscribers either call up the GP hotline

    or they go to the information center.

    l. Are the GP employees able to solve your problem regarding the following criterias?

    Criterias Always Sometimes Never N/A Total

    Billing 32 25 4 39 100

    Bar/ unbar line 29 22 2 47 100

    After sales service 49 31 5 15 100

    Special service

    (International roaming)

    17 21 2 60 100

    Value Added services 60 22 18 18 100

    Total 187 121 31 179 100

    From the table above it can be seen that regarding almost every criteria, the Grameen Phone

    employees are able to solve the problem most of the time.

    But at the same time there is quite a large number who always do not get a solution to their

    problem this occur because for certain queries a subscriber has to go to the information

    center and GrameenPhone has only one information center, due to this shortage a customer is

    made to wait long hours in a queue. Also many times when the line takes more than a day to

    be reconnected.

    54

    6

    48

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    No. of

    subscribers

    Call up the GPhotline

    Write a letter

    Go to the

    Information center

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    m. Subscribers perception of the different Grameen Phone package

    What is your perception of GrameenPhone?

    Excellent, I amfully

    satisfied

    Good, butthe

    servicescould beimproved

    Alright, I useGP because

    no othercompany

    offers

    Bad, I amlooking

    foralternative

    Total

    Which GPprepaid

    6 34 14 0 54

    Grameen GPregular

    3 9 1 0 13

    Phone GPGP 1 12 2 1 16

    Packagedo you

    use?

    RegularGP-GP

    0 14 1 3 17

    Total 10 69 18 3 100

    It can be seen from the above table that most of the subscribers from every package perceive

    their respective packages as good packages but they feel that the services can be improved.

    According to the four faces of customer loyalty by Smart Loyalty, we could consider the 10%

    to fall under truly loyal customers as highly satisfied, 69% of the subscribers could be

    considered as accessible because they feel that the services can be improved, these

    subscribers want to give a chance to GP to earn their loyalty. 18% could be considered as

    trapped because they use GrameenPhone as no other company offers them the services and

    only 3% fall under High-risk as these subscribers do not like the GrameenPhone services and

    are looking for alternatives.

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    Negative attributes: Neither agree or disagree + disagree =33+20 = 53Positive attributes: agree + strongly agree = 28+19 =47

    n. Opinion whether GrameenPhone subscribers would remain loyal if another

    company came up with packages of similar features.

    Disagree Neither agree ordisagree

    Agree Stronglyagree

    Total

    GP prepaid 9 17 20 8 54GP regular 3 3 3 4 13

    GPGP 5 5 3 3 16

    WhichGrameen

    Phonepackagedo youuse?

    regularGPGP

    3 8 2 4 17

    Total 20 33 28 19 100

    Some Representative Additional Comments:

    Helpline is not so easy to reach.

    Behavior of helpline officers is quite rough.

    Helpline gives support to solve our problem.

    Info Centers take a whole day to solve a small problem.

    In Dhaka city, there should be more info centers, especially in old side.

    Prepaid connections are very difficult to avail.

    Billing rate should be reduced, it is too high.

    GrameenPhone does not think about the subscribers, their main intensions are to make

    money.

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    RECOMMENDATION & CONCLUSION

    The means to overcome the needs of the customers have been discussed in this chapter. These

    lead to the various recommendations given in chapter 7. Hopefully these recommendations

    will create awareness to GrameenPhone authority to resolve the problems of the customers.

    Analysis of the Results:

    It is already discussed that GrameenPhone is the leading company in the mobile

    telecommunication industry in Bangladesh. This has been possible because it has a created a

    superior image in comparison to the other operators. In other words, GP has a clear advantage

    over competitors.

    GrameenPhone has some additional advantageous features in comparisons to its competitors.

    There is easier access to person to person contract. Another important thing is that GP users

    are mostly satisfied with the initial price of GP connections and handsets. Before GPs

    introduction to the market, mobile phones were virtually out of reach to the major part of the

    current market. Moreover, GrameenPhone subscribers are happy with the country wide

    network.

    However, there is dissatisfaction among the GP users with the service of the company. Many

    important factors are acting as reasons behind this overall dissatisfaction. Quality of airtime

    and network availability is not satisfactory.Grameen Phone connections are difficult to reach

    sometimes. It so happens that the subscribers used to pay extra money to get the access. This

    is especially true for prepaid service. It is encouraging that very recently situation has

    improved to a certain extent bases on the findings in this report.

    The Info Centers of GP are very important for some after sales services. But, there is

    shortage of capacity of this service, In Dhaka Info Centers are located at Gulshan,

    Dhanmondhi, Mothijheel, Uttara, these four centers cannot cope with the demand of vastly

    populated Dhaka city. The GP helpline is also an important customer care tool. But it is also

    in shortage of capacity. Subscribers need to spend significant amount of time to reach the

    helpline. Behavior of the helpline CM is also sometimes unmanageable. They are to handle

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