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    Project Title

    Managerial analysis of customer care, Mobilink

    Project Team:

    Project Leader:

    Salman Qureshi (EMBA-Fall2010-003)

    Team Members:

    Muhammad Jawad Ali (Ex/M-Fall2010-025)

    Muhammad Umer Malik (Ex/M-Fall2010-031)

    Jawad Toor (Ex/M-Fall2010-027)

    Project Location:

    Customer Care Services Department of Mobilink, Lahore

    Duration of project:

    Approximately Three Months

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    ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

    All praise be for Allah who commands the entire universe &without who consent not, even a leaf can flutter. All thanks be for

    Allah who has given us life, strength and sound mind to get

    education and opportunities to research. All respects are for his

    Holy Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) who enabled us to recognize

    our creator and gave us the knowledge to choose between right

    and wrong, evil & kind.

    We acknowledge with sincere gratitude the help ofMr. Dr. Ali Sajid; without his guidance & suggestions it would

    have been next to impossible to get there the ordeal. He is

    absolutely a legend in the field of Management. In spite of his

    business being chairman of the department, he arranged a

    number of meetings with us which proved to be very useful on our

    part.

    Besides we also feel highly indebted to all related staff of

    Mobilink Customer care especially to Awan Zia Raja(Contact

    Center Manager) , Yasir Naqvi(Floor manager) , Mr. Muhammad

    Ehtisham (Team Lead) , Mr. Salamn Qureshi for his kind support

    during our whole project.

    We are extremely grateful to them for devoting their precious

    time in completing our final year project. May Allah bless them

    with health & life.

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    Abstract

    The report reflects an improvement program which elaborates a complete audit of

    Mobilink customer care service through several management tools like SWOT Analysis,

    McKinsey 7S , Porter 5 Forces , Balanced score card and pest analysis.

    The project begins with the introduction of Mobilink and its customer care services.

    Then we have analyzed the internal factors which effect Mobilink and its customer care,

    factors like its strengths and weaknesses and its external factors like the opportunities

    currently Mobilink have and also the threats that Mobilink is currently facing even being

    the market leader. Then we discussed the Mobilink customer services under the light of

    Mckinsey 7S model. This elaborates various aspects of Mobilink and analyzes its

    structure and the managerial processes within the Mobilink Customer Care Department.

    Further in the report we designed the balanced score card for the Mobilink with respect

    to its customer services. This technique addressed various roles and responsibities

    issues with respect to their objective and also defined the targets in accordance to the

    initiatives. Then the Mobilink I analyzed under the filter of PEST Analysis which

    discussed various environmental factors and external factors usually are beyond thefirm's control and sometimes present themselves as threats.

    An effective implementation of the findings from various tools will increase the reliability

    and profitability of the Moblink customer care department. In short it was a good

    experience to do work on such a practical project.

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    Table of Contents

    1.1. Principal area of Business: ................................................................................................................ 81.2. Ownership Structure: ........................................................................................................................ 9

    1.3. Branch Offices: ................................................................................................................................ 11

    1.4. MISSION STATEMENT ..................................................................................................................... 11

    1.5. Mobilinks Vision ............................................................................................................................. 12

    1.6. Goals and Objectives: ...................................................................................................................... 12

    2. Introduction to Customer Care Department: ..................................................................................... 14

    2.1. Vision Statement: ............................................................................................................................ 14

    2.2. Mission Statement: ......................................................................................................................... 14

    3. Analysis & Findings: ............................................................................................................................ 15

    4. McKinsey 7S Framework: .................................................................................................................... 16

    4.1. Style:................................................................................................................................................ 16

    4.2. Staff (Human Resource) .................................................................................................................. 16

    4.3. Structure: ........................................................................................................................................ 17

    4.4. Skills: ............................................................................................................................................... 18

    4.5. Shared Values: ................................................................................................................................ 18

    4.6. Strategy: .......................................................................................................................................... 19

    5. SWOT ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................. 22

    5.1. Strengths ......................................................................................................................................... 23

    5.2. WEAKNESSES ................................................................................................................................... 25

    5.3. OPPORTUNITIES .............................................................................................................................. 26

    5.4. THREATS .......................................................................................................................................... 27

    6. Porters 5 Forces Model ...................................................................................................................... 29

    6.1. Power of Buyers: ............................................................................................................................. 29

    6.2. Power of Suppliers: ......................................................................................................................... 30

    6.3. Threats of new Entrants: ................................................................................................................. 31

    6.4. Threats of Substitute:...................................................................................................................... 34

    6.5. Rivalry:............................................................................................................................................. 35

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    7. Balanced Score card ............................................................................................................................ 38

    7.1. Financial Objectives ........................................................................................................................ 38

    8. PEST Analysis ....................................................................................................................................... 52

    8.1. Political Factors ............................................................................................................................... 528.2. Economic Factors ............................................................................................................................ 52

    8.3. Socio-Cultural Factors ..................................................................................................................... 53

    8.4. Technological Factors ...................................................................................................................... 53

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    Introduction

    In Pakistan, the Pakistan Mobile communications Ltd (Mobilink) started its operations

    in 1994 and, until early 2001, had a market share of 40%. In April 2001, OTH took over

    management control of the company. As the market leader, Mobilink serves more than

    31.6 million subscribers, representing a market share of 31.5% (as of Nov 2009).

    Mobilink, a subsidiary of the Orascom Telecom Group is Pakistans leading cellular

    service and market leader with an unmatched customer base of over 31+ million

    subscribers.

    Mobilink has successfully achieved a record subscriber growth of 40 % in 2007 and with

    over 6000 cell sites, has coverage in over 10,000 cities, towns, and villages, through out

    Pakistan. International roaming is available in over 127 countries with more than 300

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    partner operators, and the companys investment to date, is over US $3.3 billion. It

    directly employs over 4,500 people, and facilitated through an integrated technology

    infrastructure, has the largest distribution network of over 200,000 retail outlets across

    Pakistan. The company is a carrier-class nationwide connecting service with its 6,500kilometers fiber optic backbone, and is leading the Mobile Commerce revolution with its

    first lifestyle application,

    Through The Mobilink Foundation, the companys corporate social responsibility

    program contributes significantly in the areas of health and education.

    The company is also the official cellular service of the Pakistan Cricket Board and the

    leading Blackberry communication services provider in Pakistan.

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    The Mobilink team is dedicatedly working each day to connect the unconnected and

    achieve milestones that make history. Each Mobilink moment entails a new challenge, a

    new moment of happiness, a new sense of achievement and a new success.

    1.1. Principal area of Business:

    Mobilink have two products

    Jazz

    Indigo

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    1.2. Ownership Structure:

    Management

    President and CEO

    Rashid Khan

    Chief Strategy Officer

    Tariq Rashid

    Vice President Marketing

    Bilal Munir Sheikh

    Vice President Customer Care

    Irfan Akram

    Vice President Corporate AffairsAgha Qasim

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    Chief Technical Officer

    Ramy Reyad Kamel

    Vice President Sales

    Jahanzeb Taj

    Chief Information OfficerIrfan Farooq

    Head of Human Resources & Administration

    Sadia Ahmad

    Chief Financial Officer

    Andis Locmelis

    Head of Business Analysis and Planning

    Farid Ahmed

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    1.3. Branch Offices:

    Its branch offices are located in Lahore, Karachi, Faisalabad, Rahim Yar Khan,

    Sukkur, Peshwar, Quetta, Swat, and Kohat. Moblink has three main contact

    centers in three regions of Pakistan.

    1.4. MISSION STATEMENT

    To be the unmatchable mobile system of communications in Pakistan this

    provides the best value to its customers, employees, business partners and

    shareholders

    Customer: Company mission Statement Company wants every common

    man to be its customer.

    Product and services: In addition to provide advance voice communication

    services, Mobilink also offers cost efficient data services to its customers.

    Keeping in mind the customer convenience company also deals in mobile

    handsets sold either independently or bundled.

    Technology: Company operates on a 100 % digital GSM technology in

    Pakistan.

    Concern or survival for growth: Keeping in view the growth potential of

    the cellular industry Mobilink having a strong focus on maintaining high

    quality of services, which is always a benchmark of Mobilink increasing

    usage and exploring new revenue.

    Philosophy: Company believes there is no compromise forthe Services in

    order to remain portent force in cellular industry.

    Self-concept: Mobilink has largest Network provider, Excellent Customer

    Services, Highest Customer base which is its own identity.

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    Concern for employees: Company is very conscious about its employees

    and its striving for provision of attractive salary package, connivance facility ,

    medical allowances and Telephonic facilities

    Concern for Public: Company offers tariff plans that are exclusively

    designed to cater to the communication needs of a diverse group of people,

    taking into account occasional user to businessmen. To achieve its

    objective it offers both post-paid (Indigo) and prepaid (Jazz) to the

    customers

    1.5. Mobilinks Vision

    To be the leading telecommunication services provider in Pakistan by

    offering innovative communication solutions of our customers while

    exceeding shareholder value and employee expectations

    1.6. Goals and Objectives:

    Corporate Objectives

    31+ Million Subscriber base to retain and come up with new promos to

    control churn.

    Best customer services providing across the country.

    Remain on market leader with innovative communication solution.

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    Departmental Goals

    Smooth operations

    Departmental coordination to ensure timely delivery

    Cost intimation

    Ensure offering Ambiance and decor

    Providing full office related products

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    2. Introduction to Customer Care Department:

    It provides services to customers pre and post purchase to ensure that customer

    expectations are exceeded. It is the largest division in the company.

    The main sub areas of this division include:

    Customer services operations (front end)

    Customer services systems (contact center)

    Quality assurance, standardization & training

    2.1. Vision Statement:

    To be the most friendly and easily accessible Customer Services Team

    committed to Total Customer Satisfaction with Passion for Business Excellence.

    2.2. Mission Statement: To promote Customer Services as a Mobilink Brand.

    Every Customer Interaction to be a Pleasant Experience.

    To promote MOBILINK as a truly Customer Oriented Organization.

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    3. Analysis & Findings:

    We have used various management tools to analyze the customer services

    department of Mobilink with respects to its management, administration,

    innovation and customer delight. Following management tools are used to

    conduct the analysis of customer services of Mobilink.

    Mckinsey 7S Framework

    SWOT ANALYSIS

    Porters 5 Forces Model

    Balance Scorecard

    PEST Analysis

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    4. McKinsey 7S Framework:

    The McKinsey 7S Framework is a management model developed by well-known

    business consultants Waterman and Peters (who also developed the MBWA--

    "Management By Walking Around" motif, and authored "In Search of Excellence") in the

    1980s. This was a strategic vision for groups, to include businesses, business units, and

    teams. The 7S are structure, strategy, systems, skills, style, staff and shared values.

    The model is most often used as a tool to assess and monitor changes in the internal

    situation of an organization.

    4.1. Style:

    Mobilink strongly believe in leadership style, which is one of the most essential

    ingredients in its success. Leadership and top management is based on high

    business vision and predominant supportive style. There is emphasis on

    developing leadership qualities among employees at every level. For this

    purpose, workshops and trainings are being conducted time-to-time and strong

    follow up for monitoring of the qualities also carried out by HR team throughexternal companies like Possibi l i t iesetc.

    Top management maintain open door policy, continuous sharing of on going

    company and departmental development, takes input from employees in

    decision-makings.

    CC department management has habit of develop future managers by providing

    them space to lean and develop through innovation and decision making.

    4.2. Staff (Human Resource)

    Human resource is the biggest asset and focuses on quality staff thats what

    Mobilink believe. Staff at CC of Mobilink is very professional. Out of total

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    personnel 90 percent of the employees have background of business studies and

    mass communication while rest includes IT and other professionals plus interns.

    The department strongly emphasizes on training and development of its

    employees on continuous basis and spends around 2% of departmental budgeton up gradation of employee skills. There is a strong system developed for hiring

    a new employee as emphasize given to the candidate having superior academic

    records and professional skills.

    4.3. Structure:

    The company follows a hierarchical structure as follow:

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    The department further contacts other departments through an online web-based portal

    for problem resolution. Internally, teams are internally connected and a smooth process

    of handovers of customer complaints and info sharing done due to open environment.

    4.4. Skills:

    At Mobilink Customers cares there are distinctive teams with specific tools of

    skill sets. Every individual is proficient in its specific area of interest. Followings

    are the teams name based on their capabilities and skill sets.

    Contact Center Team

    Black Berry and GPRS

    CRBT/PRBT

    Value Added Services (VAS)

    Tariff and Billing

    Corporate Clients

    Mobilink CC has unique attributes of having CC system and representatives

    serving in one international and four local languages (Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi and

    Pashto) for customer delight.

    4.5. Shared Values:

    Values are important part of organizational culture. In fact its tagline depicts how

    much emphasis it lays on core values. These values are practiced and focused in

    entire Mobilink and breaching any of these values result in termination of

    employee.

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    Total Customer Satisfaction

    Surpassing customer expectation

    Trust and Integrity

    Ethical, sincere and open in external and internal dealings

    Business Excellence

    Strive relentlessly to constantly improve as teams and as company and

    services so as to be the best

    Respect for People

    Likeable attributes

    Corporate social responsibility

    Account able towards the social environment

    4.6. Strategy:

    Mobilink Customer care has adopted a Customer-focused strategy, where

    customers segmented with respect to their revenue form Class A to Class D.

    Highest priority is given to A-Class while least to Class-D in certain cases.

    Teams segments to deal with different customer,

    Pre-Paid and Post-Paid

    Corporate Clients

    IRU GPRS/BB Clients

    Broad Band Unit

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    Another strategy of catering and responding timely to a complain is followed by

    Fig. Flow Chart of Problem Resolution Strategy

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    Geographical Expansion of CC center:

    Mobilink has planned to open more customer care center nation wide to further

    enhanced its biggest customer support center in Pakistan and bring more

    convenience to customer.

    Inter Connection of Nationwide call Centers:

    All call centers (Help line) are internally connected so customers have more

    access available to the help line representative.

    Term and Condition relief:

    Term and condition relief provided to the new businessman for opening newfranchise nationwide.

    Customer Follow-up:

    The Customer is contacted by the CC team for acknowledgement of resolution of

    there problems.

    4.7. Systems:Every organization has some systems or internal processes to support and

    implement the strategy and run day-to-day affairs. At Customer services and

    contact center of Mobilink more a bureaucratic styled where major decision are

    taken by the top management however decision making authority also give at

    lower level (Associates, experts) to the extent so they can run day to day

    activities keeping organization norm, values and customer delight focused. Inmajor organizational or structural changes the management also takes feedback

    from subordinates and acknowledges their positive contribution towards decision

    making. Initiatives for better problem solving strategy performance also highly

    encouraged.

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    5. SWOT ANALYSIS

    An important step in situational analysis, which access your company's strengths,

    weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, is known as SWOT analysis.

    Strategic situation analysis is divided into two types Internal analysis (strengths and

    weaknesses) and external analysis (opportunities and threats). Internal analyses are

    those factors that are internal to the organization; you can easily control these factors,

    while external factors are the factors that are outside the organization and affecting your

    business directly or indirectly.

    SWOT analysis is used to analyze: Attributes of the company that are helpful to

    accomplishing the goals and objectives, attributes of the company that are harmful in

    achieving the goals, external environment that is useful in accomplishing your

    company's goals and objectives and upcoming external condition, which are harmful in

    achieving your goals and objectives. SWOT analysis is a powerful tool that helpsinvestors to judge, whether, the company is capable enough to achieve different

    objectives or not. While writing SWOT analysis makes sure, the data you are writing

    must contain relevant material.

    Strengths:

    Strengths are defined as the positive attributes of the organization, which are within the

    organization's control. Such as, specialist marketing and advertising skills, patents,

    introduction of new and innovative product or service, site of your business, cost benefit

    through proprietary knowledge, strong reputation, exclusive access to natural

    resources, quality development and procedures, etc.

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    Weaknesses:

    Factors that are within the organization control and can easily be improved. It is

    necessary to take care of your weaknesses because these factors can detract you in

    achieving your goals and objectives. These factors are: lack or advertising andmarketing skills, site of your business, poor quality of your product and service (i.e. in

    relation to your competitors), damage reputation, distribution channel, limited resources,

    etc.

    Opportunities:

    Opportunities are the external factors that are providing benefit your business directly or

    indirectly. Such as, market growth, careful research about market, market size, etc.

    Threats:

    These are also the external factors, which are not in organization's control, but they can

    seriously damage your organization mission. Threats include: competition, economic

    crises, earthquakes, competition, price war, new regulations, tax policy, etc.

    SWOT ANALYSIS of Mobilink

    5.1. Strengths

    Mobilink has network coverage in more than 10,000 cities, towns and across all

    major highways of the country.

    Mobilink provides International Roaming facility with more than 150 international

    operators across 79 countries.

    Mobilink is proud to have an efficient and friendly customer service through 20

    company-owned Sales & Customer Service Centers and nearly 3119 franchisees

    across the country.

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    Mobilink has always believed in a solid commitment to growth, security and

    reliability. Therefore, Mobilink has always balanced its expansion efforts and

    quality of service. With a total current investment of $3.3 billion.

    As mobile users in the country have reached over 78 million at a very rapid pace,

    Mobilink has maintained itself as the largest cellular operator in Pakistan with a

    subscriber base of around 31.6 million and a market share of nearly 31.5%.

    While keeping its tradition of being the trend setter in the industry, Mobilink

    changed the image of mobile phones from a luxury only affordable by the elite, to

    a necessity affordable by the common man.

    Mobilink increased its focus on the youth segment (which comprises 50% of the

    population), with the Prepay brand.

    Mobilink has the ability to retain its existing customer base with a high level of

    customer satisfaction via optimum network service and a 24 hour call center

    facility.

    It has the post paid service that is normally to attract the Business class people.

    Most of the business and elite class people use post paid and other services offered

    by the Mobilink.

    Mobilink was the first cellular Company in Pakistan that introduced the service of

    GPRS and hence took the competitive advantage.

    Mobilink post paid is also offering black berry set that is useful and tempting for

    the Business class.

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    5.2. WEAKNESSES

    Mobilink does not have the proper lists of its customers. It has the list but this list

    is not authentic which is increasing the unauthorized use of its sim specially pre

    pay. Mobilink have to take serious steps to properly list its customers to ensure

    that there is no misuse.

    Mobilink has many franchises in the whole country but as its customers are

    increasing day by day so its present franchises are not enough to fulfill the needs

    of it customers.

    Mobilink also face problems and its network get jammed on special occasions

    like Eid, Christmas, New year etc.

    Mobilink has the problem of voice quality. Though its coverage area is vast and it

    covers more than 10,000 towns and cities in Pakistan but the voice quality is not

    as good as it should be.

    Mobilink though has some unique and distinct services but it has not yet given

    many innovative services as compared to other cellular companies.

    Mobilink was the first to introduce the SMS packages but their packages are not

    flexible enough and its charges are only on monthly bases while it should be on

    both monthly and daily basis.

    Call rates from Mobilink to Mobilink is very cheap but to other networks its rates

    are expensive.

    Its coverage on Southern part of Pakistan is quite good but in northern areas its

    coverage is a bit poor.

    In Mobilink web support is not available.

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    5.3. OPPORTUNITIES

    MOBILINK could develop some new and innovative services to attract customers

    and some of the suggestions are as under which will help them to increase their

    revenues: They should also introduce some International call packages to Middle

    Eastern countries because there are lots of Pakistanis who are living in those

    countries so people will definitely be tempted towards such package.

    Mobilink should develop some new franchises in remote areas so that people will

    get more and more benefit from it and it will help to increase their customers.

    As in Pakistan Youth is almost the 50% of the population so Mobilink can take

    advantage of this demographic situation and should introduce more and more

    services and packages that attracts youth towards it.

    Should extend its network coverage area to Northern part of the country as

    well because in that part not too many companies are giving services and if

    Mobilink give its service there then it will definitely attract people and its number

    of

    customers will shoot like a rocket.

    It should also introduce some packages for internet users on mobile if it do so

    then many people will switch from other networks towards it.

    If Mobilink should enhance its voice quality then definitely it would be prefer more

    by customers.

    Mobilink should import technological equipments from China because they are

    giving the best technology at very low rates so it will not only help Mobilink to be

    ahead technologically but also will help Mobilink to decrease its cost.

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    Mobilink can surprise its competitors by introducing Mobilink kiosk. These will

    be ATM like machines and that will give 24-hour service to Mobilink subscribers

    to load the balance just like they take money from ATM.

    5.4. THREATS

    As Mobilink is cellular company and there is cut throat competition among

    cellular companies in Pakistan. There are four other companies also working in

    Pakistan so Mobilink would have to face some growing competitive pressures.

    Pakistan is facing some serious economic problems now days so that would also

    affect Mobilink. The current recession in market is not good for any kind of

    business including telecommunication.

    In Balochistan and FATA where Mobilink already has network coverage is in

    danger because of critical situation and operation being held there. Investment of

    Mobilink is in danger.

    Mobilink penetrated in the market from 2005 to 2006 quite rapidly but since then

    it is experiencing a bit slower growth.

    By the arrival of China Mobile Company (Zong) in cellular industry of Pakistan

    the Mobilink and other companies now have to face the severe competition. As

    Zong is introducing some various attractive packages of both SMS and calls to

    attract customers. Mobilink have to develop strategies to counter their strategyand to survive in the market.

    The key threat to Mobilink is also some adverse Government policies of

    implementing Tax on telecommunication industry that will ultimately affect the

    revenues.

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    Telenor is giving more benefits to its employees as compared to Mobilink so

    many of its skillful and competent employees are going there. That will affect the

    companys profitability in the long run.

    Some Pressure groups are protesting on the Towers that are installed in

    residential areas. Their opinion is that it is not good for health of people to have

    such towers near their homes that cause radiations.

    Mobilink have to revise the list of subscribers who are legal and authorized.

    Because

    now the Government has warn to take strict action if any company would not

    keep such record.

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    6.Porters 5 Forces Model

    This model helps us define and realize our business and its surroundings and identify

    threats and opportunities to focus on.

    The Porter Model consists of 5 elements which together comprises the environment

    business operate in. These elements are: suppliers power, customers power, new

    entrants, existing competitors and the rivalry.

    By assessing every one of these elements we get the whole picture of our company

    within the market and the rating helps us target the key areas.

    6.1. Power of Buyers:

    6.1.1. Corporate buyers

    There are corporate buyers of Mobilink which squeeze the business profit by

    bargaining on their favor. This factor is draw back for Mobilink that theorganization is not in state to loose its customer so customer bargain power

    is high. Individual clients has no bargain power, rather they switch to other

    network.

    6.1.2. Bargain for more offers

    Corporate clients bargain for more offers like reduce call/sms rates, wave

    off some percentage in huge calling bills, wavier in line rents and Mobilink

    has to take care of such offers. Such offers are provided to corporate

    customer but in limited ways.

    The same offer provide to individual customer through promotion run by

    the Mobilink at certain period in a year (during mid of year).

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    6.1.3. Quality of service

    When customers are not being provided what they demand in terms of

    promotion and other benefits, the bargaining increases but Mobilink

    compensate its corporate customer by giving them rebate by offering them

    easy packages of their choice to cater such issues.

    6.2. Power of Suppliers:

    6.2.1. Human Resource Supplier

    Mobilink is hiring some of the percentage of their employees from

    outsourcing through HRGS. They have low bargaining power because

    switching cost is too low as there are so many competitors available who are

    providing human resources.

    6.2.2. Handouts & Literature Suppliers

    They have low bargaining power because switching cost is too low as there

    are so many competitors available who are providing such kind of material.

    6.2.3. Handheld Devices Suppliers

    These are the suppliers providing specific handheld devices like BlackBerry,

    Samsung and Motorolla and they have also low bargaining power since only

    Mobilink is offering their products with their brand tag.

    6.2.4. High Tech Software Suppliers

    These are the suppliers providing softwares used in Customer care centers.

    Nowadays Moblink is upgrading their software from (E.Point) to Sibel. So

    they have high bargaining power as they now that it is a basic need of

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    Mobilink to upgrade their technology from older one to compete in the

    market.

    6.2.5. Backbone IT/Access Networks

    These are the switching/network equipment suppliers and have low

    bargaining power as multi-vendor/manufacture equipment is available at low

    cost.

    6.3. Threats of new Entrants:

    6.3.1. High call rates

    The call rates of Mobilink general packages (local and International) like

    Jazz and Indigo are slightly higher. This might be a threat to Mobilink for

    competition.

    6.3.2. High SMS rates (local & international)

    Another threat is that there are no special offers in Mobilink for SMS

    packages for attracting the customer.

    6.3.3. Advanced Technology Required (3G)

    There is need of advance technology in Mobilink. Having this technology we

    are able to make video calls. But its license is very expensive.

    6.3.4. Less Network availability

    Some times, customers have complaints that we have no service in our area

    or we have no coverage inside of our office. To cater this problem, the

    customer services department should have strong interaction with the

    technical departments and the call centers. When such complaint arises, the

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    call center should provide the on ground realities to customer at first

    process. This will increase trust and good quality of service.

    6.3.5. Minimum CS centers across cities

    Mobilink have less customer service centers across cities in Pakistan. For

    example in Lahore there are

    Mobilink House Customer care

    Eden Center Customer care

    6.3.6. No CS Center in rural areas

    Mobilink has no customer care centers in rural areas of Pakistan. Mostly

    there are franchisees which are usually indirect part of company and are not

    fully equipped.

    6.3.7. Strict Policies from PTA for security measures

    Mobilink abide by the rules and regulations from PTA for security measures

    and due to this the product sales effect the business of Mobilink but barrier

    has low impact as all companies have to follow the rules and regulation

    imposed by PTA for example no new SIM or duplicate SIM will be issued to

    customer without original CNIC seen. So this might be a barrier for new

    entrants.

    6.3.8. New technology required at Technical End

    The customer care department some time faces complaints of poor quality

    of service but not from customer center point of view but indirectly technical

    point of view. Mobilink is using some old technology at certain areas across

    Pakistan as it is oldest telecom company so some times, the connections

    between operators could not be established and this is due to adopting old

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    technology used technical core.

    6.3.9. Dedicated Enthusiastic staff

    Mobilink has dedicated and enthusiastic staff in customer care department

    and call center department who work very hard to except the challenges and

    tried hard to facilitate the customer on priority. We had visited customer

    services for examine its working and found that every employee work out of

    the way to meet the customer needs. Employees work 24 * 7 for handing

    customers requirements. So it can also be a barrier for new entrants.

    6.3.10. Complaint handling on priority

    Another barrier for the new entrants is that, in Mobilink the complaints

    handling department work efficiently and Mobilink have extra experienced

    and specialized staff appointed to solve the customer complaints.

    6.3.11. Regional language support

    To understand the customer needs, Mobilink have innovatively emphasis on

    language to meet the customer needs. The language support at 111 is as

    follows:

    Urdu, English, Punjabi, Pushto, Sindhi

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    6.4. Threats of Substitute:

    6.4.1. Poor Quality of services

    If poor quality of service is given to customers, they might not use our

    product. Mobilink has draw back for not providing its product after 5:30 pm

    which is too early to be closed. Mobilink should focus on how to operate at

    late working hours to meet the substitute targets.

    6.4.2. Use of old technology

    The technology (software) at customer care Mobilink is old and most of the

    work like complaints handling is done manually. While in zong, when you

    register your complaint, you will receive the track number of your complaint

    through sms and complaint status can be checked any time any where.

    6.4.3. Less customer care locations in rural areas

    As already discussed that as there are less number of customer care

    location of Mobilink, they might have loose business and their competitors

    might take place through other marketing techniques.

    6.4.4. Few staff at CC for complaint handling

    As Mobilink have special and experienced staff for critical complaint

    handling but the staff is very few as compared to zong and telenor who have

    staff of 6 and 9 person respectively, while at Mobilink customer care only 4

    persons handle critical customer complaints.

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    6.4.5. Extra cost for reissuance of SIM

    Although all telecom operators have SIM reissuance charges but some

    operators have raising campaign for some times when customer can reissue

    his/her SIM (stolen & damaged) with out any cost.

    6.4.6. High internet charges

    This factor is not in favor of the Mobilink as Mobilink internet charges are

    higher than those of telenor and zong. Warid has same charges like

    Mobilink.

    6.4.7. Poor signal strength at rural areas

    Due to use of old technology of equipment by Mobilink in some rural areas,

    this will decrease signal strength in rain and fog which impact the service

    and have better chance for other operators to take over the customer.

    6.5. Rivalry:

    6.5.1. Innovative offers

    The innovative offers which are being offered at Mobilink are packages,

    customer services and other features like bolo sms and many more are an

    additional aid for making Mobilink favorite cellular network across Pakistan.

    6.5.2. Commercials

    The Mobilink has a variety of its commercial which is representing Mobilink

    culture and innovative ideas which reflects the dedication and hard work of

    its marketing department, with coordination of customer care department

    which give the marketing department, feedback from the customers.

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    6.5.3. Coverage of cities

    It was communicated earlier that Mobilink has a wide coverage area across

    Pakistan. As per data collection from Mobilink customer care, Mobilink have

    five regions that are Central 1, Central 2, Central 3, North and south region.

    There are 8000 cell sites across Pakistan which covers almost all major

    cities of Pakistan including rural areas. The need for more cell sites is

    required at rural areas as customer increases with the passage of time. This

    is in favor of Mobilink as Mobilink has wider coverage range. The second

    coverage network is Telenor, third one is Ufone and so forth.

    6.5.4. Advance technology (3G)

    Mobilink is trying hard to get the 3G license to give its customers a unique

    experience in telecom industry. As per Mobilink officials, for purchase of

    license, we had talk to Orascom Telecom and they are making certain

    changes before implementation and deployment of 3G at Mobilink network.

    Right now Mobilink is working on technology improvement plans which are

    compatible with 3G network equipment. In first phase the old technology in

    some regions have been upgraded from Motorola to Huawei and in 2nd

    phase the mobilink starts deploying the interface modules which are

    compatible with 3G equipment.

    6.5.5. Low call rates

    This is also major feature which is being used by the customers. The count

    recorded on Mobilink portal was 189763 minutes per day. This is very

    attractive service which is provided by all operators in Pakistan. Customer

    care department is trying hard to work in reducing rates of call and negotiate

    with PTA officials for the promotion of the Mobilink and to compete with

    other rivalries.

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    6.5.6. Low SMS rates

    This is another major feature which is being used by most of the customers.

    The SMS count recorded on Mobilink portal was 482347 in C1 region. This

    is very attractive service which is provided by all operators in Pakistan.

    Customer care department is trying hard to work in reducing rates of sms

    and negotiate with PTA officials for the promotion of the Mobilink and to

    compete with other rivalries.

    6.5.7. Quality of service

    The quality of services is an important factor among competitors. Mobilink is

    now improving its network and provide quality of service to its customers.Mobilink technical is deploying mini cell sites at shopping malls and other

    congested areas where Mobilink signal strength is weak.

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    7. Balanced Score card

    Customer support organizations are asked to perform a difficult balancing act. Mobilink

    Customer Care Balanced Scorecard for Customer Support recognizes the strains

    placed on the organization by including apparently contradictory outcomes such as

    reduced cost and increased customer loyalty in the same model. It also highlights the

    business processes that provide the key leverage points for improving performance for

    customer care against the scorecard.

    The Objectives and Metrics

    The scorecard provides Mobilink customer care objectives in each area: financial,

    customer, process, and capability of the Customer Care department. Because

    objectives are only meaningful if performance against them can be measured, weve

    included metrics for each.

    7.1. Financial Objectives

    7.1.1. Increased profitability.At the highest level, in Mobilinks Customer Care

    Department exist to make the business concern more profitable by thefollowing:

    ensuring customer repeat purchases

    boosting the reputation of the company and its products in the

    marketplace

    helping customers receive value from their purchase

    Maximizing their lifetime revenue and profitability

    Additionally, because franchises are increasingly being managed as profit

    centers, support offerings themselves must be as profitable as possible.

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    7.1.2. Increased revenue.

    Mobilink exists to drive top-line revenue for the business which should be

    reflected in more bottom-line profit. Similarly, increased revenue for support

    offerings is a measure of their value to the market, and good customerservice at the same time

    7.1.3. Lower cost

    Whether a profit or cost center, Mobilink is delivering each unit of support

    at a lower cost than before. Lower cost is the exclusive focus of traditional

    ROI analyses, and it remains a mandatory test for most investments

    7.2. Customer Objectives:

    7.2.1. Customer Loy al ty.

    The most important driver of lifetime customer value is loyalty or what

    author Chip Bell calls customer love. Loyal customers have an emotional

    connection with the company and are proud to be its customer. While a

    perfectly satisfied customer might be willing to switch suppliers for the right

    offer, a loyal customer wont. One of the most important drivers of loyalty is

    customer interactions, especially when something has gone wrong. Thats

    why Mobilink is in such a good position to drive customer loyalty, and why it

    must be measured on the loyalty it creates

    7.2.2. Satisfact ion with Support Exp er iences.

    When we ask customer support executives what their highest priority is, the

    answer we hear most often is customer satisfaction. Fundamentally, it is

    their teams job to satisfy customers by fixing their problems quickly, giving

    them the information they need to use products effectively, helping them

    avoid problems, and even empowering them to be better informed buyers.

    However, satisfaction is no substitute for loyalty. So Mobilink is focusing not

    on average satisfaction scores but on customer dissatisfaction and delight:

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    the customers who are so unhappy that theyre going to create problems in

    the market, or the customers whose extremely high satisfaction leads to

    loyalty. Transforming the objective from raising

    7.2.3. Perceived Value of the Solut ion.

    The product that people purchase extends beyond the specific device or

    software thats shipped from the vendor: people really buy a whole product

    that includes all the complementary hardware and software, system

    integration, training, and perhaps most importantly, support needed to get

    value out of the product. So, as part of the whole product, customer support

    organizations need to add to the product's value as perceived by customers.

    In the simplest sense, this is done by fixing problems quickly and accurately,making them go away. However, support can deliver value far beyond this

    reactive function by providing feedback to the development organization to

    make products better for customers, providing information to help customers

    use products more effectively, and proactively telling customers how to

    avoid problems. Therefore Mobilink perceives as a whole product (or

    solution) rather than a connection, especially a solution in which availability

    is a key value proposition, the more opportunity the support organization has

    to increase the value of the solution to the customer. And, higher perceived

    value translates to higher loyalty, revenue, and profit.

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    7.3. Business Process Objectives

    7.3.1. More Effect ive Incident Resolut ion .Mobilinks handling incidents is the

    customer care business process of the support organization, and support

    executives have devoted significant attention to optimizing the routing,

    management, and resolution of issues through hiring practices, training,

    process improvements, and technology investments. However, the key

    opportunity for improving incident handling is by supporting problem

    resolution itself

    7.4. Organizational Capability Objectives

    7.4.1. Better Knowledge Base.

    The knowledge managed and structured in Mobilink for their customer

    support is their key intellectual property asset. There are many measures of

    the quality of the knowledge base, but the core objective is to capture as

    much of the tacit knowledge held in the heads of support staff, product

    specialists, and customers as possible to prevent problems for customers

    and expensive re-work for staff

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    7.4.2. More Effect ive Know ledge Transfer .

    When we asked one support executive what his goal was, he answered, no

    reply should be on an island. He then articulated a powerful vision of a

    support center in which each employee was as effective as the best andwas supported by all the knowledge, explicit and tacit, within the

    organization. We agree with him that this knowledge (which may or may not

    be in a knowledge base) is the basis of an organizations ability to deliver

    support, and that the more that it is transferred to each support engineer,

    whether proactively or just-in-time, the more effective the organization will

    be in meeting its other objectives.

    7.4.3. Motivated and Trained Staff.

    Mobilinks ability to deliver is completely dependent on having staff with the

    right attitude and expertise. Economic climate has lowered voluntary

    employee turnover, which has somewhat reduced management interest in

    training as traditionally defined. Yet, as product lines evolve and grow more

    complex, new products are produced or acquired and old ones are end-of-

    life, training and knowledge transfer continues to be important. And,

    employees still need motivation to perform at their best.

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    Of the balanced scorecard elements weve just gone through, Mobilink

    customer care capability objectives are the ones that support organizations

    most directly control. So, a plan for successfully applying technology to

    improve the balanced scorecard must focus on these objectives, andespecially on the business processes of problem resolution.

    Obviously, problem resolution in high-tech support is a creative cognitive

    process for customer support and cant be completely automated like a

    robotic assembly line. Thats why the customer care problem resolution

    process is using technology later than more mechanistic processes such as

    entitlement, routing, and case management. Still, given that its not possible

    to automate problem resolution, is it possible to augment human intelligence

    by applying automation effectively.

    7.5. Improving Business Processes:

    7.5.1. Making Incident Resolution More Effective

    There are many technologies that can be effectively applied to customercare problem resolution. But typically, these capabilities are either not all on

    the analysts desktop, or are provided in soloed point tools, making the

    analyst figure out if and when to launch yet another tool.

    And in most cases, the knowledge environment isnt seamlessly integrated

    in with the case management environmentthe right tab doesnt know what

    the left tab is doing.

    These barriers can be more significant than we imagine, especially when

    analysts often have 5 to 12 separate tools running on their desktop.

    7.5.2. Access to al l relevant content.

    While traditional knowledge bases are limited to structured solutions, the

    reality is that support professionals need access to a far broader range of

    information, including content from support, engineering, professional

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    services, marketing, customers, and partners. These content sources have

    different owners, are managed in different repositories, and typically cant be

    accessed through a single portal.

    To make incident resolution as effective as possible, all of the relevantinformation needs to be brought together for the support analyst, regardless

    of where it resides. The access must be precise to avoid overwhelming the

    user. Precise integrated access to all information empowers the support

    analyst to deliver the right answers faster.

    7.5.3. Proactive Content Delivery.

    In Mobilink Customers are best served by not having a problem in the first

    place which happens if the support site proactively notifies them of contentthats relevant to their products, configuration, activities, and interests so

    they can be guided around known issues. Not only can this find once / fix

    many approach help customers avoid known issues, it can help them get

    more value from their products by empowering them with information

    7.5.4. Guidance.

    In Mobilink Unlike support professionals, customers dont spend much time

    at all thinking about products, reading support content, or diagnosing issues.

    They may have a fuzzy or flawed view of how products work, and little

    understanding of how symptoms relate to root causes.

    they dont know what theyre looking for, and they dont know what they

    dont know.

    This means that an effective system must step them through the process of

    saying what it is theyre looking for, guiding with suggested terms, concepts,

    or directions to investigate

    7.5.5. Broad con tent needs.

    Just like support professionals, customers need precise one-click access to

    any relevant content, not just support solutions. For example, their how to

    question might be best answered by a marketing white paper, product

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    documentation, or an expert forum posting. Improving Products More

    Effectively Although support organizations focus on helping users with

    problems, it would be much better if the problems never happened in the

    first place if products were more reliable, easier to use, and faster todiagnose and fix when a problem arises. Mobilink customer care has teams

    of product specialists whose responsibilities include providing structured

    product feedback to product management and development organizations.

    Yet, most support executives are frustrated by the quality of this feedback.

    Support statistics are too general to be useful for product teams, who need

    to understand the detailed root causes of service issues. Not only is data

    collected in the support center overly general, its often flat wrong. In

    Mobilink theyve worked with candidly estimates that only about 30% of

    incidents are accurately classified by tier one analysts. Outside of the

    support center, the situation is often worse. Its hard to gain insights from a

    click stream or a website query log there are just too many incidents and

    no way to analyze what they all mean. And, if that werent enough, insights

    from the support centerarent generally integrated with insights from the

    website in a consistent analytical environment.

    7.5.6. Root-cause analyt ics.

    In customer care a problem resolution application needs to understand,

    classify, aggregate, and report on all interactions through every channel. By

    automating the process, human error can be eliminated and website traffic

    can be exploited. By aggregating content across channels, a unified view of

    customer issues can emerge.

    Also, the analytics need to correlate symptoms, products, environment, user

    actions, and all relevant factors together for a true root-cause view of the

    situation. This provides automated assistance to the kind of labor-intensive

    deep-dive analysis product specialists often have to undertake.

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    Knowledge transfer is happening in your support center. Unfortunately, most

    of the time, its happening in an unmanaged way. Its time to replace ad-hoc

    transient interactions with structured, reusable collaboration.

    7.5.7. Expert Locat ion and Col laborat ion.

    In Mobilink Customer care department the Collaboration needs to be

    enabled by an environment that lets people find the right experts, pull them

    quickly into the conversation, and capture the information they provide.

    Otherwise, disruptive instant messages, phone calls, and cubicle drop-ins

    will pester experts with the same questions again and again.

    7.6. Better Motivated and Trained Staff7.6.1. Avo iding frustrat ion.There is no magic bullet that technology can provide to create staff

    members who are excited to come to work in the morning and who have the

    skills they need to do their jobs. But siloed, awkward tools that get in the

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    way of solving customer problems are a source of frustration that companies

    following this action plan will avoid.

    7.6.2. Target ing training

    In Mobilink Customer care Training is expensive and takes valuable

    resources off the line. Yet, when applied as needed, it can have an

    extremely high return on investment. So in customer care the problem

    resolution application is able to help support center managers identify areas

    in which specific analysts or teams are benefited from targeted training.

    Checklist for Improving Organizational Capability

    Objective Technology Requirements Benefits

    More Effective

    Knowledge Transfer

    Expert location Structured

    collaboration

    Leverage what experts

    know Reuse collaboration

    sessions On-the-job

    training

    Better Knowledge

    Base

    Easier capture Flexible

    workflow

    More current,

    comprehensive knowledge

    Less staff time invested in

    creating, structuring,

    reviewing solutions

    Better Motivated and

    Trained Staff

    An integrated, effective

    application Analytics to

    target training

    Lower technology

    frustration More return on

    training investment

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    7.7. Netting It Out:7.7.1. The Technology Must-Haves

    As you can see, there are many technology capabilities that can improve

    your performance against customer support balanced scorecard objectives.

    Stepping back a bit, though, some clear themes emerge.

    No matter what specific objectives youre going to optimize, a technology

    solution which is applied all across Mobilink customer care department that

    forms the basis of a problem resolution initiative are comprehensive, with

    integrated functionality; must adapt to the context of each customers

    situation; and have seamlessly integrate both structured support solutionsand other enterprise (or partner) content.

    Weve spoken to many of these early adopters, and without exception they

    complain about the challenges of integrating separate technology together in

    their environment. These challenges range from the cost of buying separate

    applications, the IT resources to integrate them, inconsistent customer

    experiences, content silos.

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    7.8. The balanced Score card

    Balanced Score Card

    Prespectives Objectives Measures Targets Initiatives

    FY 10 FY 11

    FINANCIAL

    Revenue from

    new customers

    and products

    20% 25%

    Excellence in

    customer

    services

    Create New

    sources of

    revenue

    Share of wallet 100M 175 M

    Increase revenue

    per customer

    Revenue Mix vs.

    Target10% 15%

    increase

    Customer

    Retention

    Increase

    Customer

    Profitability

    Profits Per

    Customers25% 30%

    Guide / Educate

    Customers

    Improve Sales

    ProductivityCost Of Sales

    Better

    Forecasting

    techniques

    CUSTOMER

    Increase

    Customer

    Satisfaction

    Percentage of

    Highly Satisfied

    Customers

    Increase Service

    Increase

    Customer Loyalty

    Customer

    Retention5% 7%

    Proper Guidance

    to Customer

    Create Raving

    Fans

    Percentage of

    Business from

    CustomerReferrals

    Special

    promotions

    Contribution by

    Segment

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    Understand

    Segments

    Percentage of

    Unprofitable

    Customers

    42% 31% Market Aware

    ScreenUnprofitable

    Customers

    Number OfStrategic Accounts

    10% 25% Decrease in TimeWastage

    Target High

    Value CustomersBrand Awareness

    Increase follow

    ups

    Manage the

    Brand

    Innovative

    Packages

    CommunicateValue

    Proposition

    Number of Leads /

    Conversions3 4

    EnhanceCommunication

    Skills

    Acquire New

    Customers

    Campaign

    Response Rate1M 1.75M

    Increase

    prospecting

    Customize Mass

    Marketing

    Service Quality

    Rating

    Apply Marketing

    Tools

    Develop Dealer

    Networks

    Revenue

    Generated from

    Dealers

    8000

    Dealers

    20000

    DealerSpecial Discounts

    INTERNAL

    PROCESS

    Provide Premium

    Customer Service

    Number of

    Premium

    Customer

    up by

    5%

    up by

    10%

    Customer Is

    Always First

    Provide Service

    Excellence

    Percentage of

    Revenue from

    sole source

    Reduce

    Complexity in

    functions

    Create Lifetime

    Customers

    Service Levels ( by

    Customer

    Revenue )

    Reduce QoS

    Issues

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    Customer Lifetime

    value

    Cross Selling

    Number Of

    Products per

    package

    Increase ProductAwareness

    Solution SellingHours With

    Customers

    Focus Profitable

    Product

    Customer

    EducationService

    Increase

    Advertisements

    LEARNING AND

    GROWTH

    Develop Strategic

    compitencies

    Number ofCustomer hits to

    Management

    Information

    System

    Use Standard

    Technical Tools

    Attract and

    Retain Top TalentCustomer Survey

    Professional

    Trainings

    Develop Strategic

    CRM portfolio

    Analysis through

    E6 Software Upgradation

    Create

    Consumer-

    focused culture

    Call Monitoring

    Enhance

    Communication

    skills

    Create Personal

    Goal Alignment

    Daily Progress

    ReportsGoal Setting

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    8. PEST Analysis

    EST analysis is an analysis of the external macro-environment that affects all firms.

    P.E.S.T. is an acronym for the Political, Economic, Social, and Technological factors of

    the external macro-environment. Such external factors usually are beyond the firm's

    control and sometimes present themselves as threats. For this reason, some say that

    "pest" is an appropriate term for these factors. However, changes in the external

    environment also create new opportunities and the letters sometimes are rearranged to

    construct the more optimistic term of STEP analysis.

    8.1. Political FactorsThe political instability of the country is the main reason affecting the core

    subjects. The govt. regulation on mobile operators increased Taxation (GST) and

    high inflation affecting the internal environment of the company. No friendly

    investor environment, War of terror, security concerns and PTA regulation are

    also contributing towards high impact.

    8.2. Economic Factors

    Continuous degradation in countrys economic health lessening the

    purchase/consuming power of the customer. Companys focus on cost cutting

    and downsizing is the major factor of increase in unemployment. Customer in

    todays world is more demanding for QoS for less expense with better quality.

    The poor economic sector also influencing the entire market causing competitors

    to work together for fighting out this chronic situation for this purpose concept ofsharing of infrastructure and recourses is largely employed.

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    8.3. Socio-Cultural Factors

    As Pakistan is an Islamic country and people are very strict and sensitive in case

    of religion, anything against the philosophy of Islam on either print or electronic

    media are treated as against religious dignity. Occasional activities both cultural

    and religious have influential effects. Similarly Pakistani society has cultural mix

    demography with different mind sets and demands. Customer expectations are

    high, customer demand more for their problem solution rather new products.

    Brand consciousness is one of the factors associated with demography

    8.4. Technological FactorsTechnology is changing every day, Companies have technology with which they

    can compete in the Pakistan and now companies are investing in their

    infrastructure to not only expand but also to upgrade their existing structure like

    from 2G networks to 3G technologies for better quality and higher capacity to

    overcome future demands. With new infrastructure, investment also put on

    human resources for up gradation of their competencies through certification and

    trainings. Technologies also encourage competitors to work together for this

    integration of major companies has already been done (Nokia and Siemens) and

    some are in progress.

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    9. CONCLUSION

    Mobilink is the market leader of telecom industry in Pakistan providing the best

    customer services called Customer cares, which is one of their core value Total

    Customer Satisfaction. With the detailed analysis using different management tools, it

    is observed that Customer care (Contact center and customer center) has number of

    strengths which could be utilized to avail the opportunities and overcome its

    weaknesses. However, as threats to an organization are always external therefore they

    cannot be eradicated however they could be handled efficiently to minimize the

    unforeseen and forecasting problems.

    Mobilink facing a high level of competition from competitors specially from Telenor and

    Ufone in terms of better QoS, resolution of problem form CS, network coverage and

    low cost. The telecom customers have more choices available to avail and have

    segmented power of switching. Customer consider Mobilink as expensive network to be

    used as socio economic condition getting worst day by day it will effect even more after

    passage of time.

    The internal environment of the services center is open, friendly and professional.

    People at their best can be found in offices that are open and accessible to internal

    customers. Management follows leadership style and lead through initiative, motivation

    and willingness to serve. Internal environment is overall is acceptable.

    Since the countrys economic growth is weak, Mobilink striving to combat these external

    factors and has be quite successful. Technology is changing every day and customer is

    aware of this change and demand solution for neither their problem nor the products,

    hence technological change is another factor creating more opportunities for the

    company.

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    10. Recommendations

    Followings are some recommendations which are appreciated by the management of

    the Customer Care center at EDEN Center, Jail Rd Lahore.

    Quality of Technical network equipment should be improved to improve the

    coverage for the customers.

    QoS should also be improved by giving professional trainings to CSRs on

    communication skills which improve their ethical behavior.

    Should maintain a proper list for its prepaid customers to keep the detailed

    record for PTA.

    More licenses should be issued for new franchisees as the customers are

    increasing very rapidly day by day.

    Hiring of more skilled and enthusiastic CSRs to decrease the waiting time at call

    centers for the ease of beloved customers.

    Web-based access to call history should be introduced for facilitating the prepaid

    customers.

    Advanced Technology (3G) should be employed.

    More Innovative and Customer-Focused promotions should be offered to the

    customers.

    Customer Care Team should be pro-active in identifying problem before their

    occurrence.

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    11. REFERNCES

    Web References:

    www.mobilinkgms.com

    www.pta.gov.pk

    My Mobilink (Intranet Website of Mobilink)

    Personal References:

    Mr. Muhammad Ehtisham (Team Lead Customer Care, WTC, Mobilink)

    Mr. Salman Qureshi (Technical Department, WTC, Mobilink)

    Mr. Jawad Toor (Technical Department, FRF, Mobilink)

    Mr. Awan Zia Raja (Contact Center Manager, WTC, Mobilink)

    Mr. Yasir Naqvi (Floor Manager, WTC, Mobilink)

    http://www.mobilinkgms.com/http://www.mobilinkgms.com/http://www.pta.gov.pk/http://www.pta.gov.pk/http://www.pta.gov.pk/http://www.mobilinkgms.com/