KINDUZ Customer Outcomes Matrix – A Case Study on Airtel

1.1 Connecting people: How do we feel like after achieving our lifetime dream? We immediately call up our loved ones and share our happiness with them. Now travel back in time 20 to 25 years and imagine the same situation, it would have taken a lot of time for us to do the same thing. Telecom organizations are not only providing us with calling service but also high-quality calls with technologies like VoLTE.

1.2 2G/3G/4G internet: Benefits of internet are countless. Also life without internet is unimaginable today as it has become a basic need for living. Gone are those days where you have to search for a free Wi-Fi; thanks to the telecom war which made internet accessible to everyone.

1.3 Easier transactions: Do we really have to worry about carrying wallets while going out? Remember those days when we would panic for not having carried cash. Did we ever think about paying our bills with one click and without moving even an inch? Did we ever imagine that we would be able to transfer money without even going to bank and that too in a jiffy? M-commerce has made all these things possible

1.4 Entertainment: Remember those days where we would be only getting ten television channels? Now we have hundreds of channels from various countries and languages thanks to DTH and Internet. All telecom companies are also providing content and mobile applications which have all the TV channels, music and news applications which are a great source of entertainment.

1.5 Connecting businesses: Intense competition has made telecom operators get into various segments. They are offering cloud services, services that help employees work from anywhere, office connectivity, etc.

1.6 Affordability: Gone are those days when we had to shell out a lot of money to get internet or to make a call or to buy a device with internet connectivity. Remember those days when we used to spend ₹ 8/- for just receiving a call, and those days when we spent close to ₹ 200 for 1 GB of internet per month? Thanks to the price war for making all these so affordable to a common man. Airtel is offering a smartphone in collaboration with Karbonn at ₹ 1390 and Vodafone went a step ahead to sell a smartphone at less than ₹ 1000. We anyways know about the Jio’s free phone.

2.1 More affordability: Even with a dramatic change in the technological habits of people there are many people for whom internet is new, and even if equipped with internet usage skills, some of them do not know how to use a smartphone. So, keeping in view this segment of customers Reliance Jio launched a free feature phone with a minimum deposit; which became a big success.
Jio is offering free SMS and voice calls on all its plans while Airtel is charging for SMS and voice calls in some of its plans. Keeping in mind the competition these plans could be revamped. Also, the validity of the plans could be increased.

2.2 More services: To retain the customer base and keep them engaged, telecom companies are focusing more on content-based applications which could become paid applications later.
Jio has applications for express news and magazines, that Airtel does not have. Also, Jio is offering digital coupons to buy goods at kirana stores at discounted rates. Jio is mediating between manufacturers and kirana stores to benefit its subscribers and thus retain customers.

3.1 Reliability: When you are in an interior location, the speed of internet and the quality of voice calls is typically not as good. When it comes to reliability i.e., having less call drops, less signal issues Airtel wins the battle here.

3.2 Excellent customer service: To improve the customer experience Airtel started a project called Project Next as a part of which they revamped the 2500 retail stores and identified 17 touch points where they should avoid customer frustration.
Also, Airtel is offering a smartphone damage protection plan under which there is a doorstep pick up and delivery for the damaged phone. The customer service centres and responses of Airtel are far better when compared to other operators.

4.1 Increased internet speed: The operators should focus of improving their technology and satisfying customers keeping in mind the market scenarios. One of the ways is to increase the internet speed further by adopting the 5G network

4.2 Internet of Things: People are adapting to new technologies quicker these days, which should be considered as an opportunity and leveraged. The devices which telecom organizations are making should be made IoT friendly thus increasing their customer base. Today, many telecom companies are developing such technologies and are trying to implement them.