3G Myths

3G will bring back opportunities to cater high ARPU customers!
But I believe 3G will just open window of opportunities
And within itself 3G or 4G will do nothing beyond that.

The eco-system requires for popularizing the 3G business model-which can manipulate true power of anywhere, anytime high speed Internet (broadband)  Or it will end up as additional window dressings, just a clutter breaker talking point to attract and retain existing base and there will no additional est. income/business  as hugely anticipated.



3G has even more striking need to reach sooner to Bottom of the service user’s Pyramid for:-

1. To bring economy of scale

2. Help to reduce equipment costs

3. Promote accelerated growth in apps/services considering wireless broadband



Till such time who will fund the growth? Let me guess it will not be in few hundred crores of rupees.

It will be much more than this. Because to make it happen economy of scale to be attained by creating faster demand and consumption of services lot of spending/sponsorship is required for creating

a) Opportunities to use (options and innovations, policies)

b) Lot of pull – compelling services (R&D expenses)

c) Education and awareness

d) Complete supporting/conducive infrastructure

3G early Ecosystem Drivers-Contributors

Right business model is the need rather differentiating from existing predominantly voice retail business support model. Challenge is to crack orbit shifting business model to milk 3G opportunities and creating progressive ecosystem, policies to support the next growth driver to sustain pace and the manner telecom juggernaut creating economic revolution.

Kaun Banega Crorepati, VAS and Customer profile

What an Idea sirji!
How many times did you get correct age and gender info thorough CAF?
Was it accurate and mentioned with customer initiative?
 Here is an idea how to profile your customer..
First thing is you need to know your customer. You may have invested bomb in state-of-art analytical tools.. But what if you do not know how to use it effectively in absence of data points.

Here comes such small initiatives well directed and fully backed by management (I guess so..)

SMS – Sending SMS KBC in format below :

KBCAnswer option[Input as A/B/C/D]Gender[Input as M or F] Age
[In 2 digit whole numbers without any space]
Ex: KBC A M 34
 
Friends, I believe you already got it right! You get reasonably authentic customer initiated KYC through KBC sponsorship. This well mannered money spent recovers in no time!!
It is the first step towards enriching data base of customer profile. Collecting as many data points possible for micro micro segmentation.. That holds the key for future marketing activities in telecom.
 
No more mass marketing- diminishing returns! There will be only mass marketing of customized communication100s of thousand campaigns running across at given point of time. It caters various base as per the need. It could be for user experience management, revenue churn management, cross selling, VAS promotions, building up relationship, Brand value enhancement and Winning  customer loyalty.
 
Do let me know what you think?