Presentation1 Airtel
Presentation1 Airtel
Presentation1 Airtel
PRODUCT
Airtel provides a wide variety of services in the field of telecom. The
summary of the products in the marketing mix of Airtel are described
as below:
.Mobile Services: Airtel provides both voice and data service to its
customers. Currently Airtel has got the largest customer base in India
crossing over 358 million. Airtel was the first one to provide 4G
services in India. Also Airtel provides a variety of low cost plans for its
voice and data services. Airtel mobile service can be classified into:
• Prepaid service eg. Recharge offers , roaming packs, etc.
• Postpaid service eg. Bill payment, My Plan, Roaming plans, other
special offers etc.
• Other value added service eg. SMS, MMS, Hello tunes, Airtel
Money, Airtel Live, 2G 3G 4G internet, voice mail, DND services etc.
• Telemedia Services: Airtel provides broadband services across
87 cities in India. Some of the products offered are 4G homes
internet service, broadband internet connection, Dongels and
routers for 4G and 3G services.
• Digital TV services: Airtel TV provides over 540 HD channels
with superior picture quality. Airtel Digital TV+ setup box also
allows user to record TV programs that can be watched later.
• Airtel business: Airtel provides variety of Information and
communication Technology services like data centre, network
integration, tower infrastructure service to other business,
government and carrier customers.
PRICE
Airtel follows a competitive pricing strategy because of the huge
competition in telecom segment in India from competitors like Reliance
Jio, Vodafone etc. The pricing strategies of all telecom companies are
monitored by Telecom Regulation Authority of India to ensure fair
prices are being charged to all customers. Hence, despite regulation,
the most important aspect in the pricing strategy in the marketing mix
of Airtel is based on competitive pricing strategy. Airtel provides
flexibility to its customer to choose and customize their plan according
to their preference and pay tariff according to chosen pack (eg. MyPlan
service to customer to choose their plan and pay price accordingly). The
aim of Airtel’s pricing strategy is customer retention by providing them
with combo offers to boost revenue. Airtel pricing strategies in
broadband segment is also of very low cost and attracts huge customer
base to avail affordable plans. Airtel offers its basic product like call,
data, SMS and other value added services at a cheap rate
PLACE
• Airtel sells its service through distributers and retailers, which
form the basis of place strategy in the marketing mix of Airtel.
Airtel has got a wide distribution network which spans across
20 countries. Airtel’s intensive distribution network enables it
to cover the remotest area. Airtel uses retail stores,
convenient stores, roadside stalls etc to make its service
available to customers. Airtel makes its service available
through businesses like paan shops, chemist’s shops, groceries
shops etc.
PROMOTION
Airtel is an established and well known brand in telecom sector. Airtel
organizes a strong promotional campaigns for its services utilizing all
media channels from TV, print, events, social media etc. Hence the
promotion strategy in the marketing mix of Airtel is extremely
comprehensive i.e. they do a 360 branding. Airtel has used all the big
celebrities to endorse their services like Shahrukh Khan, AR Rehman,
Sachin Tendulkar, Vidya Balan etc. Airtel has also organized some
famous marketing campaigns to target youth audience and build its
brand like ‘Har Ek friend Zaroori hota he’ and ‘Jo Tera Hain Wo Mera
Hain’. Airtel also sponsors various events like Cricket matches, Grand
Prix etc and organized events like Airtel Delhi Half Marathon etc under
their community development programme and brand promotion.
Airtel has also got a good presence on social media like Facebook,
Twitter etc. Which it uses for its service promotion and solve queries
of customers. Airtel also engages in public relations like Education
campaigns, girls child awareness campaigns etc.
PEOPLE
• Airtel focuses on ‘Win with people’ approach for its effective
business strategy. Airtel has got an employee base of 18179
with a commendable employee engagement score of 79%.
Airtel invests heavily in the training and development of the
skills of its employees. In 2016, Airtel invested 168 million to
nurture talent within its organization and build high
performance culture. The people strategy in the marketing
mix of Airtel focuses on hiring the right talent, training them
and rewarding them. Airtel also promotes gender diversity in
its organization by promoting women friendly working
policies. Airtel promotes itself as a learning organization
where all employees follow a learning development plan
based on their career aspiration. Airtel also gives rewards and
recognition to indentify and retain talent within organization.
PROCESS
• Airtel process for providing service to its customer is very easy and
streamlined. Airtel process focuses on providing a reliable and
responsive service to its customers. To get a plan or new connection
the customers can directly go to any Airtel’s service centres or
contact the support service to activate/deactivate a plan. Airtel’s
customer can get their queries resolved 24*7 by contacting the
customer support number from anywhere across India. Airtel also
opened India’s first Open network initiative under Project Leap that
displays network strength across India. This transparent policy
allows customer to check network strength and coverage and report
any issue easily. Airtel also allow its customer easily to identify
various plans and pick the most suitable plan. Airtel customers are
free to evaluate the services and then can carry on or switch to a
different brand using number portability. Airtel focuses on delivering
optimal services without loss of quality through their commitment
towards its customers.
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
• Airtel retail outlet and relationship centres serves as a service
point to its customers. The Company-Owned-Company-
Operated Airtel stores try to serve its customer in the best
possible way by providing a one stop solution for all customer
needs like instant connection, dongle and broadband
connection etc. These stores provide a superior customer
experience with excellent look and feel of all the outlets and
convenient location within any city. Airtel products like sim
card cover and recharge vouchers are beautifully designed to
appeal to the customer. Airtel provides its digital TV services
through its set top boxes which are easy to configure and use.
All these products acts as a differentiating factor for Airtel
service marketing. Hence, all these help in summarizing the
marketing mix of Airtel.