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A STUDY ON ADVERTISING ACTIVITIES OF
BHARTI AIRTEL, HYDERABAD
Submitted by
Mr. MADHU BABU BHOGADI
[0121PG104]
Project Submitted in partial fulfillment for the award of
Post-Graduate Degree in
PGDM
2012-2014
New Delhi, Dwarka -110077

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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this project Report titled A STUDY ON
ADVERTISING ACTIVITIES OF BHARTI AIRTEL, HYDERABAD submitted
by me to ERA Business School,New Delhi, is bonafide work undertaken by me
and it is not submitted to any other University or Institution for the award of any
degree diploma/certificate or published any time before.
Signature of the student
MADHU BABU BHOGADI
(0121PG104)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I convey my sincere thanks to external guide Mr. A. Deepak Kumar for giving me
the throughout my project.
I express my sincere gratitude to my guide Mr. Ajay Mehta, Professor in ERA
Business School for giving me his valuable guidance and support in completing the
project.
I express my deepest thanks to all respondents for their co-operation of my
project.
I also express my sincere thanks to all the faculty members, librarians, friends and
well-wishers who had helped me to do this project successfully.

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CONTENT
CHAPTER – I Executive Summary 5
CHAPTER – II Introduction to Topic 7 - 9
CHAPTER – III Company Profile 10 - 32
3.1 – Promoters 15
3.2 – Vision and Mission 16
3.3 – Organization Structure 17
3.4 – Product line and Value Chain 18 - 19
3.5 –Porters Five Force Model 20 - 22
3.6 – Competitive Analysis 22 - 25
3.7 – Marketing Strategies 26 - 29
3.8 – SWOT Analysis 29 - 32
CHAPTER – IV About the Project 33 - 35
CHAPTER – V Literature Review 36 - 44
CHAPTER – VI Research Methodology 45 - 46
4.1 - Problem Definition 45
4.2 - Approach to the Problem 46
4.4 - Sources of data collection 46
4.5 - Primary sources 46
4.6 - Secondary sources 46
4.7 - Sampling techniques 46
CHAPTER – VII Data Analysis and Findings 47 - 60
CHAPTER – VIII Conclusion 61
CHAPTER – IX Recommendations 62

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Bibliography and Appendix 63 - 65
Executive Summary:
It is no wonder that in today‘s aggressive business environment, the challenges of
sustaining in these competitive surroundings, preoccupies the minds of many Business
leaders. Customers have many options to choose their telecom operator from competitive
market. Furthermore, they often perceive that what they are purchasing is, for all practical
purposes, a commodity that can be easily obtained from other companies, if need be. So,
how does a corporation distinguish itself in a highly commoditized and competitive
market? Today‘s business is more dependent, than ever before, on their top performing
product to be innovate and provide services that differentiate a company from its fierce
competitors. In other words, corporations rely upon their product and human assets to
survive and thrive.
Airtel is one of the leading telecom firms of the country. Airtel is providing
intermediate services to the people of India since 1995. The company is largest cellular
service provider in India and third largest in the world in the field of various telecom
services like Mobile network, wireless, landline, broadband, satellite television, etc. The
company is famous for world presence, vast network coverage, excellent service and
brand image managed by experts.
This project was carried out for BhartiAirtel, Begumpet, Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh. This is one of the leading centers for marketing and sale of Airtel product and
services in southern region. The project was carried out for 45 days as summer internship
program in a systematic manner.
This project report contains various section where I‘ve discussed about company
profile, its present strength, porters 5forces model, competitive analysis, SWOT analysis,
methodology used, sample size, sample unit, analysis and discussion, questionnaire, and
annexure.
After market study it can be said there is very tough competition between various
telecom firms like Airtel, Vodafone, Aircel, BSNL, Idea,uninor, etc. But still Airtel is
leading the market of Hyderabad.

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INTRODUCTION:
Advertising is a form of communication intended to persuade an audience
(viewers, readers or listeners) to purchase or take some action upon products, ideas, or
services. It includes the name of a product or service and how that product or service
could benefit the consumer, to persuade a target market to purchase or to consume that
particular brand. These messages are usually paid for by sponsors and viewed via various
media. Advertising can also serve to communicate an idea to a large number of people in
an attempt to convince them to take a certain action.
Commercial advertisers often seek to generate increased consumption of
their products or services through branding, which involves the repetition of an image or
product name in an effort to associate related qualities with the brand in the minds
of consumers. Non-commercial advertisers who spend money to advertise items other
than a consumer product or service include political parties, interest groups, religious
organizations and governmental agencies. Nonprofit organizations may rely on free
modes of persuasion, such as a public service announcement.
Modern advertising developed with the rise of mass production in the late 19th
and early 20th centuries. Mass media can be defined as any media meant to reach a mass
amount of people. Different types of media can be used to deliver these messages,
including traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, television, radio, outdoor or
direct mail; or new media such as websites and text messages.
"Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term: which
achievesadvantage for the organization through its configuration of resources within a
challengingenvironment, to meet the needs of markets andto
fulfill stakeholder expectations".
In other words, strategy is about:

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* Where is the business trying to get to in the long-term (direction)
* Which markets should a business compete in and what kind of activities is involved in
such markets? (markets; scope)
* How can the business perform better than the competition in those markets?
(Advantage)?
* What resources (skills, assets, finance, relationships, technical competence, and
facilities) are required in order to be able to compete? (Resources)?
* What external, environmental factors affect the businesses' ability to compete?
(Environment)?
* What are the values and expectations of those who have power in and around the
business? (stakeholders)
Strategy at Different Levels of a Business:
Strategies exist at several levels in any organization - ranging from the overall
business (or group of businesses) through to individuals working in it.
CorporateStrategy - is concerned with the overall purpose and scope of the business to
meet stakeholder expectations. This is a crucial level since it is heavily influenced by
investors in the business and acts to guide strategic decision-making throughout the
business. Corporate strategy is often stated explicitly in a "mission statement".
BusinessUnitStrategy - is concerned more with how a business competes successfully in
a particular market. It concerns strategic decisions about choice of products, meeting
needs of customers, gaining advantage over competitors, exploiting or creating new
opportunities etc.
OperationalStrategy - is concerned with how each part of the business is organized to
deliver the corporate and business-unit level strategic direction. Operational strategy
therefore focuses on issues of resources, processes, people etc.
How Strategy is Managed - Strategic Management

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In its broadest sense, strategic management is about taking "strategic decisions" -
decisions that answer the questions above.
In practice, a thorough strategic management process has three main components,
shown in the figure below:
Strategic Analysis
This is all about the analyzing the strength of businesses' position and
understanding the important external factors that may influence that position. The process
of Strategic Analysis can be assisted by a number of tools, including:
PESTAnalysis - a technique for understanding the "environment" in which a business
operates.
ScenarioPlanning - a technique that builds various plausible views of possible futures
for a business.

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FiveForcesAnalysis - a technique for identifying the forces which affect the level of
competition in an industry.
Market Segmentation - a technique which seeks to identify similarities and differences
between groups of customers or users.
Directional Policy Matrix - a technique which summarizes the competitive strength of a
business‘s operations in specific markets.
Competitor Analysis - a wide range of techniques and analysis that seeks to summarize
a businesses' overall competitive position.
Critical Success Factor Analysis - a technique to identify those areas in which a
business must outperform the competition in order to succeed.
SWOT Analysis - a useful summary technique for summarizing the key issues arising
from an assessment of a business‘s "internal" position and "external" environmental
influences.
Strategic Choice:
This process involves understanding the nature of stakeholder expectations (the
"ground rules"), identifying strategic options, and then evaluating and selecting strategic
options.
Strategy Implementation
Often the hardest part. When a strategy has been analyzed and selected, the task is
then to translate it into organizational action.

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COMPANY PROFILE
Airtel India Profile
Type : Public
Industry : Telecommunications
Founded : New Delhi, NTC, India
Founder(s) : Sunil Bharti Mittal
Headquarters : New Delhi, NTC, India
Area served : South Asia, Africa and the Channel
Islands
Key people : Sunil Bharti Mittal
Products : Fixed line and mobile telephony,
Broadband and
Fixed line internet services, digital
television and IPTV
Employees : 21,300(Nov12)
Subsidiaries : Airtel Africa
Airtel Digital TV
Airtel Sri Lanka
Airtel Bangladesh

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BhartiAirtel Limited, commonly known as Airtel, is an Indian multinational
telecommunications Services Company headquartered at New Delhi, India. It operates in
20 countries across South Asia, Africa and the Channel Islands. Airtel has GSM network
in all countries in which it operates, providing 2G, 3G and 4G services depending upon
the country of operation. Airtel is the world‘s third largest mobile telecommunications
company with over 271 million subscribers across 150 countries as of March 31, 2013. It
is the largest cellular service provider in India, with 183.61 million subscribers as of Nov-
2012. Airtel is the third largest in-country mobile operator by subscriber base, behind
China Mobile and China Unicom.
Airtel is the largest provider of mobile telephony and second largest provider of
fixed telephony in India, and is also a provider of broadband and subscription television
services. It offers Indian telecom services under the airtel brand, and is headed by Sunil
Bharti Mittal. BhartiAirtel is the first Indian telecom service provider to achieve Cisco
gold certification. It also acts as a carrier for national and international long distance
communication services. The company has a submarine cable landing station at Chennai,
which connects the submarine cable connecting Chennai and Singapore.
Airtel is credited with pioneering the business strategy of outsourcing all of its
business operations except marketing, sales and finance and building the ‗minutes
factory‘ model of low cost and high volumes. The strategy has since been copied by
several operators. Its network-base stations, microwave links, etc. is maintained by
Ericsson and Nokia Siemens Network whereas business support is provided by IBM, and
transmission towers are maintained by another company (BhartiInfratel Ltd. in India).
Ericsson agreed for the first time to be paid by the minute for installation and
maintenance of their equipment rather than being paid front, which allowed Airtel to
provide low call rates of Rs.1/min. During the financial year (2009-10), Bharti negotiated
for its strategic partner Alcatel-Lucent to manage the network infrastructure for the tele-
media business. On 31 may 2012, BhartiAirtel awarded the three-year contract to Alcatel-
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help consumer‘s access internet at faster speed and high quality internet browsing on
mobile handsets.
Airtel Branding Strategy
Airtel has been the first player in India to offer some niche services like
Blackberry, Caller Tunes, and personalized ringtones and has even attached itself with
the biggest names like Sachin Tendulkar, AR Rahman and Shahrukh Khan to promote the
brand.
Airtel has always backed on human relations and emotions in their brand
communication through its advertisements focusing on the emotional content. The brand
promotions have come a long way with its signature tune composed by AR Rahman in
the year 2002, to the latest campaigns inspired by the theme of friendship.
In the 2010, Airtel launched a new signature tune and it even rebranded its logo
and launched the “Dil Jo ChahePaasLaaye” campaign. This initiative was taken to
target the corporate and post-paid subscribers with its new communication.
In 2011, the brand launched the “HarEk Friend ZarooriHotaHai” campaign
with a same signature tune modified to focus on the youth and targeting itself as ―The
friendship brand‖. The campaign was a huge success with its lively tune. Since then,
Airtel‘s campaigns have been inspired by the theme of friendship.
In the year 2012, it launched the latest Ad campaign which complemented the
earlier ad, focusing on friendship – “Jo MeraHai Who TeraHai”, which is again a hit
amongst the viewers and its customers.
Board of Directors:
The Board of Directors of the Company has an optimum mix of Executive and
Non-Executive Directors, which consists of three Executive and fifteen Non-Executive
Directors.
The Chairman and Managing Director, Mr. Sunil Bharti Mittal, is an Executive
Director and the number of Independent Directors on the Board is 50% of the total Board
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does not have any material pecuniary relationship with the Company, its promoters or its
management, which may affect the independence of the judgment of a Director.
The Board members possess requisite skills, experience and expertise required to
take decisions, which are in the best interest of the Company.
The composition of the Board is as under:
 Sunil Bharti Mittal
 Akhil Gupta
 Chua Sock Koong
 N. Kumar
 Ajay Lal
 Craig Ehrlich
 Pulak Prasad
 RakeshBharti Mittal
 Tan Yong Choo
 Evan Mervyn Davies
 RajanBharti Mittal
 HuiWeng Cheong
 NikeshArora
 Salim Ahmed Salim
 Tsun-yanHusieh
 ManojKohli
ACHIEVEMENTS:
First to launch Cellular service on November 1995.
First operator to revolutionaries the concept of retailing with the inauguration of
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First to introduce push button phone in India.
First to expand its network with the installation for second mobile switching
center in April, 1997 and the first to introduce the Intelligent Network Platform
First to provide Roaming to its subscribers by forming an association called
World 1 Network.
First to provide roaming facility in USA. Enjoy the mobile roaming across 38
partner networks & above 700 cities Moreover roam across international
destinations in 119 countries including USA, Canada, and UKetc. with 284
partner networks.
BHARTI announces aggrement with VODAFONE marking the entry of the
World's Largest Telecom Operator into India
Bharti Enterprises and AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited announce Partnership
for a life insurance joint venture in India
Airtel Launches future factory - Centre‘s of Innovation to Incubate Pioneering
Mobile Applications
16 states, 600 million people. Only India's leading mobile service offers you the
truly 'freedom-packed' Prepaid!
It is also the first company to export its products to the USA.
Bharti Tele-Ventures:
The businesses at Bharti Tele-Ventures have been structured into three individual
strategic units (SBU‘s) –
1) mobile services
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The Mobile services group provides GSM mobile services across India in 23 telecom
circles, while B&T business group provides broadband & telephone services in 94 cities.
The Enterprise Services group has two sub-units – carriers (long distance services) and
services top corporate. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand.
Bharti Enterprises has been at the forefront of technology and has revolutionized
telecommunications with its world class products and services. Established in 1976,
Bharti has been a pioneering force in the telecom sector with many firsts and innovations
to its credit.
Bharti provides a range of telecom services, which include Cellular, Basic,
Internetand recently introduced National Long Distance.Bharti also manufactures and
exports telephone terminals and cordless phones. Apart from being the largest
manufacturer of telephone instruments in India, it is also the first company to export its
products to the USA.
Bharti is the leading cellular service provider, with a footprint in 16 states covering
all four metros. It has over 12 million satisfied customers
- Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman, Bharti Tele-Ventures
Promoters
The company has a strategic alliance with SingTel. And vodafone is also a 4%
shareholder of Bhartiairtelthe investment made by SingTel is one of the largest
investments made in the world outside Singapore, in the company. The company‘s
mobile network equipment partners include Ericsson and Nokia. In the case of the
broadband and telephone services and enterprise services (carriers), equipment suppliers
include Siemens, Nortel, Corning, among others. The Company also has an information
technology alliance with IBM for its group-wide information technology requirements
and with Nortel for call center technology requirements. The call center operations for the
mobile services have been outsourced to IBM Daksh, Hinduja TMT, and
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Vision and Mission:
Vision
By 2015 Airtel will be the most admired brand in India:
 Loved by more customers
 Targeted by top talent
 Benchmarked by more businesses
To build India's finest business conglomerate by 2020
Supporting education of underprivileged children through Bharti Foundation
Strategic Intent:
 To create a conglomerate of the future by bringing about ―Big Transformations
through Brave Actions.‖
Mission
• ―We at Airtel always think in fresh and innovative ways about the needs of our
customers and how we want them to feel. We deliver what we promise and go out
of our way to delight the customer with a little bit more‖
• We will meet global standards for telecom services that delight customers
through:
 Customer Service Focus
 Empowered Employees
 Cost Efficiency
 Unified Messaging Solutions
 Innovative products and services
 Error- free service delivery

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Organization structure
The group has been structured to create functional and operational specialization with a
linear vision of business lines and functional areas.
The Company is headed by Chairman and Group Managing Director- Sunil Bharti
Mittal who is assisted by two Joint Managing Directors- GopalVittal (India) and
ManojKohli (International). An apex team of Corporate Directors has been constituted.
The corporate directors have supervisory and strategic responsibilities for functional
areas across business lines. The directors oversee functional areas including Business
Development, Human Resources, Marketing, Corporate Communication, IT &
Technology, Finance, Legal, Corporate Affairs, Corporate Strategy & Planning and
Supervisory Director cum Chief Mentor - mobility.
The organization structure is designed to ensure that identical businesses are run
along similar lines and best resources in any functional field, be tapped to serve the best
interests of the entire group.The structure also defines the role of the Head of the units
who are totally empowered to manage their respective companies and are

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fullyresponsible for business operations to build world-class organizations with a high
degree of customer focus.
Product Line and Value Chain
Product Line
Airtel Broadband
Airtel Landline
Airtel 3G
Airtel Mobile
Airtel Leased Line
Airtel Blackberry
Airtel IPhone
Airtel Money
Airtel DTH

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Value Chain
Support Activities
Firm Infrastructure:Tower setup, IT infrastructure, Telecom equipment‘s, networking
stations and equipment‘s, ERP and various software to assist in operations
HR Management:Hiring of IT skilled workforce and telecom operators. Hiring of
customer support personnel and their training program.Expertise in recruiting the retail
staff and quality of their training.Recruiting best in business leaders to take the company
forward.
Input
• Operation
Licenses
• Finance for
operations
and setup
of
infrastructu
re
• Setting up
Network
infrastructu
re in
collaboratio
n with third
party
• Software
and support
required to
operate the
Mobile
telephony
• Value
added
content
providers
of like
games, mus
ic etc.
Operations
• Develop and
expand the
infrastructure
• Customize
software to
requirement
• Develop the
sim cards
• Develop the
network
substations
• Use the
Mobile
serives
switching
center to
divert traffic
to mobile or
fixed systems
• Integrate
various
network to
achieve
economies of
scale
Output
•Broad
Band
Services
•Fixed
Line
Services
•GSM
Services
•VAS
•DTH
Marketing
& Sales
• Strong SIM
distribution
channel
• First mover
in
developing
better
products
• Introducion
of new
services to
match the
customer
preferences
• Innovative
advertising
campagins
• Sales force
compensati
on tied to
profit and
not
revenues
• Customer
awareness
about latest
technology
Services
• Coverage
area of
each airtel
outlet
• Customer
Support
• Technical
assistance
for broad
band
services
• Duplicate
Sim
availability
• Strong
supplier
channel for
repairable
parts
• Opening
new outlets
in new
circles

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Technology Development:Development of various VAS services. Introduction of
mCheck to enable consumers do mobile commerce. Investing in R & D. Creating and
setting up of 3G network with new licenses coming in.
Procurement:High initial investment required to setup up physical distribution towers
and network stations. Long term contract with third parties are required. Strong Supply
Chain Network is required to enable continuous supply of handsets and SIM cards.
Industry Analysis
Porters 5 force model
The industry structure has become relatively unfavorable compared to earlier
monopolistic times the earlier pattern used to be that the national telecom company used
to own every segment of the value chain till the international gateway. With liberalization
there was competition in virtually every segment. There are companies that provide local
connectivity, those that function as long distance carriers, and those that provide only
gateway links. Some integrated players operate in all segments. The intensity of
competitive pressures across the chain is reflected in the downward spiral being
witnessed in tariffs and prices to customer. The value chain for cellular mobile service
and Internet Service Providers (other than cable based net connections) is similar in as
much as the calls reach the destination through similar local loop, long distance and
international gateway.
Threat from Competition: HIGH
Threat from
Competition
Customer
Bargaining
Power
Threat of
Substitutes
Supplier
Bargaining
Power
Threat of
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Companies like BSNL, MTNL, Vodafone, TATA, IDEA and Reliance
continuously engage themselves in aggressive marketing and expansion and thus trying
to eat into Bharti‘s market share.
Threat from Customers: HIGH
All the major telecom operators provide similar services. Customers can switch
easily to another firm. With number portability a reality further gives them power to
dictate. Lower prices are enjoyed by customers due to severe competition.
Threat from Suppliers: LOW
Long term contracts ensure future supply of handsets and SIM cards. High initial
investments by suppliers mean they are dependent on few telecom operators for revenue,
hence low bargaining power for them. These networks till now cannot be put to other
profitable uses. Many companies are present to provide customer support at lowest
prices. Many high end software making companies compete for telecom software
develops thereby pushing the prices of these software low.
Threat from New Entrants: LOW
Huge initial investments and high gestation period. Highly regulated industry and
it is very dynamic in nature. Low spectrum availability and introduction of new strategies
by the existing firms.
Threat from Substitutes: HIGH
Fixed Line services are on decline. However the internet telephony is catching up
giving telecom operators run for money. Video conferencing, Social Networking
websites and Skype is reducing the need for mobile services. But the use of Broadband,
DTH, services provided by the companies is high and the competition is high among
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Competitive Analysis
Vodafone Essar
Vodafone has given birth to Zoozoo a special character created specifically to
convey a value added service (VAS) offering in each of the newly released
commercials.
Vodafone has come with creative advertising campaign for its various plans.
This strategy has captured the imagination of millions.
The strategy is a buzz that lives up to the brand image of great creative and clever
marketing.
In the first 10 days of IPL it has reached a cumulative of 89 million people. This
is a wonderful strategy adopted by Vodafone.
This has helped the company to raise not only its profits through sales but has also
tremendously increased its brand value.
Vodafone is the main competitor for Airtel with 153 million subscribers.
Global giant Vodafone holds a strong position in the Indian telecom market. With
various sponsorships and pan-India network, Vodafone is a big telecom player.
Also, the ―zoozoo‖ ad campaigns have revitalized the brand and made these
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IDEA CELLULAR
Idea Cellular is a wireless telephony company operating in various states in India.
The company has its retail outlets under the "Idea n' U" banner. The company has
also been the first to offer flexible tariff plans for prepaid customers. It also offers
GPRS services in urban areas.
Presently, operations exist in 11 Service Areas covering Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa,
Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Uttaranchal, Haryana,
UP-West, Himachal Pradesh, UP-East, Rajasthan and Kerala.
With a customer base of over 23 million, IDEA Cellular footprint currently covers
approximately 60% of India's telecom population.
A frontrunner in introducing revolutionary tariff plans; IDEA Cellular has the
distinction of offering the most customer friendly and competitive Pre Paid
offerings, for the first time in India in an increasingly segmented market.
Customer Service and Innovation are the drivers of this Cellular Brand. A brand
known for their many firsts, Idea is only operator to launch GPRS and EDGE in
the country. Idea has received international recognition for its path-breaking
innovations when it won the GSM Association Award for "Best Billing and
Customer Care Solution" for 2 consecutive years.
Idea cellular has a market share of 122 million subscribers and one of the most
prominent brands of Indian telecom industry are Idea, with a strong backup of the
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Idea cellular has become a market leader in various circles and has also been in
the lime-light through Idea Rocks India concert, KaunBanegaCrorpati and IPL
team Delhi Daredevils.
Reliance Communications
The business of Reliance Communications is organized into three strategic
customer facing business units: Wireless, Global, and Broadband. In addition, one
of the wholly owned subsidiaries of Reliance Communications is engaged in the
marketing and distribution of wireless handsets.
Reliance Communications is one of the leading service provider in Indian telecom
market with 123 million subscribers.
Reliance Communications have a network spread over 25000 towns and 0.6 mn
villages, and over 190,000 km of optic fiber cable systems. Apart from telecom,
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Tata Teleservices
Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) is part of the Tata Group of Companies, an
Indian Conglomerate. It runs the brand nameTata Indicom in India in various
telecom circles of India.
TTSL was the first company to offer CDMA Mobile services in India, specifically
in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Tata is the direct competitor with other operators
in India.
The company provides unified telecommunication solutions including mobile,
fixed wireless, fixed line and broadband. Other competitors like Vodafone, Airtel,
Aircel, Idea, MTNL, and BSNL providing GSM based mobile telephony.
The company was first in India to provide free intra network calling within city
limits. They launched a unique scheme providing lifetime rental free connectivity
on its mobile and fixed wireless for a one-time charge.
The telecom services of the Group are offered under the brand name Tata
Indicom, and cover all segments, from retail and enterprise to wholesale and
international.
Tata Indicom offers you a range of products and services like Wireless Internet,
Wireless USB Modem and Mobile Phones so you are always connected.
Landline Phones Net Telephony Internet & Broadband It has partnered with
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technologically advanced network. The company, which heralded convergence
technologies in the Indian telecom sector, is today the market leader in the fixed
wireless telephony market with a total customer base of over 3.8 million.
BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LTD
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited provides telecommunications services in India. Its
services include wire line and cellular services, as well as other value added
services, such as voice mail service, short message service (SMS), group
messaging, national and international roaming, call forwarding, corporate virtual
private network, call conferencing, friend and family talk, call waiting, and call
holding services.
The company also provides 3G; wireless in local loop (WLL) mobile telephone;
Internet; Web-hosting; Web co-location; SMS and bulk SMS; and broadband
services. In addition, it offers managed network services; multi-protocol label
switching based virtual private network (VPN) services; integrated services
digital network (ISDN) services; data communication services; intelligent
network services consisting of toll free phone service, universal access number,
voice VPN, televoting, and virtual calling cards; and video, audio, and Web
conferencing services.
Further, the company provides fleet management solution comprising eTracK, an
on-line tracking system to manage fleet, such as trucks, car carriers, trailers,
tankers, containers, or vehicles carrying hazardous and specialty explosive
chemicals; Inet services for use in various applications, including electronic mail
services, corporate communications, information retrieval, database services,
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connectivity; telex/telegraph services; PABX/EPABX services; and DSPT
services, as well as offers VSAT, voice over Internet protocol, and IN services.
Marketing Strategy
Positioning of the Company vs. a vs. Competitors
Purpose of comparison
The sub main purpose of this report is to compare the marketing strategies
adopted by BhartiAirtel and its rival Vodafone.
The comparison shows how both of the companies have been challenging each
other to gain market share.
Why comparison with Vodafone
Airtel is the leader in telecommunication sector.
Airtel holds the lion share of market of communication sector.
However, Vodafone has been giving tough competition to Airtel.
Vodafone is the second largest player and shareholder in telecom sector.
Since its launch Vodafone has been adopting aggressive marketing strategies.
Brand positioning by Airtel
Market segmentation
geographical segment (metropolitans & cities India)
demographical segment – middle income groups
People age group of 20 – 28 years.
Target marketing
People who living in cities and towns.
Poor or middle income group people.
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Businessmen
Positioning
Creating brands (Sharukh khan &SachinTendulkar)
Ads and promotions
Promotion for study of poor children‘s
Marketing mix
Price: low price strategy
Place: maximum outlets and service centers
Product: verities available for various groups
Promotion: various schemes for pre-paid and post-paid.
Vodafone:
Vodafone target the rural India The main targeted customers of Vodafone are
from rural India. By offering cheap and light mobile sets Vodafone attracts most of the
customers of small villages and towns. Offering cheap handsets Vodafone offers cheap
and free connections to all customers. The cost for these sets was Rs-799-849-1099 per
set and onward. In every district and big towns Vodafone opens its service centers to
provide better support and services
Strong logistics and supply chain Vodafone has a strong logistic and supply all
over India. In every small town the potential customers can easily purchase the Vodafone
SIM & Sets. Targeting youngsters in metropolitans Vodafone attracts youngsters by
offering colorful handset at very low prices.
Brand Positioning By Vodafone
Market segmentation
Geographical segment (rural India)
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Target marketing
People living in small towns and villages.
Poor and middle income groups.
Youngsters in big cities.
Businessmen
Positioning
Creating brands
Ads and promotions
Marketing mix
Price : low price strategy
Place : maximum outlets and service centers
Product : verities available for various groups
Promotion: various schemes for pre-paid and post-paid
SWOT Analysis
Strengths
BhartiAirtel has more than 183.61 million subscribers as of Mar13. It is the
largest cellular provider in India, and also supplies broadband and telephone
services - as well as many other telecommunications services to both domestic
and corporate customers.
Other stakeholders in BhartiAirtel include Sony-Ericsson, Nokia - and Sing Tel,
with whom they hold a strategic alliance. This means that the business has access
to knowledge and technology from other parts of the telecommunications world.
The company has covered the entire Indian nation with its network. This has
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Airtel offers the most expansive roaming network. Letting you roam anywhere in
India with its Pan-India presence, and trot across the globe with International
Roaming spread in over 240 networks. The mobile services group provides GSM
mobile services across India in 23 telecom circles, while the B&T business group
provides broadband & telephone services in 92 cities.
Airtel, the monopoly breaker shattered the Telecom monopoly in the International
Long Distance space with the launch of International Submarine cable Network
i2i jointly with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. in the year 2002. This has
brought a huge value to the IPLC customers, delivering them an option besides
the incumbent carrier, to connect to the outside world.
Weaknesses
An often cited original weakness is that when the business was started by Sunil
Bharti Mittal over 15 years ago, the business has little knowledge and experience
of how a cellular telephone system actually worked. So the start-up business had
to outsource to industry experts in the field.
Until recently Airtel did not own its own towers, which was a particular strength
of some of its competitors such as Hutchison Essar. Towers are important if your
company wishes to provide wide coverage nationally.
The fact that the Airtel has not pulled off a deal with South Africa's MTN could
signal the lack of any real emerging market investment opportunity for the
business once the Indian market has become mature.
Airtel has tough competition from the operators like BSNL and MTNL as these
two operators are offering services at a low rate.
Although Airtel have strong Presence throughout the country but still they are far
away from the Indian rural part and generally this part is covered by BSNL so
indirectly Airtel is losing revenue from the rural sector.
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The company possesses a customized version of the Google search engine which
will enhance broadband services to customers. The tie-up with Google can only
enhance the Airtel brand, and also provides advertising opportunities in Indian for
Google.
Global telecommunications and new technology brands see Airtel as a key
strategic player in the Indian market. The new iPhone will be launched in India
via an Airtel distributorship. Another strategic partnership is held with
BlackBerry Wireless Solutions.
Despite being forced to outsource much of its technical operations in the early
days, this allowed Airtel to work from its own blank sheet of paper, and to
question industry approaches and practices - for example replacing the Revenue-
Per-Customer model with a Revenue-Per-Minute model which is better suited to
India, as the company moved into small and remote villages and towns.
The company is investing in its operation in 120,000 to 160,000 small villages
every year. It sees that less well-off consumers may only be able to afford a few
tens of Rupees per call, and also so that the business benefits are scalable - using
its 'Matchbox' strategy.
BhartiAirtel is embarking on another joint venture with Vodafone Essar and Idea
Cellular to create a new independent tower company called Indus Towers. This
new business will control more than 60% of India's network towers. IPTV is
another potential new service that could underpin the company's long-term
strategy.
Threats
Airtel and Vodafone seem to be having an on/off relationship. Vodafone which
owned a 5.6% stake in the Airtel business sold it back to Airtel, and instead
invested in its rival Hutchison Essar. Knowledge and technology previously
available to Airtel now moves into the hands of one of its competitors.
The quickly changing pace of the global telecommunications industry could tempt
Airtel to go along the acquisition trail which may make it vulnerable if the world
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with talks about the potential purchase of South Africa's MTN in May 2008. This
opened the door for talks between Reliance Communication's Anil Ambani and
MTN, allowing a competing Indian industrialist to invest in the new emerging
African telecommunications market.
BhartiAirtel could also be the target for the takeover vision of other global
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About Project:
The purpose of this project is to know about the advertising strategies followed by
Airtel Company in order to aware the customers and the consumers about the availability
of the different products of the company in the market and also to increase the sale of the
products likewise the reputation of the company.
Airtel is the most leading and admired brand in Andhra Pradesh with 32.7%
market share of active subscribers, and also with a market share of 28.4% total
subscribers. Airtel is providing the best telecom services with better promotional schemes
and with heavy advertisement. The total subscribers of Airtel in Andhra Pradesh are
18,251,864 (by Mar-13) and the total active subscribers are 17,713,434(by Mar-13).
ADVERTISING:
As a business begins, one of the major goals of advertising must be to generate
awareness of the business and its products. Once the business' reputation is established
and its products are positioned within the market, the amount of resources used for
advertising will decrease as the consumer develops a kind of loyalty to the product.
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in its efforts to carry their advertising message out into the market, both through its
purchasing actions and its testimonials on behalf of the product or service.
Essential to this rather abstract process is the development of a "positioning
statement," as defined by Gerald E. Hills in "Marketing Option and Marketing" in The
Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship: "A 'positioning statement' explains how a company's
product (or service) is differentiated from those of key competitors." With this statement,
the business owner turns intellectual objectives into concrete plans. In addition, this
statement acts as the foundation for the development of a selling proposal, which is
composed of the elements that will make up the advertising message's "copy platform."
This platform delineates the images, copy, and art work that the business owner believes
will sell the product.
With these concrete objectives, the following elements of the advertising strategy
need to be considered: target audience, product concept, communication media, and
advertising message. These elements are at the core of an advertising strategy, and are
often referred to as the "creative mix." Again, what most advertisers stress from the
beginning is clear planning and flexibility. And key to these aims is creativity, and the
ability to adapt to new market trends. A rigid advertising strategy often leads to a loss of
market share. Therefore, the core elements of the advertising strategy need to mix in a
way that allows the message to envelope the target consumer, providing ample
opportunity for this consumer to become acquainted with the advertising message.
The target consumer is a complex combination of persons. It includes the person
who ultimately buys the product, as well as those who decide what product will be
bought (but don't physically buy it), and those who influence product purchases, such as
children, spouse, and friends.
IMPORTANCE OF ADVERTISING:
The purpose of advertising is motivating but to sell something a product, a service or
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producers and consumers. In other words the ultimate purpose all advertising is
―Increased awareness‖ list of the following specific objectives of advertising.
 To make on immediate AIRTEL
 To build primary demand
 To introduce a price deal
 To inform about a products availability
 To increase market share
 To help salesman by building on awareness of a product among retailers
 To increase the frequency use of a product
 To build overall company image
 To build brand recognition
Airtel has been the first player in India to offer some niche services like
Blackberry, Caller Tunes, and personalized ringtones and has even attached itself with
the biggest names like Sachin Tendulkar, AR Rahman and Shahrukh Khan to promote the
brand.
Airtel has always backed on human relations and emotions in their brand
communication through its advertisements focusing on the emotional content. The brand
promotions have come a long way with its signature tune composed by AR Rahman in
the year 2002, to the latest campaigns inspired by the theme of friendship.
In the 2010, Airtel launched a new signature tune and it even rebranded its logo
and launched the “Dil Jo ChahePaasLaaye” campaign. This initiative was taken to
target the corporate and post-paid subscribers with its new communication.
In 2011, the brand launched the “HarEk Friend ZarooriHotaHai” campaign
with a same signature tune modified to focus on the youth and targeting itself as ―The
friendship brand‖. The campaign was a huge success with its lively tune. Since then,
Airtel‘s campaigns have been inspired by the theme of friendship.
In the year 2012, it launched the latest Ad campaign which complemented the earlier ad,
focusing on friendship – “Jo MeraHai Who TeraHai”, which is again a hit amongst the
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REVIEW OF LITERATURE
An advertising strategy is a campaign developed to communicate ideas about
products and services to potential consumers in the hopes of convincing them to buy
those products and services. This strategy, when built in a rational and intelligent manner,
will reflect other business considerations (overall budget, brand recognition efforts) and
objectives (public image enhancement, market share growth) as well. As Portable MBAin
marketing authors Alexander Hiam and Charles D. Schewe stated, a business's
advertising strategy "determines the character of the company's public face." Even though
a small business has limited capital and is unable to devote as much money to advertising
as a large corporation, it can still develop a highly effective advertising campaign. The
key is creative and flexible planning, based on an in-depth knowledge of the target
consumer and the avenues that can be utilized to reach that consumer.
Today, most advertising strategies focus on achieving three general goals, as the
Small Business Administration indicated in Advertising Your Business: 1) promote
awareness of a business and its product or services; 2) stimulate sales directly and "attract
competitors' customers"; and 3) establish or modify a business' image. In other words,
advertising seeks toinform, persuade, andremind the consumer. With these aims in mind,
most businesses follow a general process which ties advertising into the other
promotional efforts and overall marketing objectives of the business.
STAGES OF ADVERTISING STRATEGY:
As a business begins, one of the major goals of advertising must be to generate
awareness of the business and its products. Once the business' reputation is established
and its products are positioned within the market, the amount of resources used for

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advertising will decrease as the consumer develops a kind of loyalty to the product.
Ideally, this established and ever-growing consumer base will eventually aid the company
in its efforts to carry their advertising message out into the market, both through its
purchasing actions and its testimonials on behalf of the product or service.
The target consumer is a complex combination of persons. It includes the person
who ultimately buys the product, as well as those who decide what product will be
bought (but don't physically buy it), and those who influence product purchases, such as
children, spouse, and friends.
In order to identify the target consumer, and the forces acting upon any purchasing
decision, it is important to define three general criteria in relation to that consumer, as
discussed by the Small Business Administration:
1. Demographics—Age, gender, job, income, ethnicity, and hobbies.
2. Behaviors—When considering the consumers' behavior an advertiser needs to
examine the consumers' awareness of the business and its competition, the type of
vendors and services the consumer currently uses, and the types of appeals that
are likely to convince the consumer to give the advertiser's product or service a
chance.
3. Needs and Desires—here an advertiser must determine the consumer needs—
both in practical terms and in terms of self-image, etc.—and the kind of
pitch/message that will convince the consumer that the advertiser's services or
products can fulfill those needs.
PRODUCT CONCEPT:
The product concept grows out of the guidelines established in the "positioning
statement." How the product is positioned within the market will dictate the kind of
values the product represents, and thus how the target consumer will receive that product.
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Bovee and William F. Arens stated in Contemporary Advertising, a "bundle of values"
that the consumer needs to be able to identify with. Whether couched in presentations
that emphasize sex, humor, romance, science, masculinity, or femininity, the consumer
must be able to believe in the product's representation.
COMMUNICATION MEDIA:
The communication media is the means by which the advertising message is
transmitted to the consumer. In addition to marketing objectives and budgetary restraints,
the characteristics of the target consumer need to be considered as an advertiser decides
what media to use.
The types of media categories from which advertisers can choose include the following:
Print—primarily newspapers (both weekly and daily) and magazines.
Audio—FM and AM radio.
Video—Promotional videos, infomercials.
World Wide Web.
Direct mail.
Outdoor advertising—Billboards, advertisements on public transportation (cabs,
buses).
After deciding on the medium that is 1) financially in reach, and 2) most likely to
reach the target audience, an advertiser needs to schedule the broadcasting of that
advertising. The media schedule, as defined by Hills, is "the combination of specific
times (for example, by day, week, and month) when advertisements are inserted into
media vehicles and delivered to target audiences."
ADVERTISING MESSAGE:
An advertising message is guided by the "advertising or copy platform," which is a
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combination is best realized after the target consumer has been analyzed, the product
concept has been established, and the media and vehicles have been chosen. At this point,
the advertising message can be directed at a very concrete audience to achieve very
specific goals.
Hiam and Schewe listed three major areas that an advertiser should consider when
endeavoring to develop an effective "advertising platform":
What are the product's unique features?
How do consumers evaluate the product? What is likely to persuade them to
purchase the product?
How do competitors rank in the eyes of the consumer? Are there any weaknesses
in their positions? What are their strengths?
Most business consultants recommend employing an advertising agency to create the
art work and write the copy. However, many small businesses don't have the up-front
capital to hire such an agency, and therefore need to create their own advertising pieces.
When doing this a business owner needs to follow a few important guidelines.
COPY when composing advertising copies it is crucial to remember that the primary
aim is to communicate information about the business and its products and services. The
"selling proposal" can act as a blueprint here, ensuring that the advertising fits the overall
marketing objectives. Many companies utilize a theme or a slogan as the centerpiece of
such efforts, emphasizing major attributes of the business's products or services in the
process. But as Hiam and Schewe caution, while "something must be used to animate the
theme …care must be taken not to lose the underlying message in the pursuit of
memorable advertising."
When writing the copy, direct language (saying exactly what you mean in a
positive, rather than negative manner) has been shown to be the most effective. The
theory here is that the less the audience has to interpret, or unravel the message, the easier
the message will be to read, understand, and act upon. As Jerry Fisher observed
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the kind of advertising messages that don't need to be read to be effective. By that I mean
they are so easy for the brain to interpret as a whole thought that they're 'read' in an eye
blink rather than as linear verbiage. So for an advertiser trying to get attention in a world
awash in advertising images, it makes sense to try this message-in-an-eye-blink route to
the public consciousness—be it for a sales slogan or even a product name."
The copy content needs to be clearly written, following conventional grammatical
guidelines. Of course, effective headings allow the reader to get a sense of the
advertisement's central theme without having to read much of the copy. An advertisement
that has "50% off" in bold black letters is not just easy to read, but it is also easy to
understand.
ART WORK AND LAYOUT:
Small business owners also need to consider the visual rhetoric of the advertisement,
which simply means that the entire advertisement, including blank space, should have
meaning and logic. Most industry experts recommend that advertisers use short
paragraphs, lists, and catchy illustrations and graphics to break up and supplement the
text and make the document both visually inviting and easy to understand. Remember, an
advertisement has to capture the reader's attention quickly.
ADVERTISING BUDGET:
The advertising budget can be written before or after a business owner has developed the
advertising strategy. When to make a budget decision depends on the importance of
advertising and the resources available to the business. If, for instance, a business knows
that they only have a certain amount of money for advertising then the budget will tend to
dictate what advertising is developed and what the overall marketing objectives will be.
On the other hand, if a business has the resources available, the advertising strategy can
be developed to meet predetermined marketing objectives. For small businesses, it is
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The following approaches are the most common methods of developing an effective
budget. All the methods listed are progressive ones that look to perpetuate growth:
Percentage of future or past sales
Competitive approach
Market share
All available funds
The task or objective approach
The easiest approachand thus the one that is most often usedis the percentage of
future or past sales method. Most industry experts recommend basing spending on
anticipated sales, in order to ensure growth. But for a small business, where survival may
be a bigger concern than growth, basing the advertising budget on past sales is often a
more sensible approach to take.
METHODS OF ADVERTISING:
Small business owners can choose from two opposite philosophies when
preparing their advertising strategy. The first of these, sometimes called the push method,
is a stance wherein an advertiser targets retail establishments in order to establish or
broaden a market presence. The second option, sometimes called the pull method, targets
end-users (consumers), who are expected to ask retailers for the product and thus help
"pull" it through the channel of distribution. Of course, many businesses employ some
hybrid of the two when putting together their advertising strategy.
PUSH METHOD:
The aim of the push method is to convince retailers, salespersons, or dealers to carry and
promote the advertiser's product. This relationship is achieved by offering inducements,
such as providing advertising kits to help the retailer sell the product, offering incentives
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The aim of the pull method is to convince the target consumer to try, purchase, and
ultimately repurchase the product. This process is achieved by directly appealing to the
target consumer with coupons, in-store displays, and sweepstakes
ANALYZINGADVERTISINGRESULTS:
Many small businesses are distressingly lax in taking steps to monitor whether
their advertising efforts are having the desired effect. Instead, they simply throw a
campaign out there and hope for the best, relying on a general sense of company health
when determining whether to continue, terminate, or make adjustments to advertising
campaigns. These small business owners do not seem to recognize that myriad factors
can influence a business's fortunes (regional economic straits, arrival of new competition,
seasonal buying fluctuations, etc.). The small business owner who does not bother to
adequately analyze his or her advertising efforts runs the danger of throwing away a
perfectly good advertising strategy (or retaining a dreadful one) if he or she is unable to
determine whether business upturns or downturns are due to advertising or some other
factor.
The only way to know with any accuracy how your advertising strategy is
working is to ask the consumer, the opinions of who can be gathered in several ways.
Although many of the tracking alternatives are quite specialized, requiring a large budget
or extensive advertising research expertise, even small businesses can take steps to
measure the effectiveness of their advertising strategies. The direct response survey is
one of the most accurate means of measuring the effectiveness of a company's advertising
for the simple reason that it measures actual responses to a business's advertisements.
Other inexpensive options, such as use of redeemable coupons, can also prove helpful in
determining the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.
PROMOTIONAL STRATEGY:
As competition in the telecom arena intensified, service providers took new initiatives to
woo customers. Prominent among these were - celebrity endorsements, loyalty rewards,
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consumer segments in the cellular industry were the youth segment and the business class
segment. The youth segment was the largest and fastest growing segment and was
therefore targeted most heavily by cellular service providers.
Bharti Tele-Ventures adopted celebrity endorsement as its chief promotional
strategy. By 2004 it emerged the unprecedented leader commanding the largest market
share in the cellular service market. Hutch implemented the celebrity endorsement
strategy partially, relying primarily on its creative advertising for the promotion of its
brand. BSNL, on the other hand, attracted the consumer through its low cost schemes.
Being a state owned player, BSNL could cover rural areas, and this helped it increase its
subscriber base. Reliance was another player that cashed on its innovative promotional
strategies, which included celebrity endorsements and attractive talk time schemes. Idea
relied heavily on its creative media advertising sans celebrities.
RAHMAN TUNE CROSSES AIRTEL’S EXCLUSIVITY BARRIER:
Cellular service provider Airtel seems to have hit the right note with its new
commercial starring musician A R Rahman. The commercial which is currently on air has
a beat which also doubles up as a ringtone which is ostensibly available only to Airtel
users. But the interesting part is that the ringtone is being flaunted not just by Airtel
customers but by customers of rival service providers like BPL, Orange and Dolphin as
well!
The ringtone which is also the jingle for Airtel‘s TV commercial, is proving to be
a potent advertising tool for the company. It is not very clear what this means for the
other cellular operators. Cellular users have been ―forwarding‖ the tune to one another,
which according to Mr.Pota, has given Airtel a chance to enter the ―mind of the user‖
irrespective of which service he opts for.
Rivals, though seemingly unfazed by the phenomenon, seem to be doing their
own homework on this brand of advertising. While none of them commented on Airtel‘s
strategy and its impact on their own subscriber base, one advertising professional
working with a rival service provider opines that the tune is ―transient‖ and not likely to
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TENDULKAR & SHAHRUKH:
Both Tendulkar and King Khan already share the frame for soft drinks major
PepsiCo India. Tendulkar is not the first cricketer to endorse Bharti‘sAirtel brand. Indian
captain SauravGanguly had done so when Airtel launched its service in the eastern
metropolis of Kolkata in 2001.
Though company executives were mum on the value of the Tendulkar deal, those
in the advertising fraternity peg the signing rate for the three-year deal anywhere between
Rs 8 crore and Rs 10 crore.
According to company executives, the idea of roping in Tendulkar is in line with
the group‘s strategy to connect to the mass market through celeb endorsers from movies,
cricket and music. ―For mass connect, Shah Rukh and Sachin are the best bet as brand
endorsers,‖Bharti plans to launch a multimedia campaign targeting its service at the mass
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Problem Definition:
Need for the study:
All companies need promotion for their business at some point or another.
Whether its word of mouth or a Television ad more than likely you will find any
number of companies advertising.
The more effective an advertising campaign, the more the customers it draws,
and with greater frequency. Strategies are necessary for any organization in
advertising department of the company as its plays a vital role in today‘s global
competition. It is of great importance for any company to understand their advertising
strategy. To asses that, the study has been undertaken.
Objectives of the study:
 To know the advertising Effectiveness of Airtel Cellular service.
 To find out the awareness level of customers about Airtel promotional activities.
 To understand customers‘ expectations from the organization.
Period of the study:
The study has been under taken during the period of May 12 2011 to July 11
2011.
Approach to the Problem:
My approach to the problem is in the form of a questionnaire. The study is only
restricted to the twin cities (Hyderabad and Secunderabad) and is carried for the period of
2 months with 100 respondents.
Limitations:
 Duration of time is limited for the project work.

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 The results derived may not be appropriate due to less sample size.
SOURCE OF DATA:
Primary Data:
The primary data is collected through a well-structured questionnaire. The
questionnaires are distributed among 100 people and their views are recorded.
Secondary Data:
Secondary data means the information already available. Secondary data is
collected from newspapers, websites and company journals.
Sampling Techniques
QUESTIONNAIRE:
A Questionnaire is carefully completed logical sequence of question directed to
a define objective. It is the outline of what information is required and the framework
on which the data is built upon. Questionnaire is son commonly used in securing
market information that its preparation deserves utmost skill and care.
FORMS OF QUESTIONS:
OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS:
They are descriptive in nature. Respondents are allowed to answer in their own words.
Such questions buying the actual opinion of the respondent regarding a product
CLOSED ENDED QUESTIONS:
They are not descriptive in nature. They will be given certain choices and the respondents
have to choose choice among them. They make analysis easy but sometimes they restrict the
respondents‘ choices.

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DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
1. How do you know about AIRTEL cellular service?
INFERENCE:
34%
55%
11%
Friends
Advertisement
Other source
Airtel Known by Respondents Percentage
Friends 34 34%
Advertisement 55 55%
Other source 11 11%

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Most of the respondents are know about airtel through advertising that is 55%, through
friends34% and 13% of the respondents known through othersources like if cusotmers
buy nokia they give airtel sim at free of cost,relativies.
2. What feature of AIRTEL forced you to use it?
INFERENCE:
29%
10%
46%
20%
Features forced to use airtel
Advertisement
Connectivity
Schemes
Goodwill
Features forced to use airtel Respondents Percentage
Advertisement 29 29%
Connectivity 10 10%
Schemes 46 46%
Goodwill 20 20%

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46% of the respondents are forced to use schemes provided by airtel, 29% are more
attracted by airtel advertisements to use airtel,20% of the people believe that airtel good
will,10% like to use because of connectivity
3. What is your first choice of cellular service when you want to use mobile phone?
First choice of cellular Respondents Percentage
Airtel 40 40%
Vodafone 15 15%
Idea 6 6%
Aircel 2 2%
Reliance 8 8%
Tata indicom 3 3%
Docomo 13 13%
BSNL 10 10%
Uninior 1 1%
MTS 2 2%

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INFERENCE:
Most of the people say that when they wont to use mobile phone their first choice of
cellular service is airtel that is 40%,15% of people choice Vodafone,6% use idea, 2% use
aircel,8% use reliance, 3% use tataindicom,13% use docomo,10% use bsnl,1% use
uninor and 2% like to use mts.
4. Which was your previous telecom service?
40%
15%
6%
2%
8%
3%
13%
10%
1% 2%
FIRST CHOICE OF CELLULAR
Airtel
Vodafone
Idea
Aircel
Reliance
Tata indicom
Docomo
Bsnl
Uninior
Previous telecom service Respondents Percentage
Airtel 20 20%
Vodafone 18 18%
Idea 12 12%
Aircel 4 4%
Reliance 8 8%
Tata indicom 4 4%
Docomo 5 5%
BSNL 25 25%
Uninior 2 2%
MTS 2 2%

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INFERENCE:
Most of the people say that their previous cellular service is BSNL that is 20%,18% of
people previous choice Vodafone,12% use idea, 4% use aircel,8% use reliance, 4% use
tataindicom,5% use docomo,20% use airtel, 2% use uninor and 2% like to use MTS.
5. Which feature of airtel is better than your previous cellular service?
20%
18%
12%4%
8%
4%
5%
25%
2% 2%
previous telecom service
Airtel
Vodafone
Idea
Aircel
Reliance
Tata indicom
Docomo
Bsnl
Uninior
FEATURES Respondents Percentage
Advertisement 37 37%
Connectivity 19 19%
Schemes 44 44%

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INFERENCE:
37% of the people say that advertisements are better than their previous cellular
service,19% says connectivity good in airtel than previous one and 44% of people says
schemes are more in airtel.
6. Airtel users in your phone book.
37%
19%
44%
Advertisement
Connectivity
Schemes
Airtel users In phonebook Respondents Percentage
Less than 30% 36 36%
30%-70% 49 49%
More than 70% 15 15%

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INFERENCE:
People says that in their phone book 36% of less than30% airtel users are there, between
30% to 70% airtel users there in 49% of people phone books and more than 70% of
airtel users there in 15% of people phone books.
7. Type of advertisements you prefer for promoting telecom services?
36%
49%
15%
airtel users in your phone book
Less than 30%
30%-70%
More than 70%
Type of advertisements
prefer to promoting telecom
services
Respondents percentage
Television 49 49%
Radio 5 5%

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INFERENCE:
49% of respondents are like advertisement through television in telecom service,27% of
the people like newspapers adds,11% are like magazines,8% are like wall printings and
5% are like radio.
8. Type of advertisement mostly like by people in airtel is?
49%
5%
27%
11%
8%
prefer of promotion
Television
Radio
News paper
Magazines
Wall printing
News paper 27 27%
Magazines 11 11%
Wall printing 8 8%
Most liked advertisement in
airtel
Respondents percentage
Audio visual 63 63%
Print 19 19%

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INFERENCE:
In airtel people mostly like audio visual advertisements that is 63%, 19% like print
media and 13% are like audio only.
9. Which celebrity of AIRTELdo you like the most?
63%
19%
13%
most you liked in airtel adds
Audio visual
Print
Audio
Audio 13 13%
Most liked Celebrity of airtel Respondents Percentage
SachinTendulkar 37 37%
Sharukh 22 22%
Kareena 12 12%

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INFERENCE:
37% of people mostly like SachinTendulkaradds in airtel, 22% like sharukh, 29% are like
A.R. Rehman and 12% of people like kareena.
10. Will you take benefits of schemes offered by AIRTEL?
37%
22%
12%
29%
celebrity you like
Sachin tendulkar
Sharukh
Kareena
A.R.Rehman
A.R.Rehman 29 29%
Opinion Respondents Percentage
YES 58 58%
NO 11 11%

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INFERENCE:
58% of people are enjoyed schemas offered by airtel,12% of people are not
take benefits offered by airtel and 28%can‘t say about that.
11. What option of AIRTEL do you like from the following?
58%
11%
28%
0
YES
NO
Can’t say
Can‘t say 28 28%
Option Respondents Percentage
NOKIA+AIRTEL 46 46%
AIRTEL MAGIC 21 21%

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INFERENCE:
The combination of nokia and airtel is like most of the people that 46%,airtel magic like
21%,postpaid services like 9% and 22% like airtel broadband.
12. Do you wish to participate in contests offered by airtel?
46%
21%
9%
22%
which one you like
NOKIA+AIRTEL
AIRTEL MAGIC
POSTPAID SERVICES
AIRTEL Broadband
POSTPAID SERVICES 9 9%
AIRTEL Broadband 22 22%
Willingness Respondents Percentage
Yes 39 39%

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INFERENCE:
Most of the people are not to participate in contests offered by airtel that
is 61% and 39 of the people are like to participate in contests offered by airtel.
13. Type of recharge options that you like?
39%
61%
participate in contests
Yes
No
No 61 61%
Recharge Options Respondents Percentage
More talk time 16 16%

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INFERENCE:
Most of the people like to use more talk time and more validity recharge options that
73%,16% they like to use more validity recharge options and 11% like to use more talk
time recharge options.
FINDINGS & LEARNINGS
1. 55% of respondents come to know about airtel through advertisements, followed
by 34% through friends and 11% through other sources, like parents, colleagues
and relatives.
16%
11%
73%
Recharge options that you like
More talk time
More validity
Both
More validity 11 11%
Both 73 73%

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2. 46% of respondents are interested in nokia+airtel, 22% like Airtel broadband
services, 21% preferred airtel magic and 9% preferred postpaid services.
3. 63% of respondents mostly like audio visual in Airtel advertisements followed
19% like print media and 13% like audio.
4. 16% of respondents like more talk time and 11% like more validity.73% of
respondents like both.
5. 46% of the respondents are forced to use schemes provided by airtel, 29% are more
attracted by airtel advertisements to use airtel,20% of the people believe that airtel
good will,10% like to use because of connectivity
6. First choice of cellular service is airtel that is 40%,15% of people choice Vodafone,6%
use idea, 2% use aircel,8% use reliance, 3% use tataindicom,13% use docomo,10% use
bsnl,1% use uninor and 2% like to use mts.
7. 37% of the people say that advertisements are better than their previous cellular
service,19% says connectivity good in airtel than previous one and 44% of
people says schemes are more in airtel.
8. 49% of respondents are like advertisement through television in telecom
service,27% of the people like newspapers adds,11% are like magazines,8% are
like wall printings and 5% are like radio.
9. In airtel people mostly like audio visual advertisements that is 63%, 19% like
print media and 13% are like audio only.
10. Airtel is most concerned about customers, followed by Vodafone, Idea, BSNL,
Reliance, Docomo, Tata Indicom, Uninor, Aircel and MTS.
RECOMONDATIONS:
1. AIRTEL is successful in grabbing the highest market share in India, but there are
still some recommendations from my study point of view is that AIRTEL have
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2. AIRTEL not providing more talk time and more validity recharge options. I
recommend that they have to provide that type of recharge options.
3. People are showing more interest to buy nokia+airtel combination. I suggest that
Airtel have to concentrate on this combination.
4. The company is not concentrating on other types of advertising media.
5. Network should be expanding to rural villages.
6. The company should conduct road shows so as to get awareness in the public
about the product and services.
7. First of all company should provide all its dealers and retailers all sort of
promotion equipment such as glow sign board, banner, pumplates etc. in time so
that they increase their sales which is benefited both retailer as well as company.
8. Number of hoarding should be increased.
9. To increase the consumer as on network, company should make change in its
FRC plan for example the talk value should be divided in two parts. 50% of talk
value should provide at the time of activation and rest T.T. provide after gap of
some days.
10. Company should give extra return and other bonus, gifts to its retailers so they
put their full efforts to increase the Airtel sales.
11. Company should motivate its sales staff so they will pay more concentration in
sales and activation of new connections.
CONCLUSION:
The conclusion of my study is that AIRTEL‘s Advertising has a major impact on its
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mind of the new users of cellular service. AIRTEL has adopted a very good strategy by
providing a new connection with NOKIA who is market leader in mobile set, many new
users buy Nokia sets and they get a free connection of AIRTEL. AIRTEL is successful in
capturing the highest market share by adopting Celebrity Endorsement Strategy. A.R.
Rehmaan‘s tune for AIRTEL worked as free advertising for AIRTEL as another service
user uses it too. Other celebrities like Shahrukh Khan (Bollywood) and Sachin Tendulkar
(Cricket) has also contributed very much in AIRTEL.
Everything in this world is made to utilize properly but it should be reach at the proper
person or to the proper utilized areas. Otherwise the value added to those things became
in vein.
Thus promotion role plays a very important role in achieving the objectives of a
company. Un doubly, value utility is created by the manufacture of product or service but
time and place utilities are created by marketing role.
The various finding and befitting recommendation have been made to increase the market
share of each product (postpaid, prepaid) of Airtel thereby increasing the market share of
Airtel as a whole. Various facts and data have been enclosed for better perusal and
various graphs have been provided for better comprehension.
Sales Promotion techniques yield results that many other marketing communication
elements cannot achieve.
Sales promotion that is used in with the overall long-turn communication strategy of the
brand is said to use strategically. A promotion should not be used for the sole purpose of
altering sales in the short run.
Sales promotion is used as a very strategic tool to introduce a new product. Although
advertising plays a large role towards creating awareness and attitude information, sales
promotion used to make new product launch easier and more effective.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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WEBSITES:
o www.google.co.in
o www.airtel.com
NEWSPAPERS:
o Times of India
o The Hindu
BOOKS:
APPENDIX
QUESTIONNAIRE
S.NO Title of book Author Edition Publishers
1 Marketing Management Dr.S.L.Varshney
Dr.R.L.Guptha
Third Sulthan Chand
and sons
2 Marketing Management Philip Kotler and
Keller
Thirteenth Pearson

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A STUDY ON ADVERTISING STRATEGY OF BHARATI AIRTEL, HYDRABAD
Name of the Respondent: Age:
Occupation: Income/month:
1) How do you know about AIRTEL cellular service?
A) Friends B) Advertisements C) Other Sources…………
2) What feature of AIRTEL forced you to use it?
A) Advertisements B) Connectivity C) Schemes D) Goodwill
3) What is your first choice of cellular service when you want to use mobile phone?
Airtel [ ] Vodafone [ ] Idea [ ] Aircel
[ ]
Reliance [ ] Tata indicom [ ] Docomo [ ] BSNL
[ ]
Uninor [ ] MTS [ ]
4) Which was your previous telecom service?
Airtel [ ] Vodafone [ ] Idea [ ] Aircel
[ ]
Reliance [ ] Tata indicom [ ] Docomo [ ] BSNL
[ ]
Uninor [ ] MTS [ ]
5) Which feature of AIRTEL is better than your previous cellular service?
A) Advertisements B) Connectivity C) Schemes
6) AIRTEL users in your phone book? (in %).
A) Less than 30% B) 30% - 70% C) More than 70%
7) Type of advertisement you prefer for promoting telecom service?
A) Television B) Radio C) News Paper D) Magazines
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8) Type of advertisement mostly like by people in AIRTEL is?
A) Audio Visual B) Print C) Audio
9) Which celebrity of AIRTEL does you like the most?
A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Sharukh C) Kareena D)A. R. Rehman
10) Will you take benefits of schemes offered by AIRTEL?
A) YES B) NO C) CAN‘T SAY
11) What options of AIRTEL do you like from the following?
A) NOKIA + AIRTEL B) AIRTEL MAGIC C) Postpaid services
D) AIRTEL Broadband
12) Do you wish to participate in contests offered by AIRTEL like BID TO WIN?
A) YES B) NO
13) Type of recharge options that you like?
A) More talk time B) More validity C) Both