The UK Mobile Phone Industry – Delivering Value to the Student Segment of the Market (2005)

UK Mobile Phone Industry Dissertation – According to Mintel, network providers are not making enough profit as predicted. This is due to the decline in monthly subscriptions while at the same time, sales of pre-pay is on the increase. The only way they can gain more profit is by increasing their monthly subscription and retain those customers and the existing ones. At the moment there are more pre-pay customers than monthly subscribers.

By targeting students early, these students are prone to stay loyal ounce they leave university and start working and earning a lot more money. Banks use these practices and eventually when students leave university and start working, the first thing they do is pay off their overdrafts and according to Mintel report on Youth Lifestyle these students do not change Banks. Network providers should use the same tactics. The UK mobile phone industry is becoming saturated therefore there are very little room for growth.

There is soon going to be a fierce competition between the network providers to increase their market shares. We need to understand the issues and the reasons for the decline in monthly subscriptions, the best way to do this is to research the market for mobile phones and see what choices are available for consumers. Maybe students are not an attractive segment for the network providers. Pre-pay tariffs are designed for those who do not want to commit to a whole year monthly subscription and students are included in that target group simply because they are considered to be poor and unable to afford the bills.

The research could find out whether or not students are actually only buying pre-pay. If students are not buying prepay and instead opting for monthly subscriptions, perhaps the network service providers should consider targeting students.


  • 15,000 words – 54 pages in length
  • Excellent use of literature
  • Good in depth analysis
  • Includes questionnaire
  • Well written throughout
  • Ideal for marketing students

1: Introduction and Background
Research Problem
Research Objectives
Layout

2: Literature Review
Market Segmentation
Consumer Market Segmentation
Demographic Segmentation
Targeting
Pricing
Promotional pricing
Pricing Methods
Service Marketing
Service category choice model
Service quality (SERVQUAL)
Customer Brand Preferences
Consumer Behaviour
Customer Retention
Advertising

3: Methodology
Secondary Data
Primary Data
Qualitative Research
Quantitative Research
Focus Group/Group Interview
Questionnaire
Sampling
The Pilot Test
The First (1st) Test
The Second (2nd) Test

4: Findings and Analysis
The Focus Group
The Questionnaire
Discussion of the overall survey results
Cross Tabulation analysis of related variables

5: Conclusions and Recommendations
Recommendations for Change
Recommendations for No Change
Recommendations for Further Research

6: References and Bibliography

7: Appendix Section
Focus Group Transcript
The Questionnaire
The Tariffs
Questionnaire Results
Promotional Materials used by the Network Service Providers
Vodafone Promotions
T-Mobile Promotions
O2 Promotions
Orange Promotions
Three (3) Promotions
Mobile Market size and Trends

UK Mobile Phone Industry Dissertation
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