Journal of Public Administration and Governance ISSN 2161-7104 2014, Vol. 4, No. 2 www.macrothink.org/jpag 114 Examining Customer Switching Behavior in Cellular Industry Sana Malik Research scholar, Department of Management Sciences The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan E-mail: sanamalik717@gmail.com Shanayyara Mahmood Research scholar, Department of Management Sciences The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan E-mail: shanyfazal@gmail.com Muhammad Rizwan Lecturer, Department of Management Sciences The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan E-mail: rizwan.arshad@iub.edu.pk Accepted: June 18, 2014 Doi:10.5296/ jpag.v4i2.5840 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ jpag.v4i2.5840 Abstract Although technology evolves over the year, people take it longer to accept it. The invention of touch screen mobiles or smart phones has now become a need of the hour, simultaneously lowering the demand for keypad mobiles. Our research investigates these switching intentions among people due to the adoption of the new technology. Customer defection is happens when people give up one service provider for another in order to get equipped with the latest gadgets. Survey research method was employed. Questionnaires were distributed among cellular phone users in Bahawalpur. Valid questionnaires (n=170) were filled and returned. Regression analysis was used to analyze the data. PEOU and PU are directly related