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Ullah et al., J Bus Fin Aff 2017, 6:2
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0234.1000258
*Corresponding author: Touhidul Islam, MPhil, Faculty of Business Studies,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tel: +88029661900; E-mail: touhidpust@gmail.com
Received February 28, 2017; Accepted March 25, 2017; Published April 05, 2017
Citation: Ullah A, Islam T, Rahman M (2017) Consumer’s Satisfaction Level about
Grameen Phone’s (GP) Service in Bangladesh: A Case Study on Perception
Analysis. J Bus Fin Aff 6: 258. doi: 10.4172/2167-0234.1000258
Copyright: © 2017 Ullah A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under
the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted
use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and
source are credited.
communities wherever it operates. It wants to help customers with
their speciic needs in a way that suits way of their life best [1].
Objectives of the study
On the basis of signiicance of the study the researchers are
motivated
(a) To overview the respondent demographics of Grameenphone
users in Bangladesh.
(b) To evaluate the customers’ expectation, reaction and
satisfaction about GP's existing service in Bangladesh.
(c) To provide some recommendations and suggestions to
increase the level of customer satisfaction about GP's existing service in
Bangladesh.
Literature Review
Existing customers switch to other operators in order to get low call
charges, wide and strong network coverage, and other service incentives
[2]. Similarly, a quantitative study on university students in Ghana
found that the basic reason for changing mobile service operators is
cost savings and network reliability, followed by peer group inluence
and social reputation [3]. A study on Malaysian big city dwellers found
that Malaysian telecom customers perceived price or call rate to be the
most important factor, followed by service quality, service availability,
and promotion [4].
Contents of strategic service
In the process of implementing the strategy, the organization
should address some unique considerations to important factors, not
Keywords: Brand image; Customer value; Value added services;
Grameenphone
Introduction
By connecting 56.300 million subscribers, 15.7 million Internet
subscribers and more than 43 thousand shareholders as of July 2016,
giving people access to the internet and digital services, Grameenphone
is enabling people to drive business, improve their lives and contribute
to building a better future for society [1], the largest cellular operator in
the country is GP. GP has nationwide 345,263 point of sales as a result
it can easily serve the customer service to their optimal customers.
Grameenphone ofers innovative services in line with socio-economic
conditions of Bangladesh. In 2006, Grameenphone introduced
Healthline, a 24 h medical call centre manned by licensed physicians,
Mobicash, for electronic purchase of train and lottery tickets and
BillPay, which allows utility bill payments to be made by mobile phone.
“Studyline”, a call centre based service providing education related
information, was launched in October 2009. Grameenphone has
established approximately 500 Community Information Centers which
aim to bring afordable Internet access and other information based
services to people in rural areas of Bangladesh. In 2009, Grameenphone
introduced branded plug and play USB Internet access modems and
branded handsets at a very afordable price. Grameenphone won
the GSMA Global Mobile Award for “Best use of Mobile for Social
and Economic Development” for its Health Line. Grameenphone
also won the GSMA “Green Mobile Award” jointly with Huawei
Technologies for building an environment friendly network in
Bangladesh [1].
he vision of Grameenphone is to provide the power of digital
communication, enabling everyone to improve their lives, build
societies and secure a better future for all. he mission of Grameenphone
is to help existing customers get the full beneit of being connected. Our
success is measured by how passionately they promote us. Everything
which is produced by GP should be easy to understand and use. It
should always remember that its try to make customers’ lives easier.
he work of GP should do perfectly. If it doesn’t, GP put things right.
GP try to delivery, not over-promising. It believes about actions,
not words and tries to creative. We bring energy and imagination to
our work. Everything GP produce should look fresh and modern. It
acknowledges and respect local cultures. GP want to be a part of local
Consumer’s Satisfaction Level about Grameen Phone’s (GP) Service in
Bangladesh: A Case Study on Perception Analysis
Ullah A
1
, Islam T
2
* and Rahman M
3
1
Department of Business Administration, Port City International University, Chittagong, Bangladesh
2
Faculty of Business Studies, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
3
Department of Business Administration, Northern University, Bangladesh
Abstract
Grameenphone (GP) is the leader of Bangladesh telecommunication industry. Grameenphone (GP) not only
provides voice service but also offers a number of value added services, in each on both a prepaid and contract bases.
Service network, 3G, customer care, physical facilities, billing cost, information service, mobile banking, GP offers and
studyline are included in the value added services. Our study discloses the customer's reaction about GPs services.
This study investigates why customers are satisied the GPs existing services and why they are not satisied and their
reaction about GPs services. The study recommends the customers approach and how Grameenphone (GP) retains
its customers as a result gradually converted to the loyal customer with competing others operators in the marketplace.