Case study of Bell Canada

Case Study : 

Case Study Presented by Remi Roy Intro to E-M@rketing December 17, 2004

Company Overview : 

Company Overview Employees : 64,000 people Buildings : 300 buildings Market cap : 26,2 billion Net Earning: 82 million Revenues : 4,781 million Number of local access lines in service: 12,962,000 Total Cellular and PCS wireless subscribers: 4,708,000 Total High-Speed Internet subscribers: 1,766,000 Total Satellite TV subscribers: 1,460,000

Canada’s Leading Communication Company : 

Canada’s Leading Communication Company Provides: Residential and business customers Wireline and wireless telecommunications products, applications and services satellite communications Direct-to-home television services Systems Integration Expertise Electronic commerce solutions Internet access High-speed data services

Company’s Product Brands : 

Company’s Product Brands PCS and cellular Web browsing and data Two-way messaging Paging Airline passenger communications services. ExpressX: provides the highest quality Direct-to-Home (DTH) services, 300 digital channels and a full interactive TV services. Sympatico: is Canada's most popular Internet portal, it provides: an integrated collection of local, national and global Internet content Internet-based products and services for small-office/home office market

Performance and Improvisation : 

Performance and Improvisation Setting standards to the IP Multi-Protocol Label System (MPLS) To implant new system, the company had two objectives: Migrate 100% of it core system to a persuasive national IP Multi-Protocol Label System by the next two years Provide 90% of customers with access to a full of IP services by the next two years

Marketing Strategies : 

Marketing Strategies Deliver integrated Communications to customers Setting the IP Standard in the industry Driving performance through the Innovation, Simplicity, and Productivity

Set New Standards : 

Set New Standards It developed and migrated all traffic onto a new national IP-based network. It aims to set those different standards: Innovation Simplicity and Service Efficiency

Innovation : 

Innovation Provides: Expanding next generation network and value added services New IP-based products Digital video services IP Television New MSM Sympatico portal

The 2 last Standards : 

The 2 last Standards Simplicity and Service: Popular and value added bundled services Speech activated assistance to customers Unified and one stop service channels Faster customer response and enhanced experience Efficiency: Increase productivity Financial discipline

Reports’ Stats : 

Reports’ Stats

Primary Shareholders : 

Primary Shareholders Existing and potential customers Employees Small and medium businesses Members of board of directors such as owners, the chairman, the chief executive officer and V-Ps.

Site Technology and Value Bubble Instances : 

Site Technology and Value Bubble Instances Maintains an online presence with more available products and new services Internet users can see the industry trends and innovations Inform people on new products, and coming up standards As Microsoft does, this corporation informs people on new standard generations and make sure that new products will be successful.

Attracting Technologies : 

Attracting Technologies The web site’s design is attractive, colors, pictures, animations, innovation trends, headlines… The web’site uses content metatags to provide search engine with the information that customer wants to seek After some tests on the search engine, the company has been found in most of the time Using metatags in a page’s HTML to give simplicity and information to Internet users

Engaging Technologies : 

Engaging Technologies Whole set of information: Web site links (stock exchange) Industry trends Subcontracting Wireless Internet access Satellite television promotions Internet users can access and mange the resources and relations with the company Weakness The company does not offer any payment online option

Retaining Technologies : 

Retaining Technologies Sending e-mail information to clients to inform about new products & services Customers use technology easily because company offers an advanced and up-to-date technology that everyone understands It was not possible: to know if company uses cookies on customers’ computer to indicate that the visitor is somehow special

Learning Technologies : 

Learning Technologies Databases from the potential and existing clients and promotions over the web site Customer services section Forum Page Suggestion box The corporation does not use any registration to get an online customer behavior tracking It was not possible to know if the web site uses JavaScript, ASP or JSP

Relating Technologies : 

Relating Technologies Good customer service 24/7 online technical support The company has all technologies to serve customers, build relationship, get databases, and finally, make its products and services attractive. The company is present for different sponsorships, public relations, and donations (for example, it is a proud sponsor of Canadian Olympic teams)

Summary : 

Summary Specific strategies and plans to introduce new standards to up date its web site and technologies It plans to be efficient in productivity and in all products and services offered Problem??? To introduce new standard and technology to much in advance (case study 8 presents this typical problem that companies could encounter).