This document analyzes a customer's mobile bill from Vodafone to understand usage patterns and recommend an optimal plan. The summary is:
The analysis found that most calls were to local Vodafone numbers during peak hours. Data usage was highest on weekends. The current plan costs Rs. 848 per month but a recommended Reliance plan offering 500 free SMS and 1GB data for Rs. 321 would save money, along with an optional 2GB data pack for Rs. 235. Demographic analysis estimated the customer is a female aged 25-30 years old, working professional using a 3G smartphone.
2. AGENDA
Introduction
Overview of Analysis
Descriptive Analysis
Current Plan Review
Recommended Plan
Demographic Analysis
3. INTRODUCTION
Study on service quality and its impact on customer satisfaction in the
telecom sector with respect to mobile service provider.
A customized bill is used for analysis with the following details.
Bill Plan - Vodafone-299
Category
Calls
Messages
GPRS (KB)
Frequency
168
236
2.083 GB
Tool Used : MS Excel
Preprocessing :
Formatting of phone numbers in standard format
Segregation of bill into calls, message and GPRS usage.
Separated date/time cell into two different columns.
Problems Encountered:
Number of message sent is not matching with summarized bill.
Actual GPRS usage is mismatched with billed usage.
STD call details are not mentioned.
6. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS
Peak time v/s Off peak time
Peak time: 7am to 7pm, Monday to Friday.
Off-Peak time: 7pm to 7am Monday to Friday. Weekends and evenings are 7pm Friday to
7am Monday, including national public holidays but excluding regional anniversary days.
8. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS CONT
SMS Usage
Total sms sent is 236, out of which maximum
number of messages are sent on airtel service
provider.
SMS is sent to 23 numbers, out of
which 12 numbers are vodafone
service provider
10. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS CONT
Cost of calls and data usage:
Call Details
Min
Vodafone
102
54
73
6
5
236
2.08
Ot her s Mobile
Landline
Toll Fr ee
STD
SMS
Dat a usage
Rates Billing
0.3
0.3
0.3
0
0.5
1
30.6
16.2
21.9
0
2.5
236
The phone is mostly used to call local numbers. No roaming
or international charges occurred.
11. Current Plan Details
Monthly Rental
299
Calls to local mobiles
0.3
Vodafone to vodafone calls
0.3
To other phones
0.3
Roaming incoming call rate
NA
Roaming outgoing call rate
NA
STD to vodafone mobile
0.5
STD to other mobile
0.5
STD to other phones
0.5
National SMS
1.5
International SMS
5
Data Plan
Monthly Rental
499
Free Usage
2GB, 3G data
SMS Pack
100SMS for Rs.50
Total Rental
Rs. 848
12. Recommended Plan
Monthly Rental
Calls to local mobiles
Reliance to reliance
To other phones
Roaming incoming call rate
Roaming outgoing call rate
STD to vodafone mobile
STD to other mobile
STD to other phones
Free SMS-local/std
International SMS
Data Plan
Monthly Rental
Free Usage
Additional Data (optional)
Total Rental
Plus 2gb 3G data
321
0.3
0.3
0.3
NA
NA
0.5
0.5
0.5
500
5
Nil
1GB, 3G data
2GB for Rs.235
Rs. 321
Rs. 556
Note: 3G services in West Bengal is provided only by Vodafone, Aircel and Reliance
13. Demographic Analysis
Points to be noted:
Short call duration
Call mostly during lunch hours & evenings.
Data usage mostly in weekends
Gender : As per studies on How long will she call me conducted by Beijing
university of posts & telecommunications on distribution, social theory &
duration prediction, it was revealed that for short call durations most of the
users are female.(sample size of 2.72 lakh users, 3.92 million call records)
Approximate Age : 25-30 years as the average call duration is 102
seconds(240/168). Study has revealed that average call duration for users
between 25-30 years is 105 seconds. Also the data usage is more on weekdays.
Occupation : Working professional
Kind of Phone : Smartphone/Multimedia(3G enabled)