Service Orientation Nourishes Call Center Business And they are well connected to other countries, holding minority stakes in France, Italy, Spain and Japan with Switzerland and Austria joining in shortly. With 40.000 km of cables they have the largest privately owned network in Germany and according to chairman Harald Stöber, Arcor is resolved to invest some 4 billion marks into expansions until 2001. The consortium under the leadership of Mannesmann industrial group, consisting of AT & T Unisource, Deutsche Bank and AirTouch, together with German Railways holding 50.2% of the stock is jugded by experts to become the carrier most likely to rival "T", because of the excellent cable infrastructure and the outstanding marketing performance, when entering the German mobile phone market with their D2-net a few years ago. The Hannover based CEBIT trade fair, which boasts of being one of the largest IT- and telecom-show of the world, was an ideal stage for the newcomers to show their muscles and for „T" to assure the public that they have the game still fully under control.
To the almost 130 billion German Marks in 2002 service sales data communication will contribute 20 billion, local calls 15 billion, national long distance calls 33 billion, international calls 10 billion, mobile phone services 28 billion, cable-TV 6 billion and other services more than 18 billion. And they also confirm that Germany is bound to become the largest telecom market in Europe, even though as of today the Danish people are phoning twice as much and the US people four times as the Germans.Ī Datapro survey predicts a market growth from 100 billion German Marks in 1997 to more than 150 billion in 2002, with a split of 80% to 20% between services and equipment in 1997 moving to 85% to 15% in 5 years. The Key Players In The Growing German Telecom MarketĪll the different consultants, coaching the new competitors of "T", feel that customer service together with a price discount of 15 - 20% on the going rates of the former monopolist will be the key factors in winning and keeping new telephone network subscribers and recommend investments in call centers. Ordertaking with a smile keeps customers on board.
And lower rates will enhance the role of the telephone in communication with prospects and customers. Managers and their staff understand that in times of tough competition it is not only important to fulfill one's duties, but even more how you perform the services around the products offered. The second trend is that German companies as well as their customers are getting more service conscious. The former monopolist "T - Deutsche Telekom" itself has resolved to fight back this time, after having lost more than 40% of the mobile phone market within 18 months to D2 Mannesmann only a few years ago.
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Saving phone costs has become a key concern resulting in long term corporate buying strategies as well as a new trend of trying out a new carrier every day, even if you have to remember and dial an additional 4 digits code to get access to the lines of the new "saver's favourites". And they have done so to an extent, unexpected by the experts of the carriers and service providers and keeps them building up service and call center capacities. One is the deregulation of telecommunication services in many European countries, which is a new experience for the German phone user.īound to the services and prices of the monopolist Deutsche Telekom until the beginning of 98, the business and private users are now able to choose between more than 30 larger and smaller local, national or international carriers. There are two main reasons why Germany is experiencing a call center boom.
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