Mobile communication is ubiquitous and it usage cut across all sections of human activities. This service has become a necessity in the daily activities of humans across the globe; from communications within organizations, healthcare, educational institutions, government agencies, the judicially, etc, all these human driven activities rely on mobile communications for prompt information delivery. Ensuring quality service delivery by the mobile network operators (MNOs) in the mobile communication space to meet the demands the loyal users is essential. Poor quality of service in mobile communication such as call setup failures, signals loss, congestion, jitter, call drops are some of the key indicators which usually have severe effect on network quality and the experience of mobile service users. This paper investigated how the quality of mobile communications are affected by Key Performance Indicators (KPI) such as Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Call Drop Rate (CDR), Traffic Channel (TCH) Availability, Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel (SDCCH), and Call Setup Time (CST). These KPIs are mostly affected by severe congestions due to several factors. The paper also evaluates and analyze these factors which causes severe congestions on the mobile call traffic, the paper also sought the views and the user perception on the quality of service delivery and then provide suggestions and recommendations on how the MNOs could improve and upgrade their infrastructure to the modern technological framework, to ensure the users always have the most efficient and quality of service delivery.
Strategic Orientation and Service Quality of Mobile Telephone Network MTN in ...ijtsrd
The document discusses a study that examined the effect of strategic orientation on service quality of Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) in selected states in Nigeria. It provides background on the telecommunications industry and issues with network performance in developing countries like Nigeria. The study investigated how MTN's strategic orientation dimensions of customer orientation, technology orientation, marketing capabilities, and market orientation affected its service quality. Survey data was collected from MTN customers and staff. The results found that all strategic orientation dimensions had a significant positive effect on MTN's service quality as perceived by both customers and staff. The study concluded that adopting strategic orientations can improve customer experience and service quality for telecom companies in Nigeria. It recommends telcos increase commitment to strategic practices and technology
An Analysis of Consumer Preferences for Mobile Voice Calling in Different Con...ijmpict
This paper aims to investigate consumer preferences for voice calling using two methods via mobile phone—
Over-the-top (OTT) voice calling services using the Internet and mobile telephony using cellular networks in
different situations—for both formal and casual occasions. In brief, it explores how users prioritize these
attributes; service quality, price, and Internet connection requirements. A discrete choice experiment was
conducted in Thailand in 2019 with 444 observations. The results reveal that respondents valued service quality
most in both occasions, followed by price, and lastly Internet connection requirements. However, in regards to
situations of formal usage, consumers valued service quality to a significantly higher degree than prices when
compared with casual use situations. Hence, users rely on better quality services over low cost services. It can
be implied that users are more likely to employ mobile telephony, the service quality of which is considered to
be better, than they are to use OTT in casual situations compared to formal occasions. Implications of these
results are also discussed in this paper.
AN ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR MOBILE VOICE CALLING IN DIFFERENT CON...ijmpict
This paper aims to investigate consumer preferences for voice calling using two methods via mobile phone— Over-the-top (OTT) voice calling services using the Internet and mobile telephony using cellular networks in different situations—for both formal and casual occasions. In brief, it explores how users prioritize these attributes; service quality, price, and Internet connection requirements. A discrete choice experiment was conducted in Thailand in 2019 with 444 observations. The results reveal that respondents valued service quality most in both occasions, followed by price, and lastly Internet connection requirements. However, in regards to situations of formal usage, consumers valued service quality to a significantly higher degree than prices when compared with casual use situations. Hence, users rely on better quality services over low cost services. It can be implied that users are more likely to employ mobile telephony, the service quality of which is considered to be better, than they are to use OTT in casual situations compared to formal occasions. Implications of these results are also discussed in this paper.
Problems and prospects of telecommunication sector of bangladesh a critical ...Alexander Decker
This document provides an overview of the telecommunication sector in Bangladesh, including mobile phone services. It discusses the problems, challenges and prospects facing the sector. Specifically, it notes that while the sector plays a vital economic role, recent years have seen decreasing government revenue and subscriber growth rates due to issues like SIM taxes and competition. However, with proper privatization and regulatory steps, the sector could grow and benefit both private operators and government income. It also provides market share details for the major mobile phone operators in Bangladesh as of March 2011.
11.telecommunications reform and effects of competition on availability, qual...Alexander Decker
The document examines the effects of telecommunications reform and competition in Nigeria from 2001-2010. It finds that teledensity increased dramatically from 0.45 to 58.52, implying high telephone penetration. The range of services increased but quality needed more improvement. While connection costs fell 99%, tariffs only decreased 24%. The study concludes that more regulatory measures are needed to enhance competition, improve quality, and further reduce tariffs.
Telecommunications reform and effects of competition on availability, quality...Alexander Decker
The document examines the effects of telecommunications reform and competition in Nigeria from 2001-2010. It finds that teledensity increased dramatically from 0.45 to 58.52, implying high telephone penetration. The range of services increased but quality needed more improvement. While connection costs fell 99%, tariffs only decreased 24%. The study concludes that more regulatory measures are needed to enhance competition, improve quality, and further reduce tariffs.
Mbile subscriber satisfaction in bangladeshTowsif Ahmed
This document summarizes a study on factors influencing customer satisfaction and subscriber growth rates in the mobile telecommunications industry in Bangladesh. The study analyzes secondary data and surveys 188 subscribers to understand satisfaction levels. Key factors examined include network coverage, pricing, promotions, value-added services, and customer service. The mobile market in Bangladesh is very competitive, with over 120 million subscribers among six operators as of 2015. Customer retention is important for operators to maintain growth in this mature industry, so understanding and improving satisfaction levels is a key concern.
The document discusses the telecom industry in India. It provides an overview of key metrics of the industry such as revenue, number of subscribers, market share of major players, and average revenue per user. It also examines the industry structure and distribution channels. Recent trends are mentioned such as the growing importance of rural subscribers, internet, and broadband. Challenges and opportunities for the industry are highlighted. The telecom industry's impact and relationship with other sectors like infrastructure, mobile devices, banking, education and healthcare are briefly covered.
Strategic Orientation and Service Quality of Mobile Telephone Network MTN in ...ijtsrd
The document discusses a study that examined the effect of strategic orientation on service quality of Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) in selected states in Nigeria. It provides background on the telecommunications industry and issues with network performance in developing countries like Nigeria. The study investigated how MTN's strategic orientation dimensions of customer orientation, technology orientation, marketing capabilities, and market orientation affected its service quality. Survey data was collected from MTN customers and staff. The results found that all strategic orientation dimensions had a significant positive effect on MTN's service quality as perceived by both customers and staff. The study concluded that adopting strategic orientations can improve customer experience and service quality for telecom companies in Nigeria. It recommends telcos increase commitment to strategic practices and technology
An Analysis of Consumer Preferences for Mobile Voice Calling in Different Con...ijmpict
This paper aims to investigate consumer preferences for voice calling using two methods via mobile phone—
Over-the-top (OTT) voice calling services using the Internet and mobile telephony using cellular networks in
different situations—for both formal and casual occasions. In brief, it explores how users prioritize these
attributes; service quality, price, and Internet connection requirements. A discrete choice experiment was
conducted in Thailand in 2019 with 444 observations. The results reveal that respondents valued service quality
most in both occasions, followed by price, and lastly Internet connection requirements. However, in regards to
situations of formal usage, consumers valued service quality to a significantly higher degree than prices when
compared with casual use situations. Hence, users rely on better quality services over low cost services. It can
be implied that users are more likely to employ mobile telephony, the service quality of which is considered to
be better, than they are to use OTT in casual situations compared to formal occasions. Implications of these
results are also discussed in this paper.
AN ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER PREFERENCES FOR MOBILE VOICE CALLING IN DIFFERENT CON...ijmpict
This paper aims to investigate consumer preferences for voice calling using two methods via mobile phone— Over-the-top (OTT) voice calling services using the Internet and mobile telephony using cellular networks in different situations—for both formal and casual occasions. In brief, it explores how users prioritize these attributes; service quality, price, and Internet connection requirements. A discrete choice experiment was conducted in Thailand in 2019 with 444 observations. The results reveal that respondents valued service quality most in both occasions, followed by price, and lastly Internet connection requirements. However, in regards to situations of formal usage, consumers valued service quality to a significantly higher degree than prices when compared with casual use situations. Hence, users rely on better quality services over low cost services. It can be implied that users are more likely to employ mobile telephony, the service quality of which is considered to be better, than they are to use OTT in casual situations compared to formal occasions. Implications of these results are also discussed in this paper.
Problems and prospects of telecommunication sector of bangladesh a critical ...Alexander Decker
This document provides an overview of the telecommunication sector in Bangladesh, including mobile phone services. It discusses the problems, challenges and prospects facing the sector. Specifically, it notes that while the sector plays a vital economic role, recent years have seen decreasing government revenue and subscriber growth rates due to issues like SIM taxes and competition. However, with proper privatization and regulatory steps, the sector could grow and benefit both private operators and government income. It also provides market share details for the major mobile phone operators in Bangladesh as of March 2011.
11.telecommunications reform and effects of competition on availability, qual...Alexander Decker
The document examines the effects of telecommunications reform and competition in Nigeria from 2001-2010. It finds that teledensity increased dramatically from 0.45 to 58.52, implying high telephone penetration. The range of services increased but quality needed more improvement. While connection costs fell 99%, tariffs only decreased 24%. The study concludes that more regulatory measures are needed to enhance competition, improve quality, and further reduce tariffs.
Telecommunications reform and effects of competition on availability, quality...Alexander Decker
The document examines the effects of telecommunications reform and competition in Nigeria from 2001-2010. It finds that teledensity increased dramatically from 0.45 to 58.52, implying high telephone penetration. The range of services increased but quality needed more improvement. While connection costs fell 99%, tariffs only decreased 24%. The study concludes that more regulatory measures are needed to enhance competition, improve quality, and further reduce tariffs.
Mbile subscriber satisfaction in bangladeshTowsif Ahmed
This document summarizes a study on factors influencing customer satisfaction and subscriber growth rates in the mobile telecommunications industry in Bangladesh. The study analyzes secondary data and surveys 188 subscribers to understand satisfaction levels. Key factors examined include network coverage, pricing, promotions, value-added services, and customer service. The mobile market in Bangladesh is very competitive, with over 120 million subscribers among six operators as of 2015. Customer retention is important for operators to maintain growth in this mature industry, so understanding and improving satisfaction levels is a key concern.
The document discusses the telecom industry in India. It provides an overview of key metrics of the industry such as revenue, number of subscribers, market share of major players, and average revenue per user. It also examines the industry structure and distribution channels. Recent trends are mentioned such as the growing importance of rural subscribers, internet, and broadband. Challenges and opportunities for the industry are highlighted. The telecom industry's impact and relationship with other sectors like infrastructure, mobile devices, banking, education and healthcare are briefly covered.
1. There are 6 major mobile phone operators in Bangladesh: Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi, Airtel, Citycell, and Teletalk.
2. As of March 2012, Grameenphone had the largest market share at 42.2% followed by Banglalink at 27.5% and Robi at 19.8%.
3. The number of mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh grew rapidly from 45.21 million in February 2009 to 89.47 million by March 2012.
The document discusses issues around spectrum allocation in the Indian telecommunication industry. It provides background on the growth of telecom in India and key issues facing the sector currently, including spectrum allocation and pricing. The objectives are to identify problems in Indian telecom related to spectrum and analyze the performance of the industry. Key findings are that spectrum is a scarce resource and efficient allocation and pricing methods are needed to support continued growth of wireless services in India.
The Effect of Supply Chain Management on the Competitiveness of the Telecommu...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The purpose of this study was to analyse the impact of supply chain management (SCM) on the competitiveness of the telecommunications industry in Zimbabwe. Key objectives of the study were to figure out the extent to which SCM contributes to organisational competitive advantage in the telecommunications industry in Zimbabwe, to determine the level of bargaining power when making local and off shore purchases, the extent of risk exposure due to global transactions and finally, to ascertain the strategies used on supplier ratings. Interviews and questionnaires were used as the main instruments for data collection. Questionnaires were distributed to 50 respondents with 36 responding, representing a 72 percent response rate. Data were analysed using SPSS and the resulted presented in graphs and tables. Interviews were carried out using a structured interview guide for uniformity of questions being asked. Three interviews were carried out with procurement managers from all the organisations represented namely, Econet, TelOne and NetOne. The results showed that SCM is a strong contributor to organisational competitiveness. If organisations in the telecommunications sector prudently apply SCM policies, strategies and practices, the performance in terms of profitability realised and competitive advantage will increase. Recommendations are that quality of products; better supplier management and competitive pricing may be realised if firms can adopt SCM principles and practices.
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Malaysia has made significant progress in basic connectivity, but there is an opportunity to expand access to and use of higher quality broadband.
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Ubiquitous, high quality, affordable broadband will increasingly be a critical foundation of the digital economy. Better connected economies will do better.
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Malaysia’s ambitions for the digital economy will only be realized, and its investments (DFTZ, Industry 4.0 etc.) pay off, if fixed broadband services become more affordable and their quality is improved.
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Malaysia can consider a new strategy, with more ambitious targets, to promote competitive markets, accelerate infrastructure deployments, and attract private capitalto increase broadband network roll out and use.
The document provides background information on Grameenphone Limited, the leading telecommunications provider in Bangladesh. It discusses the origin of Grameenphone as a joint venture between Telenor and Grameen Telecom Corporation. Grameenphone started operations on March 26, 1997 with a village phone program aimed at empowering rural women. It has since expanded significantly, becoming the largest cellular operator in Bangladesh with over 37.7 million subscribers supported by the largest cellular network in the country. The document also outlines Grameenphone's industry firsts and innovations that have helped grow telecommunications access and services in Bangladesh.
Research Report-User Perception and Factors Influencing Adoption of Converged...Fawad Ahmad Khan Niazi
Studies have been conducted worldwide to ascertain the relationship between the adoption of the broadband/Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) services and socio-economic uplift of society as well as the reason of low adoption rate in Pakistan; however, the researchers choose this topic as he did not found Pakistan specific research with the focus on the following critical questions:
What is the perception of internet/broadband users about the available converged services’ utilization and their preferred choices in terms of services, content, technology and service provider; and
What are the key determinants affecting their choice to adopt/continue to use the converged services.
After doing the survey; the results showed that the sample population doesn’t like restrictions like limit on downloading or speed. The speed and data download is increasing so do the possibilities of usage of innovative converged services in Pakistan. Only 13% were found to be using some value added services as converged/bundled TPS services that show that market is still in its nascent stage.
Research also revealed that operator should preferably focus on e-health and e-banking services through commonly used devices such as “TV”& “Laptops/Mobiles” over broadband. In terms of content, international movies/dramas, that mostly would be just dubbing, have 1st ranking, then comes 2nd) Kids education and competition, 3rd) User-Interface/Applications for the elders or persons with disabilities and 4th) location/closed group based interactive services using the same TV/Mobile devices. Moreover, in terms of technology, most of the respondents are either ready to consider (51%) or in some cases adopt (29%) new technologies like 3G (mobile broadband).
The prime focus was on the factors affecting the buying intention and results showed that “customer satisfaction”, “trial-ability of service”, “24 hours customer support”, “quality of Service (QoS)” have greater influence on consumer buying intention than “fair charging of services”, “Extendibility at multiple points in vicinity with security & privacy of information”, “un-interrupted /minimally interdependent bundled services” at “economical initial installation/equipment cost”
The operators/service providers should concentrate on all the given aspects to establish themselves as market leader; however, respondents are demanding more efforts on the part of service providers to provide efficient “24-hour customer service”, ”QoS-Speed, Downloading capacity & throughput and User-Experience” and likely to buy interactive as well as location based services from the companies with recognized brands.
Marketing implications of call drops for the patronage of gsm services in nig...Alexander Decker
This study examined the marketing implications of call drops for GSM services in Nigeria. A survey was conducted with 384 respondents from MTN, GLO, and Airtel networks in Imo and Abia States. The study found that call drops negatively impact customer loyalty, satisfaction, and patronage of GSM services. Factors like network quality, pricing, coverage, and call completion rates were found to influence customer choice of networks. Customers reported feeling dissatisfied when calls repeatedly dropped. The researchers recommended that the government and regulators more closely monitor operators' quality of service and pricing, and that network infrastructure be expanded to reduce call dropping, especially in rural areas.
This document provides a SWOT analysis of the telecom boom in Pakistan. It discusses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved. The strengths include rapid growth from investment by major players, affordable prices, and accessibility compared to landlines. Weaknesses include lack of coverage in remote areas, cost being a barrier to data usage, and network/signal issues. Opportunities include utilizing new technologies, expanding to uncovered areas, and value-added services. Threats include competition from improving landline services, power issues affecting quality, and unpredictable government policies.
This is the presentation for the seventh session of a workshop CTO developed on the Management of Universal Service Access Funds (USAFs), held in Cameroon. It analyses interventions and the formats of existing USAFs and presents the best practices in the processes.
The document provides a summary of key trends in the UK communications sector in 2014-2015 based on Ofcom's research:
- Superfast broadband availability reached 83% of UK premises and 30% of broadband connections were superfast.
- Four in five households had fixed broadband while three in five adults accessed the internet via mobile phones.
- Traditional TV viewing declined 11 minutes on average per person per day between 2013-2014 across all age groups.
- Non-traditional viewing, such as via video on demand services, increased and now accounts for 30% of audio-visual content viewing.
paper_Measuring the Efficiency and Productivity Change of APEC Mobile Telecom...Nicky Chao
The document analyzes the efficiency and productivity change of 28 mobile telecommunications operators in APEC countries from 2003 to 2008. It finds that productivity increased by 5.5% over this period, primarily due to improvements in technical efficiency rather than innovation. Specifically, it used data envelopment analysis and Malmquist index approaches to measure efficiency based on operating revenue, subscribers, employees, assets, and capital expenditures. The most efficient operators were KDDI, Telkomsel, and Smart Communication, while others like Verizon Wireless and AT&T had technical efficiency below 0.6 on average.
This document summarizes a study comparing customer satisfaction and loyalty between public and private mobile telecommunication providers in India. The study surveyed 360 customers from public and private providers to understand differences in customer perceptions. The findings showed some differences in customer satisfaction and loyalty between the public and private providers. However, the study was limited and many other factors beyond what was studied could also influence customer loyalty. Further research is needed to identify additional drivers of customer loyalty in the mobile telecommunication industry.
This document provides an overview of communication service use and attitudes among ethnic minority groups in Great Britain based on survey data. Key findings include:
1) Ethnic minority groups differ demographically from the general population in ways that impact media usage, such as being younger and having larger households.
2) Television ownership and viewing is widespread but lower for some groups. BBC channels and ITV have smaller audiences among ethnic minorities.
3) Internet and mobile phone adoption is high but fixed-line telephone and radio listening is lower among some ethnic minority groups.
Adam Mtaho & Fredrick Ishengoma - Factors Affecting QoS in Tanzania Cellular ...Fredrick Ishengoma
Quality of service (QoS) in cellular communication system is a topic that recently has raised much interest for many researchers. This paper presents the findings obtained from the study on factors affecting QoS in Tanzania cellular networks. The study was carried out in Dodoma Municipal, Tanzania. The study employed cross-sectional research design. Information was gathered from structured questionnaire of 240 subscribers during the study of quality of service for the four leading cellular networks in Tanzania (Vodacom, Airtel, Tigo and Zantel). Both qualitative and quantitative data from field survey were collected and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS-version 11) and Excel software. The study findings show that the major factors that degrade QoS in Tanzania cellular networks are inadequate network infrastructure, lack of fairness from service providers and little efforts taken by the government in enforcing the national agreed standards. Other factors are lack of reliable end-to-end systems, geographical terrain, low quality handsets, poor government monitoring on standards and lack of subscriber’s skills and training.
Future Broadband Trend and Myanmar LandscapeDao Phuong Nam
- Myanmar has very low broadband penetration rates, weak internet connectivity, limited domestic connectivity, and very expensive internet prices compared to other ASEAN countries.
- The top broadband providers in Myanmar are RedLink with 38% market share, MPT with 27% market share, and YT with 24% market share. RedLink provides WiMAX, WiFi, and FTTx services covering 3 major cities.
- A new Telecommunications Law was passed in 2013 to liberalize the telecom market and encourage more investment and competition among internet service providers in Myanmar.
Measuring the complexity of the Internet: indexes and indicatorsAFRINIC
Measuring internet development in order to achieve better connectivity and resulting socio-economic development goals is a challenge and a necessity to ascertain progress made in terms of ICT sector development and socio-economic growth. Many intergovernmental, governments, non-profit and private organisations have sought to tackle the challenge through setting targets, defining indicators, and applying research methods to measure progress. Nevertheless, ambitious goals and targets relate mostly to the achievement or improvement of physical connectivity to ICT, while as more and more people get connected to the internet, the attainment of users' digital rights including capabilities and liberties will need to be measured as well and will need to be included in policy objectives on ICT development.
The study aimed to identify the most effective medium for disseminating information about Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation in Sierra Leone. A survey was conducted using questionnaires with traders, public workers, industrialists, and others. The findings showed that 32.2% of stakeholders identified radio as the most effective medium, followed by television. Radio was seen as most effective because it has widespread reach, allows use of local languages, and messages can be repeated frequently. The study concluded radio was the most effective way to disseminate information about GST to traders and the general public in Sierra Leone.
The industrialization and information age has made the telecommunication industry expanded into diversified
functionality to support the growth of technological advancement for better services demanded by any
particular nation. In India, telecommunication industry is now considered to be prominent due to its contribution as a tool of
technological support for the national development in line with the national aspirations. These progresses are not a dream
that encapsulates with unreal events and nightmares, but they are the vision that will bring the nation to stand on his or her
feet as tall as the other nations around the world. There is no doubt that telecommunication sector will be expanded farther
and further after the government of Indian has agreed to focus more attention on the Industry. In conclusion, Indian has not
make a mistake when they invest more money in the telecommunication industry that will definitely uplift the nation into a
new culture of civilization in the world and such measures are contributing to another culture of excellent.
The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of information and communication technology on
service delivery in the Telecommunications industry. A descriptive survey research method was used as it helped
the researcher to determine how the use of ICTs can improve service delivery at MTC, Namibia.
Findings showed that variables of information and communication technology have positive effect on service
delivery. Therefore, the study concluded that training collectively with changes in corporate policies and support,
can result in better service delivery. It was recommended that employees have to acquire skills on how to use computers and communication software in order to offer efficient services
Business Models for the Next Generation of Mobile Communications ijmnct
The Next Generation of mobile network 5G, which will be based on a high-speed wireless broadband
connection, could bring important changes to the way individuals and businesses employ
telecommunications services and solve the issues related to the explosive growth in demand for mobile
traffic, and the profitability decreasing of the mobile Broadband market. Therefore, the OMNs (Operator
Mobile Networks) should plan for deploying 5G mobile network beyond 2020, which is the expected year
for launching 5G. A business analysis study and mathematic modelling approach was considered. Also, a
new pricing model is proposed to be consistent with the growth of mobile broadband. The results show that
5G is very beneficial, not only because of its lower cost compared with 4G LTE, but also due to the
increment of average data consumptions offered by 5G mobile technologies and the increasing growth of
number of users. We also found that good analysis of Price Elasticity of Volume (PED) gives an important
margin of benefit. We confirm that the reuse of existing sites have a large impact on reducing costs when a
denser macro network deployed. However, we encountered a lack of the limited capacity related to the
macro sites and coverage limited with small cell solutions like femtocells, picocells deployed with 5G
millimeter Wave system and Wi-Fi.
1. There are 6 major mobile phone operators in Bangladesh: Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi, Airtel, Citycell, and Teletalk.
2. As of March 2012, Grameenphone had the largest market share at 42.2% followed by Banglalink at 27.5% and Robi at 19.8%.
3. The number of mobile phone subscribers in Bangladesh grew rapidly from 45.21 million in February 2009 to 89.47 million by March 2012.
The document discusses issues around spectrum allocation in the Indian telecommunication industry. It provides background on the growth of telecom in India and key issues facing the sector currently, including spectrum allocation and pricing. The objectives are to identify problems in Indian telecom related to spectrum and analyze the performance of the industry. Key findings are that spectrum is a scarce resource and efficient allocation and pricing methods are needed to support continued growth of wireless services in India.
The Effect of Supply Chain Management on the Competitiveness of the Telecommu...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The purpose of this study was to analyse the impact of supply chain management (SCM) on the competitiveness of the telecommunications industry in Zimbabwe. Key objectives of the study were to figure out the extent to which SCM contributes to organisational competitive advantage in the telecommunications industry in Zimbabwe, to determine the level of bargaining power when making local and off shore purchases, the extent of risk exposure due to global transactions and finally, to ascertain the strategies used on supplier ratings. Interviews and questionnaires were used as the main instruments for data collection. Questionnaires were distributed to 50 respondents with 36 responding, representing a 72 percent response rate. Data were analysed using SPSS and the resulted presented in graphs and tables. Interviews were carried out using a structured interview guide for uniformity of questions being asked. Three interviews were carried out with procurement managers from all the organisations represented namely, Econet, TelOne and NetOne. The results showed that SCM is a strong contributor to organisational competitiveness. If organisations in the telecommunications sector prudently apply SCM policies, strategies and practices, the performance in terms of profitability realised and competitive advantage will increase. Recommendations are that quality of products; better supplier management and competitive pricing may be realised if firms can adopt SCM principles and practices.
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Malaysia has made significant progress in basic connectivity, but there is an opportunity to expand access to and use of higher quality broadband.
•
Ubiquitous, high quality, affordable broadband will increasingly be a critical foundation of the digital economy. Better connected economies will do better.
•
Malaysia’s ambitions for the digital economy will only be realized, and its investments (DFTZ, Industry 4.0 etc.) pay off, if fixed broadband services become more affordable and their quality is improved.
•
Malaysia can consider a new strategy, with more ambitious targets, to promote competitive markets, accelerate infrastructure deployments, and attract private capitalto increase broadband network roll out and use.
The document provides background information on Grameenphone Limited, the leading telecommunications provider in Bangladesh. It discusses the origin of Grameenphone as a joint venture between Telenor and Grameen Telecom Corporation. Grameenphone started operations on March 26, 1997 with a village phone program aimed at empowering rural women. It has since expanded significantly, becoming the largest cellular operator in Bangladesh with over 37.7 million subscribers supported by the largest cellular network in the country. The document also outlines Grameenphone's industry firsts and innovations that have helped grow telecommunications access and services in Bangladesh.
Research Report-User Perception and Factors Influencing Adoption of Converged...Fawad Ahmad Khan Niazi
Studies have been conducted worldwide to ascertain the relationship between the adoption of the broadband/Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) services and socio-economic uplift of society as well as the reason of low adoption rate in Pakistan; however, the researchers choose this topic as he did not found Pakistan specific research with the focus on the following critical questions:
What is the perception of internet/broadband users about the available converged services’ utilization and their preferred choices in terms of services, content, technology and service provider; and
What are the key determinants affecting their choice to adopt/continue to use the converged services.
After doing the survey; the results showed that the sample population doesn’t like restrictions like limit on downloading or speed. The speed and data download is increasing so do the possibilities of usage of innovative converged services in Pakistan. Only 13% were found to be using some value added services as converged/bundled TPS services that show that market is still in its nascent stage.
Research also revealed that operator should preferably focus on e-health and e-banking services through commonly used devices such as “TV”& “Laptops/Mobiles” over broadband. In terms of content, international movies/dramas, that mostly would be just dubbing, have 1st ranking, then comes 2nd) Kids education and competition, 3rd) User-Interface/Applications for the elders or persons with disabilities and 4th) location/closed group based interactive services using the same TV/Mobile devices. Moreover, in terms of technology, most of the respondents are either ready to consider (51%) or in some cases adopt (29%) new technologies like 3G (mobile broadband).
The prime focus was on the factors affecting the buying intention and results showed that “customer satisfaction”, “trial-ability of service”, “24 hours customer support”, “quality of Service (QoS)” have greater influence on consumer buying intention than “fair charging of services”, “Extendibility at multiple points in vicinity with security & privacy of information”, “un-interrupted /minimally interdependent bundled services” at “economical initial installation/equipment cost”
The operators/service providers should concentrate on all the given aspects to establish themselves as market leader; however, respondents are demanding more efforts on the part of service providers to provide efficient “24-hour customer service”, ”QoS-Speed, Downloading capacity & throughput and User-Experience” and likely to buy interactive as well as location based services from the companies with recognized brands.
Marketing implications of call drops for the patronage of gsm services in nig...Alexander Decker
This study examined the marketing implications of call drops for GSM services in Nigeria. A survey was conducted with 384 respondents from MTN, GLO, and Airtel networks in Imo and Abia States. The study found that call drops negatively impact customer loyalty, satisfaction, and patronage of GSM services. Factors like network quality, pricing, coverage, and call completion rates were found to influence customer choice of networks. Customers reported feeling dissatisfied when calls repeatedly dropped. The researchers recommended that the government and regulators more closely monitor operators' quality of service and pricing, and that network infrastructure be expanded to reduce call dropping, especially in rural areas.
This document provides a SWOT analysis of the telecom boom in Pakistan. It discusses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved. The strengths include rapid growth from investment by major players, affordable prices, and accessibility compared to landlines. Weaknesses include lack of coverage in remote areas, cost being a barrier to data usage, and network/signal issues. Opportunities include utilizing new technologies, expanding to uncovered areas, and value-added services. Threats include competition from improving landline services, power issues affecting quality, and unpredictable government policies.
This is the presentation for the seventh session of a workshop CTO developed on the Management of Universal Service Access Funds (USAFs), held in Cameroon. It analyses interventions and the formats of existing USAFs and presents the best practices in the processes.
The document provides a summary of key trends in the UK communications sector in 2014-2015 based on Ofcom's research:
- Superfast broadband availability reached 83% of UK premises and 30% of broadband connections were superfast.
- Four in five households had fixed broadband while three in five adults accessed the internet via mobile phones.
- Traditional TV viewing declined 11 minutes on average per person per day between 2013-2014 across all age groups.
- Non-traditional viewing, such as via video on demand services, increased and now accounts for 30% of audio-visual content viewing.
paper_Measuring the Efficiency and Productivity Change of APEC Mobile Telecom...Nicky Chao
The document analyzes the efficiency and productivity change of 28 mobile telecommunications operators in APEC countries from 2003 to 2008. It finds that productivity increased by 5.5% over this period, primarily due to improvements in technical efficiency rather than innovation. Specifically, it used data envelopment analysis and Malmquist index approaches to measure efficiency based on operating revenue, subscribers, employees, assets, and capital expenditures. The most efficient operators were KDDI, Telkomsel, and Smart Communication, while others like Verizon Wireless and AT&T had technical efficiency below 0.6 on average.
This document summarizes a study comparing customer satisfaction and loyalty between public and private mobile telecommunication providers in India. The study surveyed 360 customers from public and private providers to understand differences in customer perceptions. The findings showed some differences in customer satisfaction and loyalty between the public and private providers. However, the study was limited and many other factors beyond what was studied could also influence customer loyalty. Further research is needed to identify additional drivers of customer loyalty in the mobile telecommunication industry.
This document provides an overview of communication service use and attitudes among ethnic minority groups in Great Britain based on survey data. Key findings include:
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The Next Generation of mobile network 5G, which will be based on a high-speed wireless broadband connection, could bring important changes to the way individuals and businesses employ telecommunications services and solve the issues related to the explosive growth in demand for mobile
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number of users. We also found that good analysis of Price Elasticity of Volume (PED) gives an important margin of benefit. We confirm that the reuse of existing sites have a large impact on reducing costs when a
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resource can be provided to absorb rejected or diverted traffic so that revenue will not be lost during congestion
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understand user traffic demand pattern on network resources for proper prediction of network congestion so
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three basic elements of GSM network to characterize end-to-end connection; use busy hour traffic data to
adequately dimension GSM network elements so that the network can cope with load B. Therefore, effective
congestion control mechanism that can take these research gaps into consideration for proper forecasting and
efficient dimension of the network resources to address busy hour congestion must be developed. This paper is a
preliminary report on development of such accurate congestion prediction model through an ongoing research
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Evaluation and Analysis of Key Performance Indicators Which Affect QoS of Mobile Call Traffic
1. Owusu Nyarko-Boateng & Adebayo Felix Adekoya
International Journal of Computer Networks (IJCN), Volume (9) : Issue (1) : 2019 14
Evaluation and Analysis of Key Performance Indicators Which
Affect QoS of Mobile Call Traffic
Owusu Nyarko-Boateng (Ph. D Candidate) owusu.nyarko-boateng@uenr.edu.gh
School of Science/Dept. of Computer Science & Informatics
University of Energy and Natural Resources
Sunyani, Ghana
Adebayo Felix Adekoya (Ph. D) adebayo.adekoya@uenr.edu.gh
School of Science/Dept. of Computer Science & Informatics
University of Energy and Natural Resources
Sunyani, Ghana
Abstract
Mobile communication is ubiquitous and its usage cut across all sections of human activities. This
service has become a necessity in the daily activities of humans across the globe; from
communications within organizations, health care educational institutions, government agencies,
the judiciary, etc, all these human driven activities rely on mobile communications for prompt
information delivery. Ensuring quality service delivery by the mobile network operators (MNOs) in
the mobile communication space to meet the demands of the loyal users is essential. Poor quality
of service in mobile communications such as call setup failures, signals loss, congestion, jitters
call drops are some of the key indicators which usually measure network quality and the
experience of mobile service users. This paper investigated how the quality of mobile
communications are affected by Key Performance Indicators (KPI) such as Call Setup Success
Rate (CSSR), Call Drop Rate (CDR), Traffic Channel (TCH) Availability, Stand-alone Dedicated
Control Channel (SDCCH), and Call Setup Time (CST). These KPIs are mostly affected by
severe congestions due to several factors. The paper also evaluates and analyze these factors
which causes severe congestions on the mobile call traffic, the paper also sought the views of
users and their perception on the quality of service delivery. The paper then provided suggestions
and recommendations on how the MNOs could improve and upgrade their infrastructure and
ensure the users always have the most efficient and quality of service delivery.
Keywords: Quality of Service, Key Performance Indicators, Call Setup Success Rate, Call Setup
Time, Call Drop Rate, Traffic Channel.
1. INTRODUCTION
In telecommunication services, it is strongly expected that industry players such as the MNOs,
provide quality services to its subscribers while the regulating agencies set the framework for
standards and monitoring compliance. In most cases the MNOs are not able to meet these
targets of ensuring subscribers are given efficient and quality voice, data and other value added
services such as mobile banking services, cloud storage service, contents service delivery, etc.
These inefficiencies tend to affect subscriber’s quality experience with the MNO services.
Provision of quality call traffic requires that the MNOs meet certain industrial parameters, which
are robust and efficient transmission system, Base Transceiver Station (BTS), switching and
billing infrastructure. There are several factors that contribute to inefficient delivery of QoS by the
MNOs (Kar & Sanyal, 2017). These include but not limited to packet loss, error bit
rate, throughput, transmission delay, availability, jitters, limited facility vis-à-vis the large number
of subscribers which mostly result in high-level congestion. This paper evaluates the possible
areas in services of which the KPIs affect the quality of service provided by the MNOs. The paper
further performed comparative analysis of the impact of congestions and other indicators on call
2. Owusu Nyarko-Boateng & Adebayo Felix Adekoya
International Journal of Computer Networks (IJCN), Volume (9) : Issue (1) : 2019 15
traffic which affect subscribers’ quality of experience (Shinkuma, Tanaka, Yamada, Takahashi &
Onishi, 2018).
Kar & Sanyal (2017) established that quality of service is an important KPI used in determining
the efficiency of MNOs in terms of services rendered. In telecommunication system, accessibility,
retainabilty and connection (voice) quality are three major factors used in evaluating the KPIs of
an operator. Consumers in the industry expect maximum satisfaction from any services paid for.
The maximum satisfaction factor has now become a difficult task to achieve especially in the
telecommunication industry; some major evidence which can be attributed to this are the
mismatch of hardware component, expansion in customer base and infrastructural expansion.
1.1 Mobile Service Subscription
At the end of September 2018, the total number of mobile voice subscriptions in Ghana was
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figure 1. MTN’s voice subscriptions for the period was 19,073,969 representing a percentage
increase of 1.83% from June 2018’s figure of 18,730,632. MTN’s market share for the month
under review was 47.58%. Vodafone’s mobile voice subscriptions increased from 9,342,496 as at
the end of June 2018 to 9,534,186 as at the end of September 2018. This represents a
percentage increase of 2.05%. Vodafone’s market share for September 2018 was 23.78%.
Tigo’s voice subscriptions increased from 5,158,375 as at the end of June 2018 to 5,337,668 as
at the end of July 2018 indicating a percentage increase of 3.48%. Their market share for the
month under review was 13.31% as compared to 13.10% in September 2018.
Airtel’s voice subscriptions decreased from 5,392,707 as at the end of June 2018 to 5,390,704 as
at the end of September 2018, a percentage decrease of -0.04%. Their total market share for the
month under review was 13.45%. Voice subscriptions of Glo increased from 743,026 as at the
end of June 2018 to 752,477 at the end of July 2018. With a percentage increase of 1.27%, their
total market share for the month under review was 1.88% as compared to 1.89% in September
2018.
FIGURE 1: Market share of the mobile network operators (NCA, 2018).
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2. RELATED WORK
Popoola, Megbowon, Adeloye (2009) in their research on the GSM networks, selected four (4)
MNOs as their primary sources of data. These MNOs were Celtel, MTN, Glo and M-Tel. They
conducted the research on three KPIs which were Call Drop Rate (CDR), Call Setup Success
Rate (CSSR) and Call Completion Success Rate (CCSR). Pavan, Anuradha, Vivek, Naresh
(2010), also did a work which was an improvement over what Popoola et al (2009) did. Their work
additionally discussed SDCCH KPI as a factor which affected QoS. According to Pavan et al
(2010), call initialization goes through three thematic processes, which also suffered inefficiencies
(Nasralla, Khan & Martini, 2018).
Popoola, Atayero, Faruk & Badejo, (2018) collected data from four telecom companies and used
it for QoS analysis. These comprehensive data were obtained from the Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC). In their work, Popoola et al, 2018, conducted ANOVA test on the data
obtained. Significant differences in each of the KPIs for the four quarters of each year were
presented and the values of the KPIs were plotted against the months of the year for better
visualization and understanding of data trends across the four quarters of the year 2017. Multiple
comparisons of the mean-quarterly differences of the KPIs were also presented using Tukey's
Post Hoc test. The authors also gave a useful information that will assist the network providers,
Nigerian government, local and international regulatory bodies, policy makers, and other
stakeholders in ensuring telecommunication companies provide high quality service (Nasralla et
al., 2018).
Osahenvemwen & Ikheba, (2015) and Soudani, Divoux &Tourki (2012) conducted a study which
aimed at evaluating the QoS of the MNOs. The authors investigations were based on quality of
service and relative parameters such as the traffic load, successful calls, attempted calls, traffic
congestion and causes of drop calls in mobile communication network which were part of the four
thematic process underlined by Naranlla et al., (2018) and Popoola et al., (2018) and were
analyzed as established by (Kim, Kim & Park, 2018). They undertook comprehensive analysis of
data obtained from an Operational and Maintenance Centre (OMC) over a one-year period. It was
observed that the number of attempted calls increased, the number of blocked calls also
increased in proportional rate (Zhou, Liu, Wang, Deng & Oh, 2016). Osahenvemwen & Ikheba,
(2015) concluded their study by providing a clear Analysis on why the key performance indicators
lead to the poor QoS.
3. QOS OF MOBILE CALL TRAFFIC
Mobile Call traffic (MCT) is the process of regulating the incoming and outgoing volumes in voice
communications, particularly in wireless mobile networks and in VoIP (voice over Internet
Protocol, also known as Internet telephony). MCT can also be used to maintain certain level of
audio quality in voice communications networks, or certain level of performance in Internet nodes
and servers where VoIP traffic exists (Kim et al, 2018).
MCT works by regulating the total utilized bandwidth, the total number of calls, or the total
number of packets or data bits passing a specific point per unit time. If a defined limit is reached
or exceeded, a new call may be prohibited from entering the network until at least one current call
terminates (Nasralla et al., 2018). Alternatively, a graceful degradation methodology can be
implemented. This means that the audio quality of individual calls can deteriorate to a certain
extent before new calls are denied entry (Zhou et al., 2016). Another method involves the
regulation of calls according to defined characteristics such as priority descriptors. Another
method prevents new calls from entering the network only if the resources of the Base
Transceiver Station (BTS) are not overburdened by several call initialization (Shinkuma et al.,
2018).
In order to have quality of service in the end-to-end MCT management, hardware capacity
constraints and transmission imbalance of uplink and downlink paths are properly controlled with
an enhanced matching software upgrade and balanced system configurations. According to Kim
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et al (2018), QoS helps to control the delay, jitter and packet loss experienced by individual
resources of the network (jitter refers to the variability in delay). Since MCT is a limited resource,
it is important to ensure that all network components that are most sensitive to delay, congestion,
jitter and packet loss are given priority over less sensitive traffic in MCT management.
In order to ensure quality service delivery in MCT, delayed voice packets must be re-transmitted
as soon as possible when the network is congested. Network congestion is the reduced quality of
service that occurs when a network node or link is carrying more data than it can handle. Typical
effects include queuing delay, packet loss or the blocking of new connections. The consequence
of congestion is the decrease in network throughput. QoS guarantees a steady and continuous
stream of voice packets from the source (speaker) to the destination (listener) involved in the
conversation, resulting in a high-quality phone call (Kar & Sanyal, 2017).
3.1 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
In Ghana, the regulatory body that measures the performance of the key indicators of mobile call
quality is National Communication Authority. NCA is mandated by the laws of the nation to
sanction any MNO whose performance within a specific measuring period falls below the required
threshold. Table 1 shows the five (5) KPIs that NCA deploys in judging the performance of the
MNOs. The given thresholds are to be met by all MNOs at all time. In situation where MNO fail to
meet the threshold for a particular KPI, it means there were some form of congestions which
affected the performance of those KPIs. For instance, if there was CCR rate of less than 70%, it
means call retention rate did not measure up to 70% for that period.
TABLE 1: KPIs Used To Determine QoS in Ghana.
KPI SDCCH
CONGES
TION
RATE (%)
TCH
CONGESTION
RATE (%)
CALL
DROP
RATE
(%)
CALL
SETUP
TIME
(sec)
CALL
COMPLETION
RATE (%)
Threshold ≤ 1% ≤ 1% ≤ 3% ˂10 sec KPI ≥70%
3.2 KPIs Which Affect QoS of Mobile Call Traffic
According to NCA (2018), QoS of voice calls are performed in series of 2 attempts within 10
seconds for a delay of 10 seconds between the defined series. A successful call initialization is to
last for a maximum of 60 seconds and must be completed in a window of 90 seconds. The
minimum time required for a call set up and before the end of a call window is 30 seconds. The
maximum call set up time is 30 seconds.
Popoola et al, (2018) and Idigo, Azubogu, Ohaneme & Akpado, (2012), established that in order
to enable regulators and operators to measure call handling of MCT for benchmarking and
compliance, certain KPIs must be met. This paper defines six (6) significant KPIs in accessing
QoS of mobile call traffic (NCA, 2018).
3.2.1 Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel (SDCCH) Congestion Rate
SDCCH Congestion Rate should be equal or less than one per cent (1%). SDCCH Congestion is
defined as the probability of failure of accessing a stand-alone dedicated control channel during
call set up. For analysis and calculations,
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3.2.2 Call Setup Time (CST)
CST should be less than ten seconds (<10sec) in 95% of cases. Call Setup Time is the difference
of the time when the mobile station (MS) sends a channel request message to the time when the
MS receives the alerting message from the mobile switching controller (MSC).
Where, t alerting signal is the moment when an alerting signal is sent to the called terminal and
t address sending is the moment the user presses send on the calling terminal
3.2.3 Call Congestion Rate (CCR)
Traffic Channel Congestion should be equal or less than one per cent (1%). Call Congestion Rate
is the probability of failure of accessing a traffic channel during call setup;
3.2.4 Call Drop Rate (CDR)
Call drop rate should be equal or less than three per cent (3%). Voice Call Drop Rate is the
probability of a call terminating without any of the users’ will;
3.2.5 SDCCH Call Drop Rate (SCDR)
The SDCCH call drop rate is one of the accessibilities KPIs and it indicates the probability of call
drops when the MS occupies the SDCCH. This KPI reflects the seizure condition of signaling
channels. If the value of this KPI is high, user experience is adversely affected.
3.2.6 Traffic Channel (TCH)
TCH is the probability of failure of accessing traffic channel(s) or radio access bearers during call
connections
4. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The data used for the evaluation and analysis in this paper were categorized into two, which were
the primary data and the secondary data. The primary data was obtained from MNOs by using
monitoring software called U2000. The data collected from MNOs were SDCCH, CSSR and TCH
availability values. The values of the other KPIs such as CDR and CST were not easily
assessable at the time the evaluation and analysis was conducted. Another primary data was
obtained from NCA.
This data was the result of a drive test the agency conducted in September 2018. The secondary
data was obtained by the assessment of quality of experience of subscribers through the use of
questionnaires. These data were evaluated and then comparative analyses of the various KPIs
which affect the quality of service of the MNOs were done.
4.1 Target Population and Sampling Technique of the Secondary Data
The target population was the total number of subscribers of the five MNOs in Ghana which stood
at 40,089,004 for period under consideration. The regional capitals of the five major regions out of
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the total sixteen regions in Ghana were selected for the subscriber’s QoE measurement. The
regional capitals are Accra in the Greater Accra region, Kumasi in the Ashanti region, Koforidua
in the Eastern region, Takoradi in the Western region and Tamale in the Northern. For the sake of
anonymity, the MNOs have been labelled as MNO1, MNO2, MNO3, MNO4 and MNO5.
In order to reach all the sample size for the study, a convenience sampling technique was used
because participants (Subscribers) were selected based on availability and willingness to take
part.
The sample size was calculated through Slovin`s formula (Osunsan et al, 2015) by using a
confidence level of 95%.
n = 40,089,004 / (1+ (40,089,004) (0.05)2
n= 40,089,004/ 100223.51
n= 400
In the formula N is the total population, e is the error of tolerance and n is the sample size. The
total population consists of 40,089,004 which represent the total number of subscribers for the
five MNOs.
4.2 Data Collection Instrument and Procedure
To ensure the study meet its objectives, relevant questionnaires were given to the respondents
(subscribers) and a well-defined pre-test was conducted with five senior managers of the selected
MNOs. The results obtained from the pre-test helped reshaped the questionnaire to suit the
expected purpose of the study. Data for the study composed of both primary and secondary data
sources. The primary data source includes drive test results conducted by NCA (NCA, 2018). The
secondary data includes the opinion of the subscribers’ representation of questionnaires
administered online to respondents using google forms.
The questionnaire had a cover letter seeking the consent of respondent and also stating the
voluntary nature of the survey, and a statement of secrecy of the respondent’s data. Using the
Likert scale approach, the questionnaire was divided into three sections. Section A was on
Personal Information; Section B call success rate; Section C focused on service satisfaction. The
questionnaires were basically focused on subscriber’s experience on their MNOs in September
2018. At the end of the survey which last for a period of 10 days, only 157 subscribers who were
at the five selected cities in September, responded appropriately instead of 400 targeted sample
size.
4.3 Drive Test Result
Quality call benefit evaluation depends on Mean Opinion Score (MOS). MOS is measurement of
quality of service used to evaluate the subscribers’ view of quality call, testing the quality of call
traffic and estimating call degradation. The standard for estimating MOS is an International
Telecommunications Union (ITU) approved standard. The MOS is communicated as a single
number in the range 1 to 5, where 1 is most minimal evaluated quality, and 5 is the most
evaluated quality. According to the permitted conditions of ITU, MNOs are required to meet an
MOS score of at least 3.5 for over 95% of calls.
Table 2 shows the percentage of calls within the permit range and the compliance status of the
MNOs measured in five towns in five regions of Ghana. Per the license score and the ITU
standard, all the MNOs were able to meet the targeted standards in most of cities where the
evaluation was conducted. This situation indicates that some KPIs of the MNOs were met and
there were failures in most instances which resulted in the abysmal performance of the
compliance status failure. For instance, in table 2, MNO3 obtained a test result of 10.20sec for
CST in Accra but the ITU standard was <10sec.
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TABLE 2: Drive Test Report.
KPIs SDCCH
CONGES
TION
RATE (%)
TCH
CONGESTIO
N RATE (%)
CALL
DROP
RATE
(%)
CALL
SETU
P
TIME
(SEC)
CALL
COMPLETIO
N RATE (%)
City THRESHOL
D
≤1% ≤1% ≤3% <10se
c
>70%
Accra MNO1 0.00 0.03 0.00 11.40 96.77
Accra MNO2 0.00 0.26 0.00 9.20 96.12
Accra MNO3 0.00 0.35 0.00 10.20 83.48
Accra MNO4 0.00 0.14 0.00 9.51 98.02
Accra MNO5 0.03 0.11 0.00 7.40 95.80
Koforidua MNO1 0.00 0.06 0.03 7.90 95.80
Koforidua MNO2 0.00 0.00 0.00 6.17 98.00
Koforidua MNO3 0.00 0.06 0.00 9.70 37.20
Koforidua MNO4 0.00 0.06 0.00 7.40 98.30
Koforidua MNO5 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.67 96.09
Takoradi MNO1 0.04 0.02 0.00 8.60 96.72
Takoradi MNO2 0.08 0.02 0.00 8.73 93.25
Takoradi MNO3 0.00 0.00 0.00 10.92 22.43
Takoradi MNO4 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.90 99.28
Takoradi MNO5 0.04 0.00 0.00 8.40 97.93
Tamale MNO1 0.00 0.00 0.00 7.60 99.28
Tamale MNO2 0.00 0.27 0.00 7.90 91.45
Tamale MNO3 0.00 0.53 0.00 7.71 72.48
Tamale MNO4 0.00 0.63 0.00 8.20 98.19
Tamale MNO5 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.30 98.04
Kumasi MNO1 0.00 0.02 0.00 9.30 91.41
Kumasi MNO2 0.00 0.03 0.00 7.90 96.42
Kumasi MNO3 0.00 0.22 0.00 8.08 65.20
Kumasi MNO4 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.10 96.40
Kumasi MNO5 0.00 0.00 0.00 9.10 98.06
5. SURVEY RESULTS AND ANALYSIS
The survey ended with only 157 users responding as indicated in table 3; out of these
respondents’ 32 were below the ages of 20 which represent 20.4%. The age range between 20
and 30 years represented 72 respondents’, which is 45.9%. According to the survey, the age
group between 0-30 years which were the youthful age represented 66.3%.
This results strongly confirms the notion that the use of mobile devices are prevalent among the
youth (Shinkuma et al., 2018). The respondent above 31 years were 53, which represented
33.8%.
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TABLE 3: The Age Range of The Respondent.
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Below 20 32 20.4 20.4 20.4
20-30 72 45.9 45.9 66.2
31-40 21 13.4 13.4 79.6
Above 40 19 12.1 12.1 91.7
5 13 8.3 8.3 100.0
Total 157 100.0 100.0
When asked what their mobile network operator was, 57 respondents’ representing 36.3% said
they were MNO5 subscribers as shown in table 4. MNO4 subscribers were 29.9% of the
respondents. MNO2 and MNO1 subscribers among the respondents were 31.2%. MNO3 had its
subscriber base at 2.5%. This figure confirms the market share data provided by NCA that MNO5
is the largest telecommunication company in Ghana and MNO3 is the least patronized service in
Ghana because the company do not have nationwide coverage and even had few subscribers at
the location where the drive test and the survey was conducted.
TABLE 4: What is Your Mobile Network Operator (MNO)?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid MNO5 57 36.3 36.3 36.3
MNO4 47 29.9 29.9 66.2
MNO2 21 13.4 13.4 79.6
MNO3 4 2.5 2.5 82.2
MNO1 28 17.8 17.8 100.0
Total 157 100.0 100.0
When respondents were asked how often they experienced congestions, when calls were
initialized, 5.7% said they have never experienced any form of call congestion. This question was
posed in order for the authors to know if users mostly make several attempts to get their calls
through. 45.9% respondents experience congestions very often while 26.1% said they always
experience call congestion. This results strongly suggest that more than half of the respondents
sometimes, very often or always experience congestion; the frustration subscribers may have
gone through as a result of congestions was enormous. As indicated in table 5, 8.9% said they
rarely experience congestion.
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TABLE 5: How often did you experience any form of congestion when you initialized calls?
Frequency Percent Valid Percent Cumulative Percent
Valid Never 9 5.7 5.7 5.7
Rarely 14 8.9 8.9 14.6
Sometimes 21 13.4 13.4 28.0
Very Often 72 45.9 45.9 73.9
Always 41 26.1 26.1 100.0
Total 157 100.0 100.0
Table 6 shows the mean opinion score for each of the nineteen questions posed to the
respondents. The respondents were given a close-ended five (5) Likert scale degree options to
choose. The Likert scale options were 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 with 1 being the lowest and 5 was the highest.
MOS of 3 indicate a neutrality of the respondent and the MOS below 3 indicate the respondents’
perception on the MNO services is bad. MOS above 3 indicate a good service from the MNO.
The MOS of the entire survey was 2.84; this value represents the perception index of the
respondent based on the quality of service provided by the MNOs. On the Likert scale,
1=Strongly Dissatisfied, 2=Dissatisfied, 3=Neutral, 4=Satisfied and 5=Strongly Satisfied. The
MOS value 2.84 indicate that even though the respondents were dissatisfied with the poor quality
of service from the MNOs, their perception scale moved closer to the neutrality point.
TABLE 6: Mean Opinion Score (MOS) of Respondents.
Focused study area which determines excellent KPIs
N
Minimu
m Maximum
Mean
(MO
S)
Std.
Deviatio
n
Q1. What is your age 157 1 5 2.42 1.183
Q2. What is your mobile network operator (MNO)? 157 1 5 2.32 1.341
Q3. Where were you in September 2018? 157 1 5 2.49 1.357
Call Congestion Rate
Q4. How often did you experience any form of congestion
when you initialized calls?
157 1 5 3.78 1.107
Q5. How severe was the congestion if there was any? 157 1 5 3.34 1.047
Q6. How many call attempts did you make before your call
went through?
157 1 5 2.30 1.222
Call Drop Rate (CDR)
Q7. Did you experience any form of call drop in September? 157 1 5 3.15 1.139
Q8. How often did your call drop? 157 1 5 3.45 1.106
Q9. How often did you experience call drop when you
initialized the call or during active communication?
157 1 5 3.24 1.087
Q10. How often did you have a good network signal on your
phone?
157 1 5 2.71 1.312
Call Setup Time (CST)
Q11. How long did it take your initialized calls to go through
successfully?
157 1 5 3.17 .966
Q12. How often did you experience regular long CST over
the period?
157 1 5 2.70 1.268
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Q13. How often did you at any point in time had a weak
signal on your phone when you initiated calls?
157 1 5 3.19 1.326
Call Completion Rate (CCR)
Q14. How often did you ever complete talking on phone over
the period?
157 1 5 2.59 1.405
Q15. How often did you experience any call breaks or
intermittent silence from the recipient end?
157 1 5 3.61 1.054
Quality of Experience (QoE)
Q16. How satisfied were you, considering the quality of
service rendered by your MNO?
157 1 5 2.07 1.297
Q17. In your view, do you think the services provided by your
MNO met your expectations?
157 1 5 3.00 1.064
Q18. I will recommend the services of my MNO to others 157 1 5 2.37 1.355
Q19. How will you rate your MNO based on your QoE 157 1 5 2.03 1.242
Valid N (listwise)
157
2.84
Table 7 shows the measurement of the strength of the association between the three variables
thus, Q4, Q5 and Q6. The t-test was used to establish the correlation coefficient which was
significantly close to zero (0). There was an evidence of an association between the three
variables. Pearson correlation of normal and hypervent = -0.521. P-Value = 0.000. The strength
of association between the variables was very high (r = -0.521). The correlation coefficient was
very highly and significant as P< 0.01, hence P-Value =.000
TABLE 7: Pearson Correlations between Q4, Q5 and Q6.
How often did
you experience
any form of
congestion
when you
initialized
calls?
How severe
was the
congestion if
there was any?
How many call
attempts did
you make
before your call
went through?
How often did you
experience any form of
congestion when you
initialized calls?
Pearson Correlation 1 -.521** -.367**
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .000
N 157 157 157
How severe was the
congestion if there was
any?
Pearson Correlation -.521** 1 .381**
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .000
N 157 157 157
How many call attempts
did you make before your
call went through?
Pearson Correlation -.367** .381** 1
Sig. (2-tailed) .000 .000
N 157 157 157
**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).
5.1 ANOVA Test
An ANOVA test is an analytical approach to find out whether a survey or experiment results
is significant. The significance level determines either to accept or reject a hypothesis. This paper
analyzed the significance of the responses of the respondents using a one-way ANOVA. Table 8
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shows the significance level of 0.970, of the responses. The significance level indicates an
acceptability of the test. The result of the ANOVA test strongly concludes that most respondents
were not satisfied with the kind of services rendered by the MNOs.
TABLE 8: How satisfied were you, considering the quality of service rendered by your MNO?
Sum of
Squares df Mean Square F Sig.
Between Groups .110 2 .055 .030 .970
Within Groups 280.324 154 1.820
Total 280.433 156
Figure 2 shows the scatter analysis of three variables representing the measurement of QoE of
the respondents. The location of the respondent during the period of research and the MNO of
the respondents largely depends on the expected quality of service from the subscribers. The
diagram indicates the expectations of the respondents against their chosen MNO and their
location.
FIGURE 2: Scatter Statistical Analysis.
In table 9, the Pearson’s chi-square test conducted indicate that the p-value was .000 with the
resulted 95% confidence level. The degree of freedom was 4. The chi-square test concludes that
the variables are not independent of each other and that there is a statistical relationship between
the categorical variables Q1 and Q2 which defines the respondent’s perception about the QoS of
the MNOs.
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TABLE 9: Pearson’s Chi-Square test of Q2, Q3 and Q16.
What is your mobile
network operator
(MNO)?
Where were you in
September 2018?
How satisfied were you,
considering the quality of
service rendered by your
MNO?
Chi-Square 42.140a 23.350a 44.497a
df 4 4 4
Asymp. Sig. .000 .000 .000
a. 0 cells (.0%) have expected frequencies less than 5. The minimum expected cell
frequency is 31.4.
5.2 MNOs Data
To achieve an in-depth analysis, several data were collated from other sources for that purpose.
The MNOs were contacted to release the graphical representation of the mobile call traffic flow
for the period the drive test was conducted. This data was crucial in this study because a
comparative analysis needed to be done to ensure high throughput value for the inbound and
outbound traffic were obtained by the various MNOs. Only one MNO released its data presented
graphically on Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Traffic Channel congestion (TCH) rate and
Stand-alone Dedicated Control Channel (SDCCH) congestion rate.
SDCCH Call drop rate determines the count of active calls that are dropped within the evaluation
period as indicated in figure 3. Generally, the drop was minimal and on significant occasions the
drop rate increased intermittently within the period. High concentrations of call retention were
observed throughout the evaluation period. In figure 3, CSSR were measured for a period of
eleven (11) days. Six (6) out of these days had high call setup failure rate but generally there was
an extremely high concentration of call success rate which was a direct reflection of call quality
within the period. Congestions and the degradation of many other KPIs were the cause of these
drops within the period.
FIGURE 3: Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR).
TCH is a critical KPI in telecommunications industry. The availability of dynamically configured
traffic channels determines call success rates. Figure 4 shows the TCH traffic penetration for
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each cell. The cell index measured showed how call traffic allocated available channels for quality
communication. The indexes showed high TCH availability except in some few instances that
there was high congestion rate in the traffic channels which accounted for high SDCCH drop and
call setup failure as indicated in figure 5.
FIGURE 4: TCH Congestion Rate.
FIGURE 5: SDCCH Congestion Rate.
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6. DISCUSSION
Table 10 represent the relations matrix of network elements which and KPIs which determines
QoS in the mobile communication space. In comparative analysis many research work as
published by Eghonghon, (2017); Idigo et al., (2012) and Nasralla et al., (2018) have been carried
out to evaluate the quality of service performance of mobile telecommunications network. In order
to achieve the aim of their assessment, Idigo et al., (2012) used three KPIs to match against the
industry best practice. The authors deployed descriptive statistics to analyze the Traffic Channel
Congestion Ratio, Call Drop Ratio and Call Setup Success Ratio on hourly and daily basis and it
was found that the busy hour TCH Congestion Ratio target of below 2%, the busy hour CDR
target of below 2% and the busy hour CSSR target value of above or equal to 98% were obtained
(Idigo, Azubogu, Ohaneme & Akpado, 2012) and (Eghonghon, 2017).
The previous works on the QoS measurement were silent on the user experience and other key
elements such insufficient hardware capacity, software incompatibility, etc. were not given the
required attention. These elements which act as the determinants of the KPIs has been
presented in Table 10 in a matric index to compare the various KPIs against the required network
element factors.
TABLE 10: Network QoS and KPI Comparative Matrix.
Network factor SDCCH
Congestion
TCH Congestion Call
Drop
Call Setup
Rate
Call
Completion
Poor coverage √ √
Congestion √ √
Hardware and
transmission fault
√ √ √
Tx imbalance of UL
and DL Path
√ √
Software
incompatibility
√ √
Insufficient hardware
capacity
√ √ √
Congestion of the various KPI has been a major contributing factor to the quality of service by the
MNOs. TCH and SDCCH congestion rate has been shown to have heavily impacted on the call
drops, call setup time and call complete rate in Ghana. TCH configuration largely depends on the
capacity that MNO’s physical or local infrastructure support. In order to achieve a high TCH
availability MNOs creates huge volumes of logical TCH capacity to accommodate large number
of user within a specified enclave. High TCH availability drastically reduces TCH congestion
which results in improved QoS (Delgado & Santiago, 2013). In table 2, the drive test conducted in
the cities indicated high TCH availability hence the low TCH congestion rate. In a situation where
TCH congestion falls below that threshold of ≤1%, subscribers do not mostly struggle to initialize
a success call if the SDCCH congestion rate is also with the ≤1% threshold. In other to achieve
QoS in mobile call traffics by MNOs, these KPIs need to properly managed, especially the factors
that causes KPIs congestions must be given a top priority to ensure transmission uplink and
downlink packets reaches its destinations appropriately (Sánchez, Toril, Solera, Luna-Ramírez &
Gómez, 2018).
According to Adegoke et al., (2008) and Kumar, Singh & Kharab (2017), the effect of KPIs
congestion have a severe impact on call time setup, call drop, and call completion rate which
results in industry standard compliance failure. In table 2, all the MNOs failed in standard
compliance due to poor KPIs as measured in figure 3, figure 4 and figure 5. Traffic congestion in
mobile networks occurs for various reasons depending on switching facilities, TRX equipment
and Transmission infrastructure. Kim et al, (2018) and Adegoke et al, (2008) further stated that
traffic congestion mainly occurs due to inadequate capacity of equipment and improper mobile
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traffic management. Causes of congestion may be categorized as congestion due to faulty
equipment, congestion due to improper configuration of network and congestion due to
generation of high traffic. In our evaluation of the performance of the MNOs, it was observed that
the cell had high congestion rates, mostly recorded high level of temperature.
7. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Achieving high QoS requires huge investment into MNOs communication infrastructures.
Transmission systems, BTS, Switches and other network critical systems such as software and
configuration mismatch which have great tendency to affect KPIs must be addressed. Critical
KPIs could be targeted to reduce congestion which occurs as a result of high temperature in
hardware device, errors on transmission path, high transmission frequencies and transmission
power. In our measurement, evaluation and analysis, we have provided recommendations for real
world implementation which will significantly reduce delays, congestion and errors in order to
improve KPIs such as CSSR, SDCCH, TCH, minimal call setup time, call retention. Improvement
in these KPIs obviously impact positively on the QoS.
It is strongly recommended that, MNOs ensures these are fully implemented: Hardware
infrastructure must be given critical attention concerning it durability, usability configuration.
Faulty hardware and malfunction devices in the communication infrastructure must be quickly
identified and swiftly replaced. Mostly MNOs finds it extremely difficult to replace such devices
whose fault tolerance threshold has elapse, but still keep them in use. This adversely affect the
performance of the device; this situation results in poor measurement of KPIs of the cell as
indicated in figures 5.
The transmission infrastructures are design to operate in well ventilated environment because the
hardware generate huge amount of heat. If hardware devices operating in an enclosed
environment are not well ventilated, the performance of the device is hugely affected due to
increase in temperature. In the evaluation process of most the cell sites visited, it was observed
that most hardware device were not having enough ventilation due to dirt in the ventilation holes.
Devices must be well ventilated and properly cleaned. Operational software versions must be
upgraded and updated on regular basis in accordance with manufacturing and ITU standards.
Configurations of these devices must be done by professionals in order to avoid poor parameter
settings, interference (both inter-network and intra-network) and configuration mismatch. MONs
must increase channel capacity to improve QoS. Implementation of these recommendations shall
improve the QoS of MNOs in Ghana, may restore subscriber confidence in the services the
MNOs provide.
8. FUTURE WORKS
The telecommunication industry has serious issues when it comes to quality service delivery. The
issues as identified in this research work really have severe impact on the users. This
phenomenon defines user perception of the QoS in the telecommunication industry. In the future,
researchers can further look into the medium of transmission which mostly result in poor quality of
service. Even though hardware challenges largely account for the poor QoS, further research into
the mode of transmission and the study of data transmission rate will ensure proper
understanding of the mobile traffic communications space.
9. ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We fully acknowledge the data we used which was a published result from a drive NCA
conducted in some region in Ghana in the second quarter of 2018. We are also grateful for all the
MNOs in Ghana for the data they made available to us during our KPIs measurement and
evaluation.
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