A Critical Evaluation of the Strategic Choices of Telkom and Whether They Are Appropriate or Not

When a certain point is reached regarding a company’s success, a set of different opportunities arise and partnerships may unfold. However, with every possible strategy available, risks and benefits also come into play; without discarding any of them beforehand, every option is a strong candidate until a final decision is made. In this case study we will analyze the current business strategy pertaining

The future of the telecommunication industry is an exciting future. No longer can these companies depend on telephone service plans to maintain profit. Each company needs to find other avenues, packages and services that can be sold to existing customers while attracting new customers. The companies

I believe that the fundamentals and criteria of my strategic approach were pointing in the right direction. I assumed that the high growth potential market was for

Due to the growing competition and diminishing market share, companies are opting for different strategies to achieve their survival objectives as well as growth. Companies are thus executing grand strategies to provide their businesses with a clear direction for its strategic actions. These strategies, therefore, aim at both short term and long term sustainability and growth, and they include innovation, market development, product development, and concentration.

Discuss the strategic decisions that firms in this sector may be facing. What future strategies can firms pursue to try to secure their competitive advantage and long term survival?

The current strategy of the company is to enter foreign markets and to succeed there. The corporate main strategy is to provide high quality product to its customers.

* For the corporation that has acquired another company, merged with another company, or been acquired by another company, evaluate the strategy that led to the merger or acquisition to determine whether or not this merger or acquisition was a wise choice. Justify your opinion.

Vodafone is one of the most important players on the European telecommunications market. However, this does not mean that the company has an easy job at retaining its customers and at increasing its market share. The most important competitors of Vodafone are represented by Orange and Cosmote. The regulations in the business field determine these companies to provide similar products and services, at similar prices. Therefore, it is important that Vodafone focuses on its communications strategy in order to strengthen its position on the market.

AT&T has much strengths and weaknesses and threats as an organization. This SWOT will serve as a tool for identifying alternative strategies for the organization and help define a growth plan. AT&T is a corporate business, their global headquarters is located in Dallas Texas, and the current chief executive officer (CEO) is Randall L. Stephenson. For more than a century they have consistently provided innovative, reliable high quality products and services and excellent customer care. They are recognized as the leading provider of IP-based communications services and businesses. They’re also the top U.S. provider of wireless, high speed internet access, WIFI, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services.

Strategy formulation has been acknowledged as one of the most crucial factors of ensuring the long-term growth of the business. However, the manner in which strategy is formulated, and most importantly, the nature of the strategy chosen for the company determines its future position in the marketplace (Grant, 2005).

     In today’s telecommunication market there is a lot of competition by industry giants such as Sprint,

The business case presented focuses on insatiable demand amongst a growing population for a service built on dilapidated, poorly maintained infrastructure, against a backdrop of government deregulation in the telecoms sector. As of 1992, there were a mere 78k telephone lines for the 27m people living in 4.7m households (a population set to double over the coming 24 years), with users suffering success rates of just 25%. Demand was forecast to grow to 500k subscribers by 1996. The recent deregulation of the telecoms sector (via the break-up of TPTC into TPC and TTCL) and the formation of a regulator (TCC) had

Vodafone Group acquired Turkish operator Telsim for $4.5bn in December 2005. Vodafone Group identified the Turkish telecommunication market as ideal for investment citing strong growth potential over the long term. However, it quickly became apparent that Vodafone Turkey had not properly anticipated the challenges associated with building a profitable company within this particular market. The acquisition of Telsim brought with it an outdated network infrastructure and a reputation for moderate service quality which did not command respect within the Turkish market. Rival

The company attains the strategic advantage by having that information that other in the industry desires to know as the rivals in the industry always search for the competitive data and this help in getting the competitive advantage by the company. The competitors of the Omantel desire to know the strategies that help the company to provide low rates to the customers and attain the cost leadership in the industry. So, in this way by keeping the strategies secret the Omantel maintain the market leadership position in the industry and is operating successfully in the highly uncertain and dynamic business environment (Maguire & Said,

While everyone especially the younger generation is concerning about why the internet speed is so slow, we are inspired and motivated to explore this matter further. After few weeks of hardworking, we had a much broader understanding on how vital it is to stop the Telekom Malaysia’s monopoly so that our country will only experience a breakthrough in telecommunication industry.