Analysis of factors affecting customer satisfaction with the quality of FiberVNN fiber optic internet service of Can Tho Telecom - 2


Telecommunication services include:

- Telephone (landline and mobile)

- Internet service

- Telecommunication channel leasing service

- Facsimile Service

- Data Transmission Service

- Telex, Telegraph services...

- Value-added services (also known as additional services): are services that increase the value of information for service users by improving the type and content of information or providing the ability to store and restore that information based on the use of telecommunications networks or the Internet.

b. Characteristics of telecommunication services

Telecommunications is a service industry, so telecommunications products and services also have common characteristics of other commodity products, however, telecommunications services also have differences, specifically as follows:

First characteristic: telecommunications products are unique.

The product of the telecommunications industry is different from the product of the industrial manufacturing industry, it is not a new commodity, but the final useful result of the process of transmitting information through the form of services.

Telecommunications services do not exist in physical form, so it is difficult for customers to assess what they are buying before buying. Manufacturing companies cannot display, test or package telecommunications services. Therefore, telecommunications companies need to overcome these limitations to create competitive advantages through retail stores, through logos, company symbols to replace goods. Because of the intangible nature of products and services, the quality of products and services is assessed and measured mainly through perceived quality.

Second characteristic : the consumption process and the production process of telecommunication services have a close and inseparable relationship.

In the telecommunications industry, the final result of production cannot be stored in warehouses, cannot be stockpiled, and the product cannot be returned to the remanufacturing cycle.

Third characteristic: the difference of labor objects in telecommunication service production compared to other industrial production sectors

In industrial production, the object of labor is subject to material changes (physical, chemical, etc.), while in telecommunications and information service production, the object of labor is only subject to displacement in space.

Fourth characteristic: the process of transmitting information always carries two-way signals between the sender and the receiver of information.

c. FiberVNN Service

* Define

FiberVNN or otherwise known as FTTH, is a broadband telecommunications service that accesses the internet via fiber optic cables connected to the customer's home. FTTH is an abbreviation of the term Fiber To The Home, meaning the provider comes to the customer's home.

* Features of FiberVNN service

- By deploying fiber optic cables to customers' homes, network speeds will increase many times over.

- Fiber optic network is brought to the subscriber's address, helping customers use multiple services on high-quality telecommunications networks, including entertainment television services.

2.1.5 Customer satisfaction with service quality

a. Theoretical basis of customer satisfaction

Customer satisfaction is their state when they feel about the quality of service compared to their expectations. Customer expectations can be divided into three levels: ideal, expected and conformance (the minimum level that customers can accept), and two regions: the acceptance region between the two levels of expectation and conformance, the predicted region is from conformance to ideal.

The customer's state of satisfaction or dissatisfaction will depend on the gap between the perceived quality and the expected quality of the service, with the levels of service quality that customers perceive compared to their expectations, customers will have different states from being pleased when the quality reaches the ideal level to being angry when the quality falls far below the appropriate level. Consumer satisfaction with a service is the feeling towards a service business based on each contact or transaction with that company.

Service quality and satisfaction are two different concepts but are closely related in service research. Previous studies have shown that service quality is the cause of satisfaction.

The reason is that quality is related to the provision of service, while satisfaction can only be assessed after using the service. If the quality is improved but not based on the needs of the customer, the customer will never be satisfied with the service. Therefore, when using the service, if the customer feels the service is of high quality, he will be satisfied with that service. On the contrary, if the customer feels the service is of low quality, dissatisfaction will arise.

Satisfaction has been defined and measured in many different ways over time. But earlier studies defined satisfaction as a phase of a specific product transaction. More recently, studies have defined satisfaction as a consumer's overall experience accumulated over time, like attitudes. In this study, satisfaction is defined as a consumer's overall evaluation of how satisfied he or she is with a product.

Satisfaction and perceived quality are highly correlated. If quality is an evaluation of attribute performance and satisfaction reflects the impact of performance on a person's sensory state, then quality can be used to predict satisfaction or purchase behavior.

Satisfaction is a person's feeling of pleasure or disappointment resulting from comparing a product's perceived performance with expectations.

Customer satisfaction is defined as the result of a cognitive and emotional evaluation in which some standard is compared with perceived performance. If the perception of a service performance falls below expectations, the customer is dissatisfied. On the other hand, if the perception exceeds expectations, the customer is satisfied. Satisfaction judgments are related to all experiences with a firm's product, sales process, and after-sales service. Satisfaction is a function of expectations, perceptions, and the gap between perceptions and expectations.

Expectation

Perceived value

Satisfaction

Perceived quality

Source: Claus Fornell et al. (1996)

Figure 2.2 Satisfaction model

b. The relationship between satisfaction and service quality

The diagram below illustrates the assessment of service quality and customer satisfaction.


Situation Factors

Service Quality

Product Quality

Customer Satisfaction

Price

Personal Factors


Source: Zeihaml and Bitner (1996)

Figure 2.3: Model for evaluating service quality and customer satisfaction


Customer satisfaction and service quality are two distinct but closely related concepts. Service quality is an objective, cognitive, and evaluative concept, while satisfaction is a combination of subjective, sensory, and emotional components.

The relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction is still divided, satisfaction is an antecedent of service quality or vice versa. Satisfaction leads to service quality, considering service quality as a long-term general evaluation, while satisfaction is a transaction-specific evaluation. Service quality is an antecedent of customer satisfaction and customer satisfaction has a significant influence on purchase intention.

Service quality and satisfaction are two different concepts but are closely related in service research. Previous studies have shown that service quality is the cause of satisfaction.

The reason is that quality is related to the provision of service, while satisfaction can only be assessed after using the service. If the quality is improved but not based on the needs of the customer, the customer will never be satisfied with the service. Therefore, when using the service, if the customer feels the service is of high quality, he will be satisfied with that service. On the contrary, if the customer feels the service is of low quality, dissatisfaction will arise.

In fact, in the service sector, the two concepts of “customer satisfaction” and “service quality” have fundamental differences based on the analysis of the causal relationships between them. Customer satisfaction is generally a broader concept than service quality. With this perspective, we can see service quality as a factor affecting customer satisfaction.

In short, customer satisfaction is a broad concept, including factors that affect it such as: service quality, product quality, price, personal factors and situational factors.

2.1.6 Practical basis for ensuring telecommunication service quality

a. In the world

International Telecommunication Union ITU (International Telecommunication Union)

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is an organization of the United Nations, currently has 193 Member States, 700 private sector members (Sector Members), 169 Associate Members and 48 Academia. Vietnam joined ITU on September 24, 1951; the Ministry of Information and Communications is the representative of Vietnam participating in ITU.

ITU's current main activities cover all matters relating to telecommunications. ITU has three main areas of activity:

- ITU - R (Radiocommunication Sector): Relating to radio broadcasting systems and equipment;

- ITU - T (Telecommunication Standardization Sector): Related to the compilation and promulgation of Technical Standards on telecommunications systems, networks and services;

- ITU - D (Development Sector): Related to drafting recommendations, resolutions, guidelines, handbooks, reports...

ITU Recommendations: ITU has issued a series of standards related to network quality and broadband fixed Internet access services below:

- Recommendation ITU-T G. 1010 (2001): “End-user multimedia QoS categories” - Multimedia QoS categories for end users.

(QoS is an abbreviation for the English term "Quality of Service" - Quality of Service: is a term used in the telecommunications field, referring to the techniques used in the following packet/cell switching networks: IP network QoS, ATM network QoS, IP/MPLS network QoS )

This recommendation defines a model for multimedia QoS types from the user's perspective. By considering the user's expectations for multimedia applications, eight QoS types are defined, based on the acceptable range of delay and loss.

These QoS categories form the basis for defining practical QoS classes for underlying transport networks and the associated QoS control mechanisms. The purpose of this recommendation is to provide guidance on the key factors that influence QoS from a customer perspective.

In ITU-T G.1010, quality parameter criteria are given for each type of audio, video and data service.

Table 2.1 below gives the basic quality parameters and target values ​​for data applications. The target parameters given for each type of Internet service are very specific.

- Recommendation Y.1540 (2007): “Internet protocol data communication service – IP packet transfer and availablity performance parameters” : Internet protocol data communication service – IP packet transfer and availablity performance parameters.

(IP is an abbreviation for the English word: Internet Protocol - Internet protocol; IP is an address of a computer when participating in the network to help computers transfer information to each other accurately, avoiding loss. Each IP address is unique within the same network level).

This recommendation defines parameters that may be used in defining and evaluating the performance of IP packet delivery for IP data communications services in terms of speed, accuracy, dependability, and availability. The Y.1540 performance parameters are intended to be used in the planning and provisioning of international IP services.

- Recommendation ITU-T Y. 1541 (2011):“ Network performance objiectives for IP-based services”.


Table 2.1: Quality objectives for data applications


Environment

Application

Degree of symmetry

Typical data amount

image

Basic quality parameters and target values





One way delay

Lag Variance

Throughput loss

believe

Data

Web Browsing

– HTML

Primarily

one way

~10 KB

Desire <2s/page

Accept < 4s/page

NA

0

Data

Data transmission/retrieval

large ruler

Mainly one-way

10 KB-10 MB

Desire < 15 s Accept < 60 s

NA

0

Data

High priority transaction services eg trade

electronic. ATM

Two-way

< 10KB

Desire < 2 s Accept < 4 s

NA

0

Data

Command line/control

control

Two-way

~ 1 KB

< 250 ms

NA

0

Data

Static image

One way

< 100KB

Desired < 15 s

Accept < 60 s

NA

0

Data

Interactive games

Two-way

< 1 KB

< 200 ms

NA

0

Data

Telnet

Two-way (asymmetric)

worthy

< 1 KB

< 200 ms

NA

0


Data

E-mail (access)

enter server)

Primarily

one way

< 10 KB

Desire < 2 s

Accept < 4 s

NA

0

Data

E-mail (server-to-server transmission)

server)

Mainly one-way

< 10 KB

Maybe a few minutes

NA

0

Data

Fax ("real-

time")

Primarily

one way

~ 10 KB

< 30 s/page

NA

< 10-6

BER

Data

Fax (store &

forward

Primarily

one way

~ 10 KB

Maybe a few

minute

NA

< 10-6

BER

Data

Transactions

low priority

Primarily

one way

< 10 KB

< 30 s

NA

0

Data

Usenet

Mainly one-way

1 MB or more

than

Maybe a few minutes

NA

0

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Analysis of factors affecting customer satisfaction with the quality of FiberVNN fiber optic internet service of Can Tho Telecom - 2

This recommendation defines internationally agreed IP quality values ​​for each parameter defined in ITU-T recommendation Y.1540. Some of these values ​​depend on the network QoS class that

end-users and network providers have agreed upon. This Recommendation defines six different network QoS classes. This Recommendation applies to international end–to–end IP network links. The network QoS classes defined here are intended to form the basis for agreements between network service providers and end-users, and between service providers. These classes should continue to be used where the underlying agreement provides a way to accommodate the dynamic requirements that QoS protocols support.

In summary, the Recommendations are developed and issued by ITU-T on a consensus basis and are not mandatory standards. Although they are not mandatory, ITU-T Recommendations are often followed by countries because they are the technical basis for ensuring the compatibility of systems and networks and allowing the provision of telecommunications services globally. These recommendations are studied and referred to by member countries when developing their own telecommunications standards.

b. In Vietnam

Due to the importance of Internet access services in general and broadband fixed Internet access services in particular, Vietnamese authorities are very concerned about the issue of service quality management. In recent times, the Ministry of Information and Communications (formerly the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications) has issued a series of regulations and standards related to the quality of broadband fixed Internet access services.

* Legal basis

The telecommunications sector in our country is currently governed and regulated by:

- Law on Technical Standards and Regulations issued on June 29, 2006

- The Law on Telecommunications was promulgated on November 23, 2009.

- Law on Radio Frequency issued on November 23, 2009

- Decree No. 127/2007/ND-CP dated August 1, 2007 of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Technical Standards and Regulations.

On that basis, the Ministry of Information and Communications issued Circular No. 11/2011/TT-BTTTT, dated May 26, 2011 on Promulgating National Standards on Telecommunications; accompanied by the following 03 National Technical Standards on Telecommunications Service Quality:

(1) National technical regulation on ADSL Internet access service quality. Symbol: QCVN 34: 2011/BTTTT

(2) National technical regulation on the quality of telephone services on fixed terrestrial telecommunications networks. Symbol: QCVN 35: 2011/BTTTT

(3) National technical regulation on the quality of telephone services on terrestrial mobile telecommunications networks. Symbol: QCVN 36: 2011/BTTTT.


* National technical regulation on quality of fixed terrestrial broadband Internet access service

♦ Scope of application

This regulation stipulates the limits of quality indicators for broadband Internet access services, belonging to the group of fixed terrestrial telecommunications services (hereinafter referred to as fixed terrestrial broadband Internet access services), including:

- Fixed terrestrial broadband Internet access service using FTTH/xPON technology (abbreviated as fiber optic Internet access service);

- Fixed terrestrial broadband Internet access service using cable TV modem technology (referred to as cable TV Internet access service);

- Fixed terrestrial broadband Internet access service using xDSL technology (referred to as xDSL Internet access service).

♦ Applicable objects

This regulation applies to State management agencies and enterprises providing fixed-line broadband Internet access services (hereinafter referred to as Service Providers) to manage the quality of fixed-line broadband Internet access services according to the regulations of the State and the Ministry of Information and Communications.

This standard is also the basis for users to monitor the quality of fixed-line broadband Internet access services of enterprises.

♦ Word explanation

- Customers (service users): Vietnamese or foreign individuals and organizations using fixed-line broadband Internet access services in Vietnam.

- Service quality: The aggregate results of the indicators show the level of satisfaction of service users with that service.

- Fixed terrestrial broadband Internet access service: Internet access service provided through fixed terrestrial telecommunications networks based on various technologies with download speeds of 256 kbit/s or higher.

- Fiber optic Internet access service: Fixed terrestrial broadband Internet access service based on the FTTH/xPON technology family, allowing high-speed information access on optical leased lines, distributing download and upload bandwidth equally.

- Cable TV Internet access service: Fixed terrestrial broadband Internet access service via cable TV network based on cable modem technology, allowing high-speed information access on subscriber lines, distributing download bandwidth that can be larger than upload bandwidth.

- xDSL Internet access service: Fixed terrestrial broadband Internet access service based on the xDSL family of technologies (e.g. ADSL, HDSL, MDSL,

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