Tata Docomo: Do the new

This campaign, which won the Grand Effie at the 2010 Indian Effies, describes the launch of Tata Docomo into the competitive and crowded Indian telecoms market, a task complicated by the existence of an established Tata brand in the sector (Tata Indicom).

Tata Docomo: Do the new

Client: Tata Teleservices

Agency: DraftFCB Ulka Advertising

This campaign won the Grand Effie at the 2010 Indian Effies

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGE

A Category of titans

With a base of nearly 100 million subscribers by April 2009, Airtel was the quintessential 1000-pound gorilla of Indian telecom. Vodafone Essar (known as Hutchison Essar before 2007) was another 15-year-old brand, so were BSNL/ MTNL. Reliance had come in later but with heavy marketing. By April 2009, each of these had reached 80 million+ subscribers

The incumbent players invested heavily in brand-building and marketing, with monitored media alone accounting...

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