So in the end, by using ethos, pathos, and logos clearly show making it successful. Imagine going on a plane ride and you have to pay for everything, but you have to pay for everything! Well thankfully with at and t you don’t have to, you will always be with someone trustworthy. In the ad we see that companies
Net Neutrality Comcast and ATT are functioning together to eliminate the Net Neutrality act. This gives them the capacity to charge more for the websites we use the most. Net Neutrality needs to be preserved to keep everyone in the same lane giving everyone the same chance to flourish. On the other side, some companies are claiming that because of Net Neutrality businesses of all sizes are struggling to elevate their infrastructure (Press). ATT believes that Net Neutrality must be demolished because it is a wall keeping them from expanding their infrastructure (Curtis).
Many of these companies are competing for customers to buy their chargers and phone cases. At&t has seen a 0.25% rise in supply, GameStop- 0.77% rise. GameStop has reported that they have had a 45% raise in its sales and RadioShack has had a 50% rise. Sprint has discounted their charges and
Comcast is an American company operating in the media industry. Most of its revenue Comcast gets from television, the Internet, and digital phone services. They offer their services in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Characteristics of the media industry are fast-evolving trends and innovations as well as fierce competitiveness. Number of competitors is always on the rise because of constant changes and innovation in the information technologies that constantly open new ways of communications and types of entertainment.
Comcast’s mission statement is, “Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world’s best entertainment and online experiences.” So today, in a world that is technologically driven, Comcast has many competitors and needs to gain/keep a comparative advantage. Most recently, Comcast announced a 45 billion dollar merger with TWC, TimeWarner Cable. This merger would result in the biggest broadband cable provider in the U.S. Comcast will gain a huge amount of power and much power over the ISP space, some say this was a monopolistic power move.
Although they are experiencing extreme competition among the market, Verizon remains on top. This is credited to the diversification strategy that Verizon has put in place. They have adapted to the changing environment, and created new and innovative ways to sell products in the market. New products and services consistently lead the industry and Verizon has continued to be the market leader. They have also acquired companies that have already proven to be successful, in order to help them thrive in online and streaming
All of which would be considered inter-brand competitors. Though Cox Communications does not offer wireless service, it is still a potential threat, because they offer wireline service. Verizon has a partnership with Comcast, whereby, consumers can purchase Xfinity bundled packages and buy its prepaid wireless service. Industry Position Verizon is an industry leader in the markets of cellphone wireless service. It has been votes as the number one provider in its market over its closest competitors AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint.
Our inability to complain of something has much to do with the helplessness to which we are exposed. We don’t have too many choices in terms of getting our utilities like electric service, internet or TV cable services. Sometimes a few monopolies or “oligopolies” offers such services. For instance, in Florida there are pretty much two internet providers: Comcast and AT&T; we have two: accepting their “terms and conditions” or getting out of the game. Such bills are quite unintelligible and we cannot explain ourselves the breakdown of the bill.
Competitive Strategies and Government Policies Telecommunications have been around for quite some time now. With the advancement of technology, telecommunication became mobile. Communication was available beyond a home’s landline. After rules and regulations made by the government, the telecommunications market became a perfect competition eliminating monopolistic competition landlines once controlled. New companies entered the market to compete with other mobile network providers.
The sprint commercial trying to show adults that they can continue to imagine their childhood dreams and fulfil them. The commercial helps adults to realize that they started to worry more than they did in their childhood and therefore, some of the adults did not succeed to live their dreams. The sprint ad shows adults that they had dreamed of big success when they were child, however, they could not fulfil them because lack of connection, motivation and hopes. Therefore, sprint provides them hopes to reconnect to their dreams and continue to imagine of big success. The ad presents the music as childlike and the images as childlike to present an idea to notice their interest.
T-Mobile USA is a national provider of wireless voice, messaging, and data services capable of reaching over 293 million Americans where they live, work and play (About T-Mobile, n.d). The company was formed in 1994 as a subsidiary of Western Wireless Corporation and was called VoiceStream Wireless PCS. In 1999, VoiceStream was spun off from Western Wireless, in 2001 it was acquired by Deutsche Telekom AG and was renamed T-Mobile USA, Inc. in 2002. Thereafter in 2003, business combination of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS led to formation of T-Mobile US, Inc. BUSINESS STRATEGY ________________________________________ The channels of distributions are retail stores (company owned and franchised), third party distributors, and company websites (www.T-Mobile.com and www.MetroPCS.com).
This paper explores the design and development of a socialization process for employees to leverage human capital at T-Mobile USA. It will address the research of two varying definitions and approaches to organizational socialization and how T-Mobile can implement a strategy that can satisfy both opposing views while simultaneously aligning its process with the organization’s culture, strategic goal and talent strategy. This paper will offer insight on T-Mobile’s values and missions as an organization, their overall strategic goal, and current strategy for talent management. This paper will highlight the importance of strategic alignment by analyzing the models of companies like Berkshire Hathaway and GE. This paper will also make a recommendation for a new socialization process for T-Mobile’s employees.
Q1a. MARKET STRUCTURE OF APPLE INC Apple Inc. operates different types of market structure in terms of their different products. In the smart phone business, they happen to be one of the major players with their different models of the “iphone” which makes them operate in an oligopolistic market. Oligopoly arises when there is an imperfect competition in which there are just few firms producing similar products. As a result of high competition, monopolies, interdependence among firms there are just a few big players having the market power and making it very difficult for new firms to penetrate the market with their products.
In the USA, AT&T now covers all major metropolitan areas and serves roughly 300 million persons with its LTE technological expertise. It additionally presents 4G protection utilizing quite a lot of different technologies, and when mixed with the manufacturer’s upgraded backhaul, the carrier should be capable to enhance its community capabilities and furnish sophisticated cell broadband speeds for data and video offerings. Furthermore, AT&T’s Wi-Fi network additionally depends on other GSM digital transmission technologies for 3G and 2G information communications. The telecom provider supplier continues to increase the number of places, including airports and cafés, the place purchasers can entry broadband internet connections utilizing Wi-Fi fidelity (neighborhood radio frequency mostly referred to as Wi-Fi) technological know-how. Strengths Data/Broadband offerings: because the communications enterprise continues to maneuver toward internet-centered technologies, which might be capable of mixing common wireline and Wi-Fi offerings, AT&T plans to present services that take competencies of these new and more sophisticated technologies.
Apple’s main strategy is broad differentiation. This strategy focuses on key features that differentiate the company and its goods from competitors. Through the broad differentiation main strategy, Apple stands out in the market. Moreover, Apple is good at catching opportunities in the global market. For example, Apple and China Mobile (the world’s biggest mobile carrier, they have 740 million subscribers) have been working on an iPhone distribution agreement for more than six years.
