Customer acceptance level on the telecommunication fixed-line service (TM Home Centrex) among the residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika, Johor Bahru / Razali Salleh, Salina Bakar and Mohd Khir Muhammad

TM Centrex, a major product of the fixed line services, is primarily targeted to business users. Efforts to introduce the TM Centrex to home users have not been successful due to its stringent and rigid terms and conditions. Therefore, modification of TM Centrex to include features such as intercom,...

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Main Authors: Salleh, Razali, Bakar, Salina, Muhammad, Mohd Khir
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Language:English
Published: 2008
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spelling my-uitm-ir.771182023-05-25T03:04:28Z Customer acceptance level on the telecommunication fixed-line service (TM Home Centrex) among the residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika, Johor Bahru / Razali Salleh, Salina Bakar and Mohd Khir Muhammad 2008 Salleh, Razali Bakar, Salina Muhammad, Mohd Khir Consumer behavior. Consumers' preferences. Consumer research. Including consumer profiling Telecommunication TM Centrex, a major product of the fixed line services, is primarily targeted to business users. Efforts to introduce the TM Centrex to home users have not been successful due to its stringent and rigid terms and conditions. Therefore, modification of TM Centrex to include features such as intercom, broadband for home users has been implemented to create value added products thus enhancing the utilization of TM infrastructures. This research was conducted to study the acceptance level among the 300 residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika Johor Bahru on the telecommunication fixed lined services TM Home Centrex in the following aspects: service/product features, customer services, cost saving and value for money, security and safety, and promotion and product awareness. A survey method using questionnaire was employed and the data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. The results show that TM Home Centrex product is well accepted by the residents of Setia Tropika. There is no significant difference in the acceptance levels of the respondent among different gender, race, marital status, occupation, monthly income, home ownership and number of family members staying in the same house. However, a significant difference was observed in the acceptance level among respondents with different academic qualification in term of the Security and Safety aspect where the less educated respondents are more concern on safety and security. There is also a significant difference in the acceptance level among Singaporean and Malaysian residents. The Singaporeans have higher expectation on the Customer Service, Cost-Savings and Value for money, and Security and Safety aspects 2008 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/77118/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/77118/1/77118.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School Wan Abdullah, Wan Ghazali
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
collection UiTM Institutional Repository
language English
advisor Wan Abdullah, Wan Ghazali
topic Consumer behavior
Consumers' preferences
Consumer research
Including consumer profiling
Telecommunication
spellingShingle Consumer behavior
Consumers' preferences
Consumer research
Including consumer profiling
Telecommunication
Salleh, Razali
Bakar, Salina
Muhammad, Mohd Khir
Customer acceptance level on the telecommunication fixed-line service (TM Home Centrex) among the residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika, Johor Bahru / Razali Salleh, Salina Bakar and Mohd Khir Muhammad
description TM Centrex, a major product of the fixed line services, is primarily targeted to business users. Efforts to introduce the TM Centrex to home users have not been successful due to its stringent and rigid terms and conditions. Therefore, modification of TM Centrex to include features such as intercom, broadband for home users has been implemented to create value added products thus enhancing the utilization of TM infrastructures. This research was conducted to study the acceptance level among the 300 residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika Johor Bahru on the telecommunication fixed lined services TM Home Centrex in the following aspects: service/product features, customer services, cost saving and value for money, security and safety, and promotion and product awareness. A survey method using questionnaire was employed and the data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. The results show that TM Home Centrex product is well accepted by the residents of Setia Tropika. There is no significant difference in the acceptance levels of the respondent among different gender, race, marital status, occupation, monthly income, home ownership and number of family members staying in the same house. However, a significant difference was observed in the acceptance level among respondents with different academic qualification in term of the Security and Safety aspect where the less educated respondents are more concern on safety and security. There is also a significant difference in the acceptance level among Singaporean and Malaysian residents. The Singaporeans have higher expectation on the Customer Service, Cost-Savings and Value for money, and Security and Safety aspects
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Salleh, Razali
Bakar, Salina
Muhammad, Mohd Khir
author_facet Salleh, Razali
Bakar, Salina
Muhammad, Mohd Khir
author_sort Salleh, Razali
title Customer acceptance level on the telecommunication fixed-line service (TM Home Centrex) among the residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika, Johor Bahru / Razali Salleh, Salina Bakar and Mohd Khir Muhammad
title_short Customer acceptance level on the telecommunication fixed-line service (TM Home Centrex) among the residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika, Johor Bahru / Razali Salleh, Salina Bakar and Mohd Khir Muhammad
title_full Customer acceptance level on the telecommunication fixed-line service (TM Home Centrex) among the residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika, Johor Bahru / Razali Salleh, Salina Bakar and Mohd Khir Muhammad
title_fullStr Customer acceptance level on the telecommunication fixed-line service (TM Home Centrex) among the residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika, Johor Bahru / Razali Salleh, Salina Bakar and Mohd Khir Muhammad
title_full_unstemmed Customer acceptance level on the telecommunication fixed-line service (TM Home Centrex) among the residents of guarded and gated community of Setia Tropika, Johor Bahru / Razali Salleh, Salina Bakar and Mohd Khir Muhammad
title_sort customer acceptance level on the telecommunication fixed-line service (tm home centrex) among the residents of guarded and gated community of setia tropika, johor bahru / razali salleh, salina bakar and mohd khir muhammad
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor
granting_department Arshad Ayub Graduate Business School
publishDate 2008
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/77118/1/77118.pdf
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