This is a re-post from Microreviews.

The huge success of the first post in the series ‘Social Media Presence of Indian Telecom Majors-Facebook presence’ has excited us infinitely. So, as promised we are coming out with the second post in the series.

Twitter as explained in Plain English was meant to just tell “What are you doing?”. But the marketeres saw the Gold in it. It got used a publishing service and took the marketing world by a storm.

So, Today the microreviews team set out to find how the Indian Telecom Majors are utilizing this service. Microreviews team has already reported in one of its posts how the Indian IT major Infosys Technology closed a deal on Twitter.

So, Let us not waste anymore time and start off.

Airtel: Yes, Twitter is now available exclusively on Airtel. But, really even at Rs. 1 per sms, tweeting from a mobile phone for those who donot want to use Mobile Internet Browsing is quite expensive. Twitter on Airtel is news, but is Airtel not being on Twitter not a news? Surprisingly, Airtel India is not available on Twitter. On searching twitter account for Airtel India, all we got were the accounts for Airtel’s calling card service, Airtel Champions League and Airtel Kerala. The twitter account of Airtel’s calling card service seems quite decent, engaging and answering people to some extent. But, over the neglect shown by Airtel India in using Twitter as a customer engagement and feedback service is appalling. Either, Airtel has missed the fact that India is already amongst the top 10 twitter using country or they they think that only NRI’s use internet.

Vodafone: Vodafone outside India seems to have taken all the right moves as far as social media goes. Vodafone’s Twitter presence and customer engegment in U.K, New Zeland, Netherland etc is brillaint. They seem to be answering every query which a follower and a possibly a customer has. Zoozoos and Vodafone complaints have a twitter presence too, which for me is brilliant. Vodafone India has however not started anything appreciable on Twitter. They have a Twitter account and that is the end of the story. Going byVodafone’s Twitter presence internationally, I do expect Vodafone to come up with a much more innovative Twitter campaign.

Tata Docomo: Tata Docomo has been a complete Social Media child to say the least. If their facebook presence was good, their twitter presence is better. They seem to have put their best foot forward answering their followers, their customers. This for example is their answer to one of their customers. With over 2000 followers and brilliant usage of hashtags and other twitter terminologies, Tata Docomo seems to be leading the Indian telecom majors in innovative twitter marketing too.

Tata Indicom: Unlike Tata Docomo, which comes from the same TTSL group of companies, Tata Indicom’s twitter presence seems next to NULL.

Virgin Mobile India: Virgin Mobile internationally has done very well engaging people and answering them on Twitter. Virgin Mobile India also seems to have started tweeting but effective usage of Twitter from their side is still a far say. Their simply do not seem to be doing two way communication on twitter as of now. One way communication on twitter is as good as none, atleast for a corporate.

Reliance Communications: RelianceGSM seems to have a one way communicating twitter presence which is far from what is expected from a company which hires Hrithik Roshan as their Brand Ambassador (spends enough to target youth). Their neglection of facebook and now twitter says a story in itself.

Idea cellular: There is an account by the name Idea Cellular but I seriously doubt if it is their official account. A company which targets youth was expected to be more active on Twitter for sure.

Aircel India: Another Indian telecom major which is trying to create a customer base but has neglected the possibility of doing the same through Twitter.

Having gone through the the twitter presence of the Indian telecom majors, Tata Docomo seems to be the only one which is using the medium effectively. I do not know exactly how the service quality of these telecom majors compare in India and if Tata Docomo does listen to user feedback (we will come out with a post on that very soon). But the Microreviews team has not been too impressed with the twitter usage of Indian Telecom majors.

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