Making the right call –Crowdtesting for a fully connected experience
For those within the telecommunications industry and those developing telecommunications software, an enhanced digital experience keeps customers happy, drives growth, and delivers a competitive advantage.
This means solutions must be streamlined, easy-to-use, secure, and deliver a positive and personalized experience. Throughout a customer’s journey. At every touchpoint. Every time.
“The team at Testbirds convinced us with a thorough pitch and ‘can do’ attitude despite the tight deadline and disparate nature of the territories involved in the test. The results of the A/B comparison UI test for content discovery on VEON had a direct impact on the platform and business and we are grateful for Testbird’s efforts. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with them again.”
Read the full case studyThe future of telecommunications
Creating all the right connections
Increased competition from diverse providers (local and global), changing customer / subscriber expectations, high levels of churn, and new devices appearing every day, are significant challenges to the telecommunications industry. Creating solutions that make the most of 5G and fast internet access at home is non-negotiable. Everything must provide an outstanding customer experience, across devices, and wherever your customers go.
The challenge is in ensuring they work as they should in the real world. Every time. Not only to stay ahead of the competition but to keep customers happy, reduce churn, and build loyalty.
Show moreConnectivity is now an integral part of many people’s lives. Both at home and at work. Digitalization is revolutionizing industries, especially telecommunications. This means perfecting the customer experience. Bugs, errors, crashes, a bad user interface, can all add up to them switching to another provider. And today, there are plenty to choose from.
Getting that right is just one challenge. Over-the-Top service providers are becoming increasingly competitive, as voice and text messaging loses ground to more internet-based forms of communication, including VoIP and cloud telephony. Then consider IPTV, the Internet of Things, and an ever-increasing range of digital entertainment devices. This is having a significant impact on revenues.
Not only have such digital solutions overtaken more traditional methods of communication, but they’re also giving consumers more choice and power. This means expectations are extremely high. The smallest error, whether a mis-translation, a non-functioning link, even incomplete advice from you chatbot, can cause a big issue.
Ensuring the digital quality of your solutions is essential. You need to connect every dot along the customer journey to get it right.
Show lessCrowdtesting is your call to action
Since 2011, we’ve tested digital solutions for multiple industries, including telecommunications. That’s why we’re certain that our proven crowdtesting services, such as Customer Journey Testing, can fit any need. If your solution is meant to run on multiple devices, our crowdtesters, who can be private and business clients, have access to over 1 million, and can test everything in real-world conditions from 193 countries.
Not only have they helped to optimize the digital cross-sell and up-sell offerings on our client’s portals, but they’ve provided our clients with the information they need to optimize their omnichannel customer service.
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Any device combination is possible, in any country you’re doing business. Whether you want to test everything throughout the production cycle or focus on usability, we’ve got you covered.
Whether you want to check your solution’s interface, its functionality, or compatibility, our carefully selected crowdtesters perfectly stand in for your actual customers. They can be sourced quickly and deliver fast feedback on every aspect of your digital solution throughout the product’s lifecycle. From the earliest design stages to each prototype phase – including sprints and releases – and up to the final launch of your digital product, they can test everything.
From localization issues to connectivity problems, performance concerns to evaluating subscription processes, accessibility, and much more. At every step of the customer journey, they can help ensure you can develop telecom products that your customers will love.
By stepping in as your customers, our crowdtesters provide unbiased and detailed feedback on the overall user experience. You can then quickly see what works, what isn’t, and where you can improve your solution. And reduce churn.
Show lessHow we’re helping to deliver connected experiences
Mystery calls: the power of unbiased feedback
Sometimes you need real-world feedback on what works, what doesn’t, and where improvements can be made. This is what our crowdtesters did for our client, a global telecommunications firm, when they wanted to evaluate their customer service performance.
We then put together a team of crowdtesters that best matched their customers’ diverse profiles to conduct Customer Journey Testing.
Show moreAged from under 20 to over 60, we sourced 68 men and 34 women to make ‘mystery calls’ and note their experiences against a range of service-related questions.
While the results showed an overall positive experience, there were some notable exceptions when it came to the length of calls, how often they were forwarded to another colleague, and whether they felt the issue was fully resolved. Definitely room for improvement.
This feedback gave our client invaluable data to address areas that resulted in a negative experience and amend their training strategies.
Show lessCustomer experience testing: optimizing the entire journey
Two of our clients asked us to test their smart TV solutions from two distinct aspects.
The overall experience, including delivery, setup, and functionality. The other, on how their software performed on different devices.
Show moreOur first client, a Swiss telecom company, asked us to test the entire journey of their TV Box, including its delivery, setup, and performance. The device was then tested by 75 crowdtesters for usability, reliability, functionality, and quality.
While some experienced technical issues or simply did not like something (the home screen layout), the overall feedback was positive. This led to 59 percent stating they would likely recommend the product to their friends or colleagues. It was also an opportunity to note down any bugs that were identified along the way.
Our second client, a German telecom provider, wanted us to test their app on a diverse range of smart TVs and connected devices. After finding 60 crowdtesters with the same devices, 10 use cases were performed for each. Each tester was then asked a variety of questions related to the apps functionality to help find any bugs, which were then rated for severity.
Our crowdtesters were able to identify a range of usability issues and bugs for both clients. Well before their solution went public.
Show lessUsability and UX testing: quantifiable and measurable usability
One of Europe’s largest mobile network operators asked us to test two different solutions. The first, a website featuring a new cell phone rate. And the other, a new chatbot.
The website included four versions for two offerings, a SIM-only tariff, and a Bundle-only tariff. This meant our testers had to check eight different versions to see which provided the best overall experience when it came to selecting the new rate. While each design was similar, all had different messaging and ways of highlighting various key features.
Show moreTesters then rated how easy each was to understand and comprehend before providing qualitative feedback to further explain their ratings. By having real people test their messaging and design, they received clear and unbiased input about which best motivated them to purchase a specific offer, well before the site was launched.
Their second project required testing their chatbot for usability issues on multiple smartphones and desktops via remote usability videos. This involved recording every step of our 18 crowdtesters’ interactions with the bot. Once finished, a Testbirds project manager reviewed the videos and rated each usability problem in terms of severity (i.e., was the issue just irritating or was the product unusable).
The frequency of each occurrence, per tester, was then counted and added to the severity ranking. This enabled us to develop a clear priority level of the issues that caused the most problems to the most testers. An ideal way for their developers to prioritize what they must do to improve the chatbot for their actual customers.
Show lessCreate an award-winning customer experience with Testbirds and keep your customers on the line!
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Optimize your telecom testing with crowdtesters
Today’s customers expect an amazing experience when they use a digital product, contact an AI-driven chatbot, visit your website or platform, or use your smart app. And it all must work perfectly, regardless of the device they’re using, its operating system, or where and when they’re using it.
This is where our highly flexible and fully customizable crowdtesting services, including Customer Journey Testing and Usability Testing, can help you create digital solutions your customers will love! This can reduce churn, boost loyalty, and ensure you’re ready to explore new opportunities anywhere in the world.
Real people, tangible results
With the help of our crowdtesting services and project managers’ knowledge, we can help you better understand what your customers experience when using your digital solutions so you can create an unforgettable customer journey.
You can then streamline your testing efforts and optimize your time-to-market and development flexibility – all while maximizing your existing resources.
No matter where you are, our remote testing has you covered. Real users with real devices that match your customers. All via our platform, the Nest.
Build digital solutions that people will love
- Global community of over 1,000,000 users & 1,500,000 devices
- Cost-effectively optimize your product’s design, functionality, and performance
- Ensure that your digital solution works with a wide variety of technologies and hardware
- Hand-picked crowdtesters that match your customers
