Tele2 Kazakhstan/McCANN Almaty
Tele2 Kazakhstan
Anton Serbin - CMO
Arina Gondareva - Senior MarCom Manager
Valentina Andreeva - MarCom Manager
Gulzhan Bekbaganbet - Leading MarCom Specialist
McCANN Almaty
Nikita Korotnev - Executive creative director
Andrey Antyukov - Creative group head
Alexander Savanin - Creative group head
Yuri Vorobiev - Planning group head
Natalia Knyazeva - Strategic planner
Tatiana Bashmachnikova - Group account director
Arailym Kudassova - Senior account manager
Polina Kholodnova - Senior producer
Tele2 has entered the Kazakh market over 10 years ago and due to its discounter strategy has managed to win over consumers’ love and became the second biggest telecommunication provider in the country.
However, by 2022 it has become difficult to sustain price-based competition, considering that the market offerings were becoming almost identical, while younger subscribers grew tired with Tele2 creative frame and brand characters. This audience demanded very fast and consistent connection at a justified price, while also expected brands to understand them, to relate to their interests and to speak the same language.
To win its audience back and to retain Tele2 market position as the second telecomm operator in the country, in 2023 Tele2 launched new brand platform "Beneficially different" that drastically reframed the brand’s role, identity, characters, tone of voice, and style.
But to launch new corporate identity in a noticeable way, to be loud and visible, Tele2 needed a bright creative approach. So Tele2 decided to treat launch of the new creative frame as a full-scale movie launch in the same coherent and scalable way. The launch campaign started with provocative teasers on TV, outdoor platforms in the city and social media. Additionally, Tele2 became the general partner of one of the most favourite festivals for youth in Almaty – Sxodim Festival, where it was possible to get acquainted with the brand and its new style and build a connection.
A little later, the "GigaGreedy" campaign itself was released, where all parts of the campaign were fully integrated and complemented one another. The TV and OLV videos were made in the format of a series, stimulating viewers’ interest in the long run. All banners were designed with detailed elaboration of light, poses, retouching in style of movie posters to connect with the TV and OLV formats. Vertical ‘vlogger’ mini-videos with main characters were released on Instagram, and complemented with Tik-Tok challenges to boost audience engagement even further. As a final touch, Tele2 released a comic book, board game and souvenirs.
Such a coherent integration of all assets and consideration of each channel specifics allowed Tele2 to be noticed by 15 mln viewers, with 38% View-Through Rate in digital (number of views vs number of impressions, which previously was on 19% on average). Tele2 revenue grew by 15% (July vs June ’23). This has been achieved by both: gaining new customers and strengthening loyalty among current consumer base.
In August 2023 Tele2 managed to maintain positive client growth, which was especially visible during the first campaign “GigaGreedy” with new brand identity was on air from 26 to 31 weeks of 2023 (+4% of current client base). Current users have also increased loyalty to Tele2 which can be seen in the increased average monthly spending per user (+21%) and in the increased internet data usage (+4% Jul vs June ’23).