Virgin Mobile ranks first for wireless customer care satisfaction: study

Virgin Mobile ranks commencement for wireless customer care satisfaction: study

This is the fourth year in a row that Virgin Mobile has topped ranks in J.D. Power's almanac study

Bell's flanker brand Virgin Mobile has ranked first in terms of wireless customer care satisfaction in Canada, according to J.D. Power'southward latest study.

The study evaluates customer care experiences across several channels including telephone customer service representatives, in-shop contact, online conversation, email, social media, and app and website searches.

It ranks the carriers based on a 1,000-bespeak scale, on which Virgin Mobile ranked the highest with a score of 794. Rogers' flanker brand Fido followed in second place with a score of 782. SaskTel ranked tertiary with a score of 779.

Vidéotron followed in fourth place with a score of 770, Telus was fifth with 768 and its flanker brand Koodo Mobile followed with a score of 765.

According to the written report, the industry average is a score of 755. Of the ten carriers evaluated in the study, four of them ranked below the manufacture average. The iv carriers were Rogers, Freedom Mobile, Bell MTS and Bell Mobility.

Interestingly, the study found that mobile apps are often the most preferred customer service channel because it is quick and requires less effort than other channels.

"With COVID-19 causing disruptions in service and store closures, carriers can expect increasing reliance on this channel to quickly accost customer needs," Adrian Chung, the director of the engineering, media and telecom do at J.D. Ability Canada said in a press release.

J.D. Power conducted this report based on responses from four,638 customers who contacted their carriers' client care department within the past six months. The written report was conducted between February and March 2020.

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Source: J.D. Power