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You're great at acquiring subscribers. Now — stop losing them

Every subscriber lost to an undelivered renewal reminder, a billing failure on a "dead" MSISDN or silence after the first month is ARPU, multiplied by the months that will never come. Your BSG stack already knows how to close these leaks — the only question is whether these tools are switched on.

For existing clients · HLR scan of a sample base + retention-flow review in 48 hours

Every subscriber lost to an undelivered renewal reminder, a billing failure on a "dead" MSISDN or silence after the first month is ARPU, multiplied by the months that will never come. Your BSG stack already knows how to close these leaks — the only question is whether these tools are switched on.

Where exactly subscribers leak — and what closes it

Renewal reminder didn't land

The subscriber learns about the charge after the fact → complaint or cancellation. Single-channel SMS is exactly where these messages get lost.

BSG solution

An SMS + Viber cascade: the reminder lands, the charge is expected, complaints don't climb.

Billing hits "dead" MSISDNs

The number is inactive or has left the network — billing failures wreck your metrics, and you pay for attempts and messages going nowhere.

BSG solution

HLR scan of your base: dormant numbers go to quarantine, billing only against live subscribers.

Quiet churn after month 1

The subscriber isn't engaging with the content and cancels at the first mention of money. A plain SMS won't win attention back.

BSG solution

RCS/Viber digests with rich content previews: the service reminds subscribers of its value before renewal, not at the moment of the charge.

Cancelled — and gone for good

With no win-back flow, a lapsed subscriber is gone for good — even though the reason for cancelling is often situational (balance, forgot, changed their mind).

BSG solution

A win-back campaign at 14–30 days: HLR check + a personal offer via Viber/SMS. Winning them back is cheaper than acquiring new.

Calculate what your churn costs — and how much of it can be saved

  • Every subscriber saved is ARPU × months

    Churn driven by delivery and billing failures comes back cheaper than new acquisition costs.

  • HLR strips "dead" numbers out of billing

    Billing attempts against inactive MSISDNs wreck your metrics and burn budget — a filter before billing closes that off.

  • This is already in your integration

    A renewal-reminder cascade and Lookup are a config on the BSG side, not a new project for your engineers.

What your churn costs

Subscribers lost / mo 60 000
Recoverable / mo 15 000
Revenue saved / yr* $1.1M

*subscribers saved × ARPU × an average 3-month lifespan. “Avoidable” churn is the kind driven by delivery and billing failures, not by content.

Five touchpoints that keep a subscriber in the base

Subscriber lifecycle: 5 touchpoints that hold ARPU × months
01
Opt-in confirmed

Proof-based double opt-in — a clean base from day one (and an MNO audit holds no fear)

02
Day 3–7: activation

A rich content digest in RCS/Viber — subscribers see what they're paying for

03
Before every billing run

HLR check: number live → billing; dormant → quarantine instead of a failure

04
48 hrs before renewal

A cascade of reminders — the charge is expected, no complaints

05
Day 14–30 after cancellation

A win-back offer to live numbers — winning back beats acquisition

Your growth — our retention strategy

Delivery Review

Delivery by operator, complaint trends against MNO thresholds, the state of your consent logs — on your data.

Quarterly

Complaint alerts

Complaints are nearing the operator's threshold — we flag it first, before the letter from the MNO's fraud team.

On trigger

Rate review

More subscribers — better terms. A rate review against your actual volume, without waiting for the contract to end.

As you grow

Launch support

Entering a new market — BSG coverage is already there: MNO consent requirements, routes and cost by country, before you launch.

New markets

The gist, in brief

Our churn is about content, not delivery. Why check it?

That's the most common assumption — and the check is exactly what tests it. If the HLR scan shows your base is clean, reminders are landing and the flow is complete, then it really is content, and you'll know for sure. But in bases that haven't been cleaned in a while, "dead" MSISDNs and undelivered renewals typically account for a real slice of churn that gets blamed on content.

Won't win-back sends anger the operators?

Done right — no: win-back goes only to those who opted in, with clean opt-out and frequency caps, after an HLR check. It's a one-time personal offer, not a spam wave. We'll factor each MNO's specific re-engagement rules into the campaign setup.

Is an HLR scan of the base safe from a data standpoint?

An HLR query works with the MSISDN alone — no names, no personal attributes — and sends the subscriber nothing; it's a network status lookup. A sample is enough; transfer is under NDA, and the sample data is deleted after the scan.

How much of this is config, and how much is development on our side?

A cascade for renewal reminders and triggered sends is a config on the BSG side, layered over your existing sends. An HLR filter before billing is a single REST call in your billing flow (typically a day of engineering). RCS/Viber digests need sender registration — a process we run for you.

We want to launch a new market. Does that fit here too?

Yes — tick "Launch a new market" on the form. Before launch you'll get a country breakdown: operator consent-flow requirements, expected delivery by channel and cost. Entering a market with a retention flow already in place is cheaper than bolting one on after the first complaints.

Your base is already leaking. Find out where

Results in 48 hours

HLR scan of a sample + a leak map across the subscriber lifecycle.

Rollout without a project

Most recommendations switch on via config on the BSG side.

Or go straight to a call

A 20-minute slot — let's talk through your retention flow and markets.

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