The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between customers and the telecommunication service provider regarding customer support service. The authors focus on customers support service as a tool of enhancing relationship between customers and telecommunication service provider and to come up with a "best practice" for the customer-support service in the telecom industry The research has been conducted with recent relevant literature from academic viewpoint such as the relationship marketing, customer loyalty, customer dominant logic, customer support service and triggering factors for switching. After reviewing all of literatures authors have adequate knowledge how to enhance and sustain long term relationship with customers. Nearly every literature stipulates from customers perspective business operations for long term relationship. To accomplish research aim, authors conducted with an explorative research approach and with the help of a designed descriptive questionnaire which consist of seventeen close-ended and open-ended questions. The target group was sixteen master level students of Karlstad University.

The telecommunications sector has become a vital area for the economic development of industrialized countries. This is due to rapid progress in technology and huge competition arising among the telecom service providers. To keep the dominating position intact in the market and compete with other telecommunication service providers and enhance positions in their market, it's important to develop service quality and precedence of customer support service as core service for creating long term relationship with customers. Scholars have come up with the fact that it is five times more costly to obtain new customers than to keep present ones. Managers increased their concentration on long term customer relationship, because this long term relationship is considered a tool for the long run income of the company as well as for its profitability .