Gyeonggi MVNO — separating prepaid expiry from true churn
A regional MVNO with 420,000 active prepaid lines had reported rising churn for three consecutive quarters. Internal dashboards counted every balance expiry as a disconnect, inflating the rate by roughly 2.1 percentage points.
Meadow Way reconstructed exit pathways using MNP records and explicit disconnect flags. The revised voluntary churn rate stabilized near 3.4%, while expiry-driven exits were reclassified as low-engagement lapses. The retention team redirected campaign budget from win-back offers to recharge reminders for the lapse cohort.
Deliverables included a definition appendix adopted into the client's internal wiki and a trimmed executive summary used in a Q3 board packet.