Jenny Chan 陳詠欣
Aug 23, 2011

one2free's 4G LTE campaign pokes fun at slow internet connections

HONG KONG - one2free's 4G LTE integrated campaign, created by TBWA Tequila, takes a jab at excruciatingly slow mobile internet connections.

wide player in 16:9 format. Used on article page for Campaign.

The campaign, which runs until mid-September, challenges audiences to rethink previously acceptable interruptions to their mobile broadband internet.

Mark Liversidge, chief marketing officer of CSL, said the concept is derived from the fast pace of life in the city. "Hong Kongers don’t accept delays and interruptions in everyday life, and the uninterrupted 4G LTE mobile broadband service from one2free means you don’t have to accept them online either.”

Parent company CSL Limited was the first mobile provider in Hong Kong to acquire 4G technology late last year.

“Humour is used to dramatise everyday interruptions that would not be accepted in real life”, said Joanne Lao, Managing Director, TBWA\TEQUILA\Hong Kong.
 
TV spots feature ordinary people going about their everyday lives who are suddenly victims of internet buffering interruptions in the real world. In one of them, a man is unable to cross the street because the zebra crossing hasn’t 'loaded' yet. In another, a few people are trapped in a lift while they wait for the rest of the floors to 'load'. The spots include alternate endings to surprise an already internet-savvy Hong Kong audience.

In addition, the campaign uses contextual executions in print, cinema and online, carrying the message of “you would not accept it in this medium – why would you accept it online?”

These include a newspaper page failing to 'load', films at the cinema pausing and buffering, and breaking news segments unable to deliver the information due to a slow connection.

CREDITS:

Project: one2free LTE launch
Creative Agency: TBWA\TEQUILA\Hong Kong
Client: CSL
Executive Creative Director: Mark Ringer
Creative Director: Lincoln Damen
Associate Creative Director: Annie Loo
Film Director: Barney Chua
Group Account Director: Jan Cho
Account Manager: Kenard Chui
Media Agency: OMD

 

Source:
Campaign China

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