Technology, Media & Telecom · Snowflake

National telco builds a governed subscriber CDP on Snowflake

31% churn reduction on priority segments · 100M+ subscribers governed

ClientNational telecommunications carrier
Duration12 months
Industry Technology, Media & Telecom →

At a glance

Key metrics

31%
churn reduction on priority segments
100M+
subscribers unified in governed CDP
2x
uplift in next-best-offer acceptance

Challenge

The situation

Subscriber data was scattered across billing, network, CRM, and marketing stacks. Churn models ran on a weekly cadence; retention teams couldn't intervene in time. Regulators demanded documented data-use governance.

Approach

How we delivered

  1. 01 Built the subscriber CDP on Snowflake with identity resolution across billing, network, and digital identifiers.
  2. 02 Developed a real-time churn score refreshed on event, surfaced to retention agents in CRM.
  3. 03 Governed every attribute for purpose-of-use through Snowflake tag-based policies plus Collibra.

Architecture

Solution architecture

Kafka-based event stream into Snowpipe Streaming. Identity resolution via Snowflake-native graph logic. Cortex-powered next-best-offer generation. Activation to CRM and marketing via Reverse ETL (Hightouch). Governance through Collibra; lineage in Atlan.

Architecture diagram placeholder Data flow across source systems, platform, governance, and activation layers.

Outcomes

Measured results

  • 31% reduction in churn on priority value-at-risk segments.
  • 2x improvement in next-best-offer acceptance.
  • Documented purpose-of-use governance approved by the national regulator.

Technology

Tech stack

Platform

  • Snowflake
  • Snowpipe Streaming
  • Snowflake Cortex

Activation

  • Hightouch (Reverse ETL)
  • Salesforce Service Cloud

Governance

  • Collibra
  • Atlan

“The retention team went from chasing last week's churn to preventing next week's.”

— SVP, Consumer Marketing

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