Purpose -- The purpose of this paper is to explore the structure of switching costs in the Lebanese telecommunication market and investigate its impact on the customer retention taking into consideration the customer attributes that might impact these constructs. Design/methodology/approach -- A post- positivist philosophical position and a deductive reasoning approach were adopted through this research. A mixed method was implemented including a qualitative study using a semi-structured interview technique on one of the two telecommunication operators in Lebanon in order to facilitate a ...