Mobile line operating companies have grown the most in Peru in recent months

He Private Investment Surveillance Agency in Telecommunications (Osiptel) reported this Saturday that, at the end of 2022, the operating companies Entel and Claro They increased their mobile lines by 4.42% and 1.16%, which translated into a higher market share for these companies compared to that recorded in 2021.

Meanwhile, according to information available on the PUNKU IT portal, the operators who suffered a greater reduction in their mobile lines during this period were Flash (-1.86%), Movistar (-5.45%) y bitel (16.52%). Similarly, the virtual mobile operator (OMV) Guinea Mobile increased its lines by 31.33%.

Although Entel and Claro were the ones that increased their mobile lines the most and despite losing ground, Movistar continues to dominate the mobile market with 12,499,021 active lines, which represents a market share of 30.05%.

Claro followed with 12,369,744 lines (29.74%), Entel with 9,583,752 lines (23.04%) and Bitel with 6,946,714 lines (16.70%).

Flash there mobile guinea recorded 150,256 and 37,855 active lines respectively, representing 0.36% and 0.09% market share respectively. Finally, Dolphin and Moving sum they recorded 140 and 133 lines each.

At the end of 2022, 41,587,615 active lines were declared. This represents a drop of 3.57% compared to the same period of the previous year, when 43,129,394 active lines were registered, according to information that the operating companies report to Osiptel.

There contract modality (postpaid and control) reached 40.9% of the mobile plant in December 2022, while the modality prepaid totaled 59.10% of the total.

With regard to the evolution of lines by contractual modality, it can be seen that Claro leads the market for contractual lines (postpaid and control) with 5,820,518 active lines. Movistar ranked first in the prepaid market with 7,762,165 lines.

Osiptel also reported a few days ago that in January 2023, a total of 453,639 mobile lines changed operating companies, which is 1.29% less than the portability figures reported in the same month of the previous year .

Therefore the portability in the postpaid segment, it accounted for 68.64% of the total, while 31.36% corresponded to prepaid lines.

In the postpaid segment, 311,356 ports were completed, which represents an increase of 2.93% compared to January 2022. On the other hand, the prepaid segment showed a decrease of 9.43% compared to the same month l year, totaling 142,283 ports in January.

“There number portability It is one of the most dynamic and competitive mechanisms in the telecommunications sector. Every month, the operating companies renew their offers and offer better advantages to retain and attract new users, who decide whether or not to change company, depending on their needs and interests,” said the Executive Chairman of Osiptel. , Rafael Muente.