Osiptel: Claro was the operator with the fastest mobile Internet in January in Peru

He Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (Osiptel) reported that the company Claro was the operator with the best average download speed in January, with a total score of 12.8 Mbps. Likewise, Tumbes (12.34 Mbps) and Lambayeque (12.06 Mbps), at the regional level, presented the highest values ​​of average moving speed.

Through a press release, the regulatory body indicated that, during the first month of 2023, the average Internet download speed in mobile networks with 4G technology in the national territory reached 11.42 Mbps (megabits per second) at Nacional level.

According to the Mobile Internet Monitoring Panel of the regulatory entity, only the operating companies Claro (+0.24 Mbps) and Bitel (+0.08 Mbps) increased their performance in this indicator compared to December 2022, while Entel (-0.18 Mbps) and Movistar (-0.1 Mbps) reported a decrease compared to the aforementioned month.

By company, Claro, with 12.8 Mbps, was positioned as the best performance in the first month of 2023. It was followed by Entel, with 12.17 Mbps, and Movistar, with 9.81 Mbps. Meanwhile, Bitel, with 8.91 Mbps, obtained the lowest score, as can be verified in the virtual tool Check your mobile internet from Osiptel.

Osiptel: increase in mobile speed in 17 regions

Although an increase in the average mobile speed was reported in 17 regions of the country, only ten achieved results above the national average, among which Tumbes (12.34 Mbps) and Lambayeque (12.06 Mbps) stood out with the highest values. tall. Then, Lima (11.98 Mbps), Ica (11.98 Mbps), Callao (11.86 Mbps), Tacna (11.82 Mbps), Moquegua (11.80 Mbps), Amazonas (11.70 Mbps) were located. ), Piura (11.56 Mbps) and Arequipa (11.50 Mbps).

On the other hand, the regions of Huancavelica (10.69 Mbps), Puno (10.55 Mbps), Cusco (10.50 Mbps), Ayacucho (10.43 Mbps) and Loreto (9.01 Mbps) experienced the highest performances. low. The 4G coverage time registered an improvement compared to December 2022

Regarding the 4G coverage time that users accessed from their cell phones nationwide, it reached 88.27%, which represented a slight improvement compared to the 88.12% registered in December. In this indicator, Movistar was the company with the longest coverage time (90.16%), followed by Bitel (88.57%), Entel (88.23%) and Claro (86.78%). The latter was the only one that reduced its performance in relation to the previous month (86.81).

The regions with the longest coverage time were Tumbes (91.99%), Piura (91.32%), Ucayali (91.23%), Lambayeque (90.38%) and Arequipa (90.18%). Meanwhile, Pasco (86.78%), Ayacucho (86.13%), Huancavelica (85.95%), Loreto (85.89%) and Amazonas (85.46%) obtained the lowest performances.

It should be noted that the coverage time indicator allows us to know the average percentage of time in which we are within the coverage of 4G technology, which would mean access to a better browsing experience of various contents in that period.

Osiptel: Entel was the operator with the shortest delay time

In the first month of the year, latency (an indicator that analyzes whether online content is accessed with more or less delay) for 4G networks reached an average of 91.51 ms (milliseconds), which means better performance throughout the year. reported in the previous month (92.22 ms).

With an average latency of 83.76 ms, Entel was the operator with the shortest delay time nationwide, displacing Movistar (84.27 ms), which in the previous month had the shortest delay time (83.99 ms ). Next came Claro, with 97.1 ms, and Bitel, with 102.05 ms.

At the regional level, Ica (84.56 ms), Lima (86.03 ms), Junín (87.11 ms), Callao (87.17 ms) and Huancavelica (89.16 ms) were the ones that presented the best performance. average latency levels of mobile internet in 4G networks.

Meanwhile, Cajamarca (100.59 ms), Amazonas (105.55 ms), San Martín (105.98 ms), Loreto (109.10 ms) and Madre de Dios (110.01 ms) obtained the lowest performances in this indicator.