According to the Mobile Internet Monitoring Panel of the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (Osiptel), the average download speed in the Mobile Internet service in Peru reached 11.42 Mbps in July, specifically for 4G networks.
Despite this, the virtual tool ‘Check your Mobile Internet’ showed a slight reduction in average speed compared to June (11.54 Mbps), due to the lower performance of the four main mobile operators.
In detail, Bitel and Claro experienced the greatest setbacks, with 0.19 Mbps and 0.15 Mbps, while Movistar and Entel they had smaller decreases, of 0.07 Mbps and 0.05 Mbps, respectively.
It is worth mentioning that Claro led the average download speed in 4G networks nationwide, with 12.85 Mbps; followed by Entel (11.92 Mbps); Movistar (10.11 Mbps) and Bitel (8.89 Mbps).
Which regions had the fastest internet?
In the analysis by region, it was found that eight areas exceeded the national average in performance, while only three showed an increase in average speed on 4G mobile networks compared to the previous month.
Tumbes remained the region with the best download speed performance, registering 12.40 Mbps, followed by Moquegua (11.98 Mbps), Ica (11.95 Mbps), Lima (11.87 Mbps) and Callao (11.77 Mbps). At the other extreme, Loreto (9.84 Mbps), Huancavelica (10.57 Mbps), San Martín (10.62 Mbps), Ayacucho (10.62 Mbps) and Ucayali (10.72 Mbps) had the lowest speeds. .
Increased data packet loss performance to 1.14%
The data packet loss rate, which can cause interruptions in data sessions and delays in transmissions, it reached a national average of 1.14%, an increase of 0.02 percentage points compared to June (1.12%).
As in the previous month, Claro was the operator with the best performance (0.92%), followed by Entel (0.95%), Movistar (1.28%) and Bitel (1.70%).
In regions, Callao (0.82%), Tumbes (0.82%), Lima (0.85%), Ica (0.89%), and Moquegua (0.89%) had lower rates of packet loss of data, while Loreto (4.07%), Cajamarca (1.74%), Huancavelica (1.71%), Amazonas (1.68%) and Ayacucho (1.67%) had higher rates.
Best average of the year in coverage time
Nationwide, users were connected to a 4G network an average of 88.83% of the time, the best result of the year. Movistar (90.16%) led the coverage time, followed by Bitel (89.46%), Entel (89.27%) and Claro (87.32%).
The coverage time indicator shows the average percentage of time in which we are within the coverage of 4G technology, which implies a better browsing experience.
The regions with the longest 4G coverage time were Tumbes (93.01%), Piura (92.01%), Ica (91.67%), Lambayeque (91.62%) and Arequipa (90.69%). . On the other hand, Amazonas (86.50%), Huancavelica (87.16%), Pasco (87.22%), Apurímac (87.30%) and Madre de Dios (87.46%) had the lowest performance. .
Regarding latency, which analyzes the delay in accessing online content, it was 81.84 milliseconds (ms) for 4G networks, being the second best average of the year. In this way, C.Laro had the lowest latency, with 78.08 ms, followed by Movistar (79.46 ms), Entel (80.11 ms) and Bitel (97.65 ms).
In review by region, only five were below the average: Lima (74.61 ms), Callao (75.08 ms), Junín (78.58 ms), Ica (79.09 ms) and Pasco (81.40 ms). more). The five regions with the worst performance in this indicator were Loreto (104.19 ms), San Martín (99.23 ms), Amazonas (96.32 ms), Madre de Dios (94.17 ms) and Cajamarca (91.98 ms). more).
Source: Larepublica
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