Osiptel: which operating companies increased their mobile lines in the first half of the year?

According to the PUNKU computer portal, of the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL), Entel and Bitel increased its participation by 1.30% and 1.42%, respectively, at the end of the first half of 2023.

Meanwhile, Claro increased its participation by 0.15% in the same period. However, Movistar lost a 2.90% share in the mobile market.

At the close of the first six months of the year, Peru reached 41.14 million mobile lines, a growth of 0.09% compared to the same period of the previous year (41.10 million lines).

Thus, according to the data processed by the Directorate of Regulatory Policies and Competition (DPRC), 29.96% of mobile lines nationwide belong to Clearwhich, as of June 2023, has the first place in market share, with more than 12.32 million mobile lines.

they follow him Movistar, which has more than 11.61 million mobile lines, which is equivalent to a 28.23% market share; Entel with 9.39 million lines and 22.82% participation; and Bitel with 7.62 million lines and 18.52% participation.

Other operators such as Flash Mobile, Guinea Mobile, Suma Móvil, Dolphin Mobile and Dolphin Telecom together added 193,083 lines, representing a 0.47% market share.

Prepaid and postpaid contracts

The analysis evidenced the growth of the lines under the contract modality (postpaid and control), which reached 42.24% of the mobile plant in June 2023 (17.38 million lines), greater than the 40.01% participation registered in June 2022. On the other hand, the lines of the prepaid segment reached 57.76% (23.76 million lines).

Movistar led the prepaid segment with 6.85 million lines (28.83% share), while Claro led the market for contract lines (postpaid and control) with 6.01 million lines (34.61% share). .