📋 Tender Overview
The average monthly mobile data traffic carried by mobile phone went from 5.67 GB in the fourth quarter of 2019 to 23.51 GB in the same period of 2025. As of December 2025, more than 33 million mobile phones accessed mobile internet, allowing the per capita penetration of the service to reach 95.8%.
Mobile internet consumption in the country continues to rise due to the high demand for connectivity. According to the Supervisory Body for Private Investment in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL), the average monthly mobile internet traffic sent from mobile phones reached 23.51 gigabytes (GB) in the fourth quarter of 2025, four times more than the data consumption recorded in the same period of 2019 (5.67 GB at the end of 2019).
According to the information published in the PUNKU digital tool (https://punku.osiptel.gob.pe/), as of the fourth quarter of 2025, mobile data traffic sent from mobile phones reached 2.28 million terabytes (TB), five times more than what was reported in the same period of 2019 (0.41 million TB).
THE NUMBER OF MOBILE PHONES ACCESSING MOBILE INTERNET DOUBLES
The number of mobile phones that accessed mobile internet went from 16.91 million in December 2015 to 33.04 million at the end of 2025, which represented a growth of 95.39%, according to the analysis carried out by the Directorate of Regulatory Policies and Competition (DPRC) of OSIPTEL.
It should be noted that, during the fourth quarter of 2025, 82.92% of mobile data traffic corresponded to phones under contract mode (postpaid and control), while the use of data from prepaid phones obtained 17.08% participation.
BITELS PARTICIPATION GROWS IN PHONES THAT ACCESS MOBILE INTERNET
At the end of 2025, Claro had the largest share in the number of mobile phones that accessed mobile internet (35.29%), growing 0.14 percentage points compared to the previous year. Next were Entel (22.37%), which increased its participation by 0.46 percentage points, and Bitel
(22.33%), whose growth was the most notable among the main operating companies (+2.62 percentage points).
Meanwhile, Movistar reached 19.81% share, which meant a decline of 3.18 percentage points compared to 2024. Other companies had 0.21% market share.
CLARO MAINTAINS LEADERSHIP IN MOBILE DATA TRAFFIC
Regarding mobile internet data traffic sent from mobile phones, during 2025, Claro, Movistar and Entel saw their participation in this indicator reduced with -2.22, -0.79 and -0.12 percentage points, respectively. Meanwhile, Bitels participation increased by 3.13 percentage points.
Despite this, Claro continues to lead the market share, in terms of mobile internet data traffic sent from mobile phones, with 34.17%, followed by Bitel (24.36%), Entel
(22.99%), Movistar (18.46%) and other companies (0.02%).
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Lima, March 26, 2026
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