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The number of fixed fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) internet connections continues to grow. Thus, as of June 2023, Peru registered 1,567,869 connections that use this technology, which offers a better experience to users when accessing a fast, constant and stable internet service, reported the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL).
According to the computer tool PUNKU, at the end of the first half of the year, there was a growth of 76.6% of fiber optic connections, compared to the same period of 2022 and these have increased steadily in the last five years, accumulating an average annual growth rate of 108%.
In the last year, the penetration of the service with this type of technology advanced throughout the country, but the increase registered in the number of connections in Lima and Callao (+82.4%) compared to June 2022 stands out.
Meanwhile, growth in other departments was 69.3%, with Ica (91,035), Lambayeque (83,098), Piura (67,084), La Libertad (49,883) and Ancash (46,336) being the regions with the highest number of fiber optic connections at the end of the first semester.
Wow grows in participation and ranks third
According to the analysis of the information on fixed internet connections through fiber optics as of June 2023 carried out by the Directorate of Regulatory Policies and Competition of OSIPTEL, Telefónica has reduced its participation by 8.7 percentage points compared to the same month of the previous year. In this period, Claro also saw its participation reduced by 1.2 percentage points; while that of the Win group and the group formed by Fiberlux, Fiberlux Tech and Fiberline Peru, both fell by 0.3 percentage points.
This has been mainly taken advantage of by the company Wow, whose market share achieves a great advance of 10.2 percentage points in the last year.
Despite its smaller share, Telefónica continues to lead the fiber optic market with 33.5%, followed by the Win group with 24.6%. The company Wow jumps to third place (16.3%), surpassing Claro (12.8%) that now occupies the fourth place, followed by the group formed by Fiberlux, Fiberlux Tech and Fiberline Peru (2.6%) and other companies (10.2%).
Fiber is the most used technology for fixed internet connection
As of June 2023, with 46.63% of the total market, fiber optics is positioned as the most used means of access to Internet service, surpassing for the first time cable modem, known as HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coaxial, for its acronym in English) whose share is 46.62%.
