📋 Tender Overview
The fixed internet access service continued to add users in Peru and at the end of the first quarter of the year the operating companies reported 3289767 connections exceeding by 5.0 the sum reported in the same period of the previous year reported the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications OSIPTEL.Access to internet service is a key factor to boost the growth of the country and the development of people allowing the necessary connectivity for activities such as work study and entertainment. The importance of internet access has been increasing over the years in line with the penetration of the service in Peru so that in the last 12 months fixed internet connections increased by 155470.According to the digital tool PUNKU in this period the hiring of the residential internet segment dedicated to the home rose by 5.8 to 3071302 connections compared to March 2022 causing its participation to correspond to 93.4 of the total reported. Meanwhile the commercial internet segment dedicated to companies fell by 5.1 to 218465 connections compared to March last year and with it its share remained at 6.6.Competition in the fixed internet access market is intensifying more and more especially with the emergence of new players which allows an increase in commercial and technological offers available to users.The company Telefnica decreased by 165208 connections 9.2 percentage points less since March 2022. Claro -1.0 Entel -34.4 and Hughes -47.2 also saw the number of connections reduced at the end of the first quarter.The ground lost in that period by the aforementioned companies was mainly taken advantage of by the group composed of WI-NET and Optical Technologies that totaled 332829 fixed internet connections 89.5 more than in March 2022 and by Wow that saw the number of connections multiplied by five reaching 193242 connections.According to the information processed by the Directorate of Regulatory Policies and Competition DPRC of Osiptel Telefnica is the operating company that registers the largest reduction in participation in the last 12 months -7.7 percentage points while the group formed by Wi-net and Optical Technologies the company Wow and the group formed by the companies Fiberlux Fiberlux Tech and Fiberline increased their shares by 4.5 4.7 and 0.7 respectively.Despite this Telefnica continues to lead this market with a share of 49.4 followed by Claro 25.6. In third and fourth place are the group made up of WI-NET and Optical Technologies 10.1 and Wow 5.9. While Entel 2.1 moved to fifth place and the companies Fiberlux Fiberlux Tech and Fiberline 1.2 to sixth place.According to the digital tool PUNKU fixed internet access through other technologies including fiber optics continues its rise in participation as the latter increased 13.8 percentage points from March 2022 to March 2023 while the share of cable modem technology fell by 12.5 percentage points But it still dominates the market.While the use of xDSL technology that which allows the use of the telephone line for high-speed data transmission and at the same time the use of the line to make calls as well as Wimax technology of wireless type continues to fall and represent only 1.97 and 0.01 of the market share respectively as of March 2023.JOINT PARTICIPATION OF REGIONS OTHER THAN LIMAINCREASESRegions such as Apurimac 41.8 Ica 39.5 Lambayeque 28.8 and Huancavelica 23.8 were the ones that registered the greatest increase in the number of fixed internet connections during the last twelve months unlike Pasco -16.7 Puno -10.4 Callao -9.3 and Madre de Dios -8.1 which were the regions that registered the greatest reduction. In terms of participation Lima accounted for more than half of the number of connections 54.9 while the other regions together accounted for 45.1 being in the latter case higher than the joint participation of 44.1 registered in March 2022.The information in this report corresponds to the analysis prepared by the Directorate of Regulatory Policies and Competition DPRC of the regulatory entity based on the information reported by the operating companies within the framework of the Periodic Information Requirements Standard NRIP.
