📋 Tender Overview
Portability grew 12.3% and was the highest recorded in the last five years. 73.8% of the total annual porting was in the postpaid service. More than 6.3 million mobile lines changed operator companies during 2024, through the number portability mechanism, the highest figure recorded in the last five years, reported the Private Investment Supervisory Agency in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL).
Number portability is the right that users have to keep their fixed or mobile telephone number when they change operator companies. This regulatory measure has greatly contributed to the competitive dynamics of the sector, for the benefit of users, said the executive president of OSIPTEL, Anivar Rodriguez Rodriguez.
Mobile portability in 2024 grew 12.3% compared to 2023, driven mainly by operator changes in postpaid mobile lines, which accounted for 73.8% of the total annual porting. This segment set a historic annual record with more than 4.6 million portings completed throughout 2024, the highest figure in the last ten years.
Meanwhile, mobile portability of prepaid lines reported more than 1.6 million lines, equivalent to 26.2% of the total ported in 2024, according to information from the Punku digital tool (https://punku.osiptel.gob.pe) of OSIPTEL.
Companies with the best net results in the year
The operating companies that obtained positive net results (that is, the difference between lines gained and lost) during 2024 were Claro, Entel and Dolphin, which achieved a balance in favor of 181,183, 137,201 and 1 mobile lines, respectively, in the year.
Meanwhile, operators Guinea Mobile, Flash, Bitel and Movistar obtained a negative balance of 529, 6948, 71,177 and 239,711 net lines, respectively, during 2024.
