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According to osiptels punku computer tool, during this period, fiber optic connections increased by more than 55%. this advance boosted the penetration of the fixed internet service in general, which already totals more than 3.9 million connections throughout the country. with around 32% of the market share, telefonica del peru remains the leader in the fixed internet market.
The technological change in the fixed internet service continues in the country. at the end of the third quarter of 2024, 70.85% of the connections of this service use fiber optic technology, according to the information reported by the operating companies to the private investment supervisory agency in telecommunications (osiptel).
During this period, peru registered 2,783,379 fixed internet connections with fiber optics, an increase of 55.62% compared to the third quarter of 2023, according to data published in the punku computer tool (https://punku.osiptel.gob.pe).
Fiber optic connections have maintained sustained growth in recent years. according to the analysis carried out by the osiptel regulatory policies and competition directorate, the average annual growth rate of this type of connections is 74.2% since september 2019.
Optic fiber is consolidated as the most used technology
In the last year, the share of optical fiber grew by more than 18 percentage points in the last year, reaffirming itself as the dominant technology in the fixed internet market. next, the cable modem, known as hfc (hybrid fiber coaxial), was located, with a marked decline to represent 25.35% of the total connections.
In optical fiber, telefonica and wins share falls, while wow advances
The company telefonica del peru and the win group remain in the first positions of the market with a share of 29.82% and 21.09%, respectively, despite falling compared to the third quarter of 2023. meanwhile, wows share closed the third quarter of 2024 with 20.28% of the market, 2.37 percentage points more than the same period of the previous year. next in line are claro (13.19%), mifibra (4.06%), the group made up of fiberlux, fiberlux tech and fiberline (2.76%), p and d telecom (2.02%), bitel (1.64%) and other companies (5.14%).
Fixed internet
Fixed internet connections maintain double-digit growth
The connectivity of peruvians through the fixed internet service continues to grow, driven mainly by the greater penetration of fiber optic technology. as of september 2024, 3,928,592 connections were in service, which represented an increase of 14.29% compared to september of the previous year.
Fixed internet connections increased in all regions
In the third quarter of 2024, fixed internet connections in lima and callao increased by 9.84% compared to the same period in 2023; however, the greatest percentage growth was seen in the other regions, together, with an increase of 20.43%. thus, the regions now account for 44.28% of the national market with 1.74 million connections.
In this period, more connections were reported in all regions, with the highest percentage growth being ucayali (59.21%), tumbes (46.24%), pasco (33.90%), amazonas (33.40%) and puno (32.42%).
Mifibra and wow report the highest percentage growth
According to the information reported by the operating companies to osiptel, the companies mifibra (which groups cala servicios integrales, bscp servicios and fibra magic) and wow registered the highest percentage growth compared to the third quarter of 2023, with 165.34% and 76.26% more connections, respectively. they are followed by p y d telecom, and the group made up of fiberlux, fiberlux tech and fiberline, whose connections increased by 75.61% and 67.54%, respectively. meanwhile, the fixed internet connections of telefonica del peru and the entel group fell by 12.62% and 27.40%, respectively.
Telefonica maintains leadership in the fixed internet market
Telefonica del peru maintains its leadership with 32.33% market share. next, claro is located with 24.92% of the market share. in third and fourth place are the win group (14.95%) and the wow company (14.37%), whose market shares grew by 2.26 and 5.05 percentage points compared to september 2023, respectively.
The information in this report corresponds to the analysis prepared by the regulatory policies and competition directorate (dprc) of the regulatory entity, based on the information reported by the operating companies within the framework of the periodic information requirements standard (nrip).
