📋 Tender Overview
The average download speed for 4G mobile networks nationwide reached 11.50 Mbps (megabits per second) during 2023, exceeding the average recorded the previous year (10.45 Mbps), reported the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL).
December was the month with the highest peak download speed of 2023 with an average of 11.63 Mbps, surpassing the records of April and May (11.60 Mbps). Meanwhile, the lowest performances were observed in the months of January, July and November (11.42 Mbps).
According to the information compiled by the OSIPTEL Mobile Internet Monitoring Panel, at the end of 2023, all operating companies increased their average in the download speed (download) indicator compared to the previous year. Operator Claro offered the fastest mobile internet in 2023, with 12.9 Mbps, followed by Entel (12.00 Mbps), Movistar (10.06 Mbps) and Bitel (9.25 Mbps).
Claro offered the fastest mobile internet in December
In the last month of 2023, all companies improved their performance compared to November. In December, Claro had the best average in this indicator with 13.02 Mbps. This was followed by Entel (12.08 Mbps), Movistar (10.20 Mbps) and Bitel (9.72 Mbps).
The fastest internet was in Moquegua, Tumbes and Ica
In December 2023, 22 regions of the country improved their average download speeds, compared to the previous month, but only 10 of them had averages above the monthly average (11.63 Mbps). Thus, the best download speed averages were in Moquegua (12.28 Mbps), Tumbes (12.22 Mbps) and Ica (12.10 Mbps).
The other regions that achieved above-average averages were Lima (11.99 Mbps), Callao (11.95 Mbps), Tacna (11.92 Mbps), Pasco (11.91 Mbps), Lambayeque (11.88 Mbps), Arequipa (11.68 Mbps) and La Libertad (11.67 Mbps).
At the other end of the scale were the regions of Ucayali (11.09 Mbps), Cusco (10.94 Mbps) and Loreto (10.19 Mbps), which had the lowest performances.
Tumbes, Piura and Ica had the best performance in terms of coverage time
Regarding the 4G coverage time indicator, which allows us to know the average percentage of time in which we are within the coverage of 4G technology, the average in December was 88.57% at the national level, highlighting the performance of Movistar (90.03%), above Bitel (89.52%), Entel (88.83%) and Claro (86.9%).
By region, the best averages for the coverage time indicator corresponded to Tumbes (92.29%), Piura (92.25%), Ica (91.73%), Lambayeque (91.50%) and Ucayali (91.28%). Meanwhile, the lowest performances were observed in Cusco (87.20%), Huancavelica (86.88%), Pasco (86.87%), Amazonas (86.49%) and Loreto (85.86%).
Latency averages in Lima, Callao and Junín were the lowest
Regarding the latency indicator, which analyzes whether online content is accessed with a greater or lesser delay, the national average was 80.04 ms (milliseconds), with the best results observed in Lima (73.71 ms), Callao (73.96 ms), Junín (76.89 ms), Ica (77.43 ms) and Huancavelica (78.81 ms). On the other hand, the lowest performances were identified in the regions of Puno (88.74 ms), Amazonas (91.61 ms), Madre de Dios (92.24 ms), San Martín (94.27 ms) and Loreto (100.20 ms).
By operating companies, the best performance was Claro (78.04 ms), followed by Entel (78.97 ms), Movistar (79.42 ms) and Bitel (87.05 ms).
Packet loss rate was the lowest of the year
Finally, with regard to the packet loss rate indicator, whose poor performance can cause the interruption of a data session or that we receive or send information with delays, intermittency or incompleteness, in audio and videoconferences, for example, the national monthly average was 1%, the lowest of the entire year. Claro was the best performing operator (0.72%), followed by Entel (0.85%), Movistar (1.05%) and Bitel (1.74%).
The regions with the best performance in this indicator were Tumbes (0.56%), Callao (0.70%), Moquegua (0.72%), Lima (0.74%) and Ica (0.79%). At the other extreme were Cusco (1.33%), Huancavelica (1.40%), Ayacucho (1.45%), Cajamarca (1.46%) and Loreto (4.06%).
