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The Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL) initiated an early consultation process on the implementation of rules that promote competition in the fixed internet access market, in order to gather input from stakeholders, following its Regulatory Improvement Guidelines.
To this end, OSIPTEL has prepared an initial diagnosis on the situation of the change of operator in the fixed internet access service in the country, in addition to proposing six discussion questions regarding the problems that could arise from the existence of difficulties around this change process and the potential impact on competition in the market. as well as the alternatives to overcome these difficulties, if applicable.
The document, available on the OSIPTEL website, will allow all the actors involved (representatives of the sector, users and other interested parties) to indicate which aspects they consider to hinder or restrict the change of operator for the fixed internet access service, in addition to proposing mechanisms that could be implemented to simplify this process in the near future.
"Through the early consultation mechanism, an initial diagnosis of the situation of a given market is presented and possible alternatives for improvement are discussed in case there are aspects to be optimized, with the aim of establishing a more efficient and effective regulatory framework, which has a positive impact on the quality of life of users," said Lennin Quiso, director of Regulatory Policies and Competition at OSIPTEL.
As is well known, the fixed internet access market has been showing greater dynamism and contributing significantly to the growth of the telecommunications sector in the country; However, aspects such as the complexity of the procedures to change operating companies can represent a potential impact on its development.
According to the latest Residential Telecommunications Services Survey (ERESTEL) 2022, 88.5% of households that thought about changing their operating company for fixed internet access service did not make the change, and just over half of this group (50.8%) decided not to do so, mainly for reasons related to the procedures required to do so.
Faced with this situation, early consultation has been initiated, through which information can be obtained from the various stakeholders prior to the design of a regulatory project, which will be relevant to delimit any problem identified in the market and determine whether it merits regulatory intervention.
Responses to the early consultation must be sent, duly substantiated, to the gestion-dprc@osiptel.gob.pe email, under the subject "Early Consultation – Change of operator of the fixed Internet access service" until April 30, 2024.
