📋 Tender Overview
The highest percentage of mobile porting corresponded to the postpaid segment (74.09%). In September, 543,278 mobile lines changed operating companies nationwide, the second best record so far this year, only behind the peak reached in August (547,796 ported lines), reported the Private Investment Supervisory Agency in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL).
Although there was a slight decline compared to the previous month (-0.82%), the figure reached represents an increase of 11.17% compared to the results obtained in September 2023, when 488,671 mobile lines changed operating companies. This annual growth highlights the high competition between operators to attract customers from other companies, as can be verified in PUNKU (https://punku.osiptel.gob.pe/), the regulators information portal.
In addition, in September of this year, 402,501 mobile lines of postpaid origin changed operators, which meant an increase of 13.66% compared to what was recorded in September 2023 (354,120 lines). Thus, of the total mobile porting recorded in the ninth month of the year, 74.09% corresponded to the postpaid modality, while the remaining 25.91% belonged to the prepaid modality, with 140,777 lines.
Claro and Entel achieved a positive net balance
The intense competition recorded in September determined that Claro and Entel achieved a positive net balance (the difference between lines gained and lost). Thus, Claro was the company that recorded the highest positive net balance with 13,990 net ported lines, followed by Entel with 12,912 net ported lines.
At the other end of the spectrum were the operating companies Suma Movil, Guinea Mobile, Flash, Bitel and Movistar, which reported a negative net balance due to having a greater number of lost lines than gained. Thus, Movistar had the highest negative net balance with 23,202 net lines lost, followed by Bitel (-3,212), Flash (-440), Guinea Mobile (-47) and Suma Movil (-1).
More than 7,000 fixed lines changed operators in September
For its part, fixed telephony porting reached 7,534 lines in September, which represented a growth of 33.3% compared to the number of porting recorded in September 2023 (5,652 lines), but a decrease of 6.78% compared to what was reported the previous month (8,082 lines). It should be noted that the operators Win Empresas and Fravatel obtained the highest positive net balances with 6,748 and 91 lines, respectively; while Ingenieria en Gestion de Negocios y Oportunidades S.A.C. and Movistar registered the highest negative net balances with 6,262 and 819 lines, each.
