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In which cities in the country do you surf the fastest? The analysis of the main mobile internet indicators that the Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications (OSIPTEL) carried out in the 21 most populated cities in the country during the second quarter of this year, revealed that Tumbes, Piura and Callao are the cities that have the fastest mobile internet service in the country.
Champions in Speed
According to the analysis, from April to June 2023, the average download speed in the country's main cities was 11.64 Mbps, with Tumbes (12.39 Mbps), Piura (11.89 Mbps), and Callao (11.88 Mbps) being the best-performing cities. At the other end of the scale were Juliaca (10.74 Mbps), Ayacucho (10.68 Mbps) and Iquitos (9.74 Mbps), cities that obtained the lowest performances.
By operating company, the best performance corresponded to Claro with 12.99 Mbps, followed by Entel (12.03 Mbps), Movistar (10.37 Mbps) and Bitel (9.18 Mbps).
Download speed refers to the number of megabits of data per second it takes to download data from a server in the form of images, videos, text, files, and audio. It should be noted that activities such as listening to music from a web player, downloading large files, or streaming a movie require a data download.
Lima has the lowest average latency
Regarding the latency indicator (which analyzes whether online content is accessed with a greater or lesser delay), the average of the main cities in the country was 79.36 ms, with Lima (75.42 ms), Callao (76.28 ms) and Huancayo (77.64 ms) showing the best performance. On the other hand, Puerto Maldonado (94.50 ms), Tarapoto (95.32 ms) and Iquitos (101.93 ms), achieved the most discreet performances.
By companies, Claro was the operator that reported the lowest delay time, with a latency of 76.50 milliseconds, followed by Entel (77.84 ms), Movistar (78.19 ms) and Bitel (94.34 ms).
Pucallpa, Tumbes and Iquitos had the longest coverage time
The analysis of the 4G coverage time indicator showed that the average of the main cities in the country was 88.90%, with Pucallpa (94.22%), Tumbes (92.78%) and Iquitos (92.53%) having the longest coverage time, while Callao (88.69%), Lima (87.48%) and Puerto Maldonado (87.14%) were the cities with the lowest performance
Movistar (91.55%) was the operator with the longest coverage time in 4G, followed by Bitel (90.43%), Entel (88.12%) and Claro (86.79%).
The coverage time indicator allows us to know the average percentage of time in which we are within the coverage of 4G technology, which would mean access to a better browsing experience of various content in that period.
Ica had the lowest percentage of packet loss
The rate of loss of data packets (an indicator whose poor performance can cause the interruption of a data session or that we receive or send information with delays, intermittency or incompletely, in audio and videoconferencing, for example), in 4G technology, in the main cities of the country reached the average of 1.01%. The best performing city was Ica with a packet loss of 0.76%; at the other extreme was Iquitos with a packet loss of 3.86%.
By operating companies, when it comes to 4G packet loss, Claro had the best performance (0.77%), ahead of Entel (0.87%), Movistar (1.14%) and Bitel (1.72%).
The quarterly analysis of mobile internet was carried out in 152 districts of the country's 21 main cities, and allowed us to know the real performance of the four mobile operators in the indicators of speed, latency, coverage time and packet loss. In this way, users have up-to-date information about mobile service in their respective cities for better decision-making.
To access the results of the analysis of the main mobile internet indicators in the 21 most populous cities in the country, corresponding to the second quarter of 2023, interested parties should enter the following link: https://sociedadtelecom.pe/2023/10/14/panel-de-monitoreo-de-internet-movil-analisis-de-indicadores-de-las-principales-ciudades-del-pais-ii-trimestre-de-2023/
