Peru - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Peru - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband - Statistics and Analyses

Peru’s mobile operators await delayed spectrum auction

Peru’s mobile market has made great strides in recent years, supported by government programs to bridge digital divides and widen the reach of services in rural and remote areas. Movistar noted that through it ‘Internet for All’ program, its LTE network was available to some 13,000 rural towns and settlements across the country as of September 2021.

5G services have been launched by MNOs using existing concessions. Entel’s 5G infrastructure covered over 90 sites in districts of Lima, Callao, Arequipa, Chiclayo, and Trujillo by September 2021. However, though the auction of additional spectrum for 5G use has been delayed, and this has put a dampener on the consumer uptake of 5G services.

América Móvil’s shareholders in September 2021 approved a proposal to spin-off the company’s telecom towers and other passive infrastructure in its Latin American markets to a newly created subsidiary, Sitios Latinoamérica. The deal includes about 36,000 sites across Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay. In Peru alone, the deal affects some 3,687 sites.


  • Executive Summary
  • Key statistics
    • Table Top Level Country Statistics and Telco Authorities - Peru - 2022 (e)
  • Regional Latin America Market Comparison
    • MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
    • MARKET LEADERS
    • MARKET CHALLENGERS
    • MARKET EMERGENTS
    • TMI VERSUS GDP
    • MOBILE AND MOBILE BROADBAND PENETRATION
    • FIXED VERSUS MOBILE BROADBAND PENETRATION
  • Country overview
    • Table Evolution of GDP in Peru - 2012 - 2022
  • Telecommunications market
    • Table Change in the share of fixed and mobile connections - 2012 - 2022
    • Table Development of telecom investment and revenue (S/. billion) - 2012 - 2021
    • Table Change in telecom service connections, by type (million) - 2012 - 2022
    • Table Percentage of households with access to ICT services - 2012 - 2020
  • Regulatory environment
    • HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
    • REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
      • Ministry of Transport, Communications, Housing and Construction (MTC)
      • Osiptel
    • FIXED-LINE DEVELOPMENTS
      • Telecommunications Investment Fund (FITEL)
      • National Telecommunications Program (PRONATEL)
      • Interconnect
        • Table Change in interconnection revenue - 2013 - 2021
      • Access
      • Number Portability (NP)
        • Table Change in the number of annual fixed number portings - 2014 - 2022
      • Single concession regime
    • MOBILE NETWORK DEVELOPMENTS
      • Spectrum regulations
      • SIM card registration
      • Roaming
      • Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
        • Table Accumulated mobile number portings by operator - July 2014 - June 2022
        • Table Change in the number of annual mobile number portings - 2014 - 2022
      • Mobile Termination Rate (MTR)
  • Mobile market
    • MOBILE STATISTICS
      • Table Change in the number of mobile subscribers and penetration - 2012 - 2027
      • Table Change in mobile market revenue - 2013 - 2021
      • Table Mobile market share of subscribers by operator - 2012 - 2022
      • Table Change in the number of mobile prepaid/postpaid subscribers (million) –2012 - 2020
    • MOBILE INFRASTRUCTURE
      • 5G
      • 4G (LTE)
      • 3G
      • GSM
      • Other infrastructure developments
      • Mobile data
        • Table Change in SMS traffic - 2012 - 2022
        • Table Change in MMS traffic - 2012 - 2022
      • Mobile broadband
        • Table Change in the number of active mobile broadband subscribers and penetration - 2012 - 2027
    • MOBILE CONTENT AND APPLICATIONS
      • m-commerce
    • MAJOR MOBILE OPERATORS
      • Movistar Perú (Telefónica Móviles Perú)
        • Table Change in the number of Movistar Peru’s mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2022
        • Table Development of Movistar Peru’s mobile revenue (€million) - 2012 - 2022
      • Claro Perú (América Móvil)
        • Table Change in the number of Claro Peru’s mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2022
        • Table Development of Claro Peru’s mobile revenue (S/. million) - 2012 - 2022
        • Table Claro Peru’s mobile ARPU - 2012 - 2022
      • Entel Perú
        • Table Growth in the number of Entel Peru’s mobile subscribers - 2012 - 2022
        • Table Change in the number of Entel Peru’s prepaid and contract mobile subscribers (million) - 2017 - 2022
        • Table Development of Entel Peru’s revenue (S/.) - 2013 - 2022
        • Table Entel Peru mobile ARPU ($) - 2015 - 2022
      • Viettel Peru (Bitel)
        • Table Change in the number of Viettel Peru’s mobile subscribers - 2014 - 2022
      • Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
        • Table Change in the number of Flash Mobile’s mobile subscribers - 2016 - 2022
  • Fixed-line broadband market
    • MARKET ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS
      • Table Fixed broadband technologies - market share - 2012 - 2022
      • Table Change in the number of fixed-line broadband subscribers and penetration - 2012 - 2027
      • Table Change in fixed internet revenue - 2013 - 2021
      • Table Change in the share of fixed broadband subscribers by operator - 2012 - 2022
      • Table Growth in the number of Movistar’s broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2022
    • GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES
    • HYBRID FIBRE COAX (HFC) NETWORKS
      • Table Growth in the number of cable broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2022
    • DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) NETWORKS
      • Table Decline in the number of DSL subscribers - 2012 - 2022
    • FIBRE-TO-THE-PREMISES (FTTP) NETWORKS
    • OTHER FIXED BROADBAND SERVICES
      • WiMAX
        • Table WiMAX broadband subscribers - 2010 - 2019
        • Table Other fixed and fixed-wireless broadband subscribers - 2012 - 2022
      • Satellite broadband
  • Digital economy
    • INTERNET OF THINGS
    • E-GOVERNMENT
    • E-LEARNING
    • E-COMMERCE
  • Fixed network operators
    • Table Operator market share of fixed lines in service - 2012 - 2022
    • MOVISTAR PERÚ (TELEFÓNICA)
      • Table Development of Movistar’s financial data by service (S/. million) - 2012 - 2022
      • Table Development of Movistar Peru’s financial data (€million) - 2012 - 2022
      • Table Decline in the number of Movistar’s fixed-line accesses - 2012 - 2022
    • CLARO PERÚ (AMÉRICA MÓVIL)
      • Table Change in the number of Claro Peru’s fixed-line RGUs - 2012 - 2022
      • Table Development of Claro Peru’s fixed-line revenue - 2012 - 2022
    • AMERICATEL PERÚ (ENTEL)
      • Table Development of Americatel Peru’s revenue (S/.) - 2012 - 2022
      • Table Development of Americatel Peru’s revenue ($ million) - 2013 - 2022
      • Table Change in the number of Americatel Peru’s fixed lines - 2012 - 2022
    • GILAT TO HOME PERÚ (GHP)
  • Telecommunications infrastructure
    • NATIONAL TELECOM NETWORK
      • Table Decline in the number of fixed-lines in service and teledensity - 2012 - 2027
      • Table Change in fixed voice revenue - 2013 - 2021
      • Wireless Local Loop (WLL)
        • Table Fixed wireless lines in service - 2012 - 2022
    • INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE
      • Submarine cable networks
        • Table International bandwidth - 2011 - 2017
      • Satellite networks
  • Appendix - Historic data
    • Table Historic - Evolution of GDP in Peru - 2000 - 2011
    • Table Historic - GDP and telecom revenue (S/.) - 2006 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Fixed and mobile market share of connections - 1997 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Operator concessions by service - 2007 - 2015
    • Table Historic - Telecommunications sector investment - 2010 - 2015
    • Table Historic - Telecommunications revenue - 2001 - 2015
    • Table Historic - Change in telecom service connections, by type - 1997 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Fixed lines in service - operator market share - 2001 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Movistar - fixed-line accesses - 2001 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Claro - fixed line RGUs - 2001 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Americatel Peru fixed lines - 2002 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Fixed-line subscriptions - 2001 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Fixed broadband market share by operator - 2007 - 2011
    • Table Historic - International bandwidth - 2000 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Internet users and user penetration rate - 1997 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Broadband subscribers and penetration rates - 1999 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Fixed broadband technologies - market share - 2000 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Cable modem subscribers - 2000 - 2011
    • Table Historic - DSL subscribers - 2000 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Telefónica broadband subscribers - 2005 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Satellite broadband subscribers - 2010 - 2016
    • Table Historic - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1997 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Mobile market share by operator - 2001 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Mobile prepaid/postpaid subscribers - 2004 - 2011
    • Table Historic - SMS traffic - 2004 - 2011
    • Table Historic - MMS traffic - 2004 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Movistar Peru - mobile subscribers - 2001 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Claro Peru - mobile subscribers - 2001 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Entel Peru mobile subscribers - 2001 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of GDP - 2010 - 2015
    • Table Historic - Fixed wireless lines in service - 2008 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of Movistar Peru’s mobile revenue (€million) - 2009 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of Movistar’s financial data by service (S/. million) –2009 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of Movistar Peru’s financial data (€million) - 2009 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of Claro Peru’s fixed-line revenue - 2009 - 2011
    • Table Historic - Development of Americatel Peru’s revenue (S/.) - 2009 - 2011
  • Glossary of abbreviations
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