According to the Colombian Communications Regulatory Commission (CRC), in the fourth quarter of 2021 Mobile voice subscribers increased by 10.9% compared to the same period of 2020.

This finding was presented in the entity’s report, called Data Flash 2022-012 on mobile phone service information reported by providers in Colombia at the end of 2021.

Thus, 75 million users were identified, and despite the increase in the number of subscribers, the revenues and traffic of mobile phone operators decreased during the same period. Revenue fell 13.3% to 603 billion pesos, while traffic fell 14.4% to 37.9 billion processing minutes.

Postpaid

According to the CRC, in December 2021, revenue from the postpaid modal accounted for 66.2% of the total mobile phone service, up 3.4 percentage points compared to the same month in 2020 and showing a negative fluctuation of 8.4% compared to the last month of the previous year. year.

prepaid

In December 2021, the revenues from the prepaid model represent 33.8% of the total mobile phone services and there is a negative change of 21% compared to the same month of the previous year.

What’s Happening With Mobile Virtual Operators (MVNOs)

Mobile virtual operators (MVNOs) are those that do not have their own network infrastructure, so they must access the services of companies that do have one. An example is Móvil Éxito or Virgin Mobile.

According to a national report, The largest decrease was recorded by OMV with 42.2%; And the revenues of mobile network operators (MNO) for this service decreased by 12.5% ​​compared to the same period of the previous year.

In terms of processed minutes, in the fourth quarter of 2021, virtual operators increased by 12.4%, in contrast to network operators, which decreased by 14.7% compared to the same period of the previous year.

According to CRC, the average earnings per minute in the last quarter of 2021 was $15.9, representing a 1.3% increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2020. On the other hand, the average revenue per user was $8,031 and represented a decrease. 21.8% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

Average traffic per subscriber figures show that it was 505 minutes in the fourth quarter of 2021, which is a decrease of 22.8% compared to the same quarter of the previous year.

“These reports, which we publish on our open data portal, result from the ICT market monitoring process carried out by the CRC and are another available decision-making tool. With these figures, it is clear that the mobile voice service maintains a significant presence in the sector with stable behavior and sustained demand for the service,” said Paola Bonilla Castano, CEO of the Communications Regulatory Commission.

Mobile network operators in Colombia include Claro, Movistar, Tigo, Avantel, ETB and WOM; And virtual mobile operators present in the country are Virgin, Logística Flash, Almacenes Éxito, Suma Móvil and Setroc.

Tigo had the fastest mobile network in Colombia in 2021

CRC has published the results of measuring the quality of fixed and mobile Internet service from the user experience in 2021, the unit analyzes. Average download and upload speeds of mobile networks.

Upload and download speeds refer to the speeds that users use to upload and download information from the Internet. Which translates into the time it takes for users to upload photos or videos to Facebook or Instagram. Now, regarding the download time, we can take an example of this with a video that we see on YouTube, the better the network the user has, the less time it takes to watch it and in good quality.

According to the CRC, The best average download speed was recorded by Tigo at 24.8 Mbps, followed by WOM at 16.9 Mbps, Claro at 16.1 Mbps, Avantel at 14.6 Mbps, Movistar at 14.3 Mbps and ETB at 14 Mbps.

Montería, Cartagena and Barranquilla presented the highest average download speeds for 2021; 22.6 Mbps, 22.2 Mbps and 21.2 Mbps respectively. It should be noted that Tigo is the leader in the coastal zone of Colombia.

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