Movistar in Colombia

The figures on this page come from Colombia’s communications regulator, the CRC, and from what Movistar and the press have published, each with its date.

How fast is Movistar’s 4G?

The CRC measures mobile internet on people’s own phones. In its report of 9 December 2025, with measurements up to June 2025, Movistar’s 4G averaged 12.3 Mbps for downloads and 8.4 Mbps for uploads across the country, and the network answered in 28 milliseconds. These are national averages: the CRC reports each city and town on its own.

Where Movistar has 5G

Movistar switched on its 5G network on 23 February 2024, on the 3.5 GHz spectrum it won in the auction of December 2023. At the end of 2025 it counted 1,021 5G sites in 99 cities. 5G needs a phone that supports it, and a plan card on this page says 5G only when that is confirmed for the plan.

One network with Tigo

Movistar and Tigo run their mobile access network together. They switched it on in January 2025, first in Ibagué and in Madrid (Cundinamarca), and said it would bring better coverage and signal to more than 900 municipalities over the year. Each brand still sells its own lines, and your phone shows Movistar. Since February 2026 the two also have one owner: Millicom, the group behind Tigo, holds 67.5% of the company that runs Movistar in Colombia.

Check the signal where you are going

The CRC publishes coverage maps for every network in its data tool, DaTIC. Choose mobile services, then coverage, then Movistar, and the map shows the signal level for each technology, from 2G to 5G, down to the municipality. The maps show what the networks report, and their latest data is from the end of 2024. Movistar has a mobile coverage map on its own site too.

Before you land

Install the eSIM at home on Wi-Fi and switch its line on after landing. Colombia has phones on Colombian lines registered by their IMEI: if Movistar texts you about it, you have 20 days to register the phone with them.

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