market summary United Kingdom

Country Manager

Oussama Bouras

Oussama Bouras

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Facts & Figures

  • The UK population in 2020 is 67,886,011.
  • Mobile Operators and Market Share (The UK Mobile penetration is 130%):
    • EE 27%
    • O2 22%
    • Vodafone 16%
    • Three 9%
    • Virgin 5%
    • Other MNOs 10% (Tesco, ASDA, Sky, GiffGaff, Lebara etc.)

Flows & Rules

  • The UK is regulated on a day-to-day basis by Phone-Paid Services Authorities (PSA).
  • All services are hosted by aggregators and their subesquent merchants. Content providers must comply with PSA Code of practise and carrier mandates.
  • There are 2 types of carrier billing flows:
    • standard OTP Flow – provides a more templated approach to payment pages.
    • One-off payment; 2-click; < £9.99.

Reports

status 28 days

medium: 5 (<1%)low: 2266 (100%)2266 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander5no price on banner/prelander: 100%0%25%50%75%100%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames745 - 100%7451 - 0%746game marketplacegame marketplace452 - 100%452not classifiednot classified219 - 100%219glamour/adultglamour/adult215 - 99%2152 - 1%217dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult209 - 100%209educationeducation164 - 100%164videos/streamingvideos/streaming111 - 99%1111 - 1%112sportsport107 - 100%107competitioncompetition23 - 100%23tools/appstools/apps10 - 91%1 - 9%110%8%16%25%33%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN100%0%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%mobile paymobile pay100%header enrichment / 2 clickheader enrichment / 2 click100%0%22%44%66%88%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1804 - 100%18045 - 0%1809in-appin-app225 - 100%225FacebookFacebook200 - 100%200TwitterTwitter23 - 100%23InstagramInstagram4 - 100%4smssms4 - 100%4YouTubeYouTube3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger3 - 100%30%20%40%60%80%