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: 9 (1%)technical: 9 (1%)low: 1284 (99%)1284 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent7price not prominent: 78%content locking1content locking: 11%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 11%0%19%39%58%78%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames509 - 100%5092 - 0%511not classifiednot classified265 - 100%265dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult236 - 98%2364 - 2%240sportsport86 - 99%861 - 1%87videos/streamingvideos/streaming77 - 100%77educationeducation52 - 98%521 - 2%53glamour/adultglamour/adult35 - 97%351 - 3%36musicmusic13 - 100%13competitioncompetition9 - 100%9healthhealth7 - 100%70%10%20%29%39%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%16%32%49%65%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb911 - 99%9116 - 1%917in-appin-app292 - 100%2921 - 0%293FacebookFacebook66 - 97%662 - 3%68TwitterTwitter9 - 100%9InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5TikTokTikTok3 - 100%3emailemail3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger3 - 100%3YouTubeYouTube1 - 100%10%18%35%53%70%