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: 6 (<1%)technical: 3 (<1%)low: 1452 (99%)1452 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander3no price on banner/prelander: 50%misleading flow1misleading flow: 17%price not prominent1price not prominent: 17%auto-click1auto-click: 17%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames592 - 99%5923 - 1%595game marketplacegame marketplace184 - 100%184not classifiednot classified179 - 100%179dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult154 - 100%154educationeducation108 - 100%108glamour/adultglamour/adult104 - 99%1041 - 1%105videos/streamingvideos/streaming66 - 99%661 - 1%67sportsport34 - 100%34competitioncompetition13 - 100%13mixed contentmixed content10 - 91%1 - 9%110%10%20%31%41%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%otherother100%mobile paymobile pay100%0%23%46%68%91%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1126 - 100%11265 - 0%1131in-appin-app194 - 100%194FacebookFacebook109 - 99%1091 - 1%110TwitterTwitter14 - 100%14instant messengerinstant messenger4 - 100%4emailemail3 - 100%3YouTubeYouTube3 - 100%3smssms1 - 100%1InstagramInstagram1 - 100%10%19%39%58%77%