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: 6 (1%)low: 701 (98%)701 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent4price not prominent: 67%no price on banner/prelander2no price on banner/prelander: 33%0%17%33%50%67%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified237 - 100%237gamesgames141 - 99%1412 - 1%143dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult118 - 98%1183 - 2%121videos/streamingvideos/streaming77 - 100%77sportsport47 - 98%471 - 2%48glamour/adultglamour/adult36 - 100%36educationeducation36 - 100%36competitioncompetition7 - 100%7musicmusic3 - 100%3mixed contentmixed content2 - 100%20%8%17%25%33%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN98%2%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%16%31%47%63%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb366 - 99%3665 - 1%371in-appin-app256 - 100%256FacebookFacebook67 - 99%671 - 1%68instant messengerinstant messenger4 - 100%4TwitterTwitter4 - 100%4emailemail3 - 100%3InstagramInstagram3 - 100%3YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok2 - 100%20%13%26%39%52%