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: 738 (98%)738 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent5price not prominent: 56%no price on banner/prelander3no price on banner/prelander: 33%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 11%0%14%28%42%56%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified254 - 100%254gamesgames159 - 99%1592 - 1%161dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult123 - 98%1233 - 2%126videos/streamingvideos/streaming73 - 99%731 - 1%74sportsport56 - 97%562 - 3%58glamour/adultglamour/adult32 - 100%32educationeducation29 - 97%291 - 3%30competitioncompetition8 - 100%8kidskids5 - 100%5musicmusic3 - 100%30%8%17%25%34%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN97%3%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%16%33%49%66%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb380 - 98%3807 - 2%387in-appin-app275 - 100%2751 - 0%276FacebookFacebook68 - 99%681 - 1%69TwitterTwitter5 - 100%5instant messengerinstant messenger5 - 100%5InstagramInstagram4 - 100%4YouTubeYouTube4 - 100%4emailemail3 - 100%3TikTokTikTok2 - 100%2smssms1 - 100%10%13%26%38%51%