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: 10 (2%)technical: 1 (<1%)low: 548 (98%)10 medium1 technical548 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander5no price on banner/prelander: 56%price not prominent3price not prominent: 33%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 11%0%14%28%42%56%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified186 - 100%186dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult93 - 97%933 - 3%96gamesgames90 - 99%901 - 1%91glamour/adultglamour/adult71 - 96%713 - 4%74sportsport49 - 96%492 - 4%51videos/streamingvideos/streaming27 - 96%271 - 4%28competitioncompetition16 - 100%16musicmusic6 - 100%6educationeducation4 - 100%4kidskids3 - 100%30%8%17%25%33%

payment type compliance 28 days

MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN98%2%header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN95%5%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%15%30%45%60%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb271 - 97%2718 - 3%8279in-appin-app203 - 100%203FacebookFacebook47 - 98%471 - 2%48InstagramInstagram10 - 100%10YouTubeYouTube6 - 86%1 - 14%7TwitterTwitter5 - 100%5emailemail4 - 100%4smssms2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%12%25%37%50%