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%)low: 1989 (100%)1989 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander5no price on banner/prelander: 83%misleading flow1misleading flow: 17%0%21%42%63%83%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames638 - 100%6382 - 0%640game marketplacegame marketplace452 - 100%4521 - 0%453not classifiednot classified195 - 100%195dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult166 - 100%166glamour/adultglamour/adult146 - 99%1461 - 1%147sportsport124 - 100%124educationeducation107 - 100%107videos/streamingvideos/streaming105 - 99%1051 - 1%106competitioncompetition22 - 100%22charitycharity12 - 100%120%8%16%24%32%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN100%0%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%mobile paymobile pay100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%ICSSICSS100%header enrichment / 2 clickheader enrichment / 2 click100%otherother100%0%22%44%66%89%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1588 - 100%15885 - 0%1593in-appin-app197 - 100%197FacebookFacebook161 - 99%1611 - 1%162TwitterTwitter24 - 100%24instant messengerinstant messenger7 - 100%7YouTubeYouTube4 - 100%4InstagramInstagram4 - 100%4smssms4 - 100%40%20%40%60%80%