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: 8 (1%)technical: 11 (1%)low: 1341 (99%)1341 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent6price not prominent: 75%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 13%content locking1content locking: 13%0%19%38%56%75%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames523 - 100%5231 - 0%524dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult255 - 99%2553 - 1%258not classifiednot classified257 - 100%257glamour/adultglamour/adult79 - 98%792 - 2%81sportsport75 - 100%75videos/streamingvideos/streaming64 - 98%641 - 2%65educationeducation53 - 98%531 - 2%54musicmusic20 - 100%20competitioncompetition11 - 100%11healthhealth8 - 100%80%10%19%29%39%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%16%31%47%62%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb955 - 100%9554 - 0%959in-appin-app285 - 100%2851 - 0%286FacebookFacebook85 - 97%853 - 3%88TwitterTwitter10 - 100%10InstagramInstagram6 - 100%6YouTubeYouTube4 - 100%4instant messengerinstant messenger3 - 100%3emailemail2 - 100%2smssms1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%18%35%53%71%