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: 5 (<1%)low: 1157 (99%)1157 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander5no price on banner/prelander: 56%price not prominent4price not prominent: 44%0%14%28%42%56%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace324 - 99%3244 - 1%328not classifiednot classified250 - 100%250glamour/adultglamour/adult202 - 100%2021 - 0%203gamesgames130 - 98%1303 - 2%133dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult101 - 100%101sportsport73 - 100%73educationeducation40 - 100%40competitioncompetition27 - 100%27tools/appstools/apps5 - 83%1 - 17%6videos/streamingvideos/streaming6 - 100%60%7%14%21%28%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%20%40%60%81%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb685 - 99%6857 - 1%692in-appin-app275 - 100%2751 - 0%276FacebookFacebook159 - 99%1591 - 1%160TwitterTwitter22 - 100%22InstagramInstagram7 - 100%7YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5emailemail4 - 100%4smssms3 - 100%3TikTokTikTok1 - 100%1instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%10%15%30%44%59%