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: 7 (1%)technical: 5 (1%)low: 840 (99%)840 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent4price not prominent: 57%no price on banner/prelander2no price on banner/prelander: 29%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 14%0%14%29%43%57%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified303 - 100%303gamesgames244 - 100%2441 - 0%245dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult84 - 99%841 - 1%85videos/streamingvideos/streaming75 - 97%752 - 3%77educationeducation50 - 100%50glamour/adultglamour/adult33 - 92%333 - 8%36sportsport32 - 100%32musicmusic10 - 100%10competitioncompetition4 - 100%4tools/appstools/apps3 - 100%30%9%18%27%36%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN98%2%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%15%30%45%60%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb402 - 99%4024 - 1%406in-appin-app320 - 100%3201 - 0%321FacebookFacebook103 - 98%1032 - 2%105TwitterTwitter7 - 100%7emailemail6 - 100%6smssms2 - 100%2YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2InstagramInstagram1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%1instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%10%12%24%36%48%