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: 16 (1%)technical: 5 (<1%)low: 1483 (99%)1483 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander7no price on banner/prelander: 41%price not prominent7price not prominent: 41%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 12%misleading flow1misleading flow: 6%0%10%21%31%41%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace423 - 100%4232 - 0%425gamesgames326 - 97%32610 - 3%336not classifiednot classified313 - 100%313dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult119 - 98%1192 - 2%121sportsport102 - 100%102educationeducation89 - 100%89glamour/adultglamour/adult84 - 99%841 - 1%85competitioncompetition15 - 100%15videos/streamingvideos/streaming9 - 90%1 - 10%10tools/appstools/apps5 - 100%50%7%14%21%28%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN98%2%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%header enrichment / 2 clickheader enrichment / 2 click100%0%20%40%59%79%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1051 - 99%105112 - 1%1063in-appin-app327 - 100%327FacebookFacebook77 - 95%774 - 5%81TwitterTwitter18 - 100%18InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5YouTubeYouTube3 - 100%3smssms3 - 100%3emailemail2 - 100%2instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%18%35%53%71%