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: 5 (<1%)low: 2234 (100%)2234 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander5no price on banner/prelander: 100%0%25%50%75%100%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames681 - 100%6811 - 0%682game marketplacegame marketplace472 - 100%472dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult231 - 100%231not classifiednot classified230 - 100%230glamour/adultglamour/adult182 - 99%1822 - 1%184educationeducation169 - 100%169videos/streamingvideos/streaming128 - 99%1281 - 1%129sportsport110 - 100%110competitioncompetition18 - 100%18tools/appstools/apps10 - 91%1 - 9%110%8%15%23%30%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN100%0%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%otherother100%0%23%45%68%90%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1778 - 100%17785 - 0%1783in-appin-app233 - 100%233FacebookFacebook190 - 100%190TwitterTwitter19 - 100%19InstagramInstagram4 - 100%4YouTubeYouTube4 - 100%4instant messengerinstant messenger3 - 100%3smssms3 - 100%30%20%40%60%80%