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%)technical: 2 (<1%)low: 1140 (99%)1140 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent3price not prominent: 60%unsubscribe failure1unsubscribe failure: 20%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 20%0%15%30%45%60%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace346 - 99%3463 - 1%349not classifiednot classified315 - 100%315dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult152 - 100%152glamour/adultglamour/adult89 - 99%891 - 1%90educationeducation83 - 100%83gamesgames80 - 100%80sportsport43 - 98%431 - 2%44competitioncompetition22 - 100%22mixed contentmixed content9 - 100%9musicmusic1 - 100%10%8%15%23%30%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%18%36%54%72%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb603 - 99%6035 - 1%608in-appin-app328 - 100%328FacebookFacebook182 - 100%182TwitterTwitter23 - 100%23YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2smssms2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%1instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%10%13%27%40%53%