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: 6 (1%)technical: 7 (1%)low: 846 (98%)846 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander3no price on banner/prelander: 43%price not prominent2price not prominent: 29%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 14%technical issue1technical issue: 14%0%11%21%32%43%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames294 - 100%2941 - 0%295not classifiednot classified259 - 100%259glamour/adultglamour/adult128 - 98%1282 - 2%130dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult79 - 99%791 - 1%80educationeducation49 - 100%49competitioncompetition17 - 100%17sportsport9 - 100%9videos/streamingvideos/streaming7 - 78%2 - 22%9tools/appstools/apps4 - 100%4mixed contentmixed content3 - 100%30%9%17%26%34%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN98%2%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%ICSSICSS100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%0%13%25%38%51%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb480 - 99%4803 - 1%483in-appin-app219 - 100%2191 - 0%220FacebookFacebook132 - 99%1322 - 1%134TwitterTwitter10 - 100%10YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5emailemail3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2InstagramInstagram1 - 100%1smssms1 - 100%10%14%28%42%56%