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: 8 (1%)low: 1071 (99%)1071 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent4price not prominent: 50%no price on banner/prelander3no price on banner/prelander: 38%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 13%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace270 - 99%2704 - 1%274not classifiednot classified226 - 100%226glamour/adultglamour/adult177 - 99%1771 - 1%178dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult143 - 100%143gamesgames87 - 98%872 - 2%89educationeducation80 - 100%80sportsport45 - 100%45competitioncompetition28 - 100%28mixed contentmixed content8 - 100%8videos/streamingvideos/streaming4 - 100%40%6%13%19%25%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%SMS / click toSMS / click to100%header enrichment / 2 clickheader enrichment / 2 click100%0%17%34%51%68%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb579 - 99%5796 - 1%585in-appin-app241 - 100%2411 - 0%242FacebookFacebook206 - 100%2061 - 0%207TwitterTwitter26 - 100%26emailemail6 - 100%6InstagramInstagram6 - 100%6YouTubeYouTube4 - 100%4smssms2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%14%27%41%54%