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: 10 (1%)technical: 6 (1%)low: 704 (98%)704 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent4price not prominent: 40%no price on banner/prelander4no price on banner/prelander: 40%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 20%0%10%20%30%40%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified223 - 100%223gamesgames177 - 99%1771 - 1%178dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult103 - 98%1032 - 2%105videos/streamingvideos/streaming58 - 97%582 - 3%60sportsport52 - 96%522 - 4%54educationeducation45 - 98%451 - 2%46glamour/adultglamour/adult34 - 94%342 - 6%36competitioncompetition7 - 100%7kidskids6 - 100%6psychic/astrologypsychic/astrology2 - 100%20%8%15%23%31%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN98%2%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%0%19%38%57%76%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb367 - 98%3677 - 2%374in-appin-app241 - 100%2411 - 0%242FacebookFacebook75 - 97%752 - 3%77TwitterTwitter7 - 100%7InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5YouTubeYouTube4 - 100%4emailemail4 - 100%4smssms3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok2 - 100%20%13%26%39%52%