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: 4 (<1%)technical: 1 (<1%)low: 2110 (100%)2110 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander4no price on banner/prelander: 100%0%25%50%75%100%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames771 - 100%771game marketplacegame marketplace331 - 100%331not classifiednot classified219 - 100%219dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult217 - 100%217glamour/adultglamour/adult186 - 99%1862 - 1%188educationeducation187 - 100%187videos/streamingvideos/streaming110 - 99%1101 - 1%111sportsport65 - 100%65competitioncompetition15 - 100%15tools/appstools/apps6 - 86%1 - 14%70%9%18%27%36%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN100%0%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%otherother100%0%23%46%69%92%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1684 - 100%16844 - 0%1688in-appin-app224 - 100%224FacebookFacebook175 - 100%175TwitterTwitter17 - 100%17YouTubeYouTube3 - 100%3InstagramInstagram3 - 100%3smssms3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%20%20%40%60%80%