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: 9 (1%)technical: 10 (1%)low: 1290 (99%)1290 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent7price not prominent: 78%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 11%content locking1content locking: 11%0%19%39%58%78%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames529 - 100%5291 - 0%530dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult247 - 98%2474 - 2%251not classifiednot classified214 - 100%214sportsport77 - 100%77videos/streamingvideos/streaming73 - 99%731 - 1%74glamour/adultglamour/adult60 - 97%602 - 3%62educationeducation54 - 98%541 - 2%55musicmusic20 - 100%20competitioncompetition12 - 100%12healthhealth8 - 100%80%10%20%30%40%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%16%32%48%64%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb949 - 99%9495 - 1%954in-appin-app239 - 100%2391 - 0%240FacebookFacebook87 - 97%873 - 3%90TwitterTwitter8 - 100%8InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5instant messengerinstant messenger3 - 100%3YouTubeYouTube3 - 100%3emailemail3 - 100%3TikTokTikTok2 - 100%2smssms1 - 100%10%18%36%55%73%