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: 7 (1%)technical: 2 (<1%)low: 827 (99%)827 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent4price not prominent: 57%no price on banner/prelander2no price on banner/prelander: 29%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 14%0%14%29%43%57%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified300 - 100%300gamesgames239 - 100%2391 - 0%240dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult82 - 99%821 - 1%83videos/streamingvideos/streaming75 - 97%752 - 3%77educationeducation48 - 100%48glamour/adultglamour/adult31 - 91%313 - 9%34sportsport31 - 100%31musicmusic10 - 100%10competitioncompetition3 - 100%3tools/appstools/apps3 - 100%30%9%18%27%36%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN98%2%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%15%30%45%60%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb398 - 99%3984 - 1%402in-appin-app315 - 100%3151 - 0%316FacebookFacebook99 - 98%992 - 2%101TwitterTwitter5 - 100%5emailemail5 - 100%5smssms2 - 100%2YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2InstagramInstagram1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%1instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%10%12%24%36%48%