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: 7 (1%)low: 1302 (99%)1302 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent6price not prominent: 86%content locking1content locking: 14%0%21%43%64%86%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames505 - 100%5051 - 0%506not classifiednot classified277 - 100%277dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult234 - 98%2344 - 2%238sportsport76 - 100%76videos/streamingvideos/streaming69 - 100%69educationeducation58 - 98%581 - 2%59glamour/adultglamour/adult49 - 98%491 - 2%50musicmusic20 - 100%20competitioncompetition10 - 100%10healthhealth7 - 100%70%10%19%29%38%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%16%32%47%63%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb898 - 100%8984 - 0%902in-appin-app307 - 100%3071 - 0%308FacebookFacebook82 - 98%822 - 2%84TwitterTwitter8 - 100%8InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5instant messengerinstant messenger3 - 100%3YouTubeYouTube3 - 100%3TikTokTikTok2 - 100%2emailemail1 - 100%10%17%34%51%69%