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: 20 (1%)technical: 5 (<1%)low: 1363 (98%)1363 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander9no price on banner/prelander: 43%price not prominent9price not prominent: 43%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 10%misleading flow1misleading flow: 5%0%11%21%32%43%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace430 - 99%4304 - 1%434not classifiednot classified304 - 100%304gamesgames272 - 96%27211 - 4%283dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult90 - 98%902 - 2%92educationeducation87 - 100%87glamour/adultglamour/adult78 - 99%781 - 1%79sportsport72 - 100%72competitioncompetition17 - 100%17videos/streamingvideos/streaming8 - 89%1 - 11%9tools/appstools/apps5 - 83%1 - 17%60%8%16%23%31%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN98%2%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN97%3%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%20%40%59%79%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb951 - 98%95116 - 2%967in-appin-app321 - 100%321FacebookFacebook64 - 94%644 - 6%68TwitterTwitter16 - 100%16InstagramInstagram6 - 100%6emailemail3 - 100%3smssms3 - 100%3YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%17%35%52%70%