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: 15 (1%)technical: 5 (<1%)low: 1211 (98%)1211 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander7no price on banner/prelander: 50%price not prominent7price not prominent: 50%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace368 - 99%3684 - 1%372not classifiednot classified275 - 100%275gamesgames173 - 96%1738 - 4%181glamour/adultglamour/adult114 - 99%1141 - 1%115dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult90 - 99%901 - 1%91educationeducation82 - 100%82sportsport74 - 100%74competitioncompetition25 - 100%25tools/appstools/apps5 - 83%1 - 17%6videos/streamingvideos/streaming6 - 100%60%8%15%23%30%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN97%3%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%20%40%60%80%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb774 - 99%77411 - 1%785in-appin-app287 - 100%2871 - 0%288FacebookFacebook114 - 97%1143 - 3%117TwitterTwitter17 - 100%17InstagramInstagram11 - 100%11YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5emailemail4 - 100%4smssms2 - 100%2instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%16%32%48%64%