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: 4 (<1%)low: 880 (99%)880 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent4price not prominent: 44%no price on banner/prelander3no price on banner/prelander: 33%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 22%0%11%22%33%44%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified314 - 100%314gamesgames233 - 100%233dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult112 - 98%1122 - 2%114videos/streamingvideos/streaming63 - 97%632 - 3%65sportsport61 - 98%611 - 2%62educationeducation42 - 98%421 - 2%43glamour/adultglamour/adult29 - 91%293 - 9%32musicmusic11 - 100%11competitioncompetition7 - 100%7kidskids6 - 100%60%9%18%26%35%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN98%2%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%14%29%43%58%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb428 - 99%4284 - 1%432in-appin-app338 - 99%3382 - 1%340FacebookFacebook94 - 97%943 - 3%97YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5emailemail5 - 100%5TwitterTwitter5 - 100%5InstagramInstagram3 - 100%3smssms3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%12%24%36%48%