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: 8 (1%)technical: 5 (1%)low: 850 (98%)850 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent4price not prominent: 50%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 25%no price on banner/prelander2no price on banner/prelander: 25%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified302 - 100%302gamesgames254 - 100%2541 - 0%255dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult86 - 99%861 - 1%87videos/streamingvideos/streaming73 - 96%733 - 4%76educationeducation47 - 100%47sportsport33 - 100%33glamour/adultglamour/adult29 - 91%293 - 9%32musicmusic10 - 100%10kidskids6 - 100%6competitioncompetition6 - 100%60%9%17%26%35%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN98%2%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%15%30%45%61%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb419 - 99%4195 - 1%424in-appin-app315 - 100%3151 - 0%316FacebookFacebook101 - 98%1012 - 2%103emailemail5 - 100%5TwitterTwitter4 - 100%4smssms3 - 100%3YouTubeYouTube3 - 100%3InstagramInstagram2 - 100%2instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%12%25%37%49%