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: 11 (1%)technical: 9 (1%)low: 1344 (99%)1344 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent6price not prominent: 55%no price on banner/prelander2no price on banner/prelander: 18%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 9%content locking1content locking: 9%misleading banner1misleading banner: 9%0%14%27%41%55%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames516 - 100%5162 - 0%518not classifiednot classified315 - 100%315dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult240 - 99%2402 - 1%242glamour/adultglamour/adult85 - 96%854 - 4%89sportsport67 - 100%67educationeducation51 - 98%511 - 2%52videos/streamingvideos/streaming37 - 95%372 - 5%39musicmusic20 - 100%20competitioncompetition9 - 100%9healthhealth7 - 100%70%9%19%28%38%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%16%33%49%66%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb910 - 99%9105 - 1%915in-appin-app342 - 99%3422 - 1%344FacebookFacebook70 - 95%704 - 5%74TwitterTwitter10 - 100%10YouTubeYouTube9 - 100%9InstagramInstagram8 - 100%8emailemail2 - 100%2smssms1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%17%34%50%67%