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: 12 (1%)technical: 9 (1%)low: 792 (97%)792 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent6price not prominent: 50%no price on banner/prelander4no price on banner/prelander: 33%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 17%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified261 - 100%261gamesgames174 - 99%1742 - 1%176dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult129 - 98%1293 - 2%132videos/streamingvideos/streaming84 - 98%842 - 2%86sportsport61 - 97%612 - 3%63glamour/adultglamour/adult38 - 95%382 - 5%40educationeducation33 - 97%331 - 3%34competitioncompetition8 - 100%8kidskids5 - 100%5musicmusic3 - 100%30%8%16%24%32%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN97%3%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%0%17%34%51%68%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb415 - 98%4159 - 2%424in-appin-app288 - 100%2881 - 0%289FacebookFacebook73 - 97%732 - 3%75YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5instant messengerinstant messenger5 - 100%5TwitterTwitter5 - 100%5InstagramInstagram4 - 100%4emailemail3 - 100%3TikTokTikTok2 - 100%2smssms1 - 100%10%13%26%39%52%