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: 9 (1%)low: 1132 (99%)1132 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent5price not prominent: 63%no price on banner/prelander2no price on banner/prelander: 25%content locking1content locking: 13%0%16%31%47%63%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames405 - 100%4052 - 0%407not classifiednot classified251 - 100%251dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult217 - 99%2173 - 1%220sportsport89 - 99%891 - 1%90videos/streamingvideos/streaming72 - 100%72educationeducation44 - 98%441 - 2%45glamour/adultglamour/adult37 - 97%371 - 3%38musicmusic13 - 100%13competitioncompetition6 - 100%6healthhealth3 - 100%30%9%18%27%35%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%15%30%46%61%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb789 - 99%7895 - 1%794in-appin-app268 - 100%2681 - 0%269FacebookFacebook63 - 97%632 - 3%65TwitterTwitter6 - 100%6instant messengerinstant messenger4 - 100%4InstagramInstagram4 - 100%4emailemail3 - 100%3TikTokTikTok3 - 100%3YouTubeYouTube1 - 100%10%17%35%52%69%