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: 6 (<1%)low: 2154 (100%)2154 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander6no price on banner/prelander: 100%0%25%50%75%100%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames685 - 100%6851 - 0%686game marketplacegame marketplace426 - 100%4261 - 0%427not classifiednot classified239 - 100%239glamour/adultglamour/adult207 - 99%2072 - 1%209dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult171 - 100%171educationeducation165 - 100%165videos/streamingvideos/streaming108 - 99%1081 - 1%109sportsport105 - 100%105competitioncompetition24 - 100%24tools/appstools/apps10 - 91%1 - 9%110%8%16%24%32%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN100%0%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%mobile paymobile pay100%header enrichment / 2 clickheader enrichment / 2 click100%0%22%45%67%90%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1678 - 100%16786 - 0%1684in-appin-app243 - 100%243FacebookFacebook187 - 100%187TwitterTwitter29 - 100%29instant messengerinstant messenger6 - 100%6smssms5 - 100%5InstagramInstagram4 - 100%4YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%20%19%39%58%78%