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: 2 (<1%)low: 1111 (99%)1111 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander3no price on banner/prelander: 38%auto-click2auto-click: 25%price not prominent2price not prominent: 25%unrelated flow1unrelated flow: 13%0%9%19%28%38%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames451 - 100%4511 - 0%452dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult170 - 100%170not classifiednot classified132 - 100%132game marketplacegame marketplace126 - 100%126educationeducation73 - 100%73glamour/adultglamour/adult62 - 95%623 - 5%65videos/streamingvideos/streaming37 - 97%371 - 3%38mixed contentmixed content32 - 94%322 - 6%34competitioncompetition11 - 100%11sportsport7 - 100%70%10%20%30%40%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%otherother100%mobile paymobile pay100%0%20%41%61%81%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb889 - 99%8896 - 1%895in-appin-app143 - 99%1431 - 1%144FacebookFacebook57 - 100%57TwitterTwitter16 - 94%1 - 6%17instant messengerinstant messenger4 - 100%4YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2InstagramInstagram1 - 100%1smssms1 - 100%10%20%40%60%80%