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%)technical: 4 (<1%)low: 887 (99%)887 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent5price not prominent: 83%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 17%0%21%42%63%83%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames300 - 99%3003 - 1%303not classifiednot classified283 - 100%283dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult89 - 99%891 - 1%90educationeducation76 - 100%76videos/streamingvideos/streaming62 - 98%621 - 2%63glamour/adultglamour/adult33 - 97%331 - 3%34sportsport26 - 100%26musicmusic11 - 100%11competitioncompetition4 - 100%4tools/appstools/apps3 - 100%30%8%17%25%34%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%15%31%46%62%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb467 - 99%4674 - 1%471in-appin-app306 - 100%3061 - 0%307FacebookFacebook97 - 99%971 - 1%98TwitterTwitter10 - 100%10smssms3 - 100%3emailemail3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%13%26%39%53%