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: 4 (<1%)technical: 2 (<1%)low: 1105 (99%)1105 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent2price not prominent: 50%unsubscribe failure1unsubscribe failure: 25%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 25%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace305 - 99%3052 - 1%307not classifiednot classified260 - 100%260dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult165 - 100%165glamour/adultglamour/adult148 - 99%1481 - 1%149gamesgames85 - 100%85educationeducation82 - 100%82sportsport29 - 97%291 - 3%30competitioncompetition22 - 100%22mixed contentmixed content8 - 100%8musicmusic1 - 100%10%7%14%21%28%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%SMS / click toSMS / click to100%header enrichment / 2 clickheader enrichment / 2 click100%0%18%36%54%71%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb596 - 99%5964 - 1%600in-appin-app273 - 100%273FacebookFacebook209 - 100%209TwitterTwitter24 - 100%24YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2smssms2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%14%27%41%54%