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: 10 (1%)technical: 5 (1%)low: 876 (98%)876 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent5price not prominent: 50%no price on banner/prelander3no price on banner/prelander: 30%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 20%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified313 - 100%313gamesgames251 - 100%2511 - 0%252dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult101 - 99%1011 - 1%102videos/streamingvideos/streaming69 - 96%693 - 4%72educationeducation47 - 98%471 - 2%48sportsport43 - 98%431 - 2%44glamour/adultglamour/adult26 - 90%263 - 10%29musicmusic10 - 100%10competitioncompetition7 - 100%7kidskids6 - 100%60%9%18%26%35%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN97%3%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%15%31%46%61%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb429 - 99%4296 - 1%435in-appin-app338 - 99%3382 - 1%340FacebookFacebook91 - 98%912 - 2%93emailemail5 - 100%5YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5TwitterTwitter4 - 100%4InstagramInstagram3 - 100%3smssms3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%12%24%37%49%