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: 7 (1%)technical: 16 (2%)low: 910 (98%)16 technical910 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent6price not prominent: 86%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 14%0%21%43%64%86%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified299 - 100%299gamesgames290 - 99%2903 - 1%293educationeducation100 - 100%100dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult81 - 100%81videos/streamingvideos/streaming57 - 97%572 - 3%59glamour/adultglamour/adult37 - 95%372 - 5%39sportsport36 - 100%36musicmusic15 - 100%15competitioncompetition5 - 100%5tools/appstools/apps3 - 100%30%8%16%24%32%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%17%34%51%68%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb469 - 99%4695 - 1%474in-appin-app334 - 100%334FacebookFacebook97 - 98%972 - 2%99TwitterTwitter10 - 100%10YouTubeYouTube8 - 100%8emailemail4 - 100%4instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2smssms1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%13%25%38%51%