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: 3 (<1%)technical: 2 (<1%)low: 1104 (100%)1104 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent1price not prominent: 33%unsubscribe failure1unsubscribe failure: 33%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 33%0%8%17%25%33%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace298 - 100%2981 - 0%299not classifiednot classified256 - 100%256dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult168 - 100%168glamour/adultglamour/adult157 - 99%1571 - 1%158gamesgames86 - 100%86educationeducation81 - 100%81sportsport27 - 96%271 - 4%28competitioncompetition22 - 100%22mixed contentmixed content8 - 100%8musicmusic1 - 100%10%7%13%20%27%

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%35%53%71%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb594 - 99%5943 - 1%597in-appin-app269 - 100%269FacebookFacebook206 - 100%206TwitterTwitter30 - 100%30smssms4 - 100%4YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%13%27%40%54%