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: 8 (<1%)technical: 3 (<1%)low: 1909 (99%)1909 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander5no price on banner/prelander: 63%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 25%price not prominent1price not prominent: 13%0%16%31%47%63%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames515 - 100%5151 - 0%516game marketplacegame marketplace495 - 99%4953 - 1%498sportsport297 - 100%2971 - 0%298not classifiednot classified221 - 100%221dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult129 - 99%1291 - 1%130educationeducation111 - 100%111glamour/adultglamour/adult76 - 100%76tools/appstools/apps36 - 95%362 - 5%38competitioncompetition15 - 100%15mixed contentmixed content9 - 100%90%7%13%20%27%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN100%0%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%0%19%39%58%78%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1515 - 100%15156 - 0%1521in-appin-app240 - 100%240FacebookFacebook126 - 98%1262 - 2%128TwitterTwitter19 - 100%19emailemail4 - 100%4InstagramInstagram4 - 100%4smssms3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%10%20%40%59%79%