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: 6 (1%)technical: 5 (1%)low: 913 (99%)913 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent5price not prominent: 83%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 17%0%21%42%63%83%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified335 - 100%335gamesgames292 - 99%2923 - 1%295dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult83 - 99%831 - 1%84videos/streamingvideos/streaming64 - 98%641 - 2%65educationeducation65 - 100%65glamour/adultglamour/adult29 - 97%291 - 3%30sportsport26 - 100%26musicmusic10 - 100%10competitioncompetition4 - 100%4tools/appstools/apps4 - 100%40%9%18%27%36%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%15%30%45%60%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb448 - 99%4484 - 1%452in-appin-app354 - 100%3541 - 0%355FacebookFacebook96 - 99%961 - 1%97TwitterTwitter8 - 100%8emailemail5 - 100%5smssms2 - 100%2instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%12%24%37%49%