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: 4 (<1%)technical: 18 (2%)low: 803 (97%)18 technical803 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent3price not prominent: 75%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 25%0%19%38%56%75%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified286 - 100%286gamesgames231 - 100%2311 - 0%232dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult87 - 100%87educationeducation83 - 100%83glamour/adultglamour/adult52 - 98%521 - 2%53videos/streamingvideos/streaming26 - 93%262 - 7%28sportsport24 - 100%24competitioncompetition14 - 100%14musicmusic8 - 100%8tools/appstools/apps3 - 100%30%9%17%26%35%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%ICSSICSS100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%15%30%45%59%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb404 - 100%4041 - 0%405in-appin-app256 - 100%2561 - 0%257FacebookFacebook133 - 99%1332 - 1%135TwitterTwitter10 - 100%10YouTubeYouTube8 - 100%8emailemail3 - 100%3smssms3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%1InstagramInstagram1 - 100%10%12%25%37%49%