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: 12 (2%)technical: 9 (1%)low: 738 (97%)12 medium9 technical738 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent6price not prominent: 50%no price on banner/prelander4no price on banner/prelander: 33%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 17%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified256 - 100%256gamesgames166 - 99%1662 - 1%168dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult109 - 97%1093 - 3%112videos/streamingvideos/streaming76 - 97%762 - 3%78sportsport59 - 97%592 - 3%61glamour/adultglamour/adult35 - 95%352 - 5%37educationeducation30 - 97%301 - 3%31competitioncompetition7 - 100%7kidskids5 - 100%5healthhealth1 - 100%10%8%17%25%34%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN97%3%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%0%18%36%55%73%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb379 - 98%3799 - 2%388in-appin-app279 - 100%2791 - 0%280FacebookFacebook64 - 97%642 - 3%66InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5instant messengerinstant messenger4 - 100%4emailemail4 - 100%4TwitterTwitter4 - 100%4TikTokTikTok2 - 100%2smssms1 - 100%10%13%26%38%51%