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: 1 (<1%)low: 1987 (100%)1987 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander4no price on banner/prelander: 67%price not prominent1price not prominent: 17%misleading flow1misleading flow: 17%0%17%33%50%67%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames561 - 99%5615 - 1%566game marketplacegame marketplace501 - 100%5011 - 0%502dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult186 - 100%186not classifiednot classified182 - 100%182sportsport180 - 100%180glamour/adultglamour/adult133 - 100%133educationeducation80 - 100%80videos/streamingvideos/streaming76 - 100%76tools/appstools/apps39 - 100%39competitioncompetition26 - 100%260%7%14%21%28%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN100%0%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%otherother100%ICSSICSS100%mobile paymobile pay100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%0%21%41%62%83%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1602 - 100%16025 - 0%1607in-appin-app188 - 100%188FacebookFacebook155 - 99%1551 - 1%156TwitterTwitter24 - 100%24instant messengerinstant messenger7 - 100%7InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5smssms2 - 100%20%20%40%60%81%