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: 3 (<1%)technical: 2 (<1%)low: 1059 (100%)1059 low

regulatory issues 28 days

non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 33%price not prominent1price not prominent: 33%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 33%0%8%17%25%33%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace262 - 99%2622 - 1%264not classifiednot classified212 - 100%212glamour/adultglamour/adult184 - 100%184dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult157 - 100%157gamesgames85 - 99%851 - 1%86educationeducation83 - 100%83sportsport40 - 100%40competitioncompetition28 - 100%28mixed contentmixed content8 - 100%8psychic/astrologypsychic/astrology1 - 100%10%6%12%19%25%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%header enrichment / 2 clickheader enrichment / 2 click100%SMS / click toSMS / click to100%0%17%34%51%68%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb578 - 100%5782 - 0%580in-appin-app223 - 100%2231 - 0%224FacebookFacebook216 - 100%216TwitterTwitter26 - 100%26emailemail5 - 100%5InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5YouTubeYouTube4 - 100%4smssms3 - 100%3TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%14%27%41%55%