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: 15 (2%)technical: 5 (1%)low: 825 (98%)15 medium5 technical825 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander7no price on banner/prelander: 47%price not prominent6price not prominent: 40%misleading banner1misleading banner: 7%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 7%0%12%23%35%47%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified291 - 100%291gamesgames166 - 98%1663 - 2%169dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult134 - 99%1342 - 1%136glamour/adultglamour/adult105 - 95%1055 - 5%110sportsport43 - 96%432 - 4%45videos/streamingvideos/streaming31 - 91%313 - 9%34educationeducation24 - 100%24musicmusic13 - 100%13competitioncompetition13 - 100%13tools/appstools/apps7 - 100%70%9%17%26%34%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN96%4%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN98%2%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%14%27%41%55%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb414 - 97%41411 - 3%425in-appin-app307 - 100%3071 - 0%308FacebookFacebook74 - 96%743 - 4%77YouTubeYouTube13 - 100%13InstagramInstagram7 - 100%7TwitterTwitter6 - 100%6emailemail5 - 100%5smssms3 - 100%3TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%13%25%38%50%