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: 6 (1%)low: 749 (98%)12 medium6 technical749 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 classified281 - 100%281gamesgames183 - 99%1832 - 1%185dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult108 - 97%1083 - 3%111videos/streamingvideos/streaming58 - 97%582 - 3%60sportsport52 - 96%522 - 4%54educationeducation33 - 97%331 - 3%34glamour/adultglamour/adult24 - 92%242 - 8%26kidskids6 - 100%6competitioncompetition5 - 100%5psychic/astrologypsychic/astrology2 - 100%20%9%18%27%37%

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%20%39%59%78%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb364 - 98%3649 - 2%373in-appin-app300 - 100%3001 - 0%301FacebookFacebook66 - 97%662 - 3%68YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5TwitterTwitter5 - 100%5emailemail5 - 100%5InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2smssms2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%12%24%36%49%