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: 5 (1%)technical: 20 (2%)low: 798 (97%)20 technical798 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent5price not prominent: 100%0%25%50%75%100%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified263 - 100%263gamesgames245 - 99%2452 - 1%247educationeducation101 - 100%101dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult75 - 100%75glamour/adultglamour/adult45 - 98%451 - 2%46videos/streamingvideos/streaming35 - 95%352 - 5%37sportsport25 - 100%25competitioncompetition11 - 100%11musicmusic9 - 100%9tools/appstools/apps3 - 100%30%8%16%24%32%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%17%35%52%69%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb396 - 99%3963 - 1%399in-appin-app290 - 100%290FacebookFacebook101 - 98%1012 - 2%103TwitterTwitter13 - 100%13YouTubeYouTube8 - 100%8emailemail3 - 100%3smssms3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2InstagramInstagram1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%12%24%36%48%