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: 9 (1%)technical: 2 (<1%)low: 1240 (99%)1240 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander3no price on banner/prelander: 33%price not prominent2price not prominent: 22%auto-click2auto-click: 22%misleading flow1misleading flow: 11%unrelated flow1unrelated flow: 11%0%8%17%25%33%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames487 - 100%4872 - 0%489dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult162 - 100%162game marketplacegame marketplace154 - 100%154not classifiednot classified144 - 100%144educationeducation91 - 100%91glamour/adultglamour/adult81 - 96%813 - 4%84videos/streamingvideos/streaming52 - 98%521 - 2%53mixed contentmixed content28 - 93%282 - 7%30sportsport17 - 100%17competitioncompetition13 - 100%130%10%20%29%39%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%otherother100%mobile paymobile pay100%0%21%42%63%84%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb982 - 99%9826 - 1%988in-appin-app154 - 99%1541 - 1%155FacebookFacebook81 - 99%811 - 1%82TwitterTwitter14 - 93%1 - 7%15instant messengerinstant messenger6 - 100%6smssms2 - 100%2YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2InstagramInstagram1 - 100%10%20%39%59%79%