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: 6 (1%)technical: 10 (1%)low: 952 (98%)952 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent5price not prominent: 83%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 17%0%21%42%63%83%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames321 - 99%3213 - 1%324not classifiednot classified314 - 100%314dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult90 - 99%901 - 1%91educationeducation77 - 100%77videos/streamingvideos/streaming64 - 98%641 - 2%65glamour/adultglamour/adult43 - 98%431 - 2%44sportsport30 - 100%30musicmusic11 - 100%11competitioncompetition6 - 100%6tools/appstools/apps3 - 100%30%8%17%25%33%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%0%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%0%16%32%47%63%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb498 - 99%4984 - 1%502in-appin-app342 - 100%3421 - 0%343FacebookFacebook97 - 99%971 - 1%98TwitterTwitter11 - 100%11YouTubeYouTube6 - 100%6emailemail3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger2 - 100%2smssms2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%13%26%39%52%