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: 10 (1%)technical: 2 (<1%)low: 1125 (99%)1125 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander5no price on banner/prelander: 50%auto-click2auto-click: 20%misleading flow1misleading flow: 10%unrelated flow1unrelated flow: 10%price not prominent1price not prominent: 10%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames399 - 99%3993 - 1%402not classifiednot classified147 - 100%147game marketplacegame marketplace142 - 100%142dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult128 - 100%128educationeducation105 - 100%105glamour/adultglamour/adult86 - 97%863 - 3%89videos/streamingvideos/streaming52 - 98%521 - 2%53mixed contentmixed content25 - 93%252 - 7%27sportsport18 - 100%18competitioncompetition11 - 100%110%9%18%27%35%

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%43%64%86%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb854 - 99%8547 - 1%861in-appin-app157 - 99%1571 - 1%158FacebookFacebook85 - 99%851 - 1%86TwitterTwitter18 - 95%1 - 5%19instant messengerinstant messenger8 - 100%8YouTubeYouTube3 - 100%3InstagramInstagram1 - 100%1smssms1 - 100%10%19%38%57%76%