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: 13 (2%)technical: 3 (<1%)low: 711 (98%)13 medium3 technical711 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander6no price on banner/prelander: 46%price not prominent4price not prominent: 31%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 15%misleading banner1misleading banner: 8%0%12%23%35%46%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified271 - 100%271gamesgames117 - 98%1172 - 2%119dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult112 - 98%1122 - 2%114glamour/adultglamour/adult99 - 95%995 - 5%104sportsport52 - 96%522 - 4%54videos/streamingvideos/streaming24 - 92%242 - 8%26competitioncompetition15 - 100%15musicmusic8 - 100%8educationeducation6 - 100%6tools/appstools/apps4 - 100%40%9%19%28%37%

payment type compliance 28 days

MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN98%2%header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN95%5%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%13%27%40%53%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb337 - 97%33710 - 3%347in-appin-app288 - 100%2881 - 0%289FacebookFacebook52 - 96%522 - 4%54YouTubeYouTube11 - 100%11InstagramInstagram11 - 100%11TwitterTwitter8 - 100%8emailemail4 - 100%4smssms2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%12%24%36%48%