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: 7 (1%)technical: 17 (2%)low: 820 (97%)17 technical820 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent6price not prominent: 86%no price on banner/prelander1no price on banner/prelander: 14%0%21%43%64%86%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified288 - 100%288gamesgames248 - 99%2483 - 1%251educationeducation98 - 100%98dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult68 - 100%68videos/streamingvideos/streaming48 - 94%483 - 6%51glamour/adultglamour/adult38 - 97%381 - 3%39sportsport24 - 100%24musicmusic9 - 100%9competitioncompetition9 - 100%9tools/appstools/apps3 - 100%30%9%17%26%34%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN98%2%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%18%35%53%71%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb402 - 99%4025 - 1%407in-appin-app316 - 100%316FacebookFacebook93 - 98%932 - 2%95TwitterTwitter10 - 100%10YouTubeYouTube8 - 100%8emailemail3 - 100%3smssms3 - 100%3instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%1TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%12%24%36%48%