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%)low: 1045 (99%)1045 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander5no price on banner/prelander: 56%price not prominent4price not prominent: 44%0%14%28%42%56%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace279 - 99%2794 - 1%283not classifiednot classified222 - 100%222glamour/adultglamour/adult179 - 99%1791 - 1%180dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult116 - 100%116gamesgames101 - 97%1013 - 3%104educationeducation65 - 100%65sportsport47 - 100%47competitioncompetition29 - 100%29videos/streamingvideos/streaming4 - 100%4psychic/astrologypsychic/astrology1 - 100%10%7%13%20%27%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%SMS / click toSMS / click to100%header enrichment / 2 clickheader enrichment / 2 click100%0%18%36%54%72%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb583 - 99%5837 - 1%590in-appin-app241 - 100%2411 - 0%242FacebookFacebook175 - 99%1751 - 1%176TwitterTwitter26 - 100%26InstagramInstagram7 - 100%7emailemail6 - 100%6YouTubeYouTube4 - 100%4smssms2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%14%28%42%56%