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: 2 (<1%)low: 1098 (99%)1098 low

regulatory issues 28 days

price not prominent3price not prominent: 43%no price on banner/prelander2no price on banner/prelander: 29%unsubscribe failure1unsubscribe failure: 14%non-compliant banner1non-compliant banner: 14%0%11%21%32%43%

service type compliance 28 days

not classifiednot classified325 - 100%325game marketplacegame marketplace305 - 99%3053 - 1%308dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult138 - 100%138gamesgames107 - 99%1071 - 1%108glamour/adultglamour/adult87 - 99%871 - 1%88educationeducation63 - 100%63sportsport44 - 96%442 - 4%46competitioncompetition20 - 100%20mixed contentmixed content9 - 100%9musicmusic1 - 100%10%7%15%22%29%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%SMS / click toSMS / click to100%0%19%38%57%76%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb560 - 99%5607 - 1%567in-appin-app341 - 100%341FacebookFacebook176 - 100%176TwitterTwitter17 - 100%17YouTubeYouTube2 - 100%2smssms2 - 100%2InstagramInstagram1 - 100%1instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%10%13%26%38%51%