market summary United Kingdom

Country Manager

Oussama Bouras

Oussama Bouras

contact

Files

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

high: 2 (<1%)medium: 8 (<1%)technical: 2 (<1%)low: 1836 (99%)1836 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander5no price on banner/prelander: 50%non-compliant banner2non-compliant banner: 20%brand passing-off1brand passing-off: 10%price not prominent1price not prominent: 10%content locking1content locking: 10%0%13%25%38%50%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace485 - 100%4852 - 0%487gamesgames481 - 99%4813 - 1%484sportsport252 - 100%252not classifiednot classified172 - 99%1722 - 1%174dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult165 - 99%1651 - 1%166educationeducation109 - 100%109glamour/adultglamour/adult77 - 100%77tools/appstools/apps43 - 96%432 - 4%45videos/streamingvideos/streaming27 - 100%27competitioncompetition21 - 100%210%7%13%20%26%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN100%0%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN99%1%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%otherother100%ICSSICSS100%not set (Marketing Test)not set (Marketing Test)100%0%20%39%59%79%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1509 - 100%15096 - 0%1515in-appin-app188 - 99%1882 - 1%190FacebookFacebook109 - 98%1092 - 2%111TwitterTwitter20 - 100%20InstagramInstagram5 - 100%5smssms3 - 100%3emailemail2 - 100%2instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%1YouTubeYouTube1 - 100%10%20%41%61%82%