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: 2 (<1%)technical: 1 (<1%)low: 2049 (100%)2049 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander2no price on banner/prelander: 100%0%25%50%75%100%

service type compliance 28 days

gamesgames721 - 100%721game marketplacegame marketplace313 - 100%313not classifiednot classified229 - 100%229dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult212 - 100%212glamour/adultglamour/adult183 - 99%1831 - 1%184educationeducation183 - 100%183videos/streamingvideos/streaming116 - 99%1161 - 1%117sportsport68 - 100%68competitioncompetition16 - 100%16tools/appstools/apps5 - 100%50%9%18%26%35%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN100%0%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN100%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%otherother100%0%23%46%69%92%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb1598 - 100%15982 - 0%1600in-appin-app238 - 100%238FacebookFacebook186 - 100%186TwitterTwitter17 - 100%17YouTubeYouTube3 - 100%3InstagramInstagram3 - 100%3emailemail3 - 100%3smssms2 - 100%20%19%39%58%78%