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%)technical: 3 (<1%)low: 1157 (99%)1157 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 marketplace354 - 99%3544 - 1%358not classifiednot classified235 - 100%235glamour/adultglamour/adult206 - 100%2061 - 0%207gamesgames111 - 97%1113 - 3%114dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult107 - 100%107sportsport70 - 100%70educationeducation38 - 100%38competitioncompetition27 - 100%27videos/streamingvideos/streaming5 - 100%5tools/appstools/apps2 - 67%1 - 33%30%8%15%23%31%

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%mobile paymobile pay100%0%20%40%59%79%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb697 - 99%6977 - 1%704in-appin-app260 - 100%2601 - 0%261FacebookFacebook160 - 99%1601 - 1%161TwitterTwitter25 - 100%25InstagramInstagram7 - 100%7YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5smssms3 - 100%3emailemail2 - 100%2TikTokTikTok1 - 100%10%15%30%45%60%