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: 13 (1%)technical: 5 (<1%)low: 1197 (99%)1197 low

regulatory issues 28 days

no price on banner/prelander7no price on banner/prelander: 58%price not prominent5price not prominent: 42%0%15%29%44%58%

service type compliance 28 days

game marketplacegame marketplace365 - 99%3654 - 1%369not classifiednot classified270 - 100%270glamour/adultglamour/adult153 - 99%1531 - 1%154gamesgames145 - 96%1456 - 4%151dating/chat, non-adultdating/chat, non-adult96 - 99%961 - 1%97sportsport72 - 100%72educationeducation64 - 100%64competitioncompetition22 - 100%22videos/streamingvideos/streaming6 - 100%6tools/appstools/apps5 - 83%1 - 17%60%8%15%23%30%

payment type compliance 28 days

header enrichment / PINheader enrichment / PIN99%1%MSISDN / PINMSISDN / PIN97%3%PSMS / user initiatedPSMS / user initiated100%ICSSICSS100%0%20%41%61%81%

traffic source compliance 28 days

webweb753 - 99%7539 - 1%762in-appin-app288 - 100%2881 - 0%289FacebookFacebook119 - 98%1193 - 2%122TwitterTwitter21 - 100%21InstagramInstagram7 - 100%7YouTubeYouTube5 - 100%5emailemail4 - 100%4smssms3 - 100%3TikTokTikTok1 - 100%1instant messengerinstant messenger1 - 100%10%16%31%47%63%