United Kingdom: Office of Communications closes consultation on draft rules on combatting mobile messaging scams

On 28 January 2026, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) closes the consultation on a draft rule on combating mobile messaging scams. The draft rule would require mobile providers to limit messaging volumes on pay-as-you-go SIMs, block numbers reported for scams and detect and stop scam messages in transit. For business messaging, providers and aggregators would need to conduct thorough “know your customer” and “know your traffic” checks, verify sender identities, manage incidents by addressing scam activity, and block malicious messages.