O2 requires commercial partners offering gambling services to ensure that these are only available to customers who have proved they are 18 or over.
Our systems aim to make sure that no gambling services can be accessed by anyone who has not first proved their age through our age-verification process.
Some customers will choose to use their mobiles to access legal gambling services. We respect their rights to do so, but are committed to making sure that children and the vulnerable are protected. This is in line with our responsibilities under the UK, German and Irish codes of practice on new forms of content.
On the Isle of Man, Manx Telecom provides fixed-line, mobile and internet services, and we support the Government's 'e-island' strategy. Here we are at the forefront of mobile technology, offering high-speed mobile (3.5G) services. We are also responsible for installing and maintaining the Isle of Man Government's award-winning Connect Mann network, Europe's first secure e-government Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network.
The world-class infrastructure that Manx Telecom has put in place, together with the island's beneficial tax regime, has seen the Isle of Man become a hosting jurisdiction for some of the world's largest e-gaming and online poker companies. This jurisdiction is highly regarded and has a regulatory framework that has been developed to support and protect e-gaming companies and their customers.
The Isle of Man Gambling Control Commission, founded in 1962, is responsible for the regulation of the licensing system. The commission is fully independent and committed to player protection.
