Suppliers will be required to install equipment for intelligence agencies to obtain a license.
The Ministry of Digital Development is going to tighten the requirements for Internet providers, and require companies to install SORM equipment and check its readiness before starting services. Currently, operators can obtain a license by promising to supply equipment at a later date.
The new rules will close a loophole through which vendors delayed the installation of the equipment and then registered a new legal entity, avoiding the requirement to cooperate with intelligence agencies.
This can create a problem for small operators, since the minimum set of equipment costs more than five million rubles, and a complete system can cost 30 million.