The authorities will stop issuing licenses to internet providers without connection to the FSB surveillance system.
Russian authorities will refuse to issue licenses to telecom operators who have not signed up to the System of Operational Investigative Measures (SORM), which provides the FSB with access to Internet traffic. The Ministry of Digital Development proposed to include the corresponding norm in the bill for the reform of the communications industry, informed sources told Izvestia.
Currently, to obtain a license, an agreed network diagram indicating the places where SORM tools have already been installed or will be located is sufficient. However, so far technical measures have been allowed to be introduced within two years. It was used by individual companies that worked without equipment for years, then closed the business and registered a new legal entity, explained Alkhas Mirzabkov, CEO of operator ESK. According to the new rules, service can be provided to subscribers only after the equipment has been received by law enforcement authorities.
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