Operators switched to domestic technical support

Domestic telecom operators may be left without equipment technical support. On January 15, 2023, the order of the Ministry of Digital Development, adopted three years ago, began to operate, prohibiting operators from applying for technical support of equipment to foreign companies and companies affiliated with foreigners.

Warranty and technical support, as well as the modernization of “the means of communication used must be carried out by Russian legal entities that are not under the control of foreign legal entities and (or) individuals,” the order says. In addition, the document imposes a ban on infrastructure management “from the territory of a foreign state.”