2022-04-06

Atos Confirms Managed Exit Russian-Based Operations

Source: ATOS
Curated by: Gert Jan Wolf - Editor-in Chief for The Critical Communications Review

In a statment on their website the company said:

Atos condemns the war in Ukraine, and we stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity with the people of Ukraine as well as all countries supporting Ukrainian refugees. Atos teams from across the globe continue to band together at pace supporting humanitarian and refugee aid initiatives. Our utmost priority is the welfare of our people, wherever they are.

Over the last few weeks we have evaluated and reduced our operations in Russia in line with international sanctions and we can now confirm our managed exit of our Russian-based operations.
As a global business, at present we deliver critical digital services to our clients globally out of Russia, the feasibility of exiting Russia has required significant planning both in terms of the implications for our business operations, as well as the very human implications for our Atos people based there.
We are focused on managing the impact on our employees as part of an orderly exit. In support of our global clients, we are moving services currently delivered from Russia to other countries, including India and an expanded Turkish SAP Centre of Excellence.

Atos delivers critical communication solutions for missions, manufacturing, utilities and other vertical markets. The company also offer ATOS Lifelink wireless solutions for private 4G and 5G systems as well as TETRA critical infrastructure solutions, dispatching and TETRA LTE convergence solutions.

As far is known, Atos is the first company wthin the critical communications industry that publicly condemns the war in Ukraine and to take immediate action by closing down its activitiesin Russia.