Part III Follow-up of the Lysne Committee’s recommendations 10 Electronic communication 10.1 Reduce the criticality of Telenor’s core infrastructure Problem description (NOU 2015: 13, section 11.7.1) Telenor’s core infrastructure is a component of virtually all digital value chains. Therefore, an outage in this infrastructure has serious and simultaneous consequences in most areas of society, and for the essential functions discussed in this report. Telenor’s core infrastructure is well-developed, professionally operated and historically has very high stability. Nevertheless, it could be paralysed by human error, failure to follow procedures, sabotage, terror or disloyal personnel. In the view of the committee, the sum of the social values this network carries is unacceptably high. Therefore, the committee will recommend working towards goals where at least one additional player has a nationwide core infrastructure at thee same level as Telenor’s with respect to coverage, route diversity, redundancy and independence. The Lysne Committee’s report estimates the costs of establishing an alternative core infrastructure to be NOK 575 million. Status of measures The Committee’s assessments of the criticality of Telenor’s core infrastructure are receiving a lot of support in the consultation round. In Meld. St. 33 (2016–2017) National Transport Plan 2018–2029, the government has given priority of funds to the establishment of a pilot project for an alternative core infrastructure from 2018-2021. The pilot programme will demonstrate the security needs and the commercial basis for investment in a core infrastructure that competes with Telenor's infrastructure. Reference is made to the discussion of the status of the measure under section 9.1. 10.2 Ensure diversity among the suppliers of the infrastructure Problem description (NOU 2015: 13, section 11.7.2) Efforts should be made to have controlled heterogeneity among equipment suppliers in the Norwegian electronic communication infrastructure. The National Communications Authority (Nkom) should, in consultation with the Norwegian Competition Authority, take the initiative to investigate whether we currently have sufficient policy instruments to address this or whether there is a need to establish policy instruments to ensure the diversity of the equipment. This problem should also be included in the formulation of a new Security Act (part II),