Norway will host the 13th conference in the series, which will be held in Oslo in October 2017. The Lysne Committee highlights the national infrastructure for electronic communication as a key component of almost all digital value chains.14 In line with the recommendations of the Lysne Committee and the Ministry of Transport and Communication’s follow-up of the national electronic communication plan,15 Nkom was commissioned to consider vulnerability-reducing measures related to the dependence of society and essential functions on Telenor’s core infrastructure, and how different transport networks and international connections may be combined to improve the overall national capacity and security in the electronic communication networks. In the report Robust and Secure National Transport Networks - Visions and Vulnerability Measures from April 2017, Nkom follows-up the assignment and explains the current situation, anticipated development in the market and what policy and budget measures are required to improve the security of the Norwegian electronic communication networks. The report is an important knowledge base for the Government’s future work in the area. In addition, businesses responsible for essential functions that rely heavily on electronic communication must consider their own measures that may reduce the risk for loss of communication. Key measures:  priority funding for establishment of a pilot for an alternative core infrastructure, cf. Meld. St. 33 (2016–2017) National Transport Plan 2018–2029  continued work on developing possible government measures that may help to facilitate more fibre cables abroad  work for strong communication protection in Norway 9.1 Alternative core infrastructure and robustness in the regional transport networks Development of a Norwegian electronic communication network is mainly funded and operated by commercial developers who choose their own development strategy and develop their own services and business models. The Government and the electronic communication providers are currently implementing measures to strengthen the security and robustness of the Norwegian electronic communication networks. In Norway today only Telenor provides a national core interface solely based on its own infrastructure. Other key transmission providers depend on Telenor or partners to provide an infrastructure with similar capacity, coverage, robustness and independence. Even though Telenor’s core infrastructure is developed and operated with a very high degree of security, and over time has shown high reliability, the dependence on one single party’s network represents a vulnerability that should be dealt with. The Government wants Norway to have a strong and robust electronic communication network, and is committed to reducing this vulnerability. 14 See also the scenario about “Cyber attacks on electronic communication infrastructure”, National risk situation (DSB 2014). T he scenario shows the dependence of essential functions on the electronic communication infrastructure. 15 Meld. St. 27 (2015–2016) Digital agenda for Norway.