In Meld. St. 33 (2016–2017) National Transport Plan 2018–2029 allocated funds to establishment of a pilot programme for an alternative core infrastructure in 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 network. The objective of the pilot programme is to establish a functioning market for alternative core infrastructures aimed at critical businesses and other users. To achieve the pilot programme's objective, and in the long run to facilitate a fully-fledged alternative to Telenor’s transport infrastructure, Nkom believes that it is relevant to look closer at the following categories of measures:16    Altibox, Broadnet and Telenor reserve dark fibre/wave length by each other in particularly exposed stretches to strengthen own robustness Government support to new fibre cables in strategically important areas in cooperation with Telenor, Broadnet, Altibox, the Norwegian Armed Forces (North–South, Western Norway, Finnmark) Government support facilitating additional redundancy and provider diversity in the transport network part of the mobile networks. Nkom’s assessment is that there is a need to establish more coherent fibre connections in key areas between the different regions of the country that are important for national preparedness and security. The measures are delineated against investments that the providers must do themselves in order to provide a proper electronic communication infrastructure to their users. The Government will work together with the electronic communication providers to link together particularly important stretches of the existing fibre network. 9.2 International connections In 2016, Nkom delivered a report17 on access to fibre infrastructure in Norway and delivery roads abroad. The report shows that there is good access to alternative fibre feeds in most parts of the country, but not everywhere. The report also shows that most of the international traffic is routed via the Oslo area and abroad through Sweden. Established transmission providers have so far not wanted to change the current traffic management out of the country. The providers show limited interest or willingness to use new delivery roads abroad. The Government will continue to work on development of possible state measures that may help facilitate more fibre cables out of the country. 9.3 Emergency and preparedness communication Emergency and preparedness prosecutors rely on good and secure communication solutions in their daily work and in crisis situations. The Norwegian Emergency Public Safety Network serves a good solution for secured voice communication. 16 17 Nkom, 2017, Robust and secure national transport infrastructure – Visions and vulnerability-reducing measures. Nkom, 2016, Mapping and assessment of infrastructure that may be used by data centres .