Long-standing factors have driven consolidation in the telecommunications vendor market over many years, so it is critical that the Government adopts measures to maintain market diversity as well as to drive the initial diversification. Network operators will be integral to achieving both aims. Although operators stand to benefit from a more diverse vendor market, it may not be in their interest to purchase and use equipment from a wider range of vendors. The Government’s diversification strategy does not sufficiently acknowledge this fact, and provides little detail of proposed measures to ensure that it will be in network operators’ interest to drive and maintain a diverse vendor market.