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Light Reading talked to Broadband Forum CEO Craig Thomas to discuss how and why operators are shifting toward a 'services-led' model that puts more focus on apps and services that can be layered on top of the core connection.

Also in todays EMEA regional roundup: Olaf Swantee turns up at Vodafone; Volkswagen strikes cloud deal with Microsoft; Orange turns Prpl. European Union member states have agreed on the ground rules for negotiating a revision of the EUs ePrivacy directive, which is now more than a decade old. The update is required to reflect the technological changes that have occurred since the directives inception, such as the emergence of the Internet of Things, the widespread use of VoIP, web-based email a...