Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Vector Photonics bag equity funding; German data protection regulator clamps down on Facebook; Spotify suffers branding car-crash moment. Openreach, the semi-autonomous network access arm of UK incumbent operator BT, has chosen India-based STL to supply cable and connectors for its full-fiber rollout over the next three years. The deal will include access to STL's Celesta cable, which STL claims is 26% slimmer than traditional loose cables, allowing 2,000 meters of cable to be installed in less than an hour. It will also help Openreach cut down on the amount of plastic it uses in its network.