A method comprising: receiving (6-5, 6-8, 6-12, 6-15) messages by a local network gateway and from end devices (101, 102, 103, 104) in a local network, wherein the local network gateway facilitates communication between the end devices and an external network, wherein: each of the messages comprises profile configuration data indicative of instructions from one of multiple users configuring a user profile associated with the user providing the instructions, the profile configuration data related to a profile for provisioning of multiple services via the local network gateway and from the external network, and the profile configuration data comprises data specifying the user associated with the user profile, identities, for a first user, associated with each of the multiple services via the local network gateway and from the external network, and user-configurable settings controlling the manner in which at least one of the multiple services is provided to the first user; forwarding (6-6, 6-9, 6-13, 6-16) the profile configuration data to the external network; receiving, by the local network gateway and from the external network, user profile data, and storing the user profile data, wherein the user profile data comprises the identities and the user-configurable settings; receiving, by the local network gateway and from the external network, service data corresponding to the multiple services; and subsequently forwarding (8-6, 17-7, 17-8), from the local network gateway and to at least a portion of the end devices in accordance with the user profile data, the service data, wherein the forwarded service data comprises a notification summary specific to at least one of the multiple services. receiving (6-5, 6-8, 6-12, 6-15) messages by a local network gateway and from end devices (101, 102, 103, 104) in a local network, wherein the local network gateway facilitates communication between the end devices and an external network, wherein: each of the messages comprises profile configuration data indicative of instructions from one of multiple users configuring a user profile associated with the user providing the instructions, the profile configuration data related to a profile for provisioning of multiple services via the local network gateway and from the external network, and the profile configuration data comprises data specifying the user associated with the user profile, identities, for a first user, associated with each of the multiple services via the local network gateway and from the external network, and user-configurable settings controlling the manner in which at least one of the multiple services is provided to the first user; each of the messages comprises profile configuration data indicative of instructions from one of multiple users configuring a user profile associated with the user providing the instructions, the profile configuration data related to a profile for provisioning of multiple services via the local network gateway and from the external network, and the profile configuration data comprises data specifying the user associated with the user profile, identities, for a first user, associated with each of the multiple services via the local network gateway and from the external network, and user-configurable settings controlling the manner in which at least one of the multiple services is provided to the first user; forwarding (6-6, 6-9, 6-13, 6-16) the profile configuration data to the external network; receiving, by the local network gateway and from the external network, user profile data, and storing the user profile data, wherein the user profile data comprises the identities and the user-configurable settings; receiving, by the local network gateway and from the external network, service data corresponding to the multiple services; and subsequently forwarding (8-6, 17-7, 17-8), from the local network gateway and to at least a portion of the end devices in accordance with the user profile data, the service data, wherein the forwarded service data comprises a notification summary specific to at least one of the multiple services.