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Ask the experts: just how close is the Internet of Everything?
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Ask the experts: just how close is the Internet of Everything?

Last month Gavin gave us an overview of the “Internet of Things” (also known as the “Internet of Everything”) and what it could mean for everyday life. But how far from the revolution are we? We spoke to some experts to find out. You’ve probably heard it being mentioned a few…

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Purple WiFi to deliver WiFi offering for City of York as part of Pinacl Solutions partnership
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Purple WiFi to deliver WiFi offering for City of York as part of North partnership

April 23, 2014: Purple WiFi, the cloud-based Social WiFi software company will be working with North, one of the UK’s leading Managed Services Providers, and Ruckus Wireless, the global WiFi technology pioneer, to deliver a secure and legal Social WiFi solution for City of York Council. The fully supported service…

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Risks of providing free customer WiFi in Australia

It’s a little known fact outside of the land down under that WiFi is an Australian invention. The Australian Government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) invented and patented wireless LAN technology in the 1990s. Today, WiFi is nearly ubiquitous in Australia as households and businesses use the technology…

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WiFi captive portal
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Splash page and e-shots – new functionality explained

Purple WiFi is always innovating, changing and adapting to new technology. We’re keen to give our customers and resellers the tools they need to make the Purple WiFi product work for them. That’s why we’re introducing a brand new splash page and e-shots. Dom, our Training Manager, will be organising…

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Can stores compete with online shopping?
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Can stores really compete with online shopping?

Facts and figures Today’s newly released ONS (Office of National Statistics) retail figures show a clear upward trend in the retail market, with an increase of 3.7% compared to February 2013.  Increasingly customers are more confident in spending their money and inflation in stores is at an all time low.…

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Channel 4 News features Purple WiFi
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Channel 4 News features Purple WiFi

Our CEO, Gavin Wheeldon and I had a busy day out of the office last week filming with Channel 4 News.  Having read about what we do within the retail sector, one of the programme’s journalists wanted to come and see Purple WiFi in action, for himself.   So, we decided…

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Family friendly Canterbury Cathedral
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Family friendly Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury Cathedral wanted to take action following recent reports that public WiFi is being used to access explicit content and that 58% of venues worldwide currently have no content filtering in place. They implemented the Purple WiFi platform in order to deliver a secure and legal Social WiFi solution and…

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Ask the experts: just how close is the Internet of Everything?
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The Internet of Things

Global shipments of WiFi enabled devices hit 1.9 billion in 2013. That’s a 19% increase over the prior year and puts the total number of WiFi enabled devices up to 4 billion – and this is expected to rise 7 billion by 2017, according to research by Strategy Analytics. 59%…

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Admiral Taverns rolls out free WiFi
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Admiral Taverns rolls out free WiFi

Social WiFi provider, Purple WiFi, has been selected by Admiral Taverns as a supplier of WiFi solutions for its pub estate. The service will enable customers to login for free but will also deliver valuable analytical data back to the individual pubs, around customers’ online activity and profile, allowing much…

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Hotspot 2.0
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Hotspot 2.0, Passpoint and Next Generation Hotspot

So what is Hotspot 2.0, how does it relate to Passpoint and Next Generation Hotspot (NGH) and – what’s all the fuss about? Confused? You’d be forgiven if you were and would be in good company. Firstly, I will explain how they are related. Hotspot 2.0 is an initiative driven…

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Press release: Chuanhow Technology announces agreement with Purple WiFi

Chuanhow Technology has signed an agreement with innovative social WiFi provider, Purple WiFi, which will see the addition of cloud-based guest WiFi and location analytics solutions to its portfolio of products. Purple WiFi provides businesses with enterprise guest WiFi which meets all legal requirements while delivering rich analytical information about the…

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Spotlight on: Data Retention Obligations in the European Union

(Important Note added on 14 July 2014: The EU law in this area is currently undergoing change and this blog post requires updating to reflect the current circumstances. We will be re-publishing with the up to date legal information as soon as possible.) The need to allow access to public…

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U.S. Guest WiFi – What Are the Risks?

According to Clare Boothe Luce, “No good deed goes unpunished.”  Today, business owners fear that this aphorism may apply to the good deed of providing open guest WiFi to their customers.  While answers may vary around the globe, in the U.S. the rewards appear to outweigh the risks.  Indeed, numerous…

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Alhambra shopping centre
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Alhambra gets shoppers online

Alhambra take advantage of new collaboration between Purple WiFi and Ruckus Wireless The company The Alhambra Centre is a 170,000 sq ft shopping centre located in the North of England, providing retail space to 40 well known and popular retailers including Next, Primark and T.K.Maxx.  The business didn’t have any free WiFi…

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Purple WiFi reseller survey
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The Channel Purple – reseller news update

Purple WiFi shocking survey results In an effort to further understand the nature of how organisations in our key target sectors provide guest WiFi, and to ascertain new sales and marketing opportunities for our reseller partners, we have conducted a global survey of over 3500 organisations in retail, leisure and…

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