Category: Purple WiFi
Well done to Plymouth’s Derriford hospital, which is now offering a completely free WiFi service, where is was previously paid for. When we are proactively targeting customers for our WiFi hotspot solution one of the key factors of success is the dwell time of people in that venue, I think there is only one other place people…
The FCC voted unanimously on Wednesday of this week to free up 195Mhz in the 5Ghz band for use with public WiFi and for boosting of mobile phone signals. “Because the 5GHz band is already used for other purposes by both federal and non-federal users, the effort will require significant consultation with stakeholders to enable non-interfering…
Our customers know there are lots of benefits to using Purple WiFi. It’s ‘social WiFi’ because every time a customer uses it, they have the chance to thank you by posting on their Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin timeline. What that social post says is up to you, and if you use this functionality well, it can be an extremely powerful…
Purple WiFi has rolled out its revolutionary social WiFi service at Huddersfield’s Kingsgate shopping mall to enable the centre to capitalise on the benefits of social networking, while offering Kingsgate customers a fast, free and secure WiFi service. Purple WiFi allows businesses to build brand awareness and attract new customers to their premises without the…
I knew 2013 was going to be an exciting year for the WiFi industry and this certainly rubber stamps that thought process, this is particularly important news for those like us that add value to the WiFi equipment vendors. In a doff of the cap to the equipment move to the cloud, Cisco’s purchase of Meraki…
The auction of 3G spectrum some years ago raised £22.5BN for the UK Treasury, clearly that was an overheated affair and all of the operators who bought spectrum must have woken up with headaches from deal heat. The 4G auction was never going to achieve anything like those sums, that was always clear. That said…
Have you ever been encouraged to use the self check out in a supermarket or airport? You’re ushered in and kindly helped by a member of staff who will show you just how easy and fast it is to do things without a member of staff. Take that a stage further and when you’re in…
As I sat down in front of the big screen, my job was to present my plan for So Purple’s marketing should I get the job of Digital Marketing Manager. There would be a lot to do! The company was formed about 4 months ago, forged from 5 tech companies and now under one umbrella…
We’ve certainly started the New Year on a high here at Purple HQ. We’ve already welcome several new members of the team – Jamie Akalin, Helen Stonehouse and Bill Williams join the sales team. Andrew Higginson bolsters the design & development team as Senior Open Source Developer and Hazel Allsopp has become the groups Digital Marketing Manager. In…
Ironically, the environmental factors surrounding the Hospitality show in Birmingham on the 21st to 23rd January couldn’t have been much more inhospitable! Snow began to blanket Birmingham as we prepared for the show along with over 300 other exhibitors. The hospitality show 2013 exhibition is a staple event for hoteliers, bar, restaurant and Café owners wishing to…
