Blogs
Case study: London Borough of Brent installs Purple WiFi
About Brent The London Borough of Brent (LBB) is located in North West London, forming part of Outer London. Its population is estimated at 312,200 people. Trial stages David Boyd of Unified Consultancy provided the borough with the Purple WiFi solution to match their needs and Xirrus high-density access points. The…
A glimpse of what to expect from Purple Portal V4
We’ll very shortly be releasing an updated version of our portal, so we wanted to give you a glimpse of what to expect. Platform architecture rewrite with improved performance and access speeds As a direct result of the massive Purple WiFi deployments we’ve seen across the globe, we’ve rewritten the…
Internet trolls. How should you handle them?
The sole purpose of an internet troll is to provoke a reaction from the recipient. Trolls are happiest when a person reacts with great emotion and upset. The best solution is this – don’t feed them! Who are the trolls? Online trolls are people who don’t belong on the person…
Purple WiFi appoint Eric Law, VP of Worldwide Sales
Purple WiFi are expanding globally following a $5m investment announced earlier this year. The investment, led by a group of high net worth individuals in influential positions, was raised in order to accelerate product development and recruitment of a truly global sales team. Introducing Eric Law. Our new VP of Worldwide…
We certainly turned Harvey Nichols Purple
Future of Customer Engagement for Retailers Event at Harvey Nichols Fantastic turn out (in fact, standing room only!) for our event last week, which took place on the 5th floor of Harvey Nics in London and was all about the future of retail. Lovely to see so many trusted partners,…
Purple WiFi looking forward to WiFi (and really sore feet) at MWC 2015
It’s gonna be big. No, really big Did you know that MWC is the size of fifteen football pitches? A truly global event with over 85,000 attendees coming from 84 countries. Luckily it’s one of those properly smart cities with WiFi enabled services throughout. Their free internet access network is…
schuh and Purple work together to offer free social WiFi and mobile stock checking
Thanks to an initial introduction from Ingram Micro, a partnership has formed between Purple WiFi,Egton and Cisco Meraki, meaning schuh now has a new free, family-friendly, secure WiFi service available in store for customers. Why did schuh choose Purple WiFi? Having offered free WiFi for some time, schuh have tailored…
The history of online shopping
eCommerce sales for 2021 are expected to exceed $4.9trillion USD! The ability to go online and purchase what we want or need within a minutes is something that the world has become strangely acustom to, and is certainly something that over time will become even more integrated. Check out these…
Do you want to work for a global technology business?
We are hiring! Could you be part of the Purple WiFi revolution? At Purple WiFi we are innovators of cloud-based social WiFi. We have just secured $5 million investment funds and we are experiencing rapid growth on an international scale. We are also looking for talented, enthusiastic, driven individuals from…
Purple WiFi partners with Molson Coors to provide WiFi hotspot-driven CRM system
Participating pubs can increase social media engagement and customer interaction February 3, 2015: Purple WiFi, the cloud-based social WiFi software company, today announced its partnership with Molson Coors, one of the UK’s biggest brewers to create a solution called “Molson Coors Cloud”. As part of a new trial, Molson Coors…
Forever Group turn Colliers car dealership Purple
In line with their mission to make the car buying process as enjoyable as possible, Colliers has rolled out a free guest WiFi solution. Colliers is the Midlands’ largest independent motor group and the WiFi provision is a fantastic example of their ongoing commitment to superior customer service. The solution…
NetDef announces agreement with Purple WiFi
NetDef 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. NetDef is a leading managed service provider supporting a wide range of clients in the public and private sectors. NetDef…
Guests stay connected at Guernsey’s Fermain Valley Hotel
The Fermain Valley Hotel needed a WiFi solution capable of meeting the rising demand for safe, secure, 24/7 internet access, particularly for business and leisure guests who arrive with multiple devices. The hotel has recently undergone a complete WiFi upgrade, installed by Resolution IT. The WiFi solution utilises multiple VDSL…
Relay2 announces interoperability with Purple WiFi
Relay2, a leader in cloud managed WiFi solutions, has announced that it is fully integrated with the Purple WiFi analytics platform. For Mobile Network Operators and Managed Service Providers, the integration of the Purple WiFi analytics platform provides their customers with rich analytical information to help them better understand the…
The value of a Facebook Like – revisited
Last year Purple WiFi posted a blog which discussed the value of a Facebook “Like”. The post was pretty popular so we thought we would revisit it and see what’s changed since. Is £114 really the average value of a Facebook Like? There’s been a lot of reference online to…