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The best WiFi statistics of 2014
The Huffington Post recently gave us 50 technology statistics including some stats from our own Purple WiFi survey! Amazingly 90% of all smartphones are equipped with WiFi capabilities and we have picked some of the other interesting WiFi stats: 1) WiFi makes shoppers happy We know from the Future Stores…
What’s in store for the future of point collecting?
Everybody loves a good deal! Many of us will admit to carrying several loyalty cards around with us to make sure we get access to some of the best deals. But in today’s society we are used to getting everything fast – it’s a world of instant gratification. Point collecting…
TFM Networks announces partnership with Purple WiFi
Data Network specialist TFM Networks has announced a reseller agreement with innovative social Wi-Fi provider, Purple WiFi. The agreement will see the introduction of Purple WiFi’s cloud-based guest WiFi and location analytics solutions into TFM’s growing portfolio of cloud based modular WiFi connectivity solutions. Commenting on the agreement, Gavin Wheeldon,…
Nisa customers repeatedly asked for WiFi – and we delivered
Introduction The installation of free guest WiFi at the Nisa store in central Cardiff has resulted in increased footfall and sales. Purple WiFi are the providers and our partner, ITSourced, configured, installed and managed the delivery of the solution at the stores. David Morris, Head of IT at Nisa Retail…
Stables Market Camden turns Purple with free WiFi for visitors
Purple allows Stables Market in Camden to offer an easy to use WiFi service with the added bonus of WiFi marketing opportunities and footfall monitoring August 19, 2014: Purple, the intelligent spaces company, today announced the launch of a secure and legal Social WiFi solution for Stables Market Camden, London’s…
How WiFi Has Changed the World
Life before the Internet Despite the fact that many of us experienced life before WiFi, it has become virtually impossible to imagine our personal and working lives without it. Being connected to the internet means we can achieve things far quicker and more efficiently than in the past: handwritten letters…
Purple WiFi turns attention to Asia Pacific market
Cloud-based social WiFi provider, Purple WiFi, has embarked on the next stage of its global development with strategic expansion into Asia Pacific. This growth will be delivered by the company’s latest senior hire, Allen Pan, who takes on the new role of VP – Asia Pacific. Allen Pan joins Purple…
Purple WiFi, look how you’ve grown!
As we approach our second birthday, it’s amazing to look back and see how far we’ve come in terms of our UK and global expansion plans, ongoing development of the product, the work we do with our channel partners and hiring the right people to make it all happen. So…
Does WiFi make us more – or less – sociable? Discuss.
I love my mobile phone! An interesting social media article by David Murton posed the question – Is WiFi making us less sociable? David says: “We now live in a culture in which someone on your screen is actually physically closer to you, two dimensionally anyway, than the three dimensional people…
Purple WiFi in the City of York
What is the service provided? A super fast and free WiFi service has launched in key areas of the City of York, including the strategic transport hubs, enabling better connectivity for residents and visitors alike. The service is secure, legal and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.…
BYOD in the workplace
Bring your own device, or BYOD, is a phenomenon allowing personal laptops, tablets and smartphones into the workplace to gain online access and view company information. Initially met with trepidation, it is now firmly entrenched into the corporate world. Whether employers like it or not, it’s happening! So should you…
Purple WiFi supports launch of Friendly WiFi scheme
The Friendly WiFi scheme was officially launched today in the UK and Ireland and Purple WiFi is proud to be part of it. Should the scheme be successful, it is hoped that Friendly WiFi will be launched globally. This time last year, David Cameron announced that the UK’s main WiFi…
RSJ UK delivers Purple WiFi in Faringdon Town Centre, Oxfordshire
Free public WiFi is now available to anyone visiting Faringdon town centre as a result of a partnership between The Vale of White Horse District Council, STL Communications and RSJ UK. The scheme is being delivered by STL Communications, with Ruckus Wireless equipment supplied by RSJ UK and its social…
CityConnectWiFi a success during Tour De France
Visitors and residents in York can now enjoy free unlimited WiFi whilst out and about in the city centre. Phase One of the solution, which was provided by North, was perfectly timed for the arrival of the Tour De France. The Tour De France passed through York on Sunday 6th…
Global trends in public WiFi: WBA infographic and report
The vision of WBA chairman JR Wilson is evolving the agenda with his personal mantra ‘everything standardised, everything connected’. He suggests the whole industry is now aligning with the same unity of debate around three pillars: seamlessness, security and interoperability. To establish this vision the urgent challenges he highlights are:…