wifi trends Archives

The best WiFi statistics of 2014

Purple WiFi, Technologyby Jessica Thomas04/09/2014Leave a Comment

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...

Purple WiFi’s summary of the ‘Future Stores’ Retail Report

Purple news, Technologyby Jessica Thomas18/06/2014Leave a Comment

The recent large scale study ‘The Future Stores 2014 State of Brick and Mortar Report’ has looked into the in-store retail experience and technology standards currently in place at over...

Our latest survey: how do people use WiFi in public places?

Purple news, Purple WiFiby Jessica Thomas12/06/2014Leave a Comment

Do you actively try to find free WiFi when you are out and about? Do you even access it if it’s available? We surveyed a whopping 2540 people and our...

Are businesses doing enough? Purple WiFi Survey Results

Purple news, Purple WiFiby Kerry Sutcliffe15/01/2014Leave a Comment

Wireless internet. WiFi. However you refer to it, you simply can’t deny that it’s something we’re all familiar with now. A study in 2012 found a staggering 73% of UK...

Four clever things that mobiles may do in the future

Technologyby Kerry Sutcliffe10/01/2014Leave a Comment

Are we near the time when your mobile phone is literally an extension of oneself? It is close to being the only thing you need to leave the house with....

Do hotels still have reservations about free wifi?

Hospitality, Purple WiFiby Kerry Sutcliffe02/12/2013Leave a Comment

Outdated wifi policies Recently we spotted some angry local Tweets, originating right here in Manchester (UK), about the fact that a well-known global hotel chain still charges residents for a...

www (World Wide WiFi)

Purple WiFiby Kerry Sutcliffe13/11/2013Leave a Comment

Attracting the free wifi tourists On a daily basis more cities are announcing their intention to create city-wide wifi hotspots. From Tel Aviv to Perth in Australia, it’s a move that should...

Purple Freemium WiFi launch at Web Summit

Purple news, Purple WiFiby Kerry Sutcliffe29/10/2013Leave a Comment

Soft launch of Purple Freemium product model at Web Summit 2013, Dublin We’d barely begun talking about our plans to roll out a free version of Purple WiFi when we...