Richard Ellor
Articles by Richard Ellor
nicko cruises welcomes Purple and Deutsche Telekom on-board for guest WiFi
nicko cruises, a major provider of river cruises in Europe, has signed a five-year contract with Deutsche Telekom and Purple to deliver WiFi to its passengers.
NHS WiFi deployment, compliance & patient portal guide
Discover how to deploy secure, compliant NHS WiFi across GP surgeries, hospitals, and trusts with patient splash portals, HSCN isolation, and content filtering.
22,000 people agreed to community service for free WiFi
Explore Purple's guest WiFi terms experiment where 22,000 users agreed to community service, and learn how transparent captive portals ensure GDPR compliance.
Festival WiFi - not just an advantage for the festival-goer
Well, that's Glastonbury festival over and done with for another year, and I'm sure many of your social media news feeds have been swamped with selfies, videos
Purple's WiFi fanalytics platform hits the spot for Frisco RoughRiders
Fans of the Frisco RoughRiders can now enjoy free Wi-Fi at all home games thanks to a Wi-Fi and fanalytics solution from Purple, which also improves marketing a
WiFi for shopping centres: retail analytics & footfall guide
Discover how shopping centres turn guest WiFi into footfall analytics, targeted tenant marketing, and first-party shopper demographic data.
How do WiFi extenders work: Extenders vs mesh & WAPs (2026)
A complete guide explaining how WiFi extenders rebroadcast wireless signals, their performance trade-offs, and when businesses need mesh or enterprise access points.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital treats patients to free WiFi
Case study: How The Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust deployed Purple guest WiFi for 23,000+ patients across wards and children's centres.
In-store retail WiFi: footfall analytics & marketing ROI guide | Purple
Learn how in-store retail WiFi transforms shopper footfall into verified CRM data, presence analytics, and targeted marketing campaigns.
The technology behind Amazon Go and what it means for retailers
Explore the computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning powering Amazon Go, and discover how WiFi spatial analytics delivers accessible venue intelligence.
Purple Outgrows Ashton HQ
Discover how Purple expanded its headquarters to Oldham following major team growth, scaling guest WiFi and cloud location analytics software worldwide.
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WiFi in Healthcare - Hospital technology trends [Infographic]
WiFi in Healthcare is revolutionising healthcare across the board but the biggest visible changes are taking place at the point of provision. Patients are now
Internet Effects on Children: Safety, Tech & Guidance
Explore how the internet affects children, key digital safety considerations, online exposure risks, and how WiFi security protects young users.
The Advantages and Disadvantages of WANs
Do you have a wide area network (WAN) at your company? If you operate globally, you probably do. That's because WANs are powerful business tools.
Subnet masking explained: CIDR calculation, subnetting, and network design
Master subnet masking, CIDR prefixes, and binary calculations to segment enterprise networks, optimise DHCP pool sizing, and isolate guest WiFi.
Using public WiFi, security tips and Passpoint
Learn how Passpoint and WPA2 encryption secure public WiFi hotspots. Discover tips to prevent packet sniffing and automate zero-touch connection.
Are you WiFi Aware?
Discover what WiFi Aware (Neighbor Awareness Networking) is, how NAN 802.11 standards enable peer-to-peer discovery, proximity use cases, and security.
Top 6 weirdest places with WiFi
In January this year, there were more than 50 million public WiFi hotspots across the world - that equates to one WiFi hotspot for every 150 people on the planet