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OpenRoaming readiness and network capacity advisor
Evaluate your wireless infrastructure for WBA OpenRoaming federation, model zero-touch visitor onboarding, and configure Passpoint 802.1X settings without software fees.
Select your property or facility profile
Current wireless network deployment
Existing connection experience
Projected Network Onboarding Impact
Configure Access Control SSID for 'WPA2/WPA3 Enterprise with 802.1X', toggle Hotspot 2.0, and input Purple OpenRoaming Operator Friendly Name.
Ready to enable OpenRoaming on your network with zero software fees?
Purple Connect provides free OpenRoaming enablement across your existing wireless hardware with enterprise analytics.
New approach eliminates barriers, empowering venues to join the global OpenRoaming™ network and deliver seamless, secure WiFi.
Purple, a global leader in guest WiFi and connectivity platforms, today announced a pivotal commitment to advancing the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) OpenRoaming standard. To remove financial friction for venues, Purple is offering its entry-level Guest WiFi solution, Connect, free of charge, along with free OpenRoaming enablement across a venue’s network estate.
This initiative is a critical step in democratising access to the OpenRoaming network, inviting venue owners, network managers, and industry partners to expand the secure, automated WiFi utility worldwide.
OpenRoaming is designed to make connecting to WiFi as seamless as mobile, leveraging a federated network model to eliminate repetitive logins and deliver ubiquitous, secure connectivity. More than 3,000 OpenRoaming certificates have been issued, and over 800 end entities are actively using OpenRoaming today. Purple's free Connect offering supports this mission by providing the foundation businesses need to participate, ensuring the benefits of OpenRoaming are accessible to all.
Venues can adopt the Purple Connect platform and enable OpenRoaming without any software licence fees. OpenRoaming provides an automatic, secure WiFi experience as users move between hotspots globally. Visitors connect once and then roam securely across OpenRoaming hotspots worldwide. Connect is hardware-agnostic and can be set up quickly using existing WiFi hardware or with a plug-and-play Purple Hub, and it includes analytics dashboards to proactively manage the solution.
"Purple’s mission is to free the internet, including increasing digital inclusion, and that starts with removing friction—not just for users, but for the businesses that provide connectivity," said Gavin Wheeldon, CEO of Purple. "By offering our Connect platform and OpenRoaming enablement for free, we are eliminating the financial and technical hurdles for any venue to join the world's secure, seamless WiFi network. This is our commitment to the WBA and to accelerating the vision of WiFi as a trusted, essential utility for everyone, everywhere."
Tiago Rodrigues, President and CEO of the Wireless Broadband Alliance, said: “WBA OpenRoaming is redefining Guest Public WiFi by enabling a seamless, automatic, and secure experience for every user. Our partnership with forward-thinking members like Purple is expanding this ecosystem and helping venues deliver next-generation connectivity at scale. By breaking down financial and technical barriers, we are elevating WiFi into a trusted global utility - one that organisations can innovate on and people can rely on at every step of their journey.”
By providing OpenRoaming functionality at no cost, Purple is accelerating the WBA's goal of establishing a pervasive, secure wireless infrastructure for the benefit of billions of end users globally.
To get started with OpenRoaming, click here. To read more about Purple Connect, please visit the Purple website.
