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Purple Appoints Commercial Leader Tom Smith as Regional Growth Director to Lead North East Expansion and Social Impact Strategy

Purple Appoints Commercial Leader Tom Smith as Regional Growth Director to Lead North East Expansion and Social Impact Strategy

Purple has appointed Tom Smith as Regional Growth Director to lead its North East expansion, focusing on scaling revenue while addressing digital exclusion through the company’s B Corp-certified WiFi technology.

20 February 2026
More Than a Blocker: Strategic Use Cases for Modern Content Filtering

More Than a Blocker: Strategic Use Cases for Modern Content Filtering

Beyond just blocking: Discover how a DNS filter can optimise bandwidth, protect brand loyalty, and automate compliance. See 6 ways a WiFi content filter transforms your guest network into a strategic business utility.

20 February 2026
Seamless Stays: How iPSK is Redefining the Guest WiFi Experience for Hotels

Seamless Stays: How iPSK is Redefining the Guest WiFi Experience for Hotels

Discover why iPSK is the new standard for hotel WiFi. Eliminate captive portals, support guest Chromecasts, and automate security with identity-based networking.

13 February 2026
Beyond eduroam: Why iPSK is the New Standard for Student Accommodation & Higher Education WiFi

Beyond eduroam: Why iPSK is the New Standard for Student Accommodation & Higher Education WiFi

Discover why iPSK is the new standard for student accommodation WiFi. Learn how to support gaming consoles, improve security, and automate onboarding with identity-based networking.

9 February 2026
Streaming Under the Stars: Why iPSK is the Future of WiFi for Caravan Parks & Resorts

Streaming Under the Stars: Why iPSK is the Future of WiFi for Caravan Parks & Resorts

Why iPSK is the gold standard for caravan park and holiday resort WiFi. Learn how to provide "home-like" connectivity, eliminate support calls, and manage seasonal demand.

9 February 2026
Why iPSK is the Key to Digital Inclusion in Affordable Housing Societies

Why iPSK is the Key to Digital Inclusion in Affordable Housing Societies

How iPSK (Identity PSK) is closing the digital divide in affordable housing societies. Provide secure, affordable, and simple "at-home" WiFi for every resident while protecting privacy.

5 February 2026
Why iPSK is the Future of Care Home WiFi: Balancing Resident Privacy with Medical Security

Why iPSK is the Future of Care Home WiFi: Balancing Resident Privacy with Medical Security

Learn how iPSK (Identity PSK) provides secure, home-like WiFi for care homes. Balance resident privacy with secure e-MAR and IoT connectivity.

5 February 2026
Why iPSK is the Gold Standard for Build-to-Rent (BTR) and MDU WiFi

Why iPSK is the Gold Standard for Build-to-Rent (BTR) and MDU WiFi

Why iPSK is the gold standard for Build-to-Rent (BTR) WiFi. Learn how to provide "Instant-On" internet, improve resident retention, and reduce hardware costs with identity-based networking.

5 February 2026
What is iPSK? The Complete Guide to Identity-Based WiFi Security

What is iPSK? The Complete Guide to Identity-Based WiFi Security

What is iPSK? Discover how Identity Pre-Shared Key (iPSK) combines home-WiFi simplicity with Enterprise security. The ultimate guide for BTR, Student Housing, and IoT.

5 February 2026
The 10-Day Window: Why proactive DNS filtering is your best defence against modern threats

The 10-Day Window: Why proactive DNS filtering is your best defence against modern threats

For the modern IT department, Guest WiFi has evolved from a luxury perk into a fundamental utility. Much like power or air conditioning, it is a service that customers, visitors, and contractors simply expect to work seamlessly the moment they enter the premises. However, from a security standpoint, this utility creates a massive, unmanaged attack surface.

27 January 2026
Beyond the Block List: Meeting Global Safety Standards with WiFi Content Filtering

Beyond the Block List: Meeting Global Safety Standards with WiFi Content Filtering

In the modern business landscape, providing internet access is no longer a secondary amenity; it is a fundamental utility. Whether you are managing a hospital, a retail hub, or an IT park, your WiFi is often the first point of interaction for visitors. However, with this utility comes a significant "Duty of Care."

27 January 2026
Newcastle’s Digital Revolution: How Secure Public WiFi is Driving Inclusion and Economic Growth

Newcastle’s Digital Revolution: How Secure Public WiFi is Driving Inclusion and Economic Growth

Purple is focused on creating a world where connectivity is seamless, secure, and available everywhere. Our recent webinar broke down exactly how the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne is leading this transformation through a landmark public-private partnership.

26 November 2025
Purple’s free initiative to accelerate OpenRoaming™ adoption for businesses

Purple’s free initiative to accelerate OpenRoaming™ adoption for businesses

New approach eliminates barriers, empowering venues to join the global OpenRoaming™ network and deliver seamless, secure WiFi.

21 November 2025
Mythbusters: Beyond the Captive Portal

Mythbusters: Beyond the Captive Portal

Mobile data isn't killing public WiFi, bad user experiences are. In this piece, we dismantle the arguments against seamless connectivity. Learn why 5G still struggles indoors, how "unlimited" plans are shrinking, and how Purple’s certificate-based security outperforms open networks. Most importantly, find out how you can ditch the login form and still gain higher-quality, compliant customer data.

20 November 2025
Seamless, Secure, and Everywhere: The end of WiFi friction

Seamless, Secure, and Everywhere: The end of WiFi friction

Purple is on a mission to make WiFi secure, seamless, and everywhere. In our recent "Free the Internet" webinar, we broke down exactly how we are achieving our global mission to improve how people connect in the real world.

14 November 2025
Purple merges with Splash Access, enhancing global connectivity platforms

Purple merges with Splash Access, enhancing global connectivity platforms

We are uniting Splash Access’s specialised Cisco Meraki access platform with Purple, who bring 13 years of experience in the WiFi industry. Purple’s platform serves nearly 50 crore users across 80,000 venues, providing us with the scale to deliver enhanced global support, scalability, and accelerated innovation for your solution.

10 November 2025
Secure & Seamless: The future of guest WiFi eliminates man-in-the-middle attacks without adding friction

Secure & Seamless: The future of guest WiFi eliminates man-in-the-middle attacks without adding friction

For years, businesses faced a frustrating choice when providing guest WiFi. Prioritise security, resulting in sometimes long, repeated login forms and frustrating digital friction, or prioritise ease of use, often resulting in an unsecured, unencrypted connection vulnerable to attack.

7 November 2025
The world's strictest data protection laws and how the Purple Platform can enable you to comply

The world's strictest data protection laws and how the Purple Platform can enable you to comply

What is data protection and data privacy? The concept of the right to privacy emerged in 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the

13 December 2022