One network platform for every vessel, terminal and crew rotation

A captive portal that follows passengers from the terminal onto the ship, identity-based WiFi for crew, a private key for every onboard till, screen and camera, and passenger surveys at sign-in. Layered on top of the access points and backhaul you already run.

• Captive portal from terminal to ship
• Free and paid passenger tiers
• Cloud RADIUS for crew
• xPSK for onboard retail and F&B

A typical ferry today

• Free WiFi with no limits, so a few passengers stream and everyone else waits
• A crew WiFi password that outlives every rotation and every agency contract
• Shop tills, café terminals, cabin TVs and cameras sharing one network with passengers
• No way of hearing from passengers until a review appears after they have landed

With Purple

• Free and paid tiers with their own speed and time limits, as KiwiRail ran from terminal to ferry
• Crew sign in with their own work account, and leavers lose access when their account is disabled
• Every device gets its own key and VLAN, kept apart from passenger traffic
• Short surveys at sign-in, answered during the crossing: c2c gathered 5,066 responses in six days

Give every passenger a session, and sell more to those who want it

Bandwidth at sea is the most expensive you buy, so an open network with no limits serves the heaviest few and frustrates everyone else. Purple puts a captive portal in front of it, with tiers that set the speed and time each passenger gets. KiwiRail gave passengers free WiFi in the terminal and the option to buy a plan once on board the ferry, with several bandwidth tiers and discount vouchers for premium members. 2% of its passengers bought a plan.

• Free and paid tiers, each with its own download speed, upload speed and time limit, as AGS Airports runs with a free hour and a £2 day pass
• One sign-in that carries from the terminal onto the vessel, with plan options shown once passengers are on board
• CCPA/CPRA consent with a full audit trail, and emails checked in real time before they reach your CRM
• Consented passenger records sent to your CRM and booking platforms through 400+ data connectors

Purple does not provide your connection at sea. Your satellite, cellular and shore links bring the internet to the ship, and Purple runs the sign-in, tiers, identity and network policy on top.

One login for deck, hotel and catering crew

Crew change every rotation, agency staff come and go, and shore teams board for a single crossing. A shared crew password cannot keep up. Purple syncs with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Google Workspace and JumpCloud over SCIM, and group membership decides which network and policy each person gets on every vessel.

• Leavers and finished contracts are revoked automatically when the account is disabled
• Officers, hotel crew, contractors and shore staff land on separate VLANs with their own rules
• Company tablets and laptops get EAP-TLS certificates through Intune, Jamf, Kandji or Hexnode
• Crew phones are onboarded in about 60 seconds with the Purple app, on cloud RADIUS with a 99.9% uptime SLA

A private key for everything on board that cannot sign in

Shop tills, café and bar card terminals, cabin TVs, digital signage, cameras and sensors cannot use a username and password. xPSK gives each one its own key and its own VLAN, so a leaked key affects one device, not the whole vessel, and payment devices never share a network with passengers.

• Keep onboard shop and café card terminals on their own VLAN, the separation PCI DSS segmentation relies on
• MAC binding ties each key to the first device that uses it
• Time-limited keys for contractors and refit teams, with no MDM needed
• Works under your vendor’s name: iPSK on Cisco, DPSK on Ruckus, MPSK on HPE Aruba and Juniper Mist, PPSK on Extreme and UniFi

Hear from passengers while they are still on board

A crossing gives you a seated, connected audience for hours. Micro-surveys sit inside the WiFi sign-in, so you hear about the café, the cabins and the boarding process during the trip rather than in a review afterwards. c2c ran separate surveys on traveler profiles, onboard safety and station safety this way, each switched on and off automatically.

• c2c gathered 5,066 responses in six days, at an average 35% response rate
• LogicFlow shows each survey only on the routes, vessels or terminals you choose
• Questions shown in English, French or Dutch automatically, as Brussels South Charleroi Airport does
• Results go straight to your operations and commercial teams, with no fieldwork to commission

What operators get from the WiFi they already run

KiwiRail sold paid WiFi plans to passengers once they were on board its ferries. AGS Airports turns passenger sign-ins into verified, consented records. c2c uses short surveys at sign-in to understand how passengers feel during the trip.

Figures from Purple customer results: KiwiRail, AGS Airports and c2c, and Purple service terms.

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• Works with Cisco Meraki, HPE Aruba, Ruckus, Juniper Mist, Ubiquiti UniFi, Cambium, Extreme and Fortinet
• Single sign-on for crew with Microsoft Entra ID, Okta and Google Workspace
• ISO 27001 certified, CCPA/CPRA compliant, US RADIUS region