Public Wi-Fi Intelligence Pilot

August 27, 2025 Director of City Operations, Neighbourhoods and Regulatory Services - Christine Herriot (Officer) Approved View on council website

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Summary

...to approve Newcastle City Council entering into a three-year pilot project with PurpleAI for free access to their Capture License product and to act as a case study for the product's use.

Full council record
Purpose

NCC have the opportunity to participate in a
zero cost pilot project for up to 3years which will improve our
access to increased data analysis on the use of our free public
Wi-Fi offer. This data will be used by NCC and key partners (such
as Newcastle Gateshead Initiative) to evaluate and inform event
activities and promotions and as a potential opportunity to market
information to WiFi users.

Content

Approve NCC entering into 3
year pilot (under Memorandum of Understanding) with PurpleAI for
free access to Purple’s Capture License product and the
creation of aggregated and anonymous analytics view that will show
data for not only NCC’s own venues but all other venues
within Newcastle running Purple Accounts.
 
Approve NCC acting as a case study for
PurpleAI on the use of the product.

Supporting Documents

REPORT.pdf

Details

OutcomeRecommendations Approved
Decision date27 Aug 2025