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Latest news, insights and industry updates from Friendly WiFi and the sectors we support.
Stay up to date with the latest from Friendly WiFi and the wider digital safety and connectivity sector. Explore our latest news, insights and updates, including Friendly WiFi developments, certification announcements, client stories and useful advice, alongside blogs discussing online safety, public WiFi and emerging digital trends. You can also discover industry-focused articles covering developments, challenges and innovation across the sectors we support. Use the filters below to browse News, Blog and Industry Blog content and quickly find the updates most relevant to you.
Ensuring Safe Connectivity in Hospitality: The Importance of Certification and Content Filtering
In today's digitally-driven world, offering free WiFi in restaurants, cafes, and other hospitality venues has become a standard expectation. However, with this convenience comes the responsibility of ensuring a safe online environment for all patrons. At Friendly WiFi, we are excited to partner with Wireless Social, a leader in providing WiFi solutions for the hospitality sector, to raise awareness about the critical importance of content filtering in these venues. The Need f
Oct 2, 20243 min read
Northern Trains Commitment to Safe Public WiFi: A Model for Passenger Protection
At Friendly WiFi, we are proud to highlight the exemplary efforts of Northern Trains in ensuring the safety and security of their public WiFi services. The Importance of Protecting Public WiFi Users In today’s digital age, access to public WiFi is a necessity for many. However, it also comes with risks, particularly for vulnerable groups such as children. Ensuring that public WiFi is safe and secure is crucial to protecting users from harmful content. Northern Train’s proact
Sep 19, 20242 min read
Everyone Active Achieves Nationwide Friendly WiFi Certification
Everyone Active has been awarded Friendly WiFi certification. As a leading provider of leisure services across the UK, the certification recognises all its leisure facilities as WiFi safe spaces that ensure the online safety of all its customers. Friendly WiFi is the government-initiated safe certification standard for public WiFi. The Friendly WiFi symbol tells you where the Public WiFi service meets the required standards – particularly in areas where children are present
Jul 26, 20242 min read
Friendly WiFi Welcomes R;pple Suicide Prevention as Our Newest Partner
We are thrilled to announce that R;pple Suicide Prevention Charity has joined the Friendly WiFi family as one of our valued partners....
Jul 17, 20242 min read
Friendly WiFi Welcomes Shoorah as Primary Sponsor for 2024-25: A Synergy of Safety and Wellbeing
Friendly WiFi, the UK government-initiated safe certification standard for public WiFi, is thrilled to announce its new sponsor for the...
Jul 1, 20242 min read
Oxford University GLAM Achieves Friendly WiFi Certification
We are thrilled to announce that Oxford University's Gardens, Libraries and Museums has recently achieved Friendly WiFi certification! What is Friendly WiFi? Friendly WiFi is a government-initiated safe certification standard for public WiFi. It ensures that WiFi services meet minimum filtering standards, particularly in areas where children are present. As a provider of online safety advice, Friendly WiFi plays a crucial role in creating a safe online environment for everyon
Jun 20, 20242 min read
TransPennine Express Achieves “Friendly WiFi” Certification: Enhancing Passenger Safety and Online Experience
TransPennine Express (TPE), a leading rail operator in the UK, is delighted to announce that all its trains and stations have been certified as “Friendly WiFi” locations. This certification underscores TPE’s commitment to providing a secure and family-friendly internet browsing experience for passengers. What is Friendly WiFi? Friendly WiFi is an industry-standard certification that ensures public WiFi networks filter and block access to inappropriate content. By achieving th
Jun 11, 20242 min read
London Stadium achieves Friendly WiFi certification
London Stadium is an iconic multi-use venue in east London, first built to host the 2012 Olympic Games, sitting in the heart of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Now the fabulous Stadium is home to West Ham United and UK Athletics, and hosts music, sporting and hospitality events throughout the year. Playing a key part of the local community, London Stadium has the third largest capacity in the Premier League at 62,500 and can host up to 80,000 attendees for music and enterta
May 29, 20243 min read
Why should holiday parks provide a WiFi service
Having a reliable and robust WiFi service on a holiday park can be a great benefit for both guests and park owners and staff. There are a number of reasons to get your holiday park ready to welcome holiday makers this summer. Here are some great reasons to do so:- Competition WiFi may have used to have been a ‘nice to have’ at a holiday or caravan park, but now it is a service that is expected. With the holiday sector being competitive, holiday parks have to work hard to at
Feb 27, 20244 min read
Koala IT partnering with Friendly WiFi to support their school network
Koala IT take pride in supporting and helping schools with a breadth of IT solutions to enable them to deliver key services to their students. This is in addition to providing staff with a platform for them to excel in their roles or teaching. Their focus, in today’s digital world, has been providing schools with a friendly, efficient, and reliable services for all things IT – at a price that doesn’t break the bank. Koala IT have an enviable team who between them have over
Feb 12, 20243 min read
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