Wheeldon: Purple WiFi is deployed across 17,000 venues globally
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Gavin Wheeldon, founder and CEO of Purple WiFi, discusses the company's enterprise scale and customer base with host Nathan Latka.
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“We're at 17,000. That's venues, and that ranges from a coffee shop, so like your Outback Steakhouse is all run purple through to, you know, Indiana Pacers or the whole of Navy Pier you know, places that are much bigger in scale.”
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