Guest WiFi for Local Government
Recognised from the council office to the library.
A resident's WiFi shouldn't reset between the library and council office — recognised over the access points you already own — from the team behind 430+ South African venues. POPIA-compliant everywhere it runs, one login lets a resident roam between council offices, libraries and outdoor spaces without connecting again at each one. Civic filtering blocks adult and objectionable content across every public space, live in minutes with no hardware change. And the same login can do more — feedback reaches the right department while it's still fresh.
What are you here to solve?
Four ways into local government. Pick the one that sounds like your week.
The council-to-community WiFi Purple already proves
Newcastle's city-wide network already unifies council offices, libraries, outdoor spaces and private venues onto one roaming login, with local businesses onboarded in as little as 30 minutes. Newcastle City Council runs it on Purple's Connect tier.
One login, every council venue
SecurePass and OpenRoaming let a resident connect once and roam between council offices, libraries, outdoor spaces and partner venues — the pattern already running across Newcastle's city-wide network.
A local business onboarded in 30 minutes
Newcastle's network brought local venues into the same roaming footprint in as little as 30 minutes each, without a separate contract for every site.
Filtered, family-safe browsing in public spaces
Purple Shield's civic filtering blocks adult and objectionable content across the network, live in minutes, with no hardware change.
Every public space becomes a number
Location Analytics reads footfall and dwell from the access points already installed — which library room fills up, which square goes quiet, and when.
Compliant by design
ISO 27001 / 9001 certified, GDPR / POPIA-aligned, with data residency options for a council's own jurisdiction.
And the same login can do more than connect. Step inside for ten seconds.
The ten seconds your resident never notices.
A resident connects for the first time, at the library.
A branded welcome, one tap — the same login will work at the council office, the high street and the park, without asking again.
A returning resident, recognised — and asked one quick question.
Recognised via OpenRoaming, not re-asked. Beyond can trigger a short survey tied to the service they actually used, so feedback reaches the right department while it's still fresh.
A seasonal event steward, on shift.
Passwordless access tied to the council's own directory — on for the event, and gone automatically the moment it ends.
Your resident never noticed the tech. Your team never lifted a finger.
A resident recognised on one login from the council office to the library, a local business onboarded in as little as 30 minutes, and a seasonal event steward's access that ends itself — over the access points already installed.
Deployed, integrated and supported on the ground
Beyond runs and supports live WiFi estates across South Africa — deployed, integrated and kept POPIA-compliant on the ground, not from a call centre in another timezone. Your local government run on the same team that keeps 430+ venues online.
Across our estates we've delivered 11.9M+ guest logins and 1.9M+ POPIA-compliant opt-in records — first-party data that turns a login into a relationship.
Built on Purple — the platform trusted by some of the world's biggest brands, proven across 80,000+ venues in 90+ countries. We make that foundation yours.
What Beyond adds with the services a council already runs
The resident connecting for the first time
Beyond can wire the portal to the council's own service directory, so the welcome points to the bin-collection schedule or the library catalogue instead of a generic homepage.
The returning resident
Recognised from the high street to the library, not re-asked at every building. Beyond can trigger a short survey after a visit to a specific service, so feedback reaches the department it's actually about.
The seasonal event steward
Access ties to the council's own staff directory — on for the event or the season, gone the day it ends, with nobody having to remember to do it by hand.
The council officer
Beyond can turn footfall and dwell into a real number for a farmers' market or a high-street campaign — proof of what drove people through, not a guess.
You keep your council services, your library system and the access points already installed across council buildings, libraries and outdoor spaces. Beyond wires into what's there — no forklift upgrade, no separate network to run.
Where this venue fits
Connect
- Branded captive portal in 25+ languages
- Frictionless entry on hardware you own
- Network health & coverage analytics
Capture
- Guests choose to share their details — and mean it
- Verify — the digital bouncer that blocks fake emails
- Sync to 400+ CRMs (Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho)
Engage
- SecurePass frictionless auto-connect
- Location & time-triggered journeys
- Insight Surveys — Engage only
Power-Ups for this venue
Bolt-on licences that switch on more without a new platform:
- AI Shield
- Insight Surveys
The Purple features underneath
Frequently asked
Does a resident have to log in again at every council building?
No — SecurePass and OpenRoaming recognise a returning resident automatically, roaming between council offices, libraries and outdoor spaces on the same connection, the pattern already running in Newcastle.
How fast can a local business join the network?
In as little as 30 minutes each, without a separate contract per site — the onboarding pace Newcastle's city-wide network runs at today.
Can it keep public browsing family-safe?
Yes — Purple Shield's civic filtering blocks adult and objectionable content across the network, live in minutes, with no hardware change.
Can we see how public spaces are actually being used?
Yes — Location Analytics reads footfall and dwell from the access points you already have, building by building and space by space.
What happens to seasonal event staff access when the event ends?
It ends automatically. Access ties to the council's own directory, so it's revoked the moment the record closes.
See a resident recognised from the office to the library.
Book a 30-minute walkthrough and leave with a mapped rollout for your council buildings, your libraries and your outdoor spaces.