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charging kiosk experience with ubiquitous free Wi-Fi and Bring-Your-Own-Device support on campus. Offering free device charging is the next step in the transition to omnichannel learning. Secure Charging King’s College London is the first university in the UK to embrace secure phone and tablet charging, with the latest ChargeBox stations installed across the campus. Students will be able to securely charge their smartphones and tablets for 30 minutes, while carrying on learning and enjoying student life, stress free. After a successful trial of ChargeBox+ smart phone charging stations earlier this year, the college saw the need for tablet charging. ChargeBox jumped at the opportunity to launch its new charging solution, ChargeBox+ Max, a station with the capability to support most tablets in addition to all smartphones. ChargeBox "Tablets have become interactive learning devices for students; used for communication, research, note taking and much more." estimates that the service will be used a quarter of a million times next year benefiting a huge number of students. Conclusion Nick Leake, CIO of King’s College London said: “I am delighted we have been able to have ChargeBox provide on-campus charging facilities for our students. The telemetrics are excellent and we see high levels of usage as students recharge devices throughout the day. It’s also great to be buying from a local British company with a really innovative product that is well designed. The team at ChargeBox have been a pleasure to work with and their product has enabled us to