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{{Short description|American mobile virtual network operator}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox company
| name = PureTalk Holdings, Inc.
| logo = PureTalk-logo-2019.png
| logo_upright = 0.8
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| foundation = {{Start date|2010}}
| location_city = [[Covington, Georgia]]
| location_country = [[United States]]
| industry = [[Telecommunications]]
| parent = [[Telrite Holdings, Inc.]]
| num_employees = 500+ (2022)
| services = [[Wireless service provider]]
| homepage = {{URL|http://puretalk.com/}}
}}
'''PureTalk Holdings, Inc.''' is an American [[mobile virtual network operator]] headquartered in [[Covington, Georgia]], United States. PureTalk provides wireless phone service over the [[AT&T]] network, while also leveraging [[eSIM]] technology.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hardesty |first1=Linda |title=2 prepaid brands offer eSIM in a sign MVNOs are ready to tap the technology |url=https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/2-prepaid-brands-offer-esim-a-sign-mvnos-are-ready-to-tap-technology |access-date=31 May 2024 |publisher=Fierce Network |date=29 October 2020}}</ref>
== Marketing ==
PureTalk is promoted primarily towards [[Senior citizen|senior citizens]], as well as U.S. military [[Veteran|veterans]] (the latter citing the company having been founded by a veteran, even though it is owned by Telrite Holdings).<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Baragona |first=Justin |date=2022-10-21 |title=Right-Wing Media Stars Promote Anti-‘Woke’ AT&T Rival That’s Actually Just AT&T |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-wing-media-stars-promote-anti-woke-atandt-rival-thats-actually-just-atandt |access-date=2022-10-26}}</ref>
PureTalk has marketed itself through paid endorsements by [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] [[Conservative talk radio|radio]] hosts and internet personalities such as [[Sean Hannity]], [[Mark Levin]], [[Dennis Prager]], [[Ben Shapiro]], [[Clay Travis]] and [[Buck Sexton]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Baragona |first=Justin |date=2021-08-18 |title=Sean Hannity Keeps Using the Afghan Crisis to Sell Pillows and Cellphones |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/hannity-uses-afghan-crisis-as-pitch-line-to-sell-pillows-and-cell-phones |access-date=2022-10-26}}</ref> Levin has promoted Pure Talk as an alternative to [[AT&T]] due to it being a [[Woke capitalism|"woke" company]], despite the fact that PureTalk uses the AT&T network.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fox News host Mark Levin says AT&T doesn’t want “people part of the white dominant culture” as customers |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/mark-levin/fox-news-host-mark-levin-says-att-doesnt-want-people-part-white-dominant-culture |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=[[Media Matters for America]] |language=en}}</ref> Additionally, PureTalk joined PublicSquare, an e-commerce platform that aims to be a woke-free alternative to Amazon and other big e-commerce platforms. <ref>{{Cite web |title=PureTalk on PublicSquare |url=https://www.publicsquare.com/featured/marketplace/644974605214540012b336af |language=en}}</ref>
In its marketing, PureTalk claims to have forgiven $10,000,000 of veteran debt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.puretalk.com/debt-forgiveness|title=PureTalk Debt Forgiveness}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.puretalkusa.com Official website]
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[[Category:Mobile virtual network operators]]
[[Category:Telecommunications companies established in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in the United States]]
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