SurgePays CEO Brian Cox to Participate in Fireside Chat Hosted by Water Tower Research

Conversation to Air on Tuesday, July 29 at 11:00 am Eastern

BARTLETT, Tenn., July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Brian Cox, president and CEO of SurgePays, Inc. (Nasdaq: SURG) ("SurgePays" or the "Company"), will participate in a new fireside chat hosted by John Roy, managing director, Water Tower Research. SurgePays is a wireless, fintech and point-of-sale technology company.

The program, part of a series produced by Water Tower Research, will go live on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 11:00 am Eastern Time. Topics to be covered include:

• Overall look at SurgePays' addressable market and lines of business.
• The latest activation and subscriber growth update for the wireless companies.
• Confidence in profitability timeline and cash flow positive target.
• Outlook for the rest of 2025 and into 2026.

This event is open to all investors for participation. Interested parties can register for the event through Water Tower Research at this link.

Prior to joining Water Tower Research, Roy worked as a lead analyst at UBS, covering IT hardware, communications equipment and IT Services. During his 20 years covering technology stocks on the sell-side, he was also a lead analyst covering IT hardware and nanotechnology at Merrill Lynch; and alternative energy, advanced materials and nanotechnology at W.R. Hambrecht, and at Janney Montgomery Scott. Before his sell-side equity research career, he was a lead software architect at J.P. Morgan, an AI sales engineer at Neuron Data, and a systems engineer and AI researcher at Hughes Aircraft.

About SurgePays, Inc.

SurgePays, Inc. is a wireless, fintech, and point-of-sale company focused on delivering mobile connectivity and financial services to underserved communities. As both a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) and mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE), SurgePays operates its own wireless brand while also providing back-end infrastructure, including provisioning and billing, to other wireless providers. The Company's proprietary point-of-sale platform is used nationwide in thousands of retail locations, enabling SIM activations, top-ups, and digital financial services. SurgePays is built to scale and uniquely positioned to grow across both retail and wholesale wireless channels. Visit www.SurgePays.com for more information.

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