OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (BUSINESS WIRE), December 28, 2016 –

Today, Sprint (NYSE: S) announced a commitment to create or bring back

to America 5,000 jobs. The company anticipates these jobs will support a

variety of functions across the organization including its Customer Care

and Sales teams. Sprint will begin discussions immediately with its

business partners, states and cities to determine the right locations in

the U.S. to create these jobs. The company expects to fulfill this

commitment by the end of its fiscal year 2017 and will provide

additional details when they are available.

“We are excited to work with President-Elect Trump and his

Administration to do our part to drive economic growth and create jobs

in the U.S.,” said Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure. “We believe it is critical

for business and government to partner together to create more job

opportunities in the U.S. and ensure prosperity for all Americans.”

About Sprint:

Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that creates more

and better ways to connect its customers to the things they care about

most. Sprint served 60.2 million connections as of Sept. 30, 2016 and is

widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative

technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a national

carrier in the United States; leading no-contract brands including

Virgin Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant

national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier

1 Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones

Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years. You

can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com

or www.facebook.com/sprint

and www.twitter.com/sprint.

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