Sprint Hires Junichi Miyakawa As Technical COO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Sprint Corp. (S) Friday said it has hired Junichi Miyakawa for the newly created position of Technical Chief Operating Officer, effective November 1. Miyakawa, in his new role, will oversee the company's network and technology organization, including related strategy, network operations and performance.

However, he will continue as Executive Vice President and Board Director at SoftBank Mobile, SoftBank BB and SoftBank Telecom, but his main focus will be on Sprint. Miyakawa had joined SoftBank Group, as a board of director in 2003.

Chief Technology Officer Stephen Bye and John Saw, Chief Network Officer, will continue to lead their organizations at Sprint and will report to Miyakawa.