Registration No. 333-


                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                            SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  Kansas                        48-0457967
       (State or other jurisdiction          (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or organization)      Identification No.)


                2001 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20191
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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                     1997 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM
                            (Full title of the plan)
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                            LEONARD J. KENNEDY, ESQ.
                                 General Counsel
                            Sprint Nextel Corporation
                            2001 Edmund Halley Drive
                             Reston, Virginia 20191
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
                                 (703) 433-4974

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                               Proposed         Proposed
                               Amount           maximum          maximum            Amount of
   Title of securities         to be         offering price     aggregate         registration
   to be registered         registered(1)      per share       offering price           Fee

<S>                         <C>              <C>               <C>                <C>

Common Stock, Series 1,
$2.00 par value (including
the associated preferred
stock purchase rights)(2)...   43,841,835     $22.975(3)      $1,007,266,159.13(3)  $107,777.48(4)

<FN>
(1)  This  Registration  Statement  also relates to an  indeterminate  number of
     additional shares of Common Stock, Series 1 (and associated preferred stock
     purchase  rights)  that  may  be  issued  pursuant  to  anti-dilution   and
     adjustment provisions of the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program.
</FN>

<FN>
(2)  Each share of Common Stock,  Series 1 also includes one-half of a preferred
     stock  purchase  right.  No  separate  consideration  is  payable  for  the
     preferred stock purchase rights. Accordingly no additional registration fee
     is required.
</FN>

<FN>
(3)  Estimated  solely for  purposes  of  determining  the  registration  fee in
     accordance with Rule  457(h)(1).  The average of the high and low prices of
     the Common Stock on January  23,  2006,  as reported in the  consolidated
     reporting system, was $22.975.
</FN>

<FN>
(4)  Of the amount due, $1010.78 has previously been paid in connection with the
     registration  of shares of Common Stock under  Registration  Statement  No.
     333-127425 filed August 11, 2005, that have been deregistered.
</FN>
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                                Explanatory Note


     The  purpose  of this  Registration  Statement  is to  register  43,841,835
additional  shares  of  common  stock,  series 1 of  Sprint  Nextel  Corporation
issuable pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program.  In addition to
this  registration  statement,  a  separate  registration  statement  was  filed
registering  shares of FON  common  stock  and PCS  common  stock  for  issuance
pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term  Stock  Incentive  Program (No.  333-111956)  and
separate  registration  statements  were filed  registering FON common stock for
issuance pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program (Nos. 333-124189
and  333-115621).  In  addition,  separate  registration  statements  were filed
registering shares for issuance pursuant to the 1990 Stock Option Plan (Nos.333-
46491, 333-54108,  333-59124 and 333-103691),  for issuance pursuant to the 1990
Restricted  Stock Plan (No.  333-103689),  for  issuance  as Outside  Directors'
Shares under the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive  Program (No. 333-25449) and for
issuance on exercise of Outside  Directors'  Stock  Options under the 1997 Long-
Term Stock Incentive Program (No. 33-31802).

     In February  2004,  Sprint  Nextel's  board of directors  combined the 1990
Stock  Option  Plan and the 1990  Restricted  Stock  Plan with and into the 1997
Long-Term  Stock  Incentive  Program  to  form  a  single  plan.  Following  the
recombination  of the plans,  shares of common stock  registered for issuance in
connection  with the  exercise  of stock  options  granted  under the 1990 Stock
Option Plan will be issued in  connection  with the  exercise  of stock  options
under the 1997 Long-Term  Stock  Incentive  Program,  and shares of common stock
registered for issuance under the 1990  Restricted  Stock Plan will be issued in
connection with the awards of restricted  stock granted under the 1997 Long-Term
Stock Incentive Program.

     Also in February  2004,  Sprint  Nextel's  board of directors  approved the
recombination  of the PCS common  stock and the FON common  stock,  effective on
April  23,  2004  (the  "Conversion  Date").  Each  share  of PCS  common  stock
outstanding  was  converted  into 0.5  shares of FON  common  stock.  Options to
purchase PCS common stock outstanding on the Conversion Date were converted into
options to purchase FON common stock and restricted stock units representing the
right to receive PCS common stock were  converted  into  restricted  stock units
representing  the right to receive FON common stock.  Following  the  Conversion
Date,  no shares of PCS common stock may be issued and the  remaining  shares of
PCS common stock have been deregistered.

     In connection with the merger of Nextel Communications,  Inc. with and into
a  subsidiary  of Sprint  Corporation,  Sprint  Corporation  changed its name to
Sprint Nextel Corporation and the FON common stock, series 1 was redesignated as
common stock, series 1.

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           PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The  following  documents  filed  by  Sprint  Nextel  Corporation  ("Sprint
Nextel") with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (File No.  1-04721) are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

     o    Annual  Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended  December  31,  2004,
          filed on April 29, 2005.

     o    Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter  ended March 31,  2005,
          filed May 9, 2005, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          June 30, 2005, filed August 8, 2005, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
          for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, filed November 9, 2005.

     o    Current  Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 21,  2005,  February 14,
          2005,  February 17, 2005,  March 15, 2005,  April 21, 2005 (of the two
          Current  Reports  filed on April 21, 2005,  only the filing made under
          Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference), May 20, 2005, June 10,
          2005, June 14, 2005, June 22, 2005, June 23, 2005 (two reports),  July
          11, 2005,  July 13, 2005 (two reports),  July 18, 2005, July 19, 2005,
          July 29, 2005,  August 4, 2005,  August 9, 2005 (two reports),  August
          12, 2005, August 16, 2005, August 17, 2005, August 18, 2005, September
          6, 2005, September 9, 2005, October 6, 2005, October 14, 2005, October
          31, 2005, November 21, 2005, December 16, 2005 and December 21, 2005.

     o    Current  Reports on Form 8-K/A filed on April 19, 2005 (two  reports),
          October 4, 2005, December 5, 2005 and December 15, 2005.

     o    Description  of Common Stock  contained  in Amendment  No. 8 to Sprint
          Nextel's  Registration  Statement  on  Form  8-A  relating  to  Sprint
          Nextel's  Common  Stock,  Series  1 filed  August  12,  2005,  and any
          amendment   or  report   filed  for  the  purpose  of  updating   that
          description.

     o    Description of Rights  contained in Amendment No. 6 to Sprint Nextel's
          Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to Sprint Nextel's Rights,
          filed  August 8,  2005,  and any  amendment  or  report  filed for the
          purpose of updating that description.

     All  documents  subsequently  filed by Sprint  Nextel  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  before the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to
be part of this  Registration  Statement  from  the date of the  filing  of such
documents (excluding any Current Reports on Form 8-K to the extent disclosure is
furnished and not filed).


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Item 4.   Description of Securities

     See Incorporation of Documents by Reference.


Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     The validity of the authorized and unissued  shares of Sprint Nextel Common
Stock  and the  related  Rights  to be issued  under  the 1997  Long-Term  Stock
Incentive  Program was passed upon by Michael T. Hyde,  Assistant  Secretary  of
Sprint Nextel. As of January 25, 2006, Mr. Hyde beneficially owned approximately
28,850  shares of Sprint Nextel  Common  Stock,  had options to purchase  64,063
shares  of  Sprint  Nextel  Common  Stock,   and  had  restricted   stock  units
representing 3,700 shares of Sprint Nextel Common Stock.


Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     The  following  summary is  qualified  in its  entirety by reference to the
complete   text  of  the  statutes   referred  to  below  and  the  articles  of
incorporation and bylaws of Sprint Nextel.

     Under Section  17-6305 of the Kansas  General  Corporation  Code,  which we
refer to as the KGCC, a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee,
or agent of the  corporation  (or other entity if such person is serving in such
capacity at the corporation's  request) against expenses  (including  attorneys'
fees), judgments,  fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in, or not opposed to, the best  interests of the  corporation  and,  with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in the right of
a corporation,  the corporation may indemnify a director,  officer, employee, or
agent of the  corporation  (or other  entity if such  person is  serving in such
capacity at the corporation's  request) against expenses  (including  attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
the corporation,  except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim,  issue,  or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable  to  the  corporation   unless  a  court  determines  that,  despite  the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses as
the court shall deem proper. Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an
officer  or  director  in  defending  any  civil  or  criminal  action,  suit or
proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of
such action,  suit or proceeding  upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf
of such  director  or  officer to repay such  amount if it shall  ultimately  be
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.

     Consistent with Section 17-6305 of the KGCC,  Article IV, Section 10 of the
bylaws of  Sprint  Nextel  provides  that the  corporation  will  indemnify  its
directors and

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officers against  expenses,  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement in
connection with any action, suit, or proceeding if the director or officer acted
in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best  interests  of the  corporation.  With  respect  to a  criminal  action  or
proceeding,  the director or officer must also have had no  reasonable  cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful.

     In  accordance  with Section  17-6002(b)(8)  of the KGCC,  Sprint  Nextel's
articles of incorporation  provide that directors shall not be personally liable
for monetary  damages for breaches of their  fiduciary duty as directors  except
for (i) breaches of their duty of loyalty to Sprint Nextel or its  stockholders,
(ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or knowing  violations of law, (iii) certain  transactions under Section 17-6424
of the KGCC (unlawful  payment of dividends) or (iv)  transactions  from which a
director derives an improper personal benefit.

     Under Article IV, Section 10 of the bylaws of Sprint Nextel,  Sprint Nextel
may  purchase  and  maintain  insurance  on behalf of any person who is or was a
director,  officer or employee of the  corporation,  or who is or was serving at
the request of the  corporation  as a  director,  officer or employee of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any
liability  arising  out of his status as such,  whether  or not the  corporation
would have the power to indemnify such persons against liability.  Sprint Nextel
carries standard directors and officers liability coverage for its directors and
officers and the directors and officers of its subsidiaries.  Subject to certain
limitations  and  exclusions,   the  policies   reimburse  the  corporation  for
liabilities indemnified under the bylaws.

     Sprint  Nextel  has  entered  into  indemnification   agreements  with  its
directors and officers. These agreements provide for the indemnification, to the
full extent  permitted  by law, of expenses,  judgments,  fines,  penalties  and
amounts paid in  settlement  incurred by the  director or officer in  connection
with any threatened,  pending or completed action, suit or proceeding on account
of service as a director, officer, employee or agent of Sprint Nextel.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed

          Inapplicable.


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Item 8.   Exhibits


Exhibit
Number    Exhibits


4.   1997 Long-Term Stock  Incentive  Program (filed as Exhibit 10(aa) to Sprint
     Nextel's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
     2005, and incorporated herein by reference).

5.   Opinion and consent of Michael T. Hyde, Esq.

15-A Letter of KPMG LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.

15-B Letter of  Deloitte  & Touche LLP  regarding  Unaudited  Interim  Financial
     Information.

23-A Consent of KPMG LLP.

23-B Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23-C Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23-D Consent of Michael T. Hyde,  Esq.  is  contained  in his  opinion  filed as
     Exhibit 5.

24.  Power of Attorney is contained on page II-8 of this Registration Statement.


Item 9.   Undertakings.


     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file,  during any period in which offers or sales of the  securities
being registered are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
          Securities  Act of 1933,  unless  such  information  is  contained  in
          reports filed with or furnished to the  Commission  by the  registrant
          pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
          of 1934 and incorporated herein by reference;

               (ii) To reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
          after the effective  date of the  Registration  Statement (or the most
          recent post- effective  amendment  thereof) which,  individually or in
          the aggregate,  represent a fundamental  change in the  information in
          the  Registration  Statement,  unless such information is contained in
          reports filed with or

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          furnished to the Commission by the  registrant  pursuant to Section 13
          or  Section  15(d)  of  the  Securities   Exchange  Act  of  1934  and
          incorporated herein by reference; and

               (iii) To include any  material  information  with  respect to the
          plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed in the  Registration
          Statement  or  any  material   change  to  such   information  in  the
          Registration Statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933,  each  such  post-effective  amendment  shall be deemed to be a new
Registration  Statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     (4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser:

         (i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

              (A) Each  prospectus  filed  by  the  registrant  pursuant to Rule
424(b)(3) shall  be deemed to  be part of the Registration  Statement  as of the
date the  filed prospectus  was deemed part of and  included in the Registration
Statement; and

              (B) Each   prospectus  required  to   be  filed  pursuant  to Rule
424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a Registration Statement in  reliance on
Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant  to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or
(x) for  the  purpose of providing  the information required by section 10(a) of
the  Securities Act  of 1933 shall  be deemed to be  part of and included in the
Registration Statement as of the earlier of the date  such form of prospectus is
first  used after  effectiveness or  the date  of the  first contract of sale of
securities  in the offering  described in  the prospectus.   As provided in Rule
430B, for liability purposes of the issuer  and any person that  is at that date
an  underwriter, such  date  shall be  deemed to  be a new effective date of the
Registration Statement relating to the  securities in the Registration Statement
to which that prospectus relates, and  the  offering  of such securities at that
time shall be  deemed to be  the initial  bona fide  offering thereof. Provided,
however, that  no statement made in  a Registration Statement or prospectus that
is  part  of the  Registration  Statement  or made in a document incorporated or
deemed  incorporated by reference  into the Registration Statement or prospectus
that is  part of the  Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract of  sale prior to  such  effective  date,  supersede  or  modify any
statement that was  made in the  Registration Statement  or prospectus  that was
part of  the  Registration  Statement or  made in any  such document immediately
prior to such effective date; or

         (ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each  prospectus  filed
pursuant  to Rule  424(b) as part of a  Registration  Statement  relating  to an
offering,  other than Registration Statements relying on Rule 430B or other than
prospectuses  filed in reliance on Rule 430A,  shall be deemed to be part of and
included  in the  Registration

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Statement  as of the  date  it is  first  used  after  effectiveness.  Provided,
however,  that no statement made in a Registration  Statement or prospectus that
is part of the  Registration  Statement  or made in a document  incorporated  or
deemed  incorporated by reference into the Registration  Statement or prospectus
that is part of the  Registration  Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract of sale prior to such first use,  supersede or modify any  statement
that was made in the  Registration  Statement or prospectus that was part of the
Registration  Statement or made in any such document  immediately  prior to such
date of first use.

     (5) That, for the purpose of determining  liability of the registrant under
the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial  distribution  of the
securities:

     The  undersigned  registrant  undertakes  that  in a  primary  offering  of
securities  of  the  undersigned   registrant   pursuant  to  this  Registration
Statement,  regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to
the purchaser,  if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means
of any of the following  communications,  the  undersigned  registrant will be a
seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such  securities
to such purchaser:

           (i) Any preliminary   prospectus   or  prospectus  of the undersigned
registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

           (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by
or  on  behalf  of  the undersigned  registrant or  used or referred  to by  the
undersigned registrant;

           (iii) The  portion of  any other free  writing prospectus relating to
the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or
its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

           (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by
the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

     (6) That,  for purposes of determining  any liability  under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the  registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or  Section  15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where
applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934) that is  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions described under Item 6 above, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for  indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,

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officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Reston,  State of  Virginia,  on the 26th day of
January, 2006.

                              SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION




                              By:   /s/ Paul Saleh
                                  (P.N. Saleh, Chief Financial Officer)


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


     We, the  undersigned  officers and directors of Sprint Nextel  Corporation,
hereby  severally  constitute G.D.  Forsee,  L.J. Lauer,  L.J. Kennedy and G. D.
Begeman and each of them singly,  our true and lawful  attorneys with full power
to them  and  each of  them  singly,  to  sign  for us and in our  names  in the
capacities indicated below the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and
all  amendments  to said  Registration  Statement,  and generally to do all such
things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable  Sprint  Nextel  Corporation  to  comply  with the  provisions  of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  and all  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission,  hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorneys,  or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  and Power of Attorney have been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

         Name                      Title                     Date

/s/ Gary D. Forsee      President and Chief Executive   )
G.D. Forsee             Officer and Director            )
                        (Principal Executive Officer)   )
                                                        )  January 26, 2006
                                                        )
/s/ Paul Saleh          Chief Financial Officer         )
P.N. Saleh              (Principal Financial Officer)   )

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                                                        )
                                                        )
/s/ W.G. Arendt         Senior Vice President and       )
W.G. Arendt             Controller                      )
                        (Principal Accounting Officer)  )
                                                        )
                                                        )
/s/ Timothy M. Donahue  Chairman                        )
Timothy M. Donahue                                      )
                                                        )
/s/ Keith J. Bane       Director                        )
Keith J. Bane                                           )
                                                        )
/s/ Gordon Bethune      Director                        )
Gordon M. Bethune                                       )
                                                        )
/s/ William E. Conway   Director                        )
William E. Conway                                       )
                                                        )   January 26, 2006
/s/ Frank M. Drendel    Director                        )
Frank M. Drendel                                        )
                                                        )
/s/ James H. Hance, Jr. Director                        )
James H. Hance, Jr.                                     )
                                                        )
                                                        )
/s/ V. Janet Hill       Director                        )
V. Janet Hill                                           )
                                                        )
/s/ I. O. Hockaday, Jr. Director                        )
I. O. Hockaday, Jr.                                     )
                                                        )
/s/ William E. Kennard  Director                        )
William E. Kennard                                      )
                                                        )
/s/ Linda K. Lorimer    Director                        )
L. K. Lorimer                                           )
                                                        )
/s/ Stephanie Shern     Director                        )
Stephanie M. Shern                                      )
                                                        )
/s/ William Swanson     Director                        )
William H. Swanson


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number


4.   1997 Long-Term Stock  Incentive  Program (filed as Exhibit 10(aa) to Sprint
     Nextel's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
     2005, and incorporated herein by reference).

5.   Opinion and consent of Michael T. Hyde, Esq.

15-A Letter of KPMG LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.

15-B Letter of  Deloitte  & Touche LLP  regarding  Unaudited  Interim  Financial
     Information.

23-A Consent of KPMG LLP.

23-B Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23-C Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23-D Consent of Michael T. Hyde,  Esq.  is  contained  in his  opinion  filed as
     Exhibit 5.

24.  Power of Attorney is contained on page II-8 of this Registration Statement.
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Registration No. 333-

                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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                            SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                  Kansas                        48-0457967
       (State or other jurisdiction          (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or organization)      Identification No.)

                2001 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20191
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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                     1997 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PROGRAM
                            (Full title of the plan)
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                            LEONARD J. KENNEDY, ESQ.
                                 General Counsel
                            Sprint Nextel Corporation
                            2001 Edmund Halley Drive
                             Reston, Virginia 20191
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

          Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
                                 (703) 433-4974

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                               Proposed         Proposed
                               Amount           maximum          maximum            Amount of
   Title of securities         to be         offering price     aggregate         registration
   to be registered         registered(1)      per share       offering price           Fee
Common Stock, Series 1,
$2.00 par value (including
the associated preferred
stock purchase rights)(2)...   43,841,835     $22.975(3)      $1,007,266,159.13(3)  $107,777.48(4)
(1)  This  Registration  Statement  also relates to an  indeterminate  number of
     additional shares of Common Stock, Series 1 (and associated preferred stock
     purchase  rights)  that  may  be  issued  pursuant  to  anti-dilution   and
     adjustment provisions of the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program.
(2)  Each share of Common Stock,  Series 1 also includes one-half of a preferred
     stock  purchase  right.  No  separate  consideration  is  payable  for  the
     preferred stock purchase rights. Accordingly no additional registration fee
     is required.
(3)  Estimated  solely for  purposes  of  determining  the  registration  fee in
     accordance with Rule  457(h)(1).  The average of the high and low prices of
     the Common Stock on January  23,  2006,  as reported in the  consolidated
     reporting system, was $22.975.
(4)  Of the amount due, $1010.78 has previously been paid in connection with the
     registration  of shares of Common Stock under  Registration  Statement  No.
     333-127425 filed August 11, 2005, that have been deregistered.
Explanatory Note

     The  purpose  of this  Registration  Statement  is to  register  43,841,835
additional  shares  of  common  stock,  series 1 of  Sprint  Nextel  Corporation
issuable pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program.  In addition to
this  registration  statement,  a  separate  registration  statement  was  filed
registering  shares of FON  common  stock  and PCS  common  stock  for  issuance
pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term  Stock  Incentive  Program (No.  333-111956)  and
separate  registration  statements  were filed  registering FON common stock for
issuance pursuant to the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive Program (Nos. 333-124189
and  333-115621).  In  addition,  separate  registration  statements  were filed
registering shares for issuance pursuant to the 1990 Stock Option Plan (Nos.333-
46491, 333-54108,  333-59124 and 333-103691),  for issuance pursuant to the 1990
Restricted  Stock Plan (No.  333-103689),  for  issuance  as Outside  Directors'
Shares under the 1997 Long-Term Stock Incentive  Program (No. 333-25449) and for
issuance on exercise of Outside  Directors'  Stock  Options under the 1997 Long-
Term Stock Incentive Program (No. 33-31802).

     In February  2004,  Sprint  Nextel's  board of directors  combined the 1990
Stock  Option  Plan and the 1990  Restricted  Stock  Plan with and into the 1997
Long-Term  Stock  Incentive  Program  to  form  a  single  plan.  Following  the
recombination  of the plans,  shares of common stock  registered for issuance in
connection  with the  exercise  of stock  options  granted  under the 1990 Stock
Option Plan will be issued in  connection  with the  exercise  of stock  options
under the 1997 Long-Term  Stock  Incentive  Program,  and shares of common stock
registered for issuance under the 1990  Restricted  Stock Plan will be issued in
connection with the awards of restricted  stock granted under the 1997 Long-Term
Stock Incentive Program.

     Also in February  2004,  Sprint  Nextel's  board of directors  approved the
recombination  of the PCS common  stock and the FON common  stock,  effective on
April  23,  2004  (the  "Conversion  Date").  Each  share  of PCS  common  stock
outstanding  was  converted  into 0.5  shares of FON  common  stock.  Options to
purchase PCS common stock outstanding on the Conversion Date were converted into
options to purchase FON common stock and restricted stock units representing the
right to receive PCS common stock were  converted  into  restricted  stock units
representing  the right to receive FON common stock.  Following  the  Conversion
Date,  no shares of PCS common stock may be issued and the  remaining  shares of
PCS common stock have been deregistered.

     In connection with the merger of Nextel Communications,  Inc. with and into
a  subsidiary  of Sprint  Corporation,  Sprint  Corporation  changed its name to
Sprint Nextel Corporation and the FON common stock, series 1 was redesignated as
common stock, series 1.
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference

     The  following  documents  filed  by  Sprint  Nextel  Corporation  ("Sprint
Nextel") with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  (File No.  1-04721) are
incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:

     o    Annual  Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended  December  31,  2004,
          filed on April 29, 2005.

     o    Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter  ended March 31,  2005,
          filed May 9, 2005, Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
          June 30, 2005, filed August 8, 2005, and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
          for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, filed November 9, 2005.

     o    Current  Reports on Form 8-K filed on January 21,  2005,  February 14,
          2005,  February 17, 2005,  March 15, 2005,  April 21, 2005 (of the two
          Current  Reports  filed on April 21, 2005,  only the filing made under
          Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference), May 20, 2005, June 10,
          2005, June 14, 2005, June 22, 2005, June 23, 2005 (two reports),  July
          11, 2005,  July 13, 2005 (two reports),  July 18, 2005, July 19, 2005,
          July 29, 2005,  August 4, 2005,  August 9, 2005 (two reports),  August
          12, 2005, August 16, 2005, August 17, 2005, August 18, 2005, September
          6, 2005, September 9, 2005, October 6, 2005, October 14, 2005, October
          31, 2005, November 21, 2005, December 16, 2005 and December 21, 2005.

     o    Current  Reports on Form 8-K/A filed on April 19, 2005 (two  reports),
          October 4, 2005, December 5, 2005 and December 15, 2005.

     o    Description  of Common Stock  contained  in Amendment  No. 8 to Sprint
          Nextel's  Registration  Statement  on  Form  8-A  relating  to  Sprint
          Nextel's  Common  Stock,  Series  1 filed  August  12,  2005,  and any
          amendment   or  report   filed  for  the  purpose  of  updating   that
          description.

     o    Description of Rights  contained in Amendment No. 6 to Sprint Nextel's
          Registration Statement on Form 8-A relating to Sprint Nextel's Rights,
          filed  August 8,  2005,  and any  amendment  or  report  filed for the
          purpose of updating that description.

     All  documents  subsequently  filed by Sprint  Nextel  pursuant to Sections
13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  before the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration  Statement and to
be part of this  Registration  Statement  from  the date of the  filing  of such
documents (excluding any Current Reports on Form 8-K to the extent disclosure is
furnished and not filed).

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Item 4.   Description of Securities

     See Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

     The validity of the authorized and unissued  shares of Sprint Nextel Common
Stock  and the  related  Rights  to be issued  under  the 1997  Long-Term  Stock
Incentive  Program was passed upon by Michael T. Hyde,  Assistant  Secretary  of
Sprint Nextel. As of January 25, 2006, Mr. Hyde beneficially owned approximately
28,850  shares of Sprint Nextel  Common  Stock,  had options to purchase  64,063
shares  of  Sprint  Nextel  Common  Stock,   and  had  restricted   stock  units
representing 3,700 shares of Sprint Nextel Common Stock.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers

     The  following  summary is  qualified  in its  entirety by reference to the
complete   text  of  the  statutes   referred  to  below  and  the  articles  of
incorporation and bylaws of Sprint Nextel.

     Under Section  17-6305 of the Kansas  General  Corporation  Code,  which we
refer to as the KGCC, a corporation may indemnify a director, officer, employee,
or agent of the  corporation  (or other entity if such person is serving in such
capacity at the corporation's  request) against expenses  (including  attorneys'
fees), judgments,  fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by him if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed
to be in, or not opposed to, the best  interests of the  corporation  and,  with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in the right of
a corporation,  the corporation may indemnify a director,  officer, employee, or
agent of the  corporation  (or other  entity if such  person is  serving in such
capacity at the corporation's  request) against expenses  (including  attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of
the corporation,  except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim,  issue,  or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be
liable  to  the  corporation   unless  a  court  determines  that,  despite  the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses as
the court shall deem proper. Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an
officer  or  director  in  defending  any  civil  or  criminal  action,  suit or
proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of
such action,  suit or proceeding  upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf
of such  director  or  officer to repay such  amount if it shall  ultimately  be
determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation.

     Consistent with Section 17-6305 of the KGCC,  Article IV, Section 10 of the
bylaws of  Sprint  Nextel  provides  that the  corporation  will  indemnify  its
directors and

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officers against  expenses,  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement in
connection with any action, suit, or proceeding if the director or officer acted
in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best  interests  of the  corporation.  With  respect  to a  criminal  action  or
proceeding,  the director or officer must also have had no  reasonable  cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful.

     In  accordance  with Section  17-6002(b)(8)  of the KGCC,  Sprint  Nextel's
articles of incorporation  provide that directors shall not be personally liable
for monetary  damages for breaches of their  fiduciary duty as directors  except
for (i) breaches of their duty of loyalty to Sprint Nextel or its  stockholders,
(ii) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or knowing  violations of law, (iii) certain  transactions under Section 17-6424
of the KGCC (unlawful  payment of dividends) or (iv)  transactions  from which a
director derives an improper personal benefit.

     Under Article IV, Section 10 of the bylaws of Sprint Nextel,  Sprint Nextel
may  purchase  and  maintain  insurance  on behalf of any person who is or was a
director,  officer or employee of the  corporation,  or who is or was serving at
the request of the  corporation  as a  director,  officer or employee of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against any
liability  arising  out of his status as such,  whether  or not the  corporation
would have the power to indemnify such persons against liability.  Sprint Nextel
carries standard directors and officers liability coverage for its directors and
officers and the directors and officers of its subsidiaries.  Subject to certain
limitations  and  exclusions,   the  policies   reimburse  the  corporation  for
liabilities indemnified under the bylaws.

     Sprint  Nextel  has  entered  into  indemnification   agreements  with  its
directors and officers. These agreements provide for the indemnification, to the
full extent  permitted  by law, of expenses,  judgments,  fines,  penalties  and
amounts paid in  settlement  incurred by the  director or officer in  connection
with any threatened,  pending or completed action, suit or proceeding on account
of service as a director, officer, employee or agent of Sprint Nextel.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed

          Inapplicable.

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Item 8.   Exhibits

Exhibit
Number    Exhibits

4.   1997 Long-Term Stock  Incentive  Program (filed as Exhibit 10(aa) to Sprint
     Nextel's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
     2005, and incorporated herein by reference).

5.   Opinion and consent of Michael T. Hyde, Esq.

15-A Letter of KPMG LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.

15-B Letter of  Deloitte  & Touche LLP  regarding  Unaudited  Interim  Financial
     Information.

23-A Consent of KPMG LLP.

23-B Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23-C Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23-D Consent of Michael T. Hyde,  Esq.  is  contained  in his  opinion  filed as
     Exhibit 5.

24.  Power of Attorney is contained on page II-8 of this Registration Statement.

Item 9.   Undertakings.

     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

     (1) To file,  during any period in which offers or sales of the  securities
being registered are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
Statement:

               (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
          Securities  Act of 1933,  unless  such  information  is  contained  in
          reports filed with or furnished to the  Commission  by the  registrant
          pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
          of 1934 and incorporated herein by reference;

               (ii) To reflect  in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising
          after the effective  date of the  Registration  Statement (or the most
          recent post- effective  amendment  thereof) which,  individually or in
          the aggregate,  represent a fundamental  change in the  information in
          the  Registration  Statement,  unless such information is contained in
          reports filed with or

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furnished to the Commission by the  registrant  pursuant to Section 13
          or  Section  15(d)  of  the  Securities   Exchange  Act  of  1934  and
          incorporated herein by reference; and

               (iii) To include any  material  information  with  respect to the
          plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed in the  Registration
          Statement  or  any  material   change  to  such   information  in  the
          Registration Statement.

     (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933,  each  such  post-effective  amendment  shall be deemed to be a new
Registration  Statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

     (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

     (4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser:

         (i) If the registrant is relying on Rule 430B:

              (A) Each  prospectus  filed  by  the  registrant  pursuant to Rule
424(b)(3) shall  be deemed to  be part of the Registration  Statement  as of the
date the  filed prospectus  was deemed part of and  included in the Registration
Statement; and

              (B) Each   prospectus  required  to   be  filed  pursuant  to Rule
424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a Registration Statement in  reliance on
Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant  to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or
(x) for  the  purpose of providing  the information required by section 10(a) of
the  Securities Act  of 1933 shall  be deemed to be  part of and included in the
Registration Statement as of the earlier of the date  such form of prospectus is
first  used after  effectiveness or  the date  of the  first contract of sale of
securities  in the offering  described in  the prospectus.   As provided in Rule
430B, for liability purposes of the issuer  and any person that  is at that date
an  underwriter, such  date  shall be  deemed to  be a new effective date of the
Registration Statement relating to the  securities in the Registration Statement
to which that prospectus relates, and  the  offering  of such securities at that
time shall be  deemed to be  the initial  bona fide  offering thereof. Provided,
however, that  no statement made in  a Registration Statement or prospectus that
is  part  of the  Registration  Statement  or made in a document incorporated or
deemed  incorporated by reference  into the Registration Statement or prospectus
that is  part of the  Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract of  sale prior to  such  effective  date,  supersede  or  modify any
statement that was  made in the  Registration Statement  or prospectus  that was
part of  the  Registration  Statement or  made in any  such document immediately
prior to such effective date; or

         (ii) If the registrant is subject to Rule 430C, each  prospectus  filed
pursuant  to Rule  424(b) as part of a  Registration  Statement  relating  to an
offering,  other than Registration Statements relying on Rule 430B or other than
prospectuses  filed in reliance on Rule 430A,  shall be deemed to be part of and
included  in the  Registration

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Statement  as of the  date  it is  first  used  after  effectiveness.  Provided,
however,  that no statement made in a Registration  Statement or prospectus that
is part of the  Registration  Statement  or made in a document  incorporated  or
deemed  incorporated by reference into the Registration  Statement or prospectus
that is part of the  Registration  Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time
of contract of sale prior to such first use,  supersede or modify any  statement
that was made in the  Registration  Statement or prospectus that was part of the
Registration  Statement or made in any such document  immediately  prior to such
date of first use.

     (5) That, for the purpose of determining  liability of the registrant under
the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial  distribution  of the
securities:

     The  undersigned  registrant  undertakes  that  in a  primary  offering  of
securities  of  the  undersigned   registrant   pursuant  to  this  Registration
Statement,  regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to
the purchaser,  if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means
of any of the following  communications,  the  undersigned  registrant will be a
seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such  securities
to such purchaser:

           (i) Any preliminary   prospectus   or  prospectus  of the undersigned
registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

           (ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by
or  on  behalf  of  the undersigned  registrant or  used or referred  to by  the
undersigned registrant;

           (iii) The  portion of  any other free  writing prospectus relating to
the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or
its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

           (iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by
the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

     (6) That,  for purposes of determining  any liability  under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the  registrant's  annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or  Section  15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where
applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934) that is  incorporated  by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities  offered therein,  and the offering of such
securities  at that time shall be deemed to be the  initial  bona fide  offering
thereof.

     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions described under Item 6 above, or
otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities
and  Exchange  Commission  such  indemnification  is  against  public  policy as
expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for  indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,

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officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered,  the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by  controlling
precedent,  submit to a court of appropriate  jurisdiction  the question whether
such  indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized,  in the City of Reston,  State of  Virginia,  on the 26th day of
January, 2006.

                              SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION

                              By:   /s/ Paul Saleh
                                  (P.N. Saleh, Chief Financial Officer)

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the  undersigned  officers and directors of Sprint Nextel  Corporation,
hereby  severally  constitute G.D.  Forsee,  L.J. Lauer,  L.J. Kennedy and G. D.
Begeman and each of them singly,  our true and lawful  attorneys with full power
to them  and  each of  them  singly,  to  sign  for us and in our  names  in the
capacities indicated below the Registration Statement filed herewith and any and
all  amendments  to said  Registration  Statement,  and generally to do all such
things in our name and on our behalf in our capacities as officers and directors
to enable  Sprint  Nextel  Corporation  to  comply  with the  provisions  of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  and all  requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission,  hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
be signed by our said attorneys,  or any of them, to said Registration Statement
and any and all amendments thereto.

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  and Power of Attorney have been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

         Name                      Title                     Date

/s/ Gary D. Forsee      President and Chief Executive   )
G.D. Forsee             Officer and Director            )
                        (Principal Executive Officer)   )
                                                        )  January 26, 2006
                                                        )
/s/ Paul Saleh          Chief Financial Officer         )
P.N. Saleh              (Principal Financial Officer)   )

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)
                                                        )
/s/ W.G. Arendt         Senior Vice President and       )
W.G. Arendt             Controller                      )
                        (Principal Accounting Officer)  )
                                                        )
                                                        )
/s/ Timothy M. Donahue  Chairman                        )
Timothy M. Donahue                                      )
                                                        )
/s/ Keith J. Bane       Director                        )
Keith J. Bane                                           )
                                                        )
/s/ Gordon Bethune      Director                        )
Gordon M. Bethune                                       )
                                                        )
/s/ William E. Conway   Director                        )
William E. Conway                                       )
                                                        )   January 26, 2006
/s/ Frank M. Drendel    Director                        )
Frank M. Drendel                                        )
                                                        )
/s/ James H. Hance, Jr. Director                        )
James H. Hance, Jr.                                     )
                                                        )
                                                        )
/s/ V. Janet Hill       Director                        )
V. Janet Hill                                           )
                                                        )
/s/ I. O. Hockaday, Jr. Director                        )
I. O. Hockaday, Jr.                                     )
                                                        )
/s/ William E. Kennard  Director                        )
William E. Kennard                                      )
                                                        )
/s/ Linda K. Lorimer    Director                        )
L. K. Lorimer                                           )
                                                        )
/s/ Stephanie Shern     Director                        )
Stephanie M. Shern                                      )
                                                        )
/s/ William Swanson     Director                        )
William H. Swanson

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

4.   1997 Long-Term Stock  Incentive  Program (filed as Exhibit 10(aa) to Sprint
     Nextel's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
     2005, and incorporated herein by reference).

5.   Opinion and consent of Michael T. Hyde, Esq.

15-A Letter of KPMG LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information.

15-B Letter of  Deloitte  & Touche LLP  regarding  Unaudited  Interim  Financial
     Information.

23-A Consent of KPMG LLP.

23-B Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.

23-C Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

23-D Consent of Michael T. Hyde,  Esq.  is  contained  in his  opinion  filed as
     Exhibit 5.

24.  Power of Attorney is contained on page II-8 of this Registration Statement.