EXHIBIT 23-A


                 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to the 1988
Employees Stock Purchase Plan of Sprint Corporation of our
reports dated February 1, 2000 with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Sprint Corporation and the
combined financial statements and schedules of the Sprint FON
Group and the Sprint PCS Group included in Sprint's Annual Report
(Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                   /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
                                   ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Kansas City, Missouri
July 14, 2000