EXHIBIT 23-A


                 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

      We  consent  to  the  incorporation  by  reference  in  the
Registration  Statement  (Form  S-8)  pertaining  to  the  Sprint
Retirement  Savings Plan and the Sprint Retirement  Savings  Plan
for Bargaining Unit Employees of Sprint Corporation (the "Plans")
of  our  reports (a) dated February 4, 2002, with respect to  the
consolidated   financial  statements  and  schedule   of   Sprint
Corporation included in Sprint Corporation's Annual Report  (Form
10-K/A) for the year ended December 31, 2001, and (b) dated  June
1,  2001,  with respect to the financial statements and schedules
of  the  Plans included in the Plans' Annual Reports (Form  11-K)
for  the  year ended December 31, 2000, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.



                                   /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Kansas City, Missouri
April 12, 2002