Exhibit 5





                         April 16, 2002



Sprint Corporation
P.O. Box 11315
Kansas City, Missouri 64112


     Re:  6,200,000  shares of FON Common Stock (par value  $2.00
          per  share)  and 10,400,000 shares of PCS Common  Stock
          (par  value  $1.00 per share), issuable  in  connection
          with  the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan and the Sprint
          Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees

Gentlemen:

     I have acted as your counsel in connection with the proposed
offering and issuance of an aggregate of 6,200,000 shares of your
FON Common Stock (the "FON Shares") and 10,400,000 shares of your
PCS   Common  Stock  (the  "PCS  Shares"),  referred  to  in  the
Registration   Statement   on   Form   S-8   (the   "Registration
Statement"),  to  be  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission  pursuant to the Securities Act of  1933,  as  amended
(the   "Act").    In  such  connection,  I  have   examined   the
Registration  Statement and I am familiar  with  the  proceedings
taken  by  your  stockholders and your  Board  of  Directors  and
officers  in connection with the authorization of the FON  Shares
and  the  PCS  Shares, the recapitalization of your Common  Stock
into  FON Common Stock and PCS Common Stock, and related matters,
and  I have reviewed such documents, records, and matters of  law
as   I   have  considered  necessary  for  rendering  my  opinion
hereinafter set forth.

     Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

     1.   Sprint Corporation is a corporation duly organized  and
          validly existing under the laws of the State of Kansas.

     2.   The Sprint Retirement Savings Plan, the Sprint Retirement
          Savings Plan for Bargaining Unit Employees, the FON Shares, and
          the PCS Shares have been duly and validly authorized, and when
          (i) the Registration Statement has become effective under the Act
          and (ii) the FON Shares and the PCS Shares are issued in the
          manner and upon the terms set forth in the Sprint Retirement
          Savings Plan or the Sprint Retirement Savings Plan for Bargaining
          Unit Employees, such FON Shares and PCS Shares will be legally
          issued, fully paid and nonassessable.




     I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit
to  the Registration Statement.  In giving such consent, I do not
thereby  admit that I am in the category of persons whose consent
is required under Section 7 of the Act.





                                        Very truly yours,


                                        /s/ Michael T. Hyde
                                        Michael T. Hyde