Exhibit 5





                                  May 15, 2003



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

     Re:  10,000,000 shares of FON Common Stock (par value  $2.00
          per  share)  and 40,000,000 shares of PCS Common  Stock
          (par  value  $1.00 per share), issuable  in  connection
          with the 1988 Employees Stock Purchase Plan

Gentlemen:

     I have acted as your counsel in connection with the proposed offering and
issuance of an aggregate of 10,000,000 shares of your FON Common Stock (the "FON
Shares") and 40,000,000 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 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 and sold in the manner and upon the terms set forth in the 1988
          Employees Stock Purchase Plan, such FON Shares and PCS Shares will be
          legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.





Sprint Corporation
May 15, 2003
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     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