EXHIBIT 23-B


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
(Form S-8) of Sprint Corporation pertaining to the Nextel  Communications,  Inc.
Amended and Restated  Associate Stock Purchase Plan of our report dated February
3, 2004 (except for Note 2, as to which the date is April 23, 2004, and Note 21,
as to which the date is  November  2,  2004) with  respect  to the  consolidated
financial  statements and schedule of Sprint Corporation as of December 31, 2003
and for the two years in the period then ended, included in Sprint Corporation's
Annual Report (Form 10-K/A) for the year ended December 31, 2004, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                   /s/ Ernst & Young LLP




Kansas City, Missouri
August 9, 2005