EXHIBIT 23-C


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     We  consent  to the  incorporation  by  reference  in  this  Sprint  Nextel
Corporation  Registration  Statement  on Form S-8 of our report  dated March 14,
2005 relating to the consolidated  financial  statements and financial statement
schedules of Nextel  Communications,  Inc. and  subsidiaries  as of December 31,
2004 and 2003 and for each of the three years in the period  ended  December 31,
2004 (which report expresses an unqualified  opinion and includes an explanatory
paragraph  relating to the adoption of the  provisions  of Emerging  Issues Task
Force Issue No.  00-21,  "Accounting  for  Revenue  Arrangements  with  Multiple
Deliverables,"  in 2003 and the  adoption  of the  provisions  of  Statement  of
Financial  Accounting Standards No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,"
in 2002) and of our report dated March 14, 2005 relating to management's  report
on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December
31, 2004,  both  appearing in the Form 8-K of Sprint  Nextel  Corporation  dated
August 18, 2005.



/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
McLean, Virginia
January 24, 2006