SC TO-C

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                   SCHEDULE TO
                                 (Rule 14d-100)

            Tender Offer Statement Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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                            SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION
                       (Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

           Options to Purchase Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
             (Title of Class of Securities Underlying Common Stock)
                                    852061100
                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
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                             Charles R. Wunsch, Esq.
                     General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
                            Sprint Nextel Corporation
                               6200 Sprint Parkway
                           Overland Park, Kansas 66251
                            Telephone: (913) 794-1496

            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
       to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of Filing Persons)
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                            CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
       Transaction Valuation                          Amount of Filing Fee(1)
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               N/A                                              N/A
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(1)      Pursuant to General Instruction D to Schedule TO, a filing fee is not
         required in connection with this filing because it relates solely to
         preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender
         offer.

|_|      Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
         0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
         previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
         number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

         Amount Previously Paid:  N/A
         Form or Registration No.: N/A
         Filing Party:  N/A
         Date Filed:  N/A

|X|      Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary
         communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:

|_|      third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
|X|      issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
|_|      going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
|_|      amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results
of the tender offer: |_|






         Attached is a Proposed Stock Option Exchange Program FAQs Supplement
made available to Sprint employees on April 8, 2010 regarding the proposed
Option Exchange Program announced on March 29, 2010.

         The exhibit to this Schedule TO does not constitute an offer to holders
of Sprint's outstanding stock options to exchange those options. The proposed
Option Exchange Program will only be commenced, if at all, if Sprint's
shareholders approve the proposal to approve an amendment of an existing equity
incentive plan to allow for the proposed Option Exchange Program.

         The Option Exchange Program has not yet commenced. Sprint will file a
Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, or the SEC, upon the commencement of the Option Exchange Program.
Persons who are eligible to participate in the Option Exchange Program should
read the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO and other related materials when
those materials become available because they will contain important information
about the Option Exchange Program.

         Sprint shareholders and option holders will be able to obtain the
written materials described above and other documents filed by Sprint with the
SEC free of charge from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition,
shareholders and option holders may obtain free copies of the documents filed by
Sprint with the SEC by directing a written request to: Sprint Nextel
Corporation, 6200 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, KS 66215, Attention: Investor
Relations.



         Item 12. Exhibits.

         Exhibit Number             Description

         99.1                       Stock Option Exchange Program FAQs
                                    Supplement, dated April 8, 2010.











                                       2

EX-99

                                                                  Exhibit 99.1



April 8, 2010
SUPPLEMENT to Stock Option Exchange Program FAQs

Based on questions received since the announcement of the Proposed Stock Option
Exchange Program and publication of FAQs on March 29, we are publishing this
Supplement to address commonly asked questions.

Most questions are already answered in the published materials and any
additional questions can be sent to StockOptions@Sprint.com. If the Stock Option
Exchange Program is approved and commenced, additional materials will be
published at a later time.

Replacement of Question 3

3.  Who would be eligible to participate in the Option Exchange Program?

We anticipate that the Option Exchange Program would be open to
    o   all U.S. employees of Sprint Nextel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries,
        except our most senior leadership team listed as the "named executive
        officers" in our 2010 proxy statement, who
    o   remain employed at Sprint through the grant date of the new options, and
        who
    o   hold eligible stock options as described in Q&A #4.

Because Clearwire is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sprint, employees of
Clearwire who hold outstanding Sprint stock options would not be eligible. In
addition, former Sprint employees who are now employees of an outsourcing vendor
(e.g., Ericsson) or who are receiving salary separation pay from Sprint would
not be eligible as they are not currently Sprint employees.

Employees on a leave of absence would be eligible to participate in the Option
Exchange Program and would be provided all applicable information even if they
do not have access to their Sprint e-mail account while on leave.

The Option Exchange Program would not be open to Board members.

New Question 25

25. How do I find out how many stock options I have, whether they are vested,
when they expire and what their exercise prices are? You can log in to your UBS
account at https://onesource.ubs.com/s or call 877-STK-6985 to view all of your
outstanding stock options, including their exercise price and other terms.







The Option Exchange Program has not yet commenced. Sprint will file a Tender
Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
the SEC, upon the commencement of the Option Exchange Program. Persons who are
eligible to participate in the Option Exchange Program should read the Tender
Offer Statement on Schedule TO and other related materials when those materials
become available because they will contain important information about the
Option Exchange Program.

Sprint shareholders and option holders will be able to obtain the written
materials described above and other documents filed by Sprint with the SEC free
of charge from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, shareholders and
option holders may obtain free copies of the documents filed by Sprint with the
SEC by directing a written request to: Sprint Nextel Corporation, 6200 Sprint
Parkway, Overland Park, KS 66215, Attention: Investor Relations.