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.