Long-Term Debt, Financing and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

	Interest Rates			Maturities			December 31, 2011			December 31, 2010
							(in millions)
Notes
Senior notes
Sprint Nextel Corporation	6.00	-	11.50%	2016	-	2022	$	4,500		$	3,500
Sprint Capital Corporation	6.88	-	8.75%	2019	-	2032	6,204			9,854
Serial redeemable senior notes
Nextel Communications, Inc.	5.95	-	7.38%	2013	-	2015	4,780			4,780
Guaranteed notes
Sprint Nextel Corporation	9.00%			2018			3,000			—
Secured notes
iPCS, Inc.	2.55	-	3.68%	2013	-	2014	481			481
Credit facilities - Sprint Nextel Corporation
Bank credit facility	4.63%			2013			—			—
Export Development Canada	5.30%			2015			500			750
Financing obligation	9.50%			2030			698			698
Capital lease obligations and other	4.11	-	15.49%	2014	-	2022	71			76
Net premiums							40			52
							20,274			20,191
Less current portion							(8		)	(1,656		)
Long-term debt, financing and capital lease obligations							$	20,266		$	18,535

Schedule of Long-term Debt Maturities

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	(in millions)
2012	$	8
2013	1,783
2014	1,364
2015	2,652
2016	2,019
2017 and thereafter	12,408
	20,234
Net premiums	40
	$	20,274