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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments

	Interest Rates			Maturities			December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
							(in millions)
Notes
Senior notes
Sprint Nextel Corporation	6.00	-	11.50%	2016	-	2022	$	9,280		$	4,500
Sprint Capital Corporation	6.88	-	8.75%	2019	-	2032	6,204			6,204
Serial redeemable senior notes
Nextel Communications, Inc.	5.95	-	7.38%	2013	-	2015	—			4,780
Guaranteed notes
Sprint Nextel Corporation	7.00	-	9.00%	2018	-	2020	4,000			3,000
Secured notes
iPCS, Inc.	2.44	-	3.56%	2013	-	2014	481			481
Convertible bonds
Sprint Nextel Corporation	1.00%			2019			3,100			—
Credit facilities
Bank credit facility	4.31%			2013			—			—
Export Development Canada	5.39%			2015			500			500
Secured equipment credit facility	2.03%			2017			296			—
Financing obligation	9.50%			2030			698			698
Capital lease obligations and other	4.11	-	15.49%	2014	-	2022	74			71
Net discount from beneficial conversion feature on convertible bond							(247		)	—
Net (discounts) premiums							(45		)	40
							24,341			20,274
Less current portion							(379		)	(8		)
Long-term debt, financing and capital lease obligations							$	23,962		$	20,266

Schedule of Long-term Debt Maturities

Aggregate amount of maturities for long-term debt, financing obligation and capital lease obligations outstanding as of December 31, 2012, were as follows:

	(in millions)
2013	$	379
2014	264
2015	581
2016	2,085
2017	2,354
2018 and thereafter	18,970
	24,633
Net discount from beneficial conversion feature on convertible bond	(247		)
Net discounts	(45		)
	$	24,341