POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the

undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Richard A. Montfort,

Michael T. Hyde, Gary D. Begeman, Shana C. Smith, and Leonard J. Kennedy,

signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney in fact to:



1.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Sprint Nextel
Corporation (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules
thereunder;


2.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form
3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and
timely file such form with the United States
Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

3.	take
any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney in
fact, may be of benefit to, in
the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by
such attorney in fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form
and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney in fact may
approve in such attorney in
fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby
grants to each such
attorney in fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every
act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to
all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact,
or such attorney
in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be
done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys in
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended. This Power of Attorney shall remain in
full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3,
4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by
the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in

fact.  This Power of Attorney supersedes and revokes, as of the date

hereof, all powers providing authority similar to the above-referenced

authority granted in this Power of Attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of
this
_3rd ___ day of __February, 2006.

Name:  Mark Angelino