EXHIBIT 23-A


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
(Form S-8)  pertaining to the Management  Incentive  Stock Option Plan of Sprint
Corporation  of  our  report  dated  February  3,  2004,  with  respect  to  the
consolidated  financial statements and schedule of Sprint Corporation,  included
in Sprint  Corporation's  Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended  December
31, 2003, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                   /s/ Ernst & Young LLP


Kansas City, Missouri
May 17, 2004