SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 8-A/A
                                (Amendment No. 8)

                FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
                    PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                            SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


               Kansas                               48-0457967
      (State of incorporation                   (I.R.S. Employer
          or organization)                     Identification No.)

     2001 Edmund Halley Drive
          Reston, Virginia                            20191
       (Address of principal                       (zip code)
         executive office)


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

          Title of Each Class to        Name of Each Exchange on Which
          be Registered                 Each Class is to be Registered
          ___________________________   ________________________________

          Series 1 Common Stock,        New York Stock Exchange
          par value $2.00 per share

If this Form relates to the  registration  of a class of securities  pursuant to
Section  12(b)  of  the  Exchange  Act  and is  effective  pursuant  to  General
Instruction A.(c), check the following box  _______

If this Form relates to the  registration  of a class of securities  pursuant to
Section  12(g)  of  the  Exchange  Act  and is  effective  pursuant  to  General
Instruction A.(d), check the following box  _______

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:
_______________________ (if applicable)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                                      None
                                (Title of class)





                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

     Sprint  Nextel  Corporation  is  filing  this  amendment  number  8 to  its
Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A  relating  to its Series 1 Common  Stock to
reflect the fact that, in connection  with the merger of Nextel  Communications,
Inc. with and into a wholly owned subsidiary of Sprint Corporation,  Amended and
Restated  Articles  of  Incorporation  were filed with the Kansas  Secretary  of
State.  Among other things,  the Amended and Restated  Articles of Incorporation
changed the name of the  corporation  from Sprint  Corporation  to Sprint Nextel
Corporation,  changed  the  designation  of the FON Common  Stock,  Series 1 and
Series 2, to Series 1 Common Stock and Series 2 Common Stock, respectively,  and
changed  the  authorized  capital  stock of the  corporation.  The  Amended  and
Restated  Articles of Incorporation  now authorize a class of Non-Voting  Common
Stock and no longer authorize PCS Common Stock.

Item  1.         Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.

     This  Registration  Statement  amends  the  description  of  Sprint  Nextel
Corporation's  Series 1 Common  Stock,  par  value  $2.00 per  shares,  which is
registered  under  Section  12(b) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as
amended,  and listed on the New York Stock  Exchange.  Incorporated by reference
herein  are  the  sections   entitled   "Authorized   Capital  Stock  of  Sprint
Nextel--Description  of Sprint Nextel Common Stock" and "Comparison of Rights of
Stockholders of Sprint,  Nextel and Sprint Nextel" contained in the registrant's
Registration  Statement  (File No.  333-123333)  on Form S-4 initially  filed on
March 15, 2005, as amended (the "Form S-4").




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Item 2.        Exhibits.

1.   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Sprint Nextel Corporation
     (incorporated by reference to Annex G of the Form S-4).

2.   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Sprint Nextel  Corporation  (incorporated by
     reference to Annex H of the Form S-4).

3.   Second Amended and Restated Rights  Agreement  between Sprint and UMB Bank,
     n.a., as Rights Agent, dated as of March 16, 2004 and effective as of April
     23, 2004  (incorporated  by reference  to Exhibit 1 to  Amendment  No. 5 to
     Sprint's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A relating to Sprint's  Rights,
     filed April 12, 2004).

4.   Amendment  dated  June 17,  2005 to  Second  Amended  and  Restated  Rights
     Agreement (filed as Exhibit 4(d) to Sprint's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
     for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).








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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements of Section 12 of the Securities  Exchange Act
of 1934,  the  Registrant  has duly  caused this  amendment  to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                    SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION



                                    By:  /s/ Michael T. Hyde
                                         Michael T. Hyde, Assistant Secretary

Date:  August 12, 2005









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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number    Description

1.   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Sprint Nextel Corporation
     (incorporated by reference to Annex G of the Form S-4).

2.   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Sprint Nextel  Corporation  (incorporated by
     reference to Annex H of the Form S-4).

3.   Second Amended and Restated Rights  Agreement  between Sprint and UMB Bank,
     n.a., as Rights Agent, dated as of March 16, 2004 and effective as of April
     23, 2004  (incorporated  by reference  to Exhibit 1 to  Amendment  No. 5 to
     Sprint's  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A relating to Sprint's  Rights,
     filed April 12, 2004).

4.   Amendment  dated  June 17,  2005 to  Second  Amended  and  Restated  Rights
     Agreement (filed as Exhibit 4(d) to Sprint's  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
     for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, and incorporated herein by reference).