Exhibit 10.1
                                 Award Agreement

This Award Agreement (the  "Agreement") is entered into as of June 12, 2006 (the
"Grant Date"), by and between Sprint Nextel  Corporation,  a Kansas  corporation
(together   with  its   direct  and   indirect   subsidiaries,   "Sprint")   and
_____________________  (the  "Director"),  a director of Sprint for the grant of
restricted  stock units with respect to Sprint's  common stock,  par value $2.00
per share ("Common Stock").

In  consideration  of the  mutual  covenants  and  agreements  set forth in this
Agreement, the parties agree to the following.

1.   Defined  Terms  Incorporated from 1997 Long-Term  Stock Incentive Program

Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement and not defined herein shall have
the meanings set forth in Sprint's 1997 Long-Term Stock  Incentive  Program (the
"Program").

2. Grant of Restricted Stock Units

Sprint hereby grants to Director under the Program 4,419  restricted stock units
(the  "RSUs").  Each RSU  represents  the unsecured  right to require  Sprint to
deliver to Director one share of Common Stock. With respect to 100% of the RSUs,
the  "vesting  date" and  "delivery  date" is the date of  Sprint's  2007 Annual
Meeting of  Shareholders.  The RSUs are governed by, and this  Agreement  hereby
incorporates, the Standard Terms of Other Stock Unit Awards set forth in Section
9(c) of the Program except as provided in Section 3 below.

3. Terms different from Standard Terms

3.01 Reinvestment of Dividends.  On each date on which Sprint pays a dividend on
the Common Stock, the RSUs will accrue additional whole or fractional RSUs equal
to the  number  of shares of  Common  Stock the  dividend  would buy at the fair
market value of Common  Stock on the dividend  payment  date.  These  additional
shares  vest  and are  subject  to  delivery  at the  same  time  as the  shares
originally payable under the RSU.

3.02 Deferral of delivery not  permitted.  Director will not have the ability to
defer delivery of the RSUs under the provisions of Section 9(c)(ii).

4.  Plan Information

Director  hereby  acknowledges  having read the 1997 Long-Term  Stock  Incentive
Program  Plan  Information   Statement  dated  June  2006.  To  the  extent  not
inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  Agreement,   the  terms  of  such
information statement and the Program are hereby incorporated by this reference.

In Witness Whereof,  Sprint has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly
authorized  officer and the Director has executed the same as of the Grant Date.

                                        Sprint Nextel Corporation


                                        By:___________________________
                                                Authorized Officer


                                           ___________________________
                                                "Director"