Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) CEO Dan Hesse will participate at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia XVII Conference on September 18 at 10:15 a.m. EDT. The conference takes place at the Grand Hyatt New York.

A live audio webcast of this session may be accessed via Sprint's Web site on September 18 at www.sprint.com/investors. The replay of the presentation will be available a few hours after the actual presentation time and will remain available through a link from this site for at least one month.

About Sprint Nextel

Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers, businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two wireless networks serving nearly 52 million customers at the end of the second quarter 2008; industry-leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more information, visit www.sprint.com.