FIRST AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT

EXHIBIT 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT (this “First Amendment”) by and between Sprint Nextel Corporation, a Kansas corporation (“Sprint”), Sprint/United Management Company (“SUMC”) (Sprint, SUMC, and the subsidiaries of Sprint are collectively referred to herein as the “Company”), and Len Lauer (the “Executive”), effective as of August 21, 2006, is made and entered into as of October 26, 2006 (the “Revised Effective Date”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Executive and the Company entered into an Executive Agreement dated as of July 30, 2001 (the “Original Agreement”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10 of the Original Agreement, the Company and the Executive wish to amend the Original Agreement, effective as of the Revised Effective Date, as set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the covenants and agreements set forth herein, the Company and the Executive agree as follows:

I.

Effective as of the Revised Effective Date, pursuant to Section 10 of the Original Agreement, the Executive and the Company agree to amend the Original Agreement as provided below.

II.