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ENDNOTES
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(1) See also American Telecasting, Inc., People's Choice TV Corp., G & S Television Network, Inc., Sprint Wavepath Holdings, Inc., Transworld Telecommunications, Inc., Wavepath
Holdings, Inc., Wireless Cable of Florida, Inc.
(2) See also Sprint WBC of New York, Inc., Atlanta MDS Co., Inc., Los Angeles MDS Company, Inc., New York MDS, Inc., San Francisco MDS, Inc., Via/Net Companies
(3) Economic interest.
(4) Voting interest.
(5) MinorCo, L.P. holds a limited and preferred partnership interest of less than 1%.
(6) American PCS, L.P. holds the general partnership interest of greater than 99%.
(7) American PCS Communications, LLC holds the general partnership interest of greater than 99%.
(8) American Personal Communications Holdings, Inc. holds a limited partnership interest of less than 1%.
(9) Sprint Spectrum L.P. holds the general partnership interest of greater than 99%.
(10) Sprint Spectrum Holding Company, L.P. holds the general partnership interest of greater than 99%.
(11) See also TDI Acquisition Corporation and Wireless Broadcasting Systems of America, Inc.
(12) See also US Telecom, Inc., UCOM, Inc., Utelcom, Inc., Sprint International Communications Corporation.
(13) UCOM, Inc., US Telecom, Inc., and Utelcom, Inc., each holds less than 1% of the common stock.
(14) Held in trust for Sprint International Holding, Inc.
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Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Sprint Nextel Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-171301) and Form S-8 (No. 333-42077, No. 333-68737, No. 333-56938,
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o. 333-59124, No. 333-76783, No. 333-92809, No. 333-54108, No. 333-75664, No. 333-103691, No. 333-105244, No. 333-111956, No. 333-115621, No. 333-115607,
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o. 333-115609, No. 333-124189, No. 333-127426, No. 333-130277, No. 333-142702 and No. 333-159330) of Sprint Nextel Corporation of our report dated
February 27, 2012, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Sprint Nextel Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related
consolidated statements of comprehensive loss, cash flows and shareholders' equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2011, and the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2011, which report appears in the December 31, 2011 annual report on Form 10-K of Sprint
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extel Corporation.
Sprint Nextel Corporation adopted accounting guidance regarding accounting for business combinations and equity method investments in 2009, and presentation of the
consolidated statement of comprehensive loss in 2011.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Kansas City, Missouri
Name
Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization
Ownership
Interest
Held
By Its
Immediate
Parent
(Sprint Nextel Corporation subsidiaries continued)
Via/Net Companies Nevada 100
Subsidiary:
SN UHC 2, Inc. (see Sprint WBC of New York, Inc. for SN UHC 2, Inc. subs; see endnote) Delaware 19.32(2)
Virgin Mobile USA, Inc. Delaware 100
Subsidiaries:
VMU GP, LLC Delaware 100
Subsidiary:
Bluebottle USA Investments L.P. Delaware 0.001(3)
Bluebottle USA Investments L.P. Delaware 100(4)
Bluebottle USA Investments L.P. Delaware 99.999(3)
Subsidiary:
Bluebottle USA Holdings L.P. Delaware 99.470(3)
Bluebottle USA Holdings L.P. Delaware 100(4)
Bluebottle USA Holdings L.P. Delaware 0.53(3)
Subsidiaries:
VMU GP1, LLC Delaware 100
Subsidiary:
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. Delaware 0.0005(3)
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. Delaware 100(4)
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. Delaware 52.6459(3)
Virgin Mobile USA, L.P. Delaware 30.7028(3)
Subsidiaries:
Assurance Wireless of South Carolina, LLC Delaware 100
Helio LLC Delaware 100(3) (4)
Wireless Cable of Florida, Inc. Florida 100
Subsidiary:
SN UHC 3, Inc. (see People's Choice TV Corp. for SN UHC 3, Inc. subs; see endnote) Delaware 0.32(1)
Section 13: EX-23.1 (CONSENT OF KPMG LLP)