EXHIBIT (21) SPRINT CORPORATION SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT The registrant is the parent. The subsidiaries of the registrant are as follows: Percentage Of Voting Securities Owned Jurisdiction Of By Its Incorporation Or Immediate Name Organization Parent Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co. North Carolina 100 Subsidiaries Carolina Telephone Long Distance, Inc. North Carolina 100 North Carolina RSA 6 Limited Delaware 88 Partnership Partnership Centel Corporation Kansas 100 Subsidiaries: C FON Corporation Delaware 100 Centel Cable Investment Company Delaware 100 Centel Capital Corporation Delaware 100 Centel Cellular Company of Alabama Delaware 100 Centel Cellular Company of Mexico Delaware 100 Centel Credit Company Delaware 100 Centel Directory Company Delaware 100 Subsidiary: CenDon Partnership, The Illinois 50 Partnership Centel-Information Systems, Inc. Delaware 100 Centel-Texas, Inc. Texas 100 Subsidiary: Central Telephone Company of Texas 100 Texas Central Telephone Company Delaware 97 Subsidiaries: Central Telephone Company of Florida Florida 100 Central Telephone Company of Illinois Illinois 100 Central Telephone Company of Virginia Virginia 100 New Centel Communications Company Delaware 100 Subsidiary: Centel Videopath, Inc. Illinois 100 Sprint Cellular Company Delaware 100 Subsidiaries: Cellular 7 Minnesota 6 Partnership Centel Cellular Investment Delaware 100 Company Subsidiaries: Centel Cellular Company of Delaware 100 Laredo Centel Cellular Company of Virginia 100 Petersburg Subsidiaries: Petersburg Cellular Delaware 22 Partnership Partnership Petersburg Cellular Telephone Company, Inc. Virginia 100 Subsidiary: Petersburg Cellular Delaware 51 Partnership Partnership Centel Cellular Company of Delaware 100 Sioux City Subsidiary: Sioux City Cellular District of Partnership Columbia 95 Partnership Allentown MSA Limited Partnership Delaware 17 Partnership Chicago MSA Limited Partnership Illinois 5 Partnership Cincinnati MSA Limited Delaware 1 Partnership Partnership GTE Mobilnet of Austin Limited Delaware 1 Partnership Partnership GTE Mobilnet of Fort Wayne Limited Partnership Delaware 25 Partnership GTE Mobilnet of Ohio Limited Partnership Delaware 4 Partnership GTE Mobilnet of South Texas Limited Partnership Delaware 9 Partnership Kansas City MSA Limited Delaware 20 Partnership Partnership Orlando MSA Limited Partnership Delaware 15 Partnership St. Joseph MSA Limited Delaware 20 Partnership Partnership Centel Cellular Investment Company of Greensboro North Carolina 100 Subsidiary: Centel Cellular Company of North Carolina Limited Partnership North Carolina 5 Centel Cellular Company of Charlottesville Virginia 100 Centel Cellular Company of Florida Delaware 100 Subsidiaries: Centel Cellular Company of Florida 60 Tallahassee Limited Partnership Partnership Centel Cellular Company of Ft. Florida 70 Walton Beach Limited Partnership Partnership Florida 9 RSA Limited Florida 49 Partnership Partnership Centel Cellular Company of Delaware 100 Hickory Subsidiary: Centel Cellular Company of North Carolina Hickory Limited Partnership Partnership 97 Centel Cellular Company of Iowa Delaware 100 Subsidiaries: Waterloo MSA Limited Partnership Delaware 89 Partnership Iowa RSA 5 Limited Partnership Iowa Partnership 7 Iowa RSA No. 13 Limited Iowa Partnership 30 Partnership Centel Cellular Company of Nevada Limited Partnership Nevada Partnership 72 Centel Cellular Company of New Delaware 100 Mexico Centel Cellular Company of North North Carolina Carolina Limited Partnership Partnership 57 Centel Cellular Company of Peoria Illinois 100 Centel Cellular Company of South Carolina Delaware 100 Centel Cellular Company of Texas Limited Partnership Texas Partnership 67 Centel Cellular Company of Virginia Virginia 100 Subsidiaries: Virginia RSA 1 Limited Delaware 5 Partnership Centel Cellular Company of Virginia 100 Lynchburg Centel Cellular Company of Virginia 75 Danville Limited Partnership Partnership Virginia 10 RSA Limited Virginia 33 Partnership Partnership Virginia 10 RSA Resale Limited Virginia 33 Partnership Partnership Centel Nebraska, Inc. Delaware 100 Subsidiary: Omaha Cellular General Nebraska 50 Partnership Partnership Subsidiary: Omaha Cellular Limited Nebraska 27 Partnership Partnership Subsidiaries: RSA 1 Limited Partnership Iowa Partnership 4 Iowa 8-Monona Limited Colorado 2 Partnership Partnership Dubuque MSA Limited Partnership Delaware 85 Partnership Georgia RSA No. 1 Limited Delaware 20 Partnership Partnership GTE Mobilnet of Indiana RSA #3 Indiana 20 Limited Partnership Partnership Illinois Independent RSA No.3 Illinois 18 General Partnership Partnership Illinois Valley Cellular RSA 2-II Illinois 40 Partnership Partnership Iowa 15-Dickinson Limited Colorado 7 Partnership Partnership Iowa 16-Lyon Limited Partnership Colorado 8 Partnership Iowa RSA No. 14 Limited Partnership Iowa Partnership 6 L. J. Systems Corp. Iowa 100 North Carolina RSA 6 Limited Delaware 12 Partnership Partnership North Carolina RSA 15 North Sector North Carolina Limited Partnership Partnership 67 Pennsylvania 3 Wireline Settlement Delaware 28 Limited Partnership Partnership Pennsylvania 4 Wireline Settlement Delaware 33 Limited Partnership Partnership Pennsylvania RSA 10B(I) Limited Delaware 33 Partnership Partnership RSA 11 Limited Partnership Iowa Partnership 14 TeleSpectrum, Inc. Kansas 100 Subsidiaries: Empire Cellular, Inc. Kansas 100 Subsidiary: New York MSA Limited New York 10 Partnership Partnership TeleSpectrum of Virginia, Inc. Virginia 100 Charleston-North Charleston MSA Delaware 75 Limited Partnership Partnership Greenville MSA Limited Delaware 89 Partnership Partnership Raleigh-Durham MSA Limited Partnership Delaware 85 Partnership South Bend/Mishawaka MSA Limited Partnership Delaware 84 Partnership Susquehanna Cellular Communications Limited Partnership Delaware 87 Partnership Toledo MSA Limited Partnership Delaware 75 Partnership Tyler/Longview/Marshall MSA Limited Partnership Delaware 60 Partnership Youngstown-Warren MSA Limited Partnership Delaware 77 Partnership Tennessee RSA 8 Limited Partnership Delaware 50 Partnership Texas RSA 7B1 Limited Partnership Delaware 25 Partnership Texas RSA 9B3 Limited Partnership Texas Partnership 70 Texas RSA 10B4 Limited Partnership Texas Partnership 75 Texas RSA No. 15B1 Limited Texas Partnership 51 Partnership Virginia Metronet, Inc. Virginia 100 Subsidiary: RCTC Wholesale Company Virginia 27 Partnership Virginia RSA 2 Limited Partnership Delaware 5 Partnership DirectoriesAmerica, Inc. Kansas 100 Subsidiary: Sprint Publishing & Advertising, Kansas 100 Inc. Florida Telephone Corporation Florida 100 North Supply Company Ohio 100 Subsidiaries: NSC Advertising, Inc. Kansas 100 North Supply Company of Lenexa Delaware 100 North Supply International, Ltd. Kansas 100 Northstar Transportation, Inc. Kansas 100 Sprint OEM Products Group, Inc. Kansas 100 S FON Corporation Delaware 100 Sprint Capital Corporation Delaware 100 Sprint Asian American, Inc. Kansas 100 Sprint Mid-Atlantic Telecom, Inc. North Carolina 100 Sprint/United Management Company Kansas 100 UCOM, Inc. Missouri 100 Subsidiary: Sprint Communications Company L.P. Delaware 34 Partnership United Telephone Company of the South Carolina 100 Carolinas Subsidiaries: South Carolina RSA No. 2 Cellular South Carolina General Partnership Partnership 50 South Carolina RSA No. 8 Cellular South Carolina General Partnership Partnership 50 United Telephone Long Distance, Inc. South Carolina 100 United Telephone Company of Eastern Delaware 100 Kansas Subsidiary: Sprint/United Midwest Management Services Company Kansas 20 United Telephone Company of Florida Florida 97 Subsidiary: United Telephone Long Distance, Inc. Florida 100 United Telephone Company of Indiana, Indiana 100 Inc. Subsidiary: Indiana RSA 2 Partnership Delaware 75 Partnership United Telephone Company of Kansas Kansas 100 Subsidiaries: Sprint/United Midwest Management Services Company Kansas 80 United Teleservices, Inc. Kansas 100 United Telephone Company of Minnesota Minnesota 100 United Telephone Company of Missouri Missouri 100 United Telephone Company of New New Jersey 100 Jersey, Inc. United Telephone Company of the Oregon 100 Northwest United Telephone Company of Ohio Ohio 100 Subsidiaries: United Telephone Communications Services of Ohio, Inc. Ohio 100 Ohio RSA 2 Limited Partnership Delaware 67 Partnership Ohio RSA 5 Limited Partnership Delaware 58 Partnership Ohio RSA 6 Limited Partnership Delaware 80 Partnership United Telephone Long Distance, Inc. Ohio 100 United Telephone Long Distance of Indiana, Inc. Indiana 100 United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania 100 Pennsylvania, The Subsidiaries: Joint Underground Locating Services, Pennsylvania 100 Inc. Pennsylvania RSA 1 Limited Delaware 80 Partnership Partnership Pennsylvania RSA No. 6(I) Delaware 57 Partnership Pennsylvania RSA 10B(I) Limited Delaware 67 Partnership Partnership Pennsylvania RSA 12 Limited Delaware 67 Partnership Partnership United Telephone Long Distance, Inc. Pennsylvania 100 United Telephone Company of Southcentral Kansas Arkansas 100 United Telephone Company of Texas, Texas 100 Inc. Subsidiaries: Texas RSA 7B2 Limited Partnership Delaware 98 Partnership Texas RSA 10B2 Limited Partnership Delaware 75 Partnership United Telephone Company of the West Delaware 100 United Telephone - Southeast, Inc. Virginia 100 Subsidiaries: Tennessee RSA 8 Limited Partnership Delaware 50 Partnership United Telephone Long Distance, Inc. Tennessee 100 UTLD, Inc. Virginia 100 Virginia RSA 1 Limited Partnership Delaware 95 Partnership Virginia RSA 2 Limited Partnership Delaware 67 Partnership US Telecom, Inc. Kansas 100 Subsidiaries: LCF, Inc. California 100 Sprint Communications Company L.P. Delaware 59 Partnership United Telecommunications, Inc. Delaware 100 US Telecom of New Hampshire, Inc. New Hampshire 100 Utelcom, Inc. Kansas 100 Subsidiaries: Private TransAtlantic Telecommunications System, Inc. Delaware 100 Subsidiary: Private Trans-Atlantic Telecommunications System (N.J.), Inc. New Jersey 100 Sprint Communications Company L.P. Delaware 5 Partnership Sprint International Incorporated Delaware 100 Subsidiaries: Consortium Communications International, Inc. New York 100 PTL (Sprint) Limited United Kingdom 100 Subsidiary: Plessey-Telenet B.V. Netherlands 100 Rosprint Russia 50 S.I. Communications A.B. Sweden 100 Sprint Argentina S.A. Argentina 100 Sprint Bulgaria Limited Bulgaria 50 Subsidiary: Sprint Business Telecommunications Company Limited Bulgaria 60 (SBTC) Sprint Colombia S.A. Colombia 95* Sprint Communications Russia 75 Sprint Communications B.V. Netherlands 100 Sprint Communications Canada Inc. Canada 100 Sprint Communications S.A. Luxembourg 100 Sprint Comunicacoes do Brasil Ltda. Brazil 100 Sprint Czech Republic, s.r.o. Czech Republic 100 Sprint Datenservice Gesellschaft Austria 100 M.B.H. Sprint Denmark A/S Denmark 100 Sprint East Operations Incorporated Delaware 100 Sprint Holding (UK) Limited United Kingdom 99 Subsidiary: Sprint International (UK) United Kingdom 99 Limited Sprint International Belgium N.V. Belgium 99 Sprint International Caribe, Inc. Puerto Rico 100 Sprint International Communications Corporation Delaware 100 Subsidiaries: Sprint Bulgaria Limited Bulgaria 50 Sprint Colombia S.A. Colombia 2* Sprint Communications Company Delaware 2 L.P. Partnership Sprint Holding (UK) Limited United Kingdom 1 Sprint International Belgium Belgium 1 N.V. Sprint International (UK) United Kingdom 1 Limited Sprint Polska Sp. z. o.o. Poland 50 Sprint International Communications Hong Kong Limited Hong Kong 100* Sprint International Espana S.A. Spain 100 Sprint International Finland Oy Finland 100 Sprint International France S.A. France 100* Sprint International Ireland Republic of 100* Limited Ireland Sprint International Italia S.p.A. Italy 100* Sprint International Mexico S.A. de Mexico 100* C.V. Sprint International Norge A/S Norway 100 Sprint International PTE LTD. Singapore 100 Sprint International PTY Limited Australia 100* Sprint Japan, Inc. Japan 100 Sprint Korea, Inc. South Korea 100 Sprint Movil S.A. Argentina 51 Sprint Networks Russia 50 Sprint Polska Sp. z o.o. Poland 50 Sprint Services, Inc. Delaware 100 Sprint Services, Inc. Panama 100 Sprint Telecommunication Services Germany 100 Gmbh Sprint Telecommunications (Australia) Limited Delaware 100 Sprint Telecommunications (France) Limited Delaware 100 Sprint Telecommunications Deutschland Inc. Delaware 100 Sprint Telecommunications (New Zealand) Limited Delaware 100 Sprint Telecommunications (UK) Delaware 100 Limited Sprint Telemail Services S.A. Switzerland 100* *Some shares owned by nominees to meet local shareholder requirements.