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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">As filed with the Securities
            and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;20, 2004 </div></TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">36-3939651<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">2001 Edmund Halley Drive<BR>
Reston, Virginia<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">20191<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. CASH COMPENSATION DEFERRAL PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Leonard J. Kennedy<BR>
Senior Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
2001 Edmund Halley Drive<BR>
Reston, Virginia 20191<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(703)&nbsp;433-4000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">With a copy to:<BR>
Lisa A. Stater, Esq.<BR>
Jones Day<BR>
3500 SunTrust Plaza<BR>
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3242



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>


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        <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price</B></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>aggregate</B></TD>
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        <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Deferred Compensation
            Obligations</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="right">$</TD>
        <TD align="right">12,000,000</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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        <TD align="right">N/A</TD>
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        <TD align="right">$</TD>
        <TD align="right">12,000,000</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;The Deferred Compensation Obligations represent unsecured obligations
of the Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with
the provisions of Nextel Communication Inc.&#146;s Cash Compensation Deferral Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;). The amount to be registered represents the dollar amount of the
compensation deferred and deemed invested in accordance with the Plan.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;In accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this estimate is made solely for purposes of computing the amount of
the registration fee.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement registers an additional $12,000,000 of the Nextel
Communications, Inc.&#146;s deferred compensation obligations, to be offered and
sold under the Nextel Communications, Inc. Cash Compensation Deferral Plan.
The contents of the previous registration statement on Form S-8 filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on
December&nbsp;17, 1997 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-42537) are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
regarding registration of additional securities.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II<BR>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.

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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4
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        <TD align="left" valign="top">Nextel Communications Cash Compensation
          Deferral Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
          Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, filed with the
          Commission on December&nbsp;17, 1997 (file no. 333-42537)).</TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
          </DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jones Day.</TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="center">15</div></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter in Lieu of Consent for Review Reports.</TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
          </DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
          </DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, Independent
          Public Accountants, with respect to Nextel Communications, Inc.</TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, Independent
          Public Accountants, with respect to NII Holdings, Inc.</TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV align="center" style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on </B><B>Form S-8</B><B> and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Reston, State of Virginia, on the 20th day of
February&nbsp;2004.</B>

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        <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">NEXTEL
            COMMUNICATIONS, INC.</DIV></TD>
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        <TD align="left" valign="top">By: </TD>
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            D. Begeman</DIV></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Gary D.
            Begeman</DIV></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Vice President
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:</B>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top">William E. Conway, Jr.
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Chairman of the Board of
            Directors</div></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Timothy M. Donahue
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">President, Chief Executive
            Officer and<BR>
            Director (principal executive officer)</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Paul N. Saleh
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Executive Vice President
            and Chief<BR>
            Financial Officer (principal financial<BR>
            officer)</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">William G. Arendt
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Vice President and Controller<BR>
            (principal accounting officer)</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Morgan E. O&#146;Brien
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Vice Chairman of the Board</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Keith J. Bane
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Director</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Frank M. Drendel
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Director</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Director</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">William E. Kennard
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Director</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Stephanie M. Shern
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Director</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Dennis M. Weibling
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Director</div></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><div align="left">Attorney-in-Fact </div></TD>
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          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Nextel Communications Cash Compensation
          Deferral Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
          Company&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, filed with the
          Commission on December&nbsp;17, 1997 (file no. 333-42537)).</TD>
      </TR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jones Day.</TD>
      </TR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="center" valign="top">15</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter in Lieu of Consent for Review Reports.
           </TD>
      </TR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
      <TR valign="bottom">
        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
      </TR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, Independent
          Public Accountants, with respect to Nextel Communications, Inc.</TD>
      </TR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      </TR>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
          </DIV></TD>
        <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, Independent
          Public Accountants, with respect to NII Holdings, Inc.</TD>
      </TR>
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As filed with the Securities
            and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2004
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
36-3939651
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, Virginia
(Address of principal executive offices)
20191
(Zip Code)
NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC. CASH COMPENSATION DEFERRAL PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Leonard J. Kennedy
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
2001 Edmund Halley Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191
(Name and address of agent for service)
(703) 433-4000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Lisa A. Stater, Esq.
Jones Day
3500 SunTrust Plaza
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3242
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
offering price (2)
registration fee
Deferred Compensation
            Obligations
$
12,000,000
N/A
$
12,000,000
$
1,520.40
(1) The Deferred Compensation Obligations represent unsecured obligations
of the Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with
the provisions of Nextel Communication Inc.'s Cash Compensation Deferral Plan
(the "Plan"). The amount to be registered represents the dollar amount of the
compensation deferred and deemed invested in accordance with the Plan.
(2) In accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, this estimate is made solely for purposes of computing the amount of
the registration fee.
STATEMENT UNDER GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
This registration statement registers an additional $12,000,000 of the Nextel
Communications, Inc.'s deferred compensation obligations, to be offered and
sold under the Nextel Communications, Inc. Cash Compensation Deferral Plan.
The contents of the previous registration statement on Form S-8 filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on
December 17, 1997 (Registration No. 333-42537) are incorporated by reference
into this registration statement pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
regarding registration of additional securities.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4
Nextel Communications Cash Compensation
          Deferral Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
          Company's registration statement on Form S-8, filed with the
          Commission on December 17, 1997 (file no. 333-42537)).
5
Opinion of Jones Day.
15
Letter in Lieu of Consent for Review Reports.
23.1
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent
          Public Accountants, with respect to Nextel Communications, Inc.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent
          Public Accountants, with respect to NII Holdings, Inc.
24
Powers of Attorney.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on
Form S-8
and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Reston, State of Virginia, on the 20th day of
February 2004.
NEXTEL
            COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:
/s/ Gary
            D. Begeman
Gary D.
            Begeman
Vice President
            and Deputy General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
*
William E. Conway, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of
            Directors
*
Timothy M. Donahue
President, Chief Executive
            Officer and
Director (principal executive officer)
*
Paul N. Saleh
Executive Vice President
            and Chief
Financial Officer (principal financial
officer)
*
William G. Arendt
Vice President and Controller
(principal accounting officer)
*
Morgan E. O'Brien
Vice Chairman of the Board
*
Keith J. Bane
Director
*
Frank M. Drendel
Director
*
V. Janet Hill
Director
*
William E. Kennard
Director
*
Stephanie M. Shern
Director
*
Dennis M. Weibling
Director
/s/ Gary D. Begeman
Gary D. Begeman
Attorney-in-Fact
February 20, 2004
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
4
Nextel Communications Cash Compensation
          Deferral Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
          Company's registration statement on Form S-8, filed with the
          Commission on December 17, 1997 (file no. 333-42537)).
5
Opinion of Jones Day.
15
Letter in Lieu of Consent for Review Reports.
23.1
Consent of Jones Day (included in Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent
          Public Accountants, with respect to Nextel Communications, Inc.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent
          Public Accountants, with respect to NII Holdings, Inc.
24
Powers of Attorney.