Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-69312
6% Convertible Senior Notes due 2011 CUSIP No. 65332VBC6

NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED DECEMBER 6, 2001

TO PROSPECTUS DATED NOVEMBER 15, 2000

     The selling security holders table on pages 18 – 20 of the prospectus, as supplemented, is hereby further amended to update the information to include the following entities as selling security holders in the prospectus and to list their respective amounts of 6% convertible senior notes due 2011:

	Convertible Notes				Common Stock
	Principal Amount of		Principal Amount of
	Convertible Notes		Convertible Notes		Number of Shares		Number of Shares
Name of Selling Security Holder	Owned		Offered		Owned		Offered
Amaranth Securities, L.L.C		5,994,000		5,994,000		141,000		-0-
NHS Services (Cayman) Inc.		5,000,000		5,000,000		-0-		-0-
St. Albans Partners Ltd.		2,500,000		2,500,000		-0-		-0-
Yield Strategies Fund II, LP		2,500,000		2,500,000		-0-		-0-