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 MARCH 20, 2002
TO PROSPECTUS DATED NOVEMBER 15, 2001

     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		Principal
	Amount of		Amount of		Number of		Number of
	Convertible		Convertible		Shares		Shares
Name of Selling Security Holder	Notes Owned		Notes Offered		Owned		Offered
American Eagle Capital Appreciation Fund		497,000		497,000		50,800		-0-
American Eagle Twenty Fund		325,000		325,000		-0-		-0-
American Eagle Large-Cap Growth Fund		616,000		616,000		-0-		-0-
Southways Fund, Ltd.		3,196,000		3,196,000		87,100		-0-
Southways Partners, L.P.		2,625,000		2,625,000		93,400		-0-
GS Jundt Portfolio, LLC		2,360,000		2,360,000		88,200		-0-
Lyxor Master Fund		181,000		181,000		3,800		-0-
Zurich Institutional Benchmarks Master Fund Limited		235,000		235,000		-0-		-0-
Southways Managed Account (1) Limited		490,000		490,000		19,300		-0-
HFR HE Diversified Fund		383,000		383,000		13,800		-0-
Absolut(e) Plus U.S. Growth Fund		3,496,000		1,748,000		220,700		-0-
Jundt Twenty-Five Fund		1,319,000		1,319,000		-0-		-0-
The Jundt Growth Fund, Inc.		1,939,000		1,939,000		87,800		-0-
Jundt Opportunity Fund		4,374,000		4,374,000		257,400		-0-