EXHIBIT 4.1

                        NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

                                   and

                           THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                   as Trustee


                       THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                         Dated as of June 13, 1997


                                      To

                  The Indenture Dated as of August 15, 1993
                   Between NEXTEL Communications, Inc. and
                The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Relating to
             $525,855,000 Aggregate Principal Amount at Maturity
                of Senior Redeemable Discount Notes due 2003

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                         THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

         THIS THIRD  SUPPLEMENTAL  INDENTURE  (the  "Supplemental  Indenture")
is made as of the 13th day of June, 1997,  between Nextel Communications, Inc.,
a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware (the "Company"), and The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, as Trustee (the "Trustee").

                           RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

         WHEREAS,  the Company  and the  Trustee  heretofore  executed  and
delivered  an  Indenture,  dated as of August 15, 1993, as heretofore amended
(the "Indenture"); and

         WHEREAS,  pursuant to the  Indenture,  the  Company  issued and the
Trustee  authenticated  and  delivered $525,855,000  aggregate  principal
amount at maturity of the Company's Senior  Redeemable  Discount Notes due 2003
(the "Securities"); and

         WHEREAS,  the Company  desires to make certain  modifications  to the
provisions  of the Indenture and to transfer to an Unrestricted Subsidiary all
of the equity interest of Clearnet  Communications,  Inc.  ("Clearnet") that is
held directly by the Company on the date hereof (the "Clearnet Transfer"); and

         WHEREAS,  Section 902  of the  Indenture  provides that with the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority  in  principal  amount at
Stated  Maturity of the Securities at the time  Outstanding  (the  "Requisite
Amendment Consents"), the Company, when authorized by a resolution of its Board
of Directors, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental  to the  Indenture  for the purpose of adding  provisions  to,
changing  or  eliminating  certain  provisions  of the  Indenture,  subject to
certain  exceptions  specified  in Section 902 of the Indenture; and

         WHEREAS, the Company has obtained the Requisite Amendment Consents to
amend the Indenture in certain respects (the "Proposed Amendments"); and

         WHEREAS, Section 1021  of the Indenture provides that with the consent
of Holders of at least a majority in principal amount at Stated Maturity of
Securities at the time Outstanding  (the "Requisite  Waiver  Consents"), the
Company may omit to comply with certain provisions of the Indenture; and

         WHEREAS,  the Company  has obtained the Requisite Waiver Consents to
waive  compliance  with  certain provisions of the Indenture in connection with
the Clearnet Transfer (the "Proposed Waivers"); and

         WHEREAS,  this  Supplemental  Indenture has been duly authorized by
all necessary  corporate action on the part of the Company; and

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         WHEREAS,  the Company has  delivered,  or caused to be  delivered, to
the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel stating that this Supplemental Indenture
complies with the requirements of the Indenture;

         NOW,  THEREFORE,  the Company hereby covenants and agrees with the
Trustee for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities, as follows:

                                 ARTICLE 1
               WAIVERS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF INDENTURE

         Section 1.01.  Waiver of Compliance with Certain Provisions of the
Indenture in  Connection With the Clearnet Transfer.  Subject to Section 3.01
hereof,  compliance by the Company with Section 1010 of the Indenture
(including  clause (iv) of the first  paragraph thereof),  to the extent that
such Section would apply to limit the ability of the Company to transfer all of
the capital  stock of Clearnet  that is held  directly by the Company on the
date hereof to McCaw  International,  Ltd. ("MIL"), a wholly owned Unrestricted
Subsidiary of the Company, or to any direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of MIL that is  designated by MIL as the intended recipient of such equity
interest in Clearnet,  is hereby  waived.  As a result of such waiver, any such
transfer shall not be deemed a Restricted Payment under Section 1010 of the
Indenture.

                                  ARTICLE 2
                AMENDMENTS TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF INDENTURE

         Section 2.01.  Amendment of Certain Sections of the Indenture. Subject
to Section 3.01 hereof, the Indenture is hereby amended in the following
respects:

          (a) The  definition  of "Credit  Facility"  contained in  Section 101
     of the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                 "'Credit  Facility' means any credit facility (whether a term
          or revolving type) of the type customarily entered into with banks,
          between the  Company  and/or any of its  Restricted Subsidiaries, on
          the one  hand, and any  banks or other lenders, on the other hand
          (and any renewals, refundings, extensions or replacements of any such
          credit facility), which credit facility is designated by the Company
          as a "Credit  Facility" for purposes of this Indenture, to the extent
          that the aggregate  principal  balance of Debt that is Incurred and
          outstanding under all Credit Facilities at any time does not exceed
          $1,905,000,000."

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          (b) The  definition of "Incur" contained in Section 101 of the
     Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                 "'Incur' means, with respect to any Debt or other obligation
          of any Person, to create, issue, incur (by conversion, exchange or
          otherwise), assume (pursuant to a merger, consolidation, acquisition
          or other transaction), Guarantee or otherwise become liable in
          respect of such Debt or other obligation or the recording, as
          required  pursuant to generally accepted  accounting  principles  or
          otherwise, of any such Debt or other obligation on the balance sheet
          of such Person (and "Incurrence", "Incurred", "Incurrable" and
          "Incurring" shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing);
          provided,  however,  that a change in generally accepted accounting
          principles that results in an obligation of such Person that exists
          at such time becoming Debt shall not be deemed an Incurrence of such
          Debt; provided further, however, that the accretion of original issue
          discount on Debt shall not be deemed to be an  Incurrence of Debt.
          Debt otherwise Incurred by a Person before it becomes a Subsidiary of
          the Company shall be deemed to have been Incurred at the time it
          becomes such a Subsidiary."

          (c) The definition of "Investment" contained in Section 101 of the
     Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                "'Investment' by any Person means any direct or indirect loan,
          advance or other extension of credit or capital contribution to (by
          means of transfers of cash or other property to others or payments
          for property or services for the account or use of others,  or
          otherwise), or purchase or acquisition  of Capital Stock,  bonds,
          notes, debentures or other securities or evidence of Debt issued  by,
          any other Person; provided that a transaction will not be an
          Investment to the extent it involves (i) an Asset  Disposition,
          (ii) the issuance or sale by the Company of its Capital Stock (other
          than  Disqualified  Stock), including options, warrants or other
          rights to acquire such Capital Stock (other than  Disqualified Stock)
          or (iii) a transfer, assignment or  contribution by the Company of
          shares of Capital Stock (or any options, warrants or rights to
          acquire Capital Stock), or all or substantially all of the assets of,
          any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company to another Unrestricted
          Subsidiary of the Company."

          (d) The definitions of "Motorola  Agreements" and "Northern  Telecom
     Agreements" contained in Section 101 of the Indenture are hereby deleted,
     and the phrase "a Motorola Agreement or a Northern Telecom  Agreement"
     contained in clause (ii) of the definition of "Permitted  Lien" is hereby
     deleted

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     and replaced with the phrase "a Vendor Financing Agreement or any
     Lien (including Liens on Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary) to
     the extent it secures Debt outstanding under a Credit Facility."

          (e) The definition of "Nextel 2004 Indenture" contained in Section
     101 of the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                "'Nextel 2004 Indenture' means the indenture, dated as of
          February 15, 1994, as amended by the First, Second and Third
          Supplemental Indentures, between the Company and The Bank of New
          York, as trustee, relating to the Nextel 2004 Notes."

          (f) The definition of "Permitted Debt" contained in Section 101 of
     the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                "'Permitted Debt' means (i) any Debt Incurred under a Vendor
          Financing  Agreement; (ii) (A) any other Debt (including Guarantees
          thereof) outstanding on February 15, 1994 (including Debt represented
          by the Securities and the Nextel 2004 Notes), (B) any Debt (including
          Guarantees thereof) of OneComm Corporation and its Subsidiaries
          outstanding on July 28, 1995 (including the OneComm Notes), and (C)
          any Debt (including Guarantees thereof) of Dial Page, Inc. and its
          Subsidiaries outstanding on January 30, 1996 (including the Dial Call
          Notes), and any accretions of original  issue discount and accruals
          of interest with respect to any Debt described in this clause (ii)
          and with  respect to any  refinancings  of such Debt; (iii) any Debt
          (other than Debt described in clause (i) or (ii) above) that does
          not, at any time  outstanding,  exceed $5.00 per POP, if the net
          proceeds of such Debt are invested exclusively in the
          telecommunications business (including related activities and
          services) conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
          including related capital expenditure and  working capital
          requirements; (iv) any Debt outstanding under a Credit Facility; and
          (v) renewals, refundings or extensions of any Debt referred to in
          clause (ii) above or Incurred pursuant to the  provisions of Section
          1008, plus (A) the amount of any  premium reasonably determined by
          the Company as necessary to accomplish such renewal, refunding or
          extension and (B) such  other fees and  expenses of the Company
          reasonably incurred in connection with the renewal, refunding or
          extension, provided  that such  renewal, refunding or extension shall
          constitute  Permitted  Debt only (a) to the extent that it does not
          result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount (or, if such
          Debt provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to
          be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity
          thereof, in
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          an amount not greater than such lesser amount) of such
          Debt (except as permitted by clause (A) or (B) above), (b) to the
          extent such  renewed,  refunded or extended Debt does not require the
          payment of all or a portion of the principal thereof (whether
          pursuant to repurchase, redemption, repayment, defeasance,
          retirement, sinking fund payment, payment at stated  maturity or
          otherwise) prior to the final stated  maturity of the Debt being
          renewed, refunded or extended and (c) if the Debt to be so renewed,
          refunded or extended is Debt of the Company that is subordinate in
          right of  payment to the  Securities, then the new Debt is
          subordinated  in right of payment to the Securities on  subordination
          terms no less favorable to the  Holders of the  Securities in their
          capacities as such than the subordination terms (or other
          arrangement) applicable to the Debt to be  renewed, refunded or
          extended;  provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate
          amount of Debt that is Incurred and  outstanding under clauses (i),
          (iii) and (iv) at any time exceed $1,910,000,000; provided further,
          however, that no Debt that is  represented  by  unsecured  notes
          originally issued by the Company on or after June 1, 1997 and
          ranking pari passu with the Securities ("New  Notes") shall be
          Incurred under clause (iii) above, unless the amount of Debt
          represented by the issue of New Notes could have been Incurred, on or
          after June 1, 1997, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1008."

          (g) The  definition of "Vendor Financing Debt" contained in  Section
     101 of the Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                 "'Vendor Financing  Debt' means any Debt owed to (i) a vendor
          or supplier of any property or materials used by the Company or its
          Restricted Subsidiaries in their telecommunications business, (ii)
          any Affiliate of such a vendor or supplier, (iii) any assignee of
          such a vendor, supplier or Affiliate of such a vendor or supplier, or
          (iv) a bank or other financial  institution  that has financed or
          refinanced the purchase of such property or materials from such a
          vendor, supplier, Affiliate of such a vendor or supplier or assignee
          of such a vendor or supplier;  provided that the aggregate amount of
          such Debt does not exceed the sum of (w) the purchase price of such
          property or materials (including transportation, installation,
          warranty and testing charges, as well as applicable taxes paid, in
          respect of such property or materials), (x) the cost of design,
          development, site acquisition and construction, (y) any interest or
          other financing costs accruing or otherwise payable in respect of the
          foregoing, and (z) the cost of any services provided by such vendor,
          supplier or Affiliate of such vendor or supplier."

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          (h) Section 101 of the Indenture is hereby amended to add the
     following definitions at the appropriate places in such section:

                 "'Consolidated Interest Expense' of any Person means, for any
          period, the aggregate interest expense and fees and other financing
          costs in respect of Debt (including  amortization of original issue
          discount and non-cash interest payments and accruals), the interest
          component in respect of Capital Lease Obligations and any deferred
          payment obligations of such Person and its Subsidiaries, determined
          on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted
          accounting principles and all commissions, discounts, other fees and
          charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers'
          acceptance financing and net costs (including amortizations of
          discounts) associated with interest rate swap and similar agreements
          and with foreign currency hedge, exchange and similar agreements and
          the amount of dividends paid in respect of Disqualified Stock."

                 "'Directed Investment' by the Company or any of its Restricted
          Subsidiaries means any Investment for which the cash or property used
          for such Investment is received by the Company from the issuance and
          sale (other than to a Restricted  Subsidiary) on or after June 1,
          1997 of shares of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock),
          or any options,  warrants or other rights to purchase such Capital
          Stock (other than  Disqualified  Stock)  designated by the Board of
          Directors as a "Directed  Investment" to be used for one or more
          specified  investments in the telecommunications business (including
          related activities and services) and is so designated and used at any
          time within 365 days after the receipt thereof; provided  that the
          aggregate amount of any such  Directed  Investments  may not at any
          time exceed fifty  percent (50%) of the aggregate amount of such cash
          or property received by the Company on or after June 1, 1997 from
          any such  issuance and sale or capital  contribution;  and provided,
          further, that any proceeds from any such  issuance or sale may not be
          used for such an investment if such proceeds were, prior to  being
          designated for use as a  Directed  Investment, (x) used to make a
          Restricted Payment or (y) used as the basis for the Incurrence of
          Debt under clause (i) of Section 1008 unless and until the amount of
          any such Debt (I) is treated as newly  issued  Debt and could be
          Incurred in accordance  with  clause (ii) of  Section 1008 or (II)
          has been repaid or refinanced with the proceeds of Debt Incurred in
          accordance  with clause (ii)of Section 1008 or with the proceeds of
          Permitted Debt or (III) has otherwise been repaid and, in the
          circumstances described in clauses (I) and (II), the Company
          delivers to the Trustee a certificate confirming that the
          requirements of such clauses have been met."

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                 "'First Tranche Option' means the option, exercisable on or
          before 6:00 p.m. local time in New York, New York on July 28, 1997
          by Digital Radio, L.L.C., for the purchase of an aggregate of up to
          15,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company (as such number may
          be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the option) at an exercise price
          of $15.50 per share (as such price may be adjusted pursuant to the
          terms of the option), granted by the Company under the Option
          Agreement (First Tranche) by and between Digital Radio, L.L.C. and
          the Company, dated as of July 28, 1995."

                 "'Operating Cash Flow to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio'
          means, as at any date of determination,  the ratio of (i) the
          Operating Cash Flow of the Company for the most recently completed
          fiscal quarter of the Company to (ii) the Consolidated  Interest
          Expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most
          recently completed fiscal quarter of the Company."

                 "'Replacement Option' means the option to purchase 25,000,000
          shares of common stock of the Company, originally issued to an
          affiliate of Craig O. McCaw, exercisable at any time through July 28,
          1998, as described in the Company's Consent Solicitation Statement
          dated April 14, 1997, as amended or supplemented through the date of
          the Third Supplemental Indenture hereto."

                 "'Vendor Financing Agreement' means any agreement pursuant to
          which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries  incurs, or
          may incur, Vendor Financing Debt (including any renewals,
          refinancings, extensions or replacements of such Vendor Financing
          Debt), to the extent that the aggregate principal balance of Vendor
          Financing Debt that is Incurred and outstanding under all Vendor
          Financing Agreements at any time does not exceed $850,000,000."

          (i) All references to "Consolidated Debt to Annualized Operating Cash
     Flow Ratio" contained in the  definition of "Operating  Cash Flow" in
     Section 101 of the Indenture are hereby deleted and replaced with the term
     "Operating Cash Flow to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio."

          (j) The first  paragraph of Section 801 of the Indenture is hereby
     amended  by adding  the following proviso at the end of such paragraph:

                 "provided, however, that the foregoing requirements shall not
          apply to any transaction or series of transactions involving the
          sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of
          the  properties  and assets  substantially  as an  entirety  by any
          Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary to any other Wholly Owned
          Restricted Subsidiary, or the  merger or consolidation of

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          any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary with or into any other
          Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary."

          (k) The text of Section 1008 of the Indenture is hereby deleted and
    amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                 "The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted
          Subsidiary to, Incur any Debt (including Acquired Debt), other than
          Permitted Debt, unless, (i) with respect to Debt Incurred on or prior
          to December 31, 1999, the Debt so Incurred is in an aggregate amount
          that does not exceed the multiples specified below of the aggregate
          amount of net cash proceeds received by the Company during the
          applicable time periods specified below from the issuance and sale
          (other than to a Subsidiary) of shares of its Capital Stock (other
          than Disqualified Stock), or any options, warrants or other rights to
          purchase such Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock), other
          than (x) proceeds received by the Company pursuant to (I) the
          exercise of the First Tranche Option, (II) the sale (but not the
          exercise) of the Replacement Option, or (III) the purchase of shares
          of Capital Stock by holders of the Securities and the holders of each
          other Issue of Notes (as defined in the Company's Consent
          Solicitation Statement, dated April 14, 1997 and as amended or
          supplemented  through the date of the Third Supplemental Indenture
          hereto) in exchange for the consent payment made to such holders as
          consideration  for such  holders  providing  their  consent to the
          Proposed  Amendments  and the Proposed Waivers contained in the Third
          Supplemental Indenture, (y) proceeds applied for use as a Directed
          Investment (unless such designation has been revoked by the Board of
          Directors and the Company either abandons  its  plans  to make  such
          Investment or is able to make such Investment pursuant to Section
          1010 (other than as a Directed Investment)) and (z) proceeds which
          have been included in the  computation  of the amounts  available for
          Restricted  Payments pursuant to Section 1009(c)(ii) of the Nextel
          2004 Indenture, to the extent the  inclusion thereof was necessary to
          allow a subsequent Restricted Payment to be made; and (ii) with
          respect to Debt Incurred on or after January 1, 2000, on the date of
          such Incurrence, after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Debt
          (or Acquired Debt) and the receipt and application of the net
          proceeds thereof (and, if the net proceeds of such new Debt are used
          to acquire a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or an
          operating business of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, to all
          terms of such acquisition) on a pro forma basis, the Operating Cash
          Flow to Consolidated Interest Expense Ratio would equal or exceed
          (x) 1.75 to 1 for the period from January 1, 2000 through June 30,
          2000, (y) 2.0 to 1 for the period from July 1, 2000 through December
          31, 2000, and (z) 2.25 to 1 for the period on and after January 1,
          2001;

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          provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the Debt
          that may be Incurred under either of the foregoing clauses (i) or
          (ii), the amount of any accretions of original issue discount and
          accruals of interest (to the extent not overdue for payment) with
          respect to any Debt so Incurred shall be excluded from the
          determination of the amount of Debt that may be Incurred pursuant to
          such calculations. The multiples of net cash proceeds applicable for
          purposes of clause (i) shall be as follows for the following
          specified time periods:

                                                      Multiple of
         Period during which net cash proceeds are    net cash
         received                                     proceeds

         June 1, 1997 through March 31, 1998             2.25

         April 1, 1998 through December 31, 1998         2.00

         January 1, 1999 through December 31, 1999       1.75


          (l) The first paragraph of Section 1010 of the Indenture is
    hereby amended by deleting clause (b) in its entirety and replacing it with
    the following:

                 "(b) after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to such
          Restricted Payment and the Incurrence of any Debt the net proceeds of
          which are used to finance such Restricted Payment, then, in the case
          of any Restricted Payment described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii)
          above, the Consolidated Debt to Annualized Operating Cash Flow Ratio
          would not have exceeded 5.0 to 1 and, in the case of any Restricted
          Payment described in clause (iv) above, the Company would be
          permitted under this Indenture to Incur at least $1 of additional
          Debt, other than Permitted Debt; and"

          (m) The first sentence of the second paragraph of Section 1010 of the
    Indenture is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                 "The foregoing limitations in this Section 1010 do not limit
          or restrict the making of any Permitted Distribution, Permitted
          Investment or Directed Investment, and none of a Permitted
          Distribution, Permitted Investment or Directed Investment shall be
          counted as a Restricted Payment for purposes of clause (c) above."

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          (n) The sixth paragraph of Section 1011 of the Indenture is hereby
    amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                 "The Board of Directors, from time to time, may designate any
          Person that is about to become a Subsidiary of the Company as an
          Unrestricted Subsidiary, and may designate any newly-created
          Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, if at the time such
          Subsidiary is created it contains no assets (other than such de
          minimis amount of assets then required by law for the formation of
          corporations) and no Debt. Subsidiaries of the Company that are not
          designated by the Board of Directors as Restricted or Unrestricted
          Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be Restricted Subsidiaries.
          Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 1011, all Subsidiaries
          of a Restricted Subsidiary shall be Restricted  Subsidiaries and all
          Subsidiaries of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be Unrestricted
          Subsidiaries. The Board of Directors shall not change the designation
          of a Subsidiary of the Company more than twice in any period of five
          years."


                                  ARTICLE 3
                              SUNDRY PROVISIONS

         Section 3.01. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution
and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture by the Company and the Trustee, the
Indenture shall be supplemented in accordance  herewith,  and this
Supplemental Indenture  shall form a part of the Indenture for all  purposes,
and every Holder of Securities heretofore or hereafter authenticated  and
delivered  under the Indenture shall be bound thereby; provided, however, that
Sections 1.01 and 2.01 hereof shall become operative upon the satisfaction (or
waiver by the Company) of all of the conditions (including, without limitation,
the General Conditions) described and defined in the Consent Solicitation
Statement, dated April 14, 1997 and as amended or supplemented through the date
hereof, that was provided to Holders of Securities in connection with the
Company's solicitation of consents by such Holders to the Proposed Waivers and
the Proposed Amendments.

         Section 3.02. Indenture Remains in Full Force and Effect. Except as
supplemented hereby, all provisions in the Indenture shall remain in full force
and effect.

         Section 3.03. Indenture and Supplemental Indenture Construed Together.
This Supplemental  Indenture is an indenture supplemental  to and in
implementation  of the  Indenture,  and the Indenture and this  Supplemental
Indenture shall henceforth be read and construed together.

         Section 3.04. Confirmation  and  Preservation  of  Indenture.  The
Indenture  as  supplemented  by  this Supplemental Indenture is in all respects
confirmed and preserved.

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         Section 3.05.  Conflict  with  Trust Indenture Act. If any  provision
of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any
provision of the Trust  Indenture Act that is required  under such Act to be
part of and govern any provision of this Supplemental Indenture, the provision
of such Act shall control.  If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust  Indenture Act that may be so
modified  or  excluded,  the  provision  of such Act  shall be deemed  to apply
to the Indenture as so modified or to be excluded by this Supplemental
Indenture, as the case may be.

         Section 3.06.  Separability  Clause.  In case  any  provision in this
Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining  provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.

         Section 3.07.  Terms Defined in the Indenture. All capitalized terms
not otherwise  defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Indenture.

         Section 3.08.  Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings
herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

         Section 3.09. Benefits of Supplemental Indenture, etc. Nothing in this
Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person,  other than the parties  hereto and thereto and their
successors  hereunder and thereunder and the Holders of Securities, any benefit
of any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Indenture, this
Supplemental Indenture or the Securities.

         Section 3.10. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in
this Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.

         Section 3.11. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals. The recitals
contained herein shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the
Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness.

         Section 3.12.  Certain  Duties and Responsibilities  of the Trustee.
In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to
the benefit of every  provision  of the  Indenture  relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording  protection to the Trustee, whether or
not elsewhere  herein so provided.

         Section 3.13. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York,
without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereof.

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         Section 3.14. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be
executed in counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to
be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date and year first
above written.


                                        NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.


                                        By:    /s/Thomas J. Sidman 
                                        Title: Vice President     
Attest: /s/ Thomas D. Hickey
Title:  Assistant Secretary                   


                                        THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
                                        as Trustee

                                        By:     /s/ Marie E. Trimboli
                                        Title:  Assistant Treasurer

Attest: /s/ Paul Schmazel                   
Title:  Assistant Vice President                   



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