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Exhibit 10.24

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This Employment Agreement (Employment
Agreement) is entered into by and between Leonard J.
Kennedy (Executive) and Nextel Communications, Inc.
(Employer), a Delaware corporation, to be effective
on and as of January 1, 2001.

Recitals

WHEREAS, Employer is engaged in the business of
providing wireless communications services (the
Business);

WHEREAS, Executive has skills and experience in
connection with wireless telephony generally and in providing
legal services and advice to Employer; and

WHEREAS, Employer desires to obtain
Executives services for the conduct of its Business, and
Executive desires to be employed in such Business by and for
Employer.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the mutual covenants herein set forth, the parties hereto
agree as follows:

Agreement

1.     Employment.
Employer hereby employs Executive as the Senior Vice President
and General Counsel of Employer and Executive hereby accepts
such employment upon the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.

2.     Duties.



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| | a.     Executive shall
    perform his services as Senior Vice President and General
    Counsel, under the supervision of the President, Chief Executive
    Officer and the Operations Committee of the Board of Directors
    (the Operations Committee) of Employer and within
    the framework of the policies and objectives of Employer. In
    such capacity, Executive shall act as the chief legal officer of
    Employer and in that capacity (i) shall exercise general
    day-to-day supervisory responsibility and operational and
    management authority over the legal affairs of the Employer and
    its controlled affiliates; (ii) shall provide advice and
    input to members of Employers Board of Directors and the
    Operations Committee and shall attend all meetings of the Board
    and the Operations Committee for that purpose; and
    (iii) shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to
    him from time to time by the Board of Directors, the President,
    the Chief Executive Officer or the Operations Committee
    consistent with the typical duties of his position. Executive
    shall be a member of Employers Executive Committee
    throughout the term of his employment with Employer.
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    devote his entire business time, attention and energies to the
    performance of his duties and functions under this Employment
    Agreement and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     





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| | shall not during the term of his employment
    hereunder be engaged in any other substantial business activity
    for gain, profit or other pecuniary advantage which materially
    interferes with the performance of his duties hereunder.
    Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive specifically is
    permitted to (i) continue to teach Tai Chi in accordance
    with his past practice; (ii) periodically give speeches or
    teach seminars; and (iii) attend continuing legal education
    seminars, provided that such activities do not substantially
    interfere with Executives duties hereunder. Executive
    shall faithfully, loyally and diligently perform his assigned
    duties and functions and shall not engage in any activities
    whatsoever which conflict with the objectives of Employers
    Business during the term of his employment hereunder.



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| | c.     Employer shall
    furnish Executive with such facilities at Employers
    corporate headquarters location and services as are suitable to
    his position and adequate for the performance of his duties and
    functions hereunder.

3.     Term.
The term of this Employment Agreement shall commence on the
effective date hereof and, unless terminated earlier pursuant to
paragraph 10 hereof, shall continue until December 31,
2003 (the Initial Term), and thereafter shall
automatically continue unless and until such time as
(i) either party hereto notifies the other, upon thirty
(30) days prior written notice, served no earlier than
December 31, 2003, that this Employment Agreement will be
terminated at the expiration of such thirty (30) day notice
period; or (ii) Executives employment is otherwise
terminated pursuant to paragraph 10 hereof (the
Extended Term) (the Initial Term, together with the
Extended Term, if any, being referred to herein as the
Employment Term).

4.     Compensation.
Employer shall pay to Executive, as compensation for the
services agreed to be rendered by Executive hereunder, the
following:



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| | a.     Base
    Salary. During the Employment Term, Employer shall initially
    pay to Executive a salary of three hundred seventy-five thousand
    dollars ($375,000.00) per annum; provided that the amount of
    such base salary may, in Employers sole discretion, be
    reviewed and adjusted by Employer from time to time during the
    Employment Term in light of the conditions then existing and the
    services then being rendered by Executive, in which case
    Executives base salary shall be such amount as may be
    determined by Employer (such annual base salary, as in effect
    from time to time, being referred to herein as the Base
    Salary) provided that Base Salary shall never be less
    than three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($375,000.00)
    per annum. The Base Salary shall be payable in accordance with
    Employers normal payroll schedule, less appropriate
    deductions for federal, state and local income taxes, FICA
    contributions and any other deductions required by law or
    authorized by Executive.
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| | b.     Commencement
    Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary, Executive shall
    receive a commencement bonus (the Commencement
    Bonus) of one hundred eighty-seven thousand five
    hundred dollars ($187,500.00). The Commencement Bonus,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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| | less appropriate deductions for federal, state,
    and local income taxes, FICA contributions and any other
    deductions required by law or authorized by Executive, shall be
    paid on or before February 28, 2001.



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| | c.     Annual
    Performance Bonus. In addition to the Base Salary,
    Executive shall be entitled to receive an annual performance
    bonus (the Annual Bonus) for each year of
    service (or any part thereof in the event of termination of
    Executives employment hereunder, in which case the Annual
    Bonus shall be prorated for such partial year) during the
    Employment Term (each such year or any partial such year being
    referred to as an Annual Bonus Period), in
    such amount, if any, as may be determined by the Compensation
    Committee of Employers Board of Directors
    (Compensation Committee) in its discretion; provided
    that Executives target Annual Bonus shall be in an amount
    equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Base Salary payable during
    such Annual Bonus Period. Executive shall not be entitled to any
    Annual Bonus for 2000, although the Commencement Bonus will be
    paid on or before February 28, 2001, the expected date for
    payment of the annual performance bonus. Each Annual Bonus shall
    be payable in accordance with Employers normal annual
    bonus payment schedule, less appropriate deductions for federal,
    state, and local income taxes, FICA contributions and any other
    deductions required by law or authorized by Executive.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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| | d.     Options.
    Effective on or before January 2, 2001, the Compensation
    Committee will grant to Executive, pursuant to Employers
    Incentive Equity Plan, Options to acquire seventy-five thousand
    (75,000) shares of Employers Class A voting common
    stock with an exercise price equal to the closing price on
    January 2, 2001, the first trading day of Executives
    employment (such option grant being referred to as the
    Initial Grant). Such Options will vest over four (4)
    years, as follows: twenty-five percent (25%) on the anniversary
    of the grant date, and the remainder in equal monthly
    installments over the following three (3) years. Promptly
    following the effective date hereof, Employer shall take or
    cause to be taken such other or further actions as may be
    necessary in order to document such grant of Options to
    Executive. From time to time during the Employment Term,
    Employer in its sole discretion, may grant additional Options to
    Executive; notwithstanding the foregoing, in February 2001,
    Employer shall grant Executive options to buy at least an
    additional fifty thousand (50,000) shares which will have an
    exercise price not greater than the closing price on the grant
    date and will vest over a period of four (4) years from the date
    of grant as follows: twenty-five percent (25%) on the grant
    date, and the remainder in equal monthly installments over the
    following four (4) years (such option grant being referred to as
    the February 2001 Grant). All Options granted to
    Executive are referred to herein as the
    Options. In the event Executives
    employment is terminated either by Employer without
    Cause (as defined herein), or by Executive for
    Good Reason (as defined in the Nextel
    Communications, Inc. Incentive Equity Plan As Amended and
    Restated as of May 25, 2000) or Constructive
    Termination (as defined herein), within one (1) year
    following a Change of Control as defined in

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    Plan As Amended and Restated as of May 25, 2000 (a
    Change of Control), then all Options, to the
    extent not theretofore vested in accordance with their normal
    terms, shall vest on an automatic and accelerated basis as of
    the applicable Termination Date (as defined herein).
    Any acceleration of vesting of Options which would occur
    pursuant to the preceding sentence as a result of a Change of
    Control before September 30, 2001, shall be deemed void
    ab initioand shall be of no force or effect, if a
    nationally recognized accounting firm issues a written
    determination that any such acceleration would prevent a
    proposed merger or other business combination of the Employer,
    that is intended by the parties thereto to be accounted for as a
    pooling of interests, from being so accounted for, and such
    merger or business combination is in fact accounted for as a
    pooling of interests (the Pooling Carve Out).
    To the extent not otherwise provided herein, the terms
    applicable to all the Options (and of any option agreement
    entered into in connection therewith) shall be the standard
    terms normally applicable to a grant of
    non-qualified stock options pursuant to the Nextel
    Communications, Inc. Incentive Equity Plan.
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| | e. | Restricted Stock.Effective on or before January 1, 2001, the Compensation
    Committee will grant to Executive, pursuant to Employers
    Incentive Equity Plan, twenty-five thousand (25,000) shares of
    Employers Class A voting common stock (the
    Restricted Stock). Executives right to
    keep the Restricted Stock shall vest equally over three years,
    i.e., thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) on each
    of January 2, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Promptly following the
    effective date hereof, Employer shall take or cause to be taken
    such other or further actions as may be necessary in order to
    document such grant of Restricted Stock to Executive. All of the
    Restricted Stock, to the extent not theretofore vested in
    accordance with its normal terms, shall vest on an automatic and
    accelerated basis upon a Change of Control, subject to the
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    Awards.The Options granted on or
    before January 2, 2001 and the Restricted Stock awarded on
    or before January 1, 2001 as contemplated in this
    paragraph 4 are intended to be an inducement to Executive
    to enter into this Employment Agreement and to offset the loss
    of potential future benefits associated with Executives
    prior employment position, and none of such Options or
    Restricted Stock shall be taken into account to reduce any
    option, stock appreciation right, restricted stock or other
    equity incentive grants that Executive, as a member of
    Employers senior management, may be entitled to be
    provided in the future as is appropriately commensurate with the
    equity incentive treatment extended to other members of
    Employers senior management.

5.     Benefits.
During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to
participate in all group health, major medical, pension and
profit sharing, 401(k) and other benefit plans maintained by
Employer and provided generally to its senior executive
officers, on the same terms as apply to participation therein by
management generally. Further, during the Employment Term,
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programs and shall receive all perequisites if
and to the extent that Employer establishes and makes them
available to senior executives generally, including, but not
limited to, Employer-paid long-term disability insurance, life
insurance coverage, the Incentive Equity Plan and the Nextel
Communications, Inc. Change of Control Retention Bonus and
Severance Pay Plan (the Change of Control Plan).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall not be entitled
to any severance benefits other than those explicitly set forth
in this Employment Agreement, the Change of Control Plan and, to
the extent such severance benefits exceed the severance benefits
provided for in this Employment Agreement, any other benefit
plan which may be adopted by the Employer during the Employment
Term. Executive acknowledges that Employer may change its
benefit programs from time to time which may result in certain
benefit programs being amended or terminated for its senior
executives generally. Executives position shall be
classified as pay grade EX3 or better (as adjusted for any
changes to Employers system of classifying employees by
salary grade level implemented subsequent to the date hereof).

6.     Expenses.
During the Employment Term, Employer shall reimburse Executive
for all reasonable travel, entertainment and other business
expenses incurred or paid by Executive in performing his duties
and functions hereunder provided such expenses are reimbursable
under Employers Travel Program Policy and Executive
submits reimbursement expense forms in a form consistent with
Employers policy. Additionally, Employer agrees to
reimburse Executive for reasonable legal, financial consulting
and accounting fees in connection with the preparation of this
Agreement not to exceed a total of ten thousand dollars
($10,000.00).

7.     Vacations.
In addition to such holidays, sick leave, personal leave and
other paid leave as is allowed under the policies of Employer to
senior executives generally, Executive shall be entitled during
each twelve-month period during the Employment Term to twenty
(20) days of vacation, with full pay. The duration of such
vacations and the time or times when they shall be taken will be
determined by Executive in consultation with Employer. Such
vacation time shall be accrued at a uniform rate during each
such twelve-month period and shall, to the extent unused during
any such twelve-month period, be carried over to succeeding
twelve-month periods subject to a maximum carry forward of
twenty-five (25) days (subject to exceptions allowed by
Employers Chief Executive Officer). In addition to such
other amounts as may be payable pursuant to paragraph 10
below, Executive shall receive, within thirty days after his
employment hereunder terminates for any reason a payment (based
on Executives Base Salary in effect at the time of such
termination of employment) for all of Executives then
accrued but unused vacation time.

8.     Non-Competition.
During the Employment Term and (except as provided in
subparagraph 10(g) herein) for a period of two
(2) years thereafter, Executive shall not enter into or
participate in any business competitive to the Business carried
on by Employer by directly or indirectly engaging in or working
for any business in the United States authorized by the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) to provide
terrestrial commercial mobile radio service as that
term is defined by the FCC (47 C.F.R. §20.3);
provided that this paragraph 8 shall not prohibit
Executive, following the
term of his employment hereunder, from engaging
in the practice of law, provided that he does so in a manner not
involving a breach of Executives obligations pursuant to
paragraph 9 herein. The above notwithstanding, the
ownership, for investment purposes of up to five percent (5%) of
the total outstanding equity securities of a publicly traded
company, shall not be considered a violation of this
paragraph 8 provided Executive has no participation in the
management of such company. The provisions of this
paragraph 8 shall survive the expiration and/or termination
of this Employment Agreement.

9.     Confidential
Information. During the Employment Term and for a period
of two (2) years thereafter, Executive will not use for his
own advantage or disclose any proprietary or confidential
information (Confidential Information) relating to
the business operations or properties of Employer, any affiliate
of Employer or any of their respective customers, suppliers,
landlords, licensors or licensees. Executive specifically
acknowledges that Confidential Information includes any and all
information, whether reduced to writing (or in a form from which
information can be obtained, translated, or derived into
reasonably usable form), or maintained in the mind or memory of
Executive and whether compiled or created by Employer, which
derives independent economic value from not being readily known
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ascertainable by proper means by others who can
obtain economic value from the disclosure or use of such
information, that reasonable efforts have been put forth by
Employer to maintain the secrecy of Confidential Information,
that such Confidential Information is and will remain the sole
property of Employer. Upon the expiration or termination of the
Employment Term, Executive will surrender and deliver to
Employer all proprietary or confidential information of every
kind which has been reduced to writing (or is in a form from
which information can be obtained, translated, or derived into
reasonably usable form) relating to or connected with Employer
and its affiliates and their respective businesses, customers,
suppliers, landlord, licensors and licensees. The foregoing
confidential information provisions shall not apply to
information which: (i) is or becomes publicly known through
no wrongful act of the Executive; (ii) is rightfully
received from any third party without restriction and without
breach by Executive of this Employment Agreement; or
(iii) is independently developed by Executive before or
after the term of his employment hereunder or is independently
developed by a competitor of Employer at any time. The
provisions of this paragraph 9 shall survive the expiration
and/or termination of this Employment Agreement.
Executives obligations under this Paragraph 9 are in
addition to, and not in limitation or preemption of, all other
obligations of confidentiality which Executive may have to
Employer under general legal or equitable principles or statutes.


10.     Termination.



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    Termination Upon Death. In the event of Executives
    death during the Employment Term, Executives employment
    hereunder shall be automatically terminated upon the date of
    death. As soon as reasonably practicable following
    Executives death, Employer shall pay to Executives
    estate (i) Executives accrued but unpaid Base Salary,
    through the payroll period ending immediately after the date of
    death; (ii) the pro rata portion of the target Annual Bonus
    through the date of death (calculated on the basis of the number
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| | in the year divided by 365); (iii) any
    amount due hereunder for accrued but unused vacation time as of
    the date of death; and (iv) any benefits accrued under
    Employers employee benefit plans. With respect to any
    Options or Restricted Stock which remain unvested upon such
    Termination Date, there shall be immediate vesting of all
    Options and Restricted Stock, and the Options shall remain
    exercisable for at least one (1) year following death (but
    not beyond the tenth anniversary of the date the Option was
    granted).



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| | b.     Termination by
    Employer. During the Initial Term, the Employer shall be
    entitled to terminate Executives employment in accordance
    with the terms of this subparagraph 10(b) at any time, only
    upon the establishment of Cause or the
    Permanent Disability of Executive (as those terms
    are defined below) by giving written notice to that effect to
    Executive and describing therein, in reasonable detail, the
    conduct giving rise to such termination and the clause(s) of
    this Agreement upon which Employer relies. During any Extended
    Term, Employer shall be entitled to terminate Executives
    employment in accordance with the terms of this
    paragraph 10(b)(i) at any time upon the establishment of
    Cause or the Permanent Disability of Executive, by giving
    written notice to that effect to Executive and describing
    therein, in reasonable detail, the conduct giving rise to such
    termination and the clause(s) of this Agreement upon which
    Employer relies; or (ii) for any other reason or for no
    reason upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to
    Executive. For purposes hereof, the term
    Cause means either (1) Executives
    failure to substantially perform his duties and functions as
    contemplated hereunder, if such failure constitutes gross
    neglect or willful malfeasance, without taking reasonable steps
    to cease or remedy such failure within thirty (30) days
    after Executives receipt of written notice from Employer
    specifically identifying the nature of and circumstances
    relevant to any such claimed failure; (2) Executives
    committing fraud against Employer or embezzlement or engaging in
    conduct that results in Executive being convicted of a felony or
    being found, in a final adjudication of the matter, to have
    violated Rule 10b-5 promulgated under the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934 or the anti-harassment provisions of
    Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age of
    Discrimination in Employment Act or the Americans with
    Disabilities Act; (3) Executives acting in an
    intentional manner which is reasonably likely to be materially
    detrimental or damaging to Employers reputation, business,
    operations or relations with its employees, suppliers or
    customers; (4) Executives habitual abuse of alcohol
    or prescription drugs or abuse of controlled substances; or
    (5) Executives committing any other material breach
    of this Employment Agreement without taking reasonable steps to
    cease or remedy such breach within thirty (30) days after
    Executives receipt of written notice from Employer
    specifically identifying the nature of and circumstances
    relevant to any such claimed material breach by Executive. For
    purposes hereof, the term Permanent
    Disability means: (i) Executives failure to
    devote full normal working time as required herein to his
    employment hereunder for a period of at least thirty (30)
    consecutive normal business days or for at least a majority of
    the normal business days in any consecutive ninety (90)-day
    period; and (ii) the existence of an illness or

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| | incapacity (either physical or mental) affecting
    Executive which, in the reasonable opinion of a Qualified
    Physician, is likely to be of such character or severity that
    Executive would be unable to resume devoting his full normal
    working time as required herein to his employment hereunder for
    a period of at least six (6) consecutive months. The term
    Qualified Physician means an impartial physician
    competent to diagnose and treat the illness or condition which
    Executive is believed to be suffering, selected by Employer and
    reasonably acceptable to Executive (or if Executive is then
    incapable of acting for himself, Executives personal
    representative), who shall have personally examined Executive
    and shall have personally reviewed Executives relevant
    medical records; provided Employer shall bear the costs of such
    Qualified Physicians services and Executive agrees to
    submit to an examination by such Qualified Physician, to the
    disclosure of Executives relevant medical records to such
    Qualified Physician, and to permit the Qualified Physician to
    make a full report of findings and conclusions to Employer. The
    date upon which any termination effected pursuant to this
    subparagraph 10(b) shall be effective is set forth in
    subparagraph 10(d), and the effect of any such termination
    shall be as described in subparagraphs 10(e) and (f).



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| | C.     Termination by
    Executive. Executive shall be entitled to terminate his
    employment hereunder (i) at any time upon the establishment
    of Good Reason or Constructive
    Termination (as those terms are defined below) by giving
    written notice to that effect to Employer; (ii) for any
    other reason or for no reason upon thirty (30) days prior
    written notice to Employer. For purposes hereof, the term
    Good Reason shall mean Executives
    termination of his employment hereunder as direct result of a
    relocation by Employer of the business site where Executive
    performs his principal job responsibilities or duties hereunder,
    (i) during the first two (2) years of the Employment
    Term, either more than ten (10) miles south and/or west, or
    more than thirty (30) miles in any other direction, from
    its current Reston, Virginia location, or (ii) after the
    first two (2) years of the Employment Term, more than
    thirty (30) miles in any direction from its current Reston,
    Virginia location. For purposes hereof, Constructive
    Termination shall mean Executives termination of
    his employment hereunder as a direct result of (i) a
    reduction in either Executives Base Salary below the
    initial Base Salary of three hundred seventy-five thousand
    dollars ($375,000.00) per annum or in the Annual Bonus
    percentage target below fifty percent (50%); (ii) a
    significant and adverse change in Executives duties,
    responsibilities or authority that is inconsistent with
    Executives intended position and status hereunder; or
    (iii) the material breach by the Employer of any provision
    of this Agreement which continues without reasonable steps being
    taken to cure such breach for a period of thirty (30) days
    after written notice thereof by Executive to Employer. The date
    upon which any termination effected pursuant to this
    subparagraph 10(c) shall be effective is set forth in
    subparagraph 10(d), and the effect of any such termination
    shall be as described in subparagraph 10(g).

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    Date. In the event Executives employment hereunder is
    terminated for any reason other than the Executives death,
    such termination shall take effect upon the termination date set
    forth in the written notice to that effect given by Executive to
    Employer or by Employer to Executive, as the case may be
    (provided that if either party disputes the propriety of such
    termination, the effective date of termination shall be as
    established by final resolution of such dispute, whether by
    agreement of the parties or award of an arbitrator as
    contemplated herein, in favor of the propriety of such
    termination). The date on which any such termination takes
    effect is referred to herein as the Termination
    Date. Employer, at its option, may require Executive
    to continue to perform his duties hereunder until the
    Termination Date or pay to Executive such amount of compensation
    and benefits otherwise due hereunder in accordance with
    Employers then existing salary payment schedule or in one
    lump-sum payment.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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    Termination by Employer For Cause. In the event
    Executives employment is terminated by Employer for Cause,
    or by Executive without thirty (30) days advance notice, without
    Good Reason and not as a result of a Constructive Termination,
    at any time during the Employment Term, then (i) Employer
    shall pay the Executive (A) Executives accrued but
    unpaid Base Salary through the Termination Date; and
    (B) any amount due hereunder for accrued but unused
    vacation time as of the Termination Date; (ii) any and all
    of the Options that theretofore have vested may be exercised at
    any time on or before the thirtieth (30th) day
    following such Termination Date and, if not so exercised,
    thereupon automatically shall be canceled; (iii) any and
    all of the Restricted Stock not vested as of such Termination
    Date shall be canceled and forfeited; and (iv) Executive
    and Executives dependents shall be entitled to any
    benefits accrued under Employers employee benefit plans.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
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| | f.     Effect of
    Termination Upon Permanent Disability. In the event
    Executives employment is terminated at any time during the
    Employment Term by either Executive or Employer upon the
    Permanent Disability of Executive, then: (i) Employer shall
    pay to Executive in a lump sum within thirty (30) days of
    the Termination Date (A) Executives accrued but
    unpaid Base Salary through the Termination Date; and
    (B) any amount due hereunder for accrued but unused
    vacation time as of the Termination Date; (ii) Employer
    shall continue to pay Executive his Base Salary and, at its
    expense, shall continue to provide all benefits to Executive and
    Executives dependents, which they otherwise would have
    been entitled to during the Employment Term under
    paragraph 5 hereof for a period of twelve (12) months
    following the Termination Date provided, however that such Base
    Salary payments shall be reduced by the amount of any short term
    or long term disability benefits paid to Executive during such
    time period under Employers disability benefits plans;
    (iii) With respect to any of the Options which remain
    unvested upon such Termination Date, there shall be full and
    immediate vesting of any unvested Options and the Options shall
    remain exercisable for one (1) year following the Date of
    Termination (but not beyond the tenth anniversary of the date
    the Option was granted); (iv) With respect to any

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of the Restricted Stock which remains unvested
upon such Termination Date, there shall be full and immediate
vesting of all of the Restricted Stock; and (v) Executive
and Executives dependents shall be entitled to any
benefits accrued under Employers employee benefit plans.
In addition, Employer shall pay to Executive (on the same day(s)
as Employers non-terminating employees receive their
annual performance bonus) an amount equal to any unpaid Annual
Bonus for the period ending on or prior to Termination Date,
including the prorated Annual Bonus for the Annual Bonus Period
ending on the Termination Date.



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| | g.     Effect of
    Termination for Good Reason or Constructive Termination or
    Termination Without Cause. In the event Executives
    employment is terminated during the Initial Term or the Extended
    Term, if any, by Executive in circumstances constituting Good
    Reason or Constructive Termination, or by Employer in any
    circumstances other than Cause or Permanent Disability
    (including but not limited to, termination upon thirty (30) days
    prior written notice at any time following the Initial Term),
    then from and after such Termination Date, (i) Executive
    shall not be subject to the non-competition provisions set forth
    in paragraph 8 hereof (unless his employment terminated by
    Executive for Good Reason in which case such non-competition
    provisions set forth in paragraph 8 apply or unless
    Executives employment is terminated upon thirty (30) days
    written notice at any time following the Initial Term in which
    case such non-competition provisions set forth in paragraph 8
    shall apply only for the one (1) year period following
    termination), and; (ii) Executive shall be entitled to
    receive a lump sum payment, within 30 days of the Termination
    Date, equal to the Base Salary and target Annual Bonus(es) for
    the period commencing on the Termination Date and ending on the
    first anniversary of the expiration of the Initial Term or, if
    later, the first anniversary of the Termination Date (provided
    however that, if Executives employment is terminated upon
    thirty (30) days written notice at any time following the
    Initial Term, such Base Salary payment shall not be made as a
    lump sum payment, but shall instead be paid in accordance with
    the Employers regular payroll schedule for the one (1)
    year period following the date of termination);
    (iii) Executive shall be entitled to receive a lump sum
    payment, within 30 days of the Termination Date, equal to any
    amount due for accrued but unused vacation time as of the
    Termination Date; (iv) Executive, and his dependents, shall
    continue to receive (at the same contributory expense as if
    Executive remained employed by Employer) all benefits Executive
    and his dependents would otherwise be entitled to during the
    Employment Term under paragraph 5 hereof for the period
    commencing on the Termination Date and ending on the first
    anniversary of the expiration of the Initial Term, or, if later,
    the first anniversary of the Termination Date; (v) with
    respect to any of the Initial Grant and February 2001 Grant
    Options which remain unvested upon such Termination Date, there
    shall be full and immediate vesting of all such Options and such
    Options shall remain exercisable for one hundred and eighty
    (180) days following the Termination Date (but in no event
    beyond the tenth anniversary of the date the Option was
    granted), subject to the Pooling Carve Out prior to
    September 30, 2001, to the extent applicable;
    (vi) with respect to any Restricted

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| | Stock which
    remains unvested upon such Termination Date, it all shall
    immediately vest; and (vii) Executive and Executives
    dependants shall be entitled to any benefits accrued under
    Employers employee benefit plans.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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| | h.     Excess
    Parachute Payment. In the event that any portion of
    Executives payments or benefits hereunder are treated as
    an excess parachute payment within the meaning of
    Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code
    (Code) or any comparable or successor
    provision of federal, state or local tax law, or its is
    otherwise asserted (including on an audit of either Employer or
    Executive) that any portion of such payments or benefits is such
    an excess parachute payment, Employer shall, prior to
    the date on which any amount of excise tax (or penalty or
    interest) must be paid in respect thereof, promptly make an
    additional lump sum payment in cash to Executive in an amount
    sufficient, after giving effect to all federal, state and other
    income, payroll and excise taxes with respect to such payment,
    to make Executive whole for all taxes imposed under
    Section 4999 of the Code, or any comparable or successor
    provision of federal, state or local tax law (including any
    penalties or interest related thereto), with respect to the
    excess parachute payment and all associated interest
    and penalty amounts associated with the excess parachute
    payment. Executive shall reasonably cooperate with Employer (at
    the Companys sole cost and expense) to minimize any such
    tax liability (such cooperation shall not include foregoing or
    deferring any payments or benefits to which he is entitled).
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| | i.     Miscellaneous.
    In the event of any termination or attempted termination of
    Executives employment; (i) no termination of
    Executives employment shall relieve or release either
    party from liability hereunder based on any breach of the terms
    hereof by such party occurring prior to the Termination Date;
    (ii) the terms of this Employment Agreement relevant to
    performance or satisfaction of any obligation hereunder
    expressly remaining to be performed or satisfied in whole or in
    part at the Termination Date shall continue in force until such
    full performance or satisfaction has been accomplished; and
    (iii) the vesting and exercise provisions set forth in
    Employers Incentive Equity Plan and/or any option
    agreement with respect to the Options shall continue to apply,
    provided they are consistent with the terms of this Employment
    Agreement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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| | j.     No
    Set-off. There shall be no right of setoff or counterclaim,
    in respect of any actual or alleged claim, debt or obligation,
    against any payments or benefits required to be made or provided
    to Executive hereunder (including, without limitation, pursuant
    to subparagraphs 10(f) and (g) above). Employer agrees
    that any income and other employment benefits received by
    Executive from any and all sources other than Employer before,
    during or after the Employment Term shall in no way reduce or
    otherwise affect Employers obligations to make payments
    and afford benefits hereunder.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

11.     Injunctive
Relief. It is agreed that in the event of
Executives breach of the provisions of paragraphs 8
or 9 above, Employer shall suffer irreparable harm which cannot
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remedied solely by damages. Accordingly, in the
event of a breach by Executive of his obligations under
paragraphs 8 or 9 of this Employment Agreement, Employer
shall be entitled to seek and obtain interim restraints and
permanent injunctive relief without proving the inadequacy of
damages as a remedy, restraining Executive and any business,
firm, partnership, individual, corporation or entity
participating in such breach or attempted breach. Subject to
paragraph 12, nothing herein shall be construed as
prohibiting Employer from pursuing any other remedies available
at law or in equity for such breach or threatened breach,
including the recovery of damages and the termination of the
services of Executive.

12.     Arbitration.
With the exception of any dispute regarding the application of
paragraphs 8 or 9 above, any dispute or controversy arising
out of or relating to this Employment Agreement or any claimed
breach hereof shall be exclusively settled, at the request of
either party, by an arbitration proceeding conducted before a
single arbitrator in accordance with the then-effective
employment dispute resolution rules of the American Arbitration
Association (AAA), with the award determined
to be appropriate by the arbitrator therein to be final,
non-appealable and binding on the parties hereto, and with
judgment upon such award as is rendered in any such arbitration
proceeding available for entry and enforcement in any court
having jurisdiction of the parties hereto. The arbitrator shall
be an impartial arbitrator qualified to serve in accordance with
the rules of the AAA and shall be reasonably acceptable to each
of the Employer and the Executive. If no such acceptable
arbitrator is so appointed within thirty (30) days after the
initial request for arbitration of such disputed matter, each of
the parties promptly shall designate a person qualified to serve
as an arbitrator in accordance with the rules of the AAA, and
the two persons so designated promptly shall select the
arbitrator from among those persons qualified to serve in
accordance with the rules of the AAA. The arbitration shall be
held in Reston, Virginia, or in such other place as may be
agreed upon in writing at the time by the parties. The expenses
of the arbitration proceeding shall be borne by Employer, but
the arbitrators award may provide that Executive shall
reimburse Employer for all or any part of such expenses if
Executive is not the prevailing party on any of the issues
involved in such arbitration. The Employer shall pay for and
bear the cost of its own and Executives experts, evidence
and counsel in such arbitration proceeding, but the
arbitrators award may provide that, in addition to any
other amounts or relief due to Employer, Executive shall
reimburse Employer for all or any part of the costs of
Executives experts, evidence and counsel initially
incurred by Employer, to the extent the award finds such costs
properly allocable to any issue(s) in dispute as to which the
award indicates the Employer to be the prevailing party.

13.     Indemnification.



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| | a.     Employer shall
    indemnify Executive to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware
    law as in effect on the date hereof against all costs, expenses,
    liabilities and losses (including, without limitation,
    attorneys fees, judgments, penalties and amounts paid in
    settlement) reasonably incurred by Executive in connection with
    any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
    administrative or investigative in which Executive is made, or
    is threatened to be made, a party to or a witness in
    such action, suit or proceeding by reason of the
    fact that he is or was an officer, director, consultant, agent
    or executive of the Employer or of any Employers
    controlled affiliates or is or was serving as an officer,
    consultant, director, member, executive, trustee, agent or
    fiduciary of any other entity at the request of the Employer (a
    Proceeding).



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| | b.     Employer shall
    advance to Executive all reasonable costs and expenses incurred
    by him in connection with a proceeding within twenty (20) days
    after receipt by Employer of a written request for such advance,
    accompanied by an itemized list of the costs and expenses and
    Executives written undertaking to repay to Employer on
    demand the amount of such advance if it shall ultimately be
    determined that Executive is not entitled to be indemnified
    against such costs and expenses.         
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| | c.     The
    indemnification provided to Executive hereunder is in addition
    to, and not in lieu of, any additional indemnification to which
    he may be entitled pursuant to Employers Certificate of
    Incorporation or Bylaws, any insurance maintained by Employer
    from time to time providing coverage to Executive and other
    officers and directors of Employer and/or its affiliates, or any
    separate written agreement with Executive. Employer represents
    it has, and will continue to maintain during the

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| | Employment Term, customary directors and officers
    liability insurance coverage. The provisions of this
    paragraph 13 shall survive any termination of this
    Employment Agreement.

14.     Amendment
and Modification. This Employment Agreement contains the
entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject
matter hereof. Subject to applicable law and upon the consent of
the Compensation Committee, this Employment Agreement may be
amended, modified and supplemented by written agreement of
Employer and Executive signed by both parties with respect to
any of the terms continued herein.

15.     Waiver of
Compliance. Any failure of either party to comply with
any obligation, covenant, agreement or condition on its part
contained herein may be expressly waived in writing signed by
the other party, but such waiver or failure to insist upon
strict compliance shall not operate as a waiver of, or estoppel
with respect to, any subsequent or other failure. Whenever this
Employment Agreement requires or permits consent by or on behalf
of any party, such consent shall be given in writing.

16.     Notices.
All notices, requests, demands and other communications required
or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed
to have been duly given if and when delivered by hand, overnight
courier or five days after having been deposited in the United
States Mail, mailed via certified or registered mail with
postage prepaid:

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|If to Employer:             |  | If to Executive:  
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|Nextel Communications, Inc. |  | Leonard J. Kennedy

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|                                                                                            |  |                                              
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|2001 Edmund Halley Drive
    Reston, Virginia 20191
    Attention:  Chief Executive Officer |  | 9210 Midwood Road
    Silver Spring, MD 20910

or, in the case of either such party, to such
substitute address as such party may designate from time to time
for purposes of notices to be given to such party hereunder,
which substitute address shall be designated as such in a
written notice given to the other party addressed as aforesaid.

17.     Assignment.
This Employment Agreement shall inure to the benefit of
Executive and Employer and be binding upon the successors and
general assigns of Employer. This Employment Agreement shall not
be assignable, except that Employer may assign it to a successor
to its business, subject to executives rights set forth
herein with respect to a Change in Control.

18.     Enforceability.
In the event that any provision of this Employment Agreement is
held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining
provisions shall continue in full force and effect without being
impaired or invalidated in any way and such provision shall be
deemed to be modified or restricted to the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law.

19.     Applicable
Law. This Employment Agreement shall be governed,
construed and enforced under and pursuant to the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed
this Employment Agreement to be effective on and as of the day
and year first above written.

NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

By: /s/ TIMOTHY M. DONAHUE




Name:     Timothy M.
Donahue


Title: Chief Executive Officer






EXECUTIVE


/s/ LEONARD J. KENNEDY




Leonard J. Kennedy


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