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NEWS RELEASE
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[NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC. LOGO]
NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC.
4500 Carillon Point
Kirkland, WA 98033
(425) 576-3600
CONTACTS:
INVESTORS: ALICE KANG (425) 576-3696
Nextel Partners Extends 11% Senior Notes Exchange Offer
KIRKLAND, Wa - December 18, 2000 - Nextel Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTP) has
extended its offer to exchange the outstanding, unregistered Nextel Partners 11%
Senior Notes for new, substantially identical 11% Senior Notes that will be free
of the transfer restrictions that apply to the old notes. The offer which was
previously scheduled to expire at 5:00 p.m. EST on December 15, 2000, has been
extended to 5:00 p.m. EST on December 22, 2000. For further details of the
exchange offer, please refer to the company's Form S-4/A filed with the SEC on
November 9, 2000, as amended.
Nextel Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: NXTP), based in Kirkland, Wash., has the
exclusive right to provide digital wireless communications services using the
Nextel brand name in 30 states where more than 50 million people reside. Nextel
Partners offers its customers the same fully integrated digital wireless
communications services available from Nextel including digital cellular,
text/numeric paging and Nextel Direct Connect(R) - a unique digital two-way
radio feature - all in a single wireless phone. Nextel Partners customers can
seamlessly access these services anywhere on Nextel's or Nextel Partners'
all-digital mobile network, which currently covers 174 of the top 200 U.S.
markets. To learn more about Nextel Partners, visit our web site at
www.nextelpartners.com. To learn more about Nextel's services, visit
www.nextel.com.
