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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                                       
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)         October 19, 2005
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                              NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC.

             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    DELAWARE

                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
                                                                      
                 000-29633                            91-1930918
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          (Commission File Number)         (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                               4500 CARILLON POINT
                           KIRKLAND, WASHINGTON 98033
                                                                    
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (425) 576-3600
                                                                    
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                 NOT APPLICABLE
                                                                    
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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ITEM 8.01.  OTHER EVENTS.

        On October 19, 2005, Nextel Partners, Inc. filed an answer and
counterclaim in the action entitled NEXTEL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., AND NEXTEL WIP
CORP. V. NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC. (C.A. No. 1704-N) pending in the Delaware
Chancery Court. The Answer and Counterclaim in the Delaware Chancery Court
Action is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1.


ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

        99.1   Answer and Counterclaim in Delaware Chancery Court Action





                                   SIGNATURES


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.





                                          NEXTEL PARTNERS, INC.



                                          By: /s/ Donald. J. Manning
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                                          Name:  Donald J. Manning
                                          Title: Vice President, General Counsel
                                                 and Secretary



Date:  October 19, 2005





                                    EXHIBITS


     99. 1    Answer and Counterclaim in Delaware Chancery Court Action