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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration Number 333-110980

3 1/2% Convertible Notes Due 2033

NII HOLDINGS, INC.

Prospectus Supplement No. 2 dated March 26, 2004

To Prospectus Dated March 11, 2004


      This prospectus supplement relates to an aggregate principal amount of $180.0 million of 3 1/2% convertible notes due 2033 and the 6,750,000 (as adjusted for a three-for-one stock dividend, as discussed below) shares of our common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes. This prospectus supplement should be read in conjunction with and may not be delivered or utilized without our prospectus dated March 11, 2004, including any amendments or supplements thereto. The terms of the notes are set forth in the prospectus. The notes are not listed on any securities exchange. The notes are designated for trading in the PORTAL market. Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “NIHD.”

      Our Board of Directors approved a three-for-one stock split of our common stock to be effected in the form of a stock dividend. The stock dividend was paid on March 22, 2004 to stockholders of record as of March 12, 2004.


      See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 4 of the prospectus for a discussion of certain risks that you should consider in connection with an investment in the notes.


      We will not receive any of proceeds from the sale of notes or common stock by the selling security holders. The selling security holders may sell the notes or common stock either directly or through underwriters, broker-dealers or agents and in one or more transactions at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at negotiated prices.


      Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus supplement or the prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


      The table below sets forth additional information concerning beneficial ownership of the notes and the shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes, and supplements and amends the table appearing under “Selling Security Holders” beginning on page 42 of the prospectus. To the extent that a selling security holder is listed both in the table below and in the table appearing in the prospectus, the information set forth below regarding the selling security holder updates and amends the information in the prospectus.

                                                 
Principal Common Stock Owned
Amount of Shares of Conversion Upon Completion
Notes Common Stock Shares of of the Offering
Beneficially Percentage Beneficially Common
Owned and of Notes Owned Prior to Stock Number
Name of Beneficial Owner Offered Outstanding the Offering(1) Offered(2) of Shares Percentage(3)







Alexian Brothers Medical Center
  $ 115,000       *             4,312              
Aloha Airlines Non-Pilot Pension Trust
    70,000       *             2,625              
Aloha Pilots Retirement Trust
    35,000       *             1,312              
Arkansas PERS
    600,000       *             22,500              
Astrazeneca Holdings Pension
    185,000       *             6,937              
Attorney’s Title Insurance Fund
    45,000       *             1,687              
Boilermakers Blacksmith Pension Trust
    1,235,000       *             46,312              
C&H Sugar Company, Inc.
    85,000       *             3,187              
CNH CA Master Account L.P.
    4,250,000       2.36%             159,375              
Delaware PERS
    600,000       *             22,500              
Delta Airlines Master Trust
    315,000       *             11,812              
Duke Endowment
    205,000       *             7,687              


 

                                                 
Principal Common Stock Owned
Amount of Shares of Conversion Upon Completion
Notes Common Stock Shares of of the Offering
Beneficially Percentage Beneficially Common
Owned and of Notes Owned Prior to Stock Number
Name of Beneficial Owner Offered Outstanding the Offering(1) Offered(2) of Shares Percentage(3)







Froley Revy Investment Convertible Security Fund
    50,000       *             1,875              
Hawaiian Airlines Employees Pension Plan-IAM
    25,000       *             937              
Hawaiian Airlines Pension Plan for Salaried Employees
    5,000       *             187              
Hawaiian Airlines Pilots Retirement Plan
    65,000       *             2,437              
Hillbloom Foundation
    30,000       *             1,125              
ICI American Holdings Trust
    135,000       *             5,062              
Louisiana CCRF
    70,000       *             2,625              
Nuveen Preferred & Convertible Fund JQC
    2,975,000       1.65%             111,562              
Nuveen Preferred & Convertible Income Fund JPC
    2,225,000       1.24%             83,437              
Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance
    300,000       *             11,250              
State of Oregon/Equity
    1,825,000       1.01%             68,437              
State of Oregon/SAIF Corporation
    1,700,000       *             63,750              
Syngenta AG
    100,000       *             3,750              
US Bank FBO Benedictine Health Systems
    120,000       *             4,500              


  *   Less than 1%.
(1)  Shares in this column do not include shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes listed in the column to the right.
(2)  Assumes conversion of all of the holder’s notes at the initial conversion rate of 37.5 (as adjusted for the three-for-one stock dividend) shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the notes, not including fractional shares for which we will pay cash as described under “Description of Notes — Conversion of Notes.” However, this conversion rate is subject to adjustment as described under “Description of Notes — Conversion of Notes.” As a result, the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes may increase or decrease in the future.
(3)  Calculated based on 68,883,210 (as adjusted for the three-for-one stock dividend) shares of our common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2004.