MILLICOM APPOINTS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

MILLICOM APPOINTS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

New York and Stockholm - July 3, 2008 - Millicom International Cellular S.A.
(Nasdaq Stock Market: MICC and Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), the global
telecommunications company, today announces that Francois-Xavier Roger will be
joining the company on September 1, 2008 as the company's Chief Financial
Officer.

Francois-Xavier Roger joins Millicom from Groupe Danone where he served as
Vice-President Corporate Finance since 2006 and previously as Chief Financial
Officer for Danone Asia from 2000 to 2005.

Millicom's current Chief Financial Officer, David Sach, will be leaving the
company at the end of the calendar year to pursue other opportunities.
Francois-Xavier Roger and David Sach will work together to ensure a smooth
transition.

 Marc Beuls, CEO of Millicom commented, "We are very pleased to welcome
Francois-Xavier Roger to Millicom as his wide experience of the fast moving
consumer goods sector in emerging markets will be important to us in taking
Millicom forward to the next stage of its development. We thank David Sach for
his contribution to Millicom over the last three years."

Notes to editors: 

Francois-Xavier Roger is a French national with extensive experience of emerging
markets and the fast moving consumer goods industries. He has worked for Danone
since 2000, including as CFO for Danone Asia based in Singapore from 2000-2005.
Prior to this he worked at Aventis and at Hoechst Marion Roussel where he
managed businesses for Hoechst in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He majored in
Marketing for his MBA at The Ohio State University and has a Masters degree in
Major Accounting from Audencia Business School in France. He is a native French
speaker but fluent in English and Spanish.


Millicom International Cellular S.A. is a global telecommunications group with
mobile telephony operations in Asia, Latin America and Africa.  It currently has
mobile operations and licenses in 16 countries.  The Group's mobile operations
have a combined population under license of approximately 291 million people.

This press release may contain certain “forward-looking statements” with respect
to Millicom's expectations and plans, strategy, management's objectives, future
performance, costs, revenues, earnings and other trend information.  It is
important to note that Millicom's actual results in the future could differ
materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements depending on
various important factors.  Please refer to the documents that Millicom has
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the U.S. Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including Millicom's most recent annual report
on Form 20-F, for a discussion of certain of these factors.

All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information
available to Millicom on the date hereof.  All written or oral forward-looking
statements attributable to Millicom International Cellular S.A., any Millicom
International Cellular S.A. employees or representatives acting on Millicom's
behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the factors referred to
above. Millicom does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.


CONTACTS

Marc Beuls
President and Chief Executive Officer
Millicom International Cellular S.A., Luxembourg
Telephone:  +352 27 759 327

Andrew Best
Investor Relations
Shared Value Ltd, London
Telephone:  +44 20 7321 5022

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