New appointments to Millicom Executive Committee

Stockholm, December 7, 2012 – Millicom International Cellular S.A. (“Millicom”)
(Stockholmsbörsen: MIC) today announces the appointment of four new members to
its Executive Committee, bringing the total to nine. The team will be led by the
President and Group CEO and comprise two Senior Executive Vice Presidents and
six Executive Vice Presidents.
The Senior Executive Vice Presidents are Mario Zanotti (Senior EVP of
Operations) and François-Xavier Roger (Senior EVP & CFO). Regis Romero (EVP
Africa and South America) and Jo Leclere (EVP of Human Resources) will be joined
as Executive Vice Presidents by newly appointed Xavier Rocoplan (EVP & CTIO),
Marc Zagar (EVP Controlling & Analytics), Anders Nilsson (EVP Commerce &
Services) and Martin Lewerth (EVP Home & Digital Media).

Hans-Holger Albrecht, President and CEO for Millicom commented: “I am thrilled
that we have recruited and promoted some very talented executives to the
Millicom Executive Committee. Our markets are moving rapidly into the digital
world and it has quickly become clear to me that to foster innovation and to
continue delivering growth and returns, we need an enlarged Executive Committee.

I am pleased to welcome Marc, Anders and Martin to Millicom today and to promote
Xavier to the Executive Committee. Xavier has worked for the company for the
past 12 years and made outstanding contributions to the business. To all of them
and to the rest of the team, I would like to say that I look forward to the
future with excitement and confidence. As long as we have the best people on our
journey, we should achieve great things together.”

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Notes:

Biographies of new Executive Committee members

Xavier Rocoplan was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Technical & IT
Officer. Since April 2012, he was Chief Global Networks Officer. Xavier will
continue to report to Mario Zanotti, senior EVP Operations. Xavier joined
Millicom in 2000 as CTO in Vietnam and then became CTO for the South East Asian
cluster (Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam). In 2004, he was appointed CEO of Paktel in
Pakistan, a role he held until 2007. During this time, he launched Paktel’s GSM
operations and led the process that was concluded with the disposal of the
business in 2007. After Millicom’s exit from Asia, Xavier was appointed to head
the New Corporate Business development unit where he managed the Tower Assets
Monetization programme which led to the creation of tower companies in Ghana,
Tanzania, DRC and Colombia. Xavier holds Master’s degrees from Ecole Nationale
Supérieure des Télécommunications de Paris and from Université Paris IX
Dauphine.

Martin Lewerth has been appointed EVP of Home and Digital Media with immediate
effect. Previously, Martin was Executive Vice President Pay TV and Technology at
MTG. Martin joined MTG in 2001 where he served in various management positions
including CTO for MTG, CEO for the IPTV distribution, Business area manager for
the Pay TV business and manager responsible for the group’s online strategy and
operations. Before joining MTG, Martin worked for the management consulting firm
Applied Value and the Swedish company SKF Group. Martin holds a M.Sc. from
Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

Anders Nilsson has been appointed EVP of Commerce and Services with effect from
January 2013. Anders will oversee the Mobile Financial Services business
(previously headed by François-Xavier Roger) and the newly created Online
division. Prior to joining Millicom, Anders was EVP of Central European
Broadcasting at MTG, responsible for free and pay TV operations in the Baltics
and free-TV operations in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Hungary. Anders
joined MTG in 1992 and he successfully headed the group’s Radio and Publishing
businesses before serving as MTG’s COO and Head of MTG Sweden. Between 2008 and
2010, Anders was also CEO of MTG’s Online business area which was spun off in
2010 into what is now CDON.

Marc Zagar was appointed EVP of Controlling and Analytics with effect from
February 2013. Marc will report to François-Xavier Roger, Senior EVP and group
CFO. Prior to joining Millicom, Marc Zagar was EVP Finance at MTG, a role he
held since October 2011. Marc joined MTG in 2001 as Business Area Controller of
Viasat broadcasting. In March 2006, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer for
MTG’s broadcasting businesses. Prior to joining MTG, Marc worked for over 10
years in various financial management positions within Vivendi Universal, having
started his career with Steelcase Strafor. He graduated with a Bachelor's degree
from CESEM Business School in Reims, France and has a Master's degree from
Université Dauphine in Paris.
For further information, please visit www.millicom.com or contact:

President and Chief Executive Officer
Hans-Holger Albrecht
Tel: +46 8 562 000 12

Investor Inquiries:
Justine Dimovic
Tel: +352 27 759 479
investors@millicom.com
About Millicom

Millicom International Cellular S.A. is a global telecommunications group with
mobile telephony operations in 13 countries in Latin America and Africa. It also
operates various combinations of fixed telephony, cable and broadband businesses
in six countries in Latin America and online and e-commerce services in a number
of countries in Latin America and Africa. The Group’s mobile operations have a
combined population under license of approximately 273 million people.