Africell Holding SAL acquires Millicom Sierra Leone

Africell Holding SAL acquires Millicom Sierra Leone

Africell Holding SAL, a member of Lintel group and Millicom International
Cellular SA ("Millicom") (Nasdaq Stock Market: MICC and Stockholmsbörsen: MIC)
yesterday (28th July 2009) signed an agreement regarding the acquisition of
Millicom (SL) Limited, Millicom's GSM operations in Sierra Leone.  Completion of
the transaction is subject to certain regulatory approvals and procedures.

Africell Holding SAL, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Africell (Sierra
Leone) Limited, has been operating in Sierra Leone since 2005 and is the leading
mobile operator in Sierra Leone.  This acquisition will contribute to domestic
consolidation, and further enhance Africell's market leadership in Sierra Leone.

Millicom (SL) Limited is operating as Tigo and had been classified as an asset
held for sale in Q4 2008 at group level.

CONTACTS

Africell:

Ziad Dalloul
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Elias Arwadi								
Chief Operating Officer

Telephone:  +961 3 601 803



Millicom:

Mikael Grahne
President & Chief Executive Officer

Francois-Xavier Roger							
Chief Financial Officer

Telephone:  +352 27 759 327

Peregrine Riviere								
Head of External Communications
Millicom International Cellular S.A., Luxembourg
Telephone:  +352 691 750 098

Andrew Best								Telephone:  +44 7798 576 378
Emily Bruning								Telephone:  +44 7879 426 358
Shared Value Ltd, London

Visit our web site at http://www.millicom.com






Millicom International Cellular S.A. is a global telecommunications group with
mobile telephony operations in 16 countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa.
It also operates cable and broadband businesses in five countries in Central
America.  The Group's mobile operations have a combined population under license
of approximately 308 million people.

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