ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

New York and Stockholm - May 26, 2009 - Millicom International Cellular S.A.
(Nasdaq Stock Market: MICC and Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), the global
telecommunications company, today held its Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of
shareholders in Luxembourg.

The AGM resolved to re-elect Mr Kent Atkinson, Ms Mia Brunell Livfors, Ms Donna
Cordner, Mr Daniel Johannesson, Mr Michel Massart and Mr Allen Sangines-Krause
as Non-Executive Directors and to elect Mr Paul Donovan as new Non-Executive
Director of the Company.  

Mr Paul Donovan, born 1958, has significant telecom management and senior
leadership experience from several markets in the world, including Asia Pacific
and Africa. Mr Donovan's most recent executive position was Chief Executive,
EMAPA Region for the Vodafone Group which he held until 2008. Mr Donovan's
background includes a decade in fast moving consumer goods before he moved into
the technology sector, principally with BT and Vodafone. His career with
Vodafone started 10 years ago and for the last five years, he has overseen
Vodafone's operations in subsidiaries in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia
Pacific. Africa, the US, India and China were added to his remit in 2006. As
part of his role, he sat on the boards of numerous subsidiaries and joint
ventures during this period. He holds a BA (with Honors) from University
College, London and an MBA from the Bradford University Management Centre with a
specialization in Finance and Business Policy. He presently does not have any
other board assignments.

Mr Donovan will qualify as an “independent” director of Millicom as defined in
the NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. Marketplace Rules.

PricewaterhouseCoopers Sàrl was re-elected as external Auditor.

All other resolutions proposed to Millicom's AGM of shareholders today in
Luxembourg were passed. 

At a meeting of the Board of Directors following the AGM, Mr Daniel Johannesson
was elected Chairman, and Mr Allen Sangines-Krause Vice Chairman, of the Board.
Mr Michel Massart was elected Chairman of the Audit Committee and the Board
furthermore determined that Mr Massart is an “audit committee financial expert”
as such term is defined for purposes of section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder.

CONTACTS

Daniel Johannesson
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Millicom International Cellular S.A., Luxembourg
Telephone:  +352 27 759 327

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

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

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.

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available to Millicom on the date hereof.  All written or oral forward-looking
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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.