FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 16, 2008

Commission File Number: 000-22828

MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL

CELLULAR S.A.

75 Route de Longwy

Box 23, L-8080 Bertrange

Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

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(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F X Form 40-F ____

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Yes ____ No X

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MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Item

1. Press release dated December 16, 2008

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. (Registrant)

Date: December 16, 2008	By:	/s/ Marc Beuls
		Name: Marc Beuls
		Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Item 1

PRESS RELEASE

New York and Stockholm – 16 December, 2008

MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A.

FINANCIAL CALENDAR FOR 2009

New York and Stockholm – 16 December, 2008 - Millicom International Cellular S.A. (Millicom) (Nasdaq Stock Market: MICC and Stockholmsbörsen: MIC), the global telecommunications company, today announces the following dates for the release of its quarterly results statements and AGM in 2009.

Q4 and Full Year 2008 Results

February 11, 2009

Q1 2009 Results

April 21, 2009

Annual General Meeting

May 26, 2009

Q2 2009 Results

July 21, 2009

Q3 2009 Results

October 20, 2009

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CONTACTS

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

Andrew Best	Telephone: +44 7798 576 378
Investor Relations
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 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.