NII Holdings to Host Conference Call

RESTON, Va., April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NII Holdings, Inc. , will host its 2009 first quarter financial results conference call with its senior management.

When: Thursday, April 23, 2009 Time: 8:30AM - 9:15 AM EDT Phone: Domestic 866.730.5769 pass-code: NII Holdings International 857.350.1593 pass-code: NII Holdings

All participants are asked to dial in 10-15 minutes prior to the start of the conference call. If you are unable to participate, a rebroadcast of the conference call will be available for two weeks following the call. The rebroadcast numbers are as follows:

Replay: Domestic 866.730.5769 pass-code NII Holdings International 857.350.1593 pass-code NII Holdings About NII Holdings, Inc.

NII Holdings, Inc., a publicly held company based in Reston, Va., is a leading provider of mobile communications for business customers in Latin America. NII Holdings, Inc. has operations in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Chile offering a fully integrated wireless communications tool with digital cellular voice services, data services, wireless Internet access and Nextel Direct Connect(R) and International Direct Connect(TM), a digital two-way radio feature. NII Holdings, Inc., a Fortune 1000 company, trades on the NASDAQ market under the symbol NIHD and is a member of the NASDAQ 100 Index. Visit the Company's website at http://www.nii.com/.

Nextel, the Nextel logo, Nextel Online, Nextel Business Networks and Nextel Direct Connect are trademarks and/or service marks of Nextel Communications, Inc.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. A number of the matters and subject areas discussed in this press release that are not historical or current facts deal with potential future circumstances and developments. The discussion of such matters and subject areas is qualified by the inherent risks and uncertainties surrounding future expectations generally, and also may materially differ from NII Holdings' actual future experience involving any one or more of such matters and subject areas. NII Holdings has attempted to identify, in context, certain of the factors that it currently believes may cause actual future experience and results to differ from NII Holdings' current expectations regarding the relevant matter or subject area. Such risks and uncertainties include the uncertainty relating to our ability to achieve the operating and financial results described in our guidance for 2009, the risks and uncertainties relating to the impact of more intense competitive conditions and changes in economic conditions in the markets we serve, the impact on our financial results, and potential reductions in the recorded value of our assets, that may result from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and, in particular, fluctuations in the relative values of the currencies of the countries in which we operate compared to the U.S. dollar, the risk that our network technologies will not perform properly or support the services our customers want or need including the risk that technology developments to support our services will not be timely delivered, the risk that customers in the markets we serve will not find our services attractive, and the additional risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in NII Holdings' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, which was filed on February 26, 2009, and in other reports filed from time to time by NII Holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release speaks only as of its date, and NII Holdings disclaims any duty to update the information herein.

Contacts: Investor Relations: Tim Perrott [phone] [e-mail] Media Relations: Claudia E. Restrepo [phone] [e-mail]

NII Holdings, Inc.

CONTACT: Investors, Tim Perrott, [phone], [e-mail],
or Media, Claudia E. Restrepo, [phone], [e-mail]

Web Site: http://www.nii.com/