Digital Turbine Partners with Millicom to Provide Targeted App Delivery and Discovery

AUSTIN, Texas and STOCKHOLM, Sept. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Turbine, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPS), the company empowering mobile operators and Original Equipment Manufacturers ("OEMs") around the globe with end-to-end mobile solutions, and Millicom (Stockholmsborsen: MIC), a leading telecommunications and media company with 59.3 million total subscribers in 14 countries in Latin America and Africa, today announced a multi-year agreement to deploy Digital Turbine's Ignite solution on new Android devices. The agreement is expected to kick off in the fourth quarter of calendar 2015 with the rollout of Ignite.

"We see tremendous value in implementing Digital Turbine's solutions," said Martin Gallone, Global Director, Millcom. "Using Ignite we can customize the smartphone experience for our customers and make the app delivery process more efficient, saving precious time and resources."

"Delivering the right app at the right time to the right device is important in building increased end user engagement and value. Our Ignite solution simplifies the app delivery process for mobile operators and provides meaningful analytics," said Bill Stone, CEO, Digital Turbine. "We are pleased to be working with Millicom which builds on our momentum in the Latin American market while also commencing our efforts into the African market."

According to Millicom's most recent annual report, approximately 4.5 million smartphones were sold by the company last year. In 2015, during the first two quarters, smartphone sales passed 2.5 million. The vast majority were utilizing the Android operating system.

Ignite is a complete application management solution that enables mobile operators o customize and manage their app installation programs over the life of any Android device.

About Digital Turbine
Digital Turbine works at the convergence of media and mobile communications, delivering end-to-end products and solutions for mobile operators, app advertisers, device OEMs and other third parties to enable them to effectively monetize mobile content and acquire higher value users. The company's products include DT Ignite™, a mobile device management solution with targeted app distribution capabilities, DT IQ™, a customized user experience and app discovery tool, DT Marketplace™, an application and content store, and DT Pay™, a content management and mobile payment solution. Offerings also include DT Media, an advertiser solution for unique and exclusive carrier inventory, and Appia, a leading worldwide mobile user acquisition network. Digital Turbine has delivered more than 100 million app installs for hundreds of advertisers. In addition, mMore than 31 million customers use Digital Turbine's solutions each month across more than 20 global operators. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas with global offices in Durham, Berlin, Singapore, Sydney and Tel Aviv. For additional information visit http://www.digitalturbine.com/ or connect with Digital Turbine on Twitter at @DigitalTurbine.

About Millicom
Millicom is a leading telecommunications and media company dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. Millicom sets the pace in providing innovative and customer centric Digital Lifestyle services in mobile, cable and satellite to more than 59 million customers and employs 15,800 people. Founded in 1990, Millicom International Cellular SA is listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm under the symbol MIC. In 2014, Millicom generated revenue of $6.4 billion and EBITDA of $2.1 billion.

In South America, Millicom is a leading service provider in three markets – Bolivia, Colombia and Paraguay- serving 16 million customers. Together, in 2014, these markets generated revenue of USD $2.9 billion, accounting for 46 percent of Group Revenues. In Central America, Millicom operates in five markets which, in 2014, accounted for 39 percent of Group revenues.In Africa, Millicom serves 28 million customers in six markets which together, in 2014, generated revenue of USD $1 billion and accounted for 16 percent of the Millicom Group's overall revenues.

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