Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) On June 14, 2012, the Board of Directors of NII Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Gokul Hemmady, the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Transformational Officer, to serve as the Company's Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Hemmady will continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer until the Company names a successor chief financial officer. The role of chief operating officer is a newly created role at the Company.

Mr. Hemmady, 51, has served as the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Transformation Officer since February 2012, as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2011 through 2012, and as the Company's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2007 through 2011.

The full text of the Company's press release announcing the appointment is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. Exhibit No. Description

99.1 Press Release dated June 15, 2012

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