Centennial Communications Selects Lawson to Integrate Procurement Operations.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2004

Telecommunications Company Will Use Lawson Applications to Speed

Service Deployment and Track Profitability of Expansion Projects

Lawson Software (Nasdaq:LWSN) has been selected by Centennial Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:CYCL) to standardize and consolidate the company's procurement operations in the United States and the Caribbean. Centennial licensed Lawson 8 Series Procurement in Lawson's second quarter of fiscal year 2004, which ended Nov. 30, 2003. Centennial will integrate Lawson Procurement with its existing Lawson Financials applications to help streamline procurement processes, deploy services faster, track project profitability and achieve better vendor pricing.

Centennial is one of the largest independent wireless companies in the United States and the Caribbean, serving more than one million wireless customers. Lawson Procurement initially will be implemented in Centennial's Caribbean operations, where the company is a facilities based, fully integrated communications service provider, offering both wireless and broadband voice, data, Internet and video services.

Lawson will help Centennial automate and streamline purchasing processes for its Caribbean operations. The telecommunications company will use a single, centralized procurement database for the entire region, located in Centennial's New Jersey corporate offices. Centennial will use the centralized system to consolidate orders, establish preferred vendors and improve purchasing contracts. The integration of Lawson Procurement with Lawson Financials will help Centennial track the profitability of capital-intensive projects, such as extending network capabilities to capture new revenue opportunities.

Centennial Senior Vice President and Controller Tom Bucks, anticipates that the Lawson system will help to reduce costs and increase the speed and efficiency of equipment purchases.

"The Caribbean markets represent our fastest growing markets where the primary gating factor is ourselves," said Bucks. "If we can further speed up the process of purchasing, receiving and installing telecommunication equipment, we can deploy services even faster to new and existing customers. Lawson Procurement will help us streamline the way we handle purchase orders and equipment, and we expect to save money through increased operational efficiencies."

About Centennial Communications Corp.

Centennial is one of the largest independent wireless telecommunications service providers in the United States and the Caribbean with approximately 17.3 million Net Pops and approximately 997,200 wireless subscribers. Centennial's U.S. operations have approximately 6.1 million Net Pops in small cities and rural areas. Centennial's Caribbean integrated communications operation owns and operates wireless licenses for approximately 11.2 Net Pops in Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and provides voice, data, video and Internet services on broadband networks in the region. Welsh, Carson Anderson & Stowe and an affiliate of the Blackstone Group are controlling shareholders of Centennial. For more information about Centennial visit www.centennialwireless.com.

About Lawson Software

Lawson Software provides business process software solutions that help services organizations in the healthcare, retail, professional services, public sector, financial services and other strategic markets achieve competitive advantage. Lawson's solutions include enterprise performance management, distribution, financials, human resources, procurement, retail operations, and service process optimization. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., Lawson has offices and affiliates serving North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Additional information about Lawson is available at www.lawson.com.

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