Colombian Marketshare Leader Comcel Chooses CGI And LHS To Deliver Customer Care and Billing Solution.

ATLANTA/FRANKFURT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 1999--LHS Group Inc. (Nasdaq:LHSG) (Neuer Markt:LHI) today announced that Comcel Comunicacion Cellular S.A. (COMCEL) of Columbia has licensed LHS' client/server-based customer care and billing system, BSCS, to support COMCEL's TDMA-based wireless service for up to one million subscribers.

COMCEL licensed BSCS to replace its existing customer care and billing system. LHS partner CGI Group Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSE:GIB.A) also signed an agreement with COMCEL to provide an integrated customer care and billing solution utilizing BSCS.

CGI, with support from LHS, will act as the system integrator, responsible for the customization and implementation of BSCS version 5.2 software, to provide COMCEL with a fully integrated customer care and billing solution.

"In our competitive market, applying the most advanced technology is not enough -- COMCEL's principal weapons are quality and service," said Peter H. Burrowes, COMCEL's President and CEO. "The flexibility BSCS delivers will allow COMCEL to respond quickly to customer needs and time-to-market demands."

"The momentum LHS has behind its partnership efforts has helped us generate business very quickly in this important, burgeoning region of the world," said Jean Brassard, CGI's President and COO. "We believe the COMCEL project provides CGI with valuable expertise, positioning us well for additional, similar contracts in Latin America."

"The partnership between LHS and CGI had been in effect for only a few weeks when we began working together on the COMCEL deal last fall," said Per Axelsson, LHS' Senior Vice President, Global Partner Sales. "The completion of this first major deal with CGI is proof positive that our partnerships with major systems integrators generate quick results. We are focused on capturing market share in Latin America, and CGI has been an excellent vehicle toward that end."

About COMCEL

COMCEL is Colombia's largest cellular provider, operating in Colombia's leading political, commercial and financial centers. Founded in 1994, COMCEL has experienced significant subscriber and revenue growth to more than 700,000 subscribers, and has captured 55 percent of the market share in Colombia's eastern region, 54 percent in the western region and 48 percent of the entire country. In March 1998, COMCEL merged with OCCEL, another leading Colombian cellular service provider, when COMCEL's largest shareholder, Bell Canada International, bought 68.4 percent of OCCEL's common stock.

About CGI

CGI is the largest independent information technology consulting firm in Canada and the sixth-largest in North America. It provides end-to-end IT services and business solutions to some 2,000 clients in Canada, the United States and 20 countries around the world. CGI has 8,000 professionals, an annualized revenue-run rate of $1.3 billion and an order backlog totaling approximately $6.7 billion. CGI's shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (GIB), as well as on the Toronto and Montreal exchanges (GIB.A). They are included in the Toronto Stock Exchange's TSE 300 Composite and TSE 200 indexes.

About LHS

LHS is a leading global provider of convergent client/server customer care, billing and customer acquisition software and services for the telecommunications industry. Its over 140 systems are installed in some 70 countries, operating in 13 languages. In addition to its Atlanta headquarters, LHS has major offices in Frankfurt, Germany; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Boston and Miami, USA; and Zurich, Switzerland. LHS is listed with NASDAQ (LHSG) and on the Frankfurt Neuer Markt Exchange (LHI). For more information, visit LHS' web site at www.lhsgroup.com.