LHS Group Signs Global Agreement With AirTouch International and Contracts with AirTouch Ventures for GlobalStar Customer Care and Billing Solution.

ATLANTA/FRANKFURT--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 1999--

LHS Group Inc. (Nasdaq:LHSG)(Neuer Markt:LHI) today announced the signing of a global strategic supplier agreement with AirTouch International (ATI), covering the exchange of technical and marketing information relating to LHS' products and services and ATI's ventures worldwide.

At the same time, the company announced that it has entered into agreements with ATI global venture partners AirTouch Satellite Services U.S., Inc. (ATSS), AirTouch Satellite Services Loral Canada Company (ALCC), and Globalstar de Mexico, for the licensing, customization and implementation of LHS' Business Support and Control System (BSCS) and Web Service Center software.

ATI is a subsidiary of AirTouch Communications, Inc. (NYSE: ATI), the largest wireless company in the world based on the 44 million customers served by its global ventures. ATSS, ALCC, and Globalstar de Mexico hold rights to provide Globalstar satellite communication services in the United States, Canada and Mexico, respectively.

As part of the global supplier agreement, ATI ventures will benefit from volume purchasing terms for LHS' BSCS software. BSCS is LHS' flagship client/server-based customer care and billing system. BSCS is already licensed to ATI ventures Click GSM in Egypt and RPG Cellular in India, in addition to ATSS, ALCC and Globalstar de Mexico.

"We are pleased to be able to deepen our relationship with LHS, one of the leading global customer care and billing providers," said Vern Tyerman, vice president International Operations, AirTouch International. "We believe this agreement will provide significant benefit to our ventures by allowing them more insight and influence into the LHS product set."

"This agreement allows LHS to assist AirTouch in their efforts to further develop their presence worldwide," said Per Axelsson, LHS senior vice president, global partner sales. "At the same time, it provides LHS with a tremendous opportunity to participate in the future growth of AirTouch operations."

For the ATSS, ALCC, and Globalstar de Mexico implementations, LHS and partner Logica will combine their customer care and billing expertise to provide a fully integrated billing solution. The Logica and LHS team will integrate and test all components of the systems, manage the implementations through systems launch, and provide ongoing maintenance and support.

About AirTouch International

AirTouch International is a subsidiary of AirTouch Communications, Inc. (NYSE: ATI), the largest wireless company in the world based on the 44 million customers served by its global ventures. AirTouch has 19 million proportionate customers based on its ownership share in cellular, paging, and PCS in the United States, Belgium, Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Korea, Spain and Sweden. It also has an interest in the Globalstar satellite short text messaging, voice mail, data (such as Internet e-mail), and fax services. A small, handheld, multimode phone will operate on both 800 MHz analog and digital (CDMA) cellular systems, as well as the Globalstar satellite system when outside cellular coverage. For more information, visit AirTouch's website at www.airtouch.com.

About Globalstar

Globalstar, led by founding partner Loral Space & Communications, is a partnership of the world's leading telecommunications service providers and equipment manufacturers, including Qualcomm Incorporated, AirTouch Communications, Alcatel, Alenia, China Telecom (HK), DACOM, DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, Elsacom (a Finmeccanica Company), France Telecom, Hyundai, Space Systems/Loral and Vodafone. For more information visit Globalstar's web site at www.globalstar.com.

About LHS

LHS is a leading global provider of convergent client/server modular customer care and billing software and services for the telecommunications industry. Its over 140 systems are installed in more than 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.