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LHS Once Again Winner of World BSS Award

Outstanding customer project performance recognized in sector's most prestigious award

Frankfurt/Main – June 09, 2009 – LHS, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC) and a leading provider of telecom billing and customer care systems across the wireless, wireline, and IP telecom markets worldwide, received one of the most prestigious World BSS Awards at the BSS Summit, held June 8-11, in Amsterdam. LHS' powerful installation of BSCS iX Release 2 at UAE telecommunications provider Thuraya won the award in the "Most Effective Customer-Facing Project" category.
“We are very proud and honored that our efforts were recognized on a global level yet again, and would like to thank the panel of expert judges for their choice,” said Parvaiz Ahsan, Managing Director MEA APAC of LHS. “Gaining this award is a highly valued recognition of our diligent efforts in developing and offering outstanding customer care and billing solutions. The 'Most Effective Customer-Facing Project' award highlighted our specific aim of offering our customers efficient solutions that facilitate their everyday operations, make them more competitive, and save them substantial amounts of time and money,“ he concluded.

Convergent billing and customer care solution for 110+ countries served by Thuraya

Through partnerships with leading national telecom and mobile communications companies, Thuraya provides coverage in more than 110 countries across several continents with an estimated reach of 2.3 billion people. Subscribers can access Thuraya's mobile satellite system through service providers, who can either be national GSM network operators or local telecom operators. Thuraya's services complement national GSM networks, allowing subscribers to remain connected to their national mobile networks, and to access Thuraya's system whenever their network is out of reach. Billing and customer care for such a complex operation is very challenging and previously required 64 instances of its legacy billing and customer care system. In July 2008, all of Thuraya's billing operations were migrated to a single instance of BSCS iX Release 2 based in a single database.

"Billing our mobile satellite services is very complex, involving hundreds of markets and SPs, and hundreds of thousands subscribers with different rates, schemes and discounts. Therefore it was imperative for us to install a high-quality, highly flexible and advanced billing system that integrates so many inputs. BSCS iX Release 2 by LHS offers us a highly efficient system that supports our business and marketing plans,” said Mr. Yousuf Al Sayed, CEO of Thuraya.

The IIR's BSS Summit 2009 marked the 16th anniversary of the flagship event in the Telecoms Billing, Customer Care and Revenue Management sector. The event is the essential meeting place for billing and IT professionals in the EMEA region.

About LHS

LHS, part of the Ericsson Group (NASDAQ:ERIC), is a leading independent software vendor (ISV) of billing and customer care systems in the telecom industry. The company's award-winning solutions are used by the world's leading network and virtual operators, to generate and manage consistent revenue streams. LHS Business Support Systems offer full convergence on various levels, supporting the complete range of business models both across the mix of fixed and mobile services, as well as prepaid and postpaid services.

LHS builds innovative systems that enable our customers to introduce new services fast, helping drive revenues up, while keeping operational costs to a minimum.

LHS' headquarters are located in Frankfurt, Germany, with main offices in Brazil, France, Malaysia, and the UAE. LHS Aktiengesellschaft as the Group's Holding company is a public company listed on the Frankfurter Stock Exchange (LHS400).

About Ericsson

Ericsson is the world's leading provider of technology and services to telecom operators. The market leader in 2G and 3G mobile technologies, Ericsson supplies communications services and manages networks that serve more than 195 million subscribers. The company's portfolio comprises mobile and fixed network infrastructure, and broadband and multimedia solutions for operators, enterprises and developers. The Sony Ericsson joint venture provides consumers with feature-rich personal mobile devices.

Ericsson is advancing its vision of ‘communication for all' through innovation, technology, and sustainable business solutions. Working in 175 countries, more than 70,000 employees generated revenue of USD 27.9 billion (SEK 188 billion) in 2007. Founded in 1876 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Ericsson is listed on OMX Nordic Exchange Stockholm and NASDAQ.

For more information, visit www.ericsson.com or www.ericsson.mobi.

About Thuraya

Thuraya based in the UAE offers satellite-based mobile telephone services to nearly one third of the globe. Through partnerships with leading national telecom and mobile communications companies, Thuraya provides coverage in more than 110 countries in Europe, North, Central Africa and large parts Southern Africa, the Middle East, Central and South Asia: with a reach to an estimated 2.3 billion peop

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