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LCC Delivers on its Business Tools Strategy with WiView(TM), a Dynamic Web-Based WiMAX Network Dimensioning ToolWASHINGTON --(Business Wire)-- June 28, 2006 -- LCC International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LCCI): -- Tool Delivers Critical Strategic Business Planning Information for Upcoming AWS Auction Strategies. -- Comprehensive Business Analysis Tool Provides Ability to Model and Analyze the Market, Technical, and Financial Implications of Planning a Next Generation WiMAX Network. -- Milestone Reached in Support of the Company's 2006 Business Strategy. LCC International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LCCI), a global leader in wireless voice and data turn-key services, announced today the commercial availability of WiView(TM), a comprehensive business planning and dimensioning tool designed to evaluate and estimate the infrastructure requirements and resulting capital and operational expenditures for designing a WiMAX broadband network. WiView is the first to be commercialized in a series of business planning, optimization, and performance tools designed by LCC's Research and Development group. It is the first dimensioning tool on the market dedicated to analyzing WiMAX technology. WiView's proprietary analysis methodologies and dimensioning tools can be utilized in conjunction with services provided by LCC's team of highly regarded broadband network planning consultants. LCC launched WiView to provide its clients (wireless operators, mobile content companies, equipment manufacturers and financial analysts) a comprehensive business planning and analysis tool to thoroughly understand the economics of delivering WiMAX services. WiView is a powerful tool that supports the required planning and evaluation of critical elements in order to bring emerging data, video and other WiMAX applications and services to market. WiView represents a major innovation in strategic and business planning. This one of a kind tool can assist clients with evaluation of technology, equipment and implementation options for fixed and mobile WiMAX broadband networks. WiView's complex analytical program structure allows for examination of the market dynamics, infrastructure requirements and resulting business case. The tool estimates the network infrastructure required to support specified coverage and capacity requirements and provides for a variety of "what-if" scenarios to help identify key variables in the business plan. Product Features WiView is a web-based tool that dimensions a network for various WiMAX deployment scenarios and also provides business case analysis. It can be used to analyze the dynamics of Fixed or Mobile WiMAX deployments, and can support greenfield and overlay scenarios. Inputs and results are segmented in various morphological areas, such as heavy urban, urban, suburban, and rural. Inputs to the tool are assumptions categorized as marketing (coverage footprint, subscriber counts and usage, etc.), technical (spectrum, channel bandwidth, link-budget, WiMAX-specific inputs, etc.), and financial (CapEx, OpEx, etc.). Results include network components such as site counts, spectrum requirements, CapEx and OpEx-based results, as well as financial information including EBITDA, NPV, etc. WiView can be used to perform advanced sensitivity analysis such as "what-if" deployment scenarios, analyze effects of implementing various subscriber usage models, determine spectrum requirements or check effects of spectrum constraints, calculate the minimum number of sites required, and performs several other types of technical and business analyses. "The WiView business tool represents a key cornerstone for the design, planning and utilization of WiMAX networks and services. WiView also reflects LCC's continued leadership in providing advanced consultation and engineering services related to emerging networks such as WiMAX, UMTS and other broadband technologies. WiView was derived from processes and capabilities developed and intellectual property gained through actual experience in designing, testing and delivering advanced wireless networks on a global basis," said Kenny Young, CMO of LCC. "WiView establishes our re-emergence in the wireless tool market and is one of several comprehensive business planning and end-to-end performance management tools that LCC plans to offer in our portfolio of services that focuses on maximizing end-users experience in conjunction with returns on wireless operator's investment," concludes Young. About LCC International, Inc. LCC International, Inc. is a global leader in voice and data design, deployment and management solutions to the wireless telecommunications industry. The Company has worked with all major access technologies and has participated in the success of some of the largest and most sophisticated wireless systems in the world. Through an integrated set of technical business consulting, training, design, deployment, operations and maintenance services, LCC is unique in its ability to provide comprehensive turnkey services to wireless operators around the world. News and additional information are available at www.lcc.com. Cautionary Note regarding forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Information in this release regarding LCC's expectations, beliefs, and intentions are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include statements about LCC's expected release of product and service offerings or expectations of receiving awards of additional business from current or prospective clients. All forward-looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to LCC as of the date of this release, which may change, and LCC assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statement. These statements are not guarantees. Factors that could cause or contribute to differences from such expectations include, but are not limited to, delays in the development, commercialization or market acceptance of new offerings and other factors that may affect our business are discussed in LCC's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Copyright (C) 2006 LCC International, Inc. All rights reserved. LCC and LCC International are registered trademarks of LCC, International. WiView and 'The knowledge that powers the network' are trademarks of LCC, International. 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