Former LHS Telekommunikation GmbH & Co. KG, is now a fully integrated part of Ericsson. From 28 January 2011, the Ericsson brand is used for all billing and customer care solutions of the company.
History
LHS, originally founded as LHS Specifications GmbH in 1990 in Dietzenbach, Germany, was established by a team of former IBM group engineers and managers, including Hartmut Lademacher, Dr. Joachim Hertel, and Dr. Rainer Zimmermann. The company name, LHS, stands for Lademacher und Hertel Software. Hartmut Lademacher served as the founding CEO and was instrumental in shaping the company’s early direction and international expansion.
The company entered the market with a self-developed billing and customer care system known as BSCS (Business Support and Control System), designed to serve the rapidly growing mobile telecommunications sector. With the global boom in mobile communications during the 1990s, LHS experienced rapid growth alongside its expanding customer base and industry.
In 1995, all global activities of the company were consolidated under LHS Group Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, marking the start of its emergence as an international player. This move facilitated greater access to international markets and investment.
In 1997, LHS Group Inc. went public with an initial public offering (IPO) on the