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TMNG And inCode Announce Official Opening of the First Independent Wireless Technology Lab

La Jolla, CA April 10, 2002-- The Management Network Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TMNG), a leading provider of management consulting services to the global communications industry, and inCode Telecom Group, Inc., a leading wireless technology consulting services firm, proudly announce the official opening of the first independent next-generation end-to-end wireless development and testing laboratory.

The lab, which has been beta testing a number of mission critical interoperability solutions in an open-architecture environment since its formation last Fall, will hold its opening ceremony on April 12th. The lab will officially welcome members and sponsors who together represent a whos who of wireless communications hardware and software providers. Among those in attendance will also be the labs senior advisory council, which is comprised of C-level executives from many of the worlds leading wireless communications service providers.

Billed as the first independent facility to provide a real-world testing ground for the industrys next generation wireless technologies and applications, the lab was created to help wireless carriers and technology providers solve complex network integration, support and interoperability issues before committing significant capital to new ventures. Network technology vendors, front office and back office software providers, and wireless service providers can come together, in a vendor- and technology-neutral environment, to test and evaluate network element integration, new services and applications such as SMS, MMS, 3G/IP-based services, E911, location based services, telematics, 802.11 wireless LAN, prepaid solutions and BSS/OSS applications.

Included in the opening ceremony activities will be two panel discussions, led by senior management from both companies, which are open to the media and general public. The topics of the two panel discussions will be:
1. Wireless Data Is This the Year (Finally)?
2. Intercarrier SMS Truth or Fiction

There will also be an open house at the lab, in which visitors can participate in a facilities tour, attend demonstrations and meet with management from both TMNG and inCode.

For further information on these and other events surrounding the wireless lab, please contact: Ron Angner at 843.686.6037 for TMNG or Todd Crick at 858.373.4281 for inCode or go to www.incodelab.com.

About inCode Telecom Group

inCode Telecom Group, Inc. is a leading wireless technology consulting firm delivering solutions to global wireless carriers and wireless equipment manufacturers. inCodes advanced wireless solutions portfolio includes: wireless strategy, technology assessment, operational performance assessment, RF planning/engineering, deployment, optimization, vendor selection, telematics, E911, MVNO, G-path migration (3G networks), wireless IP and data engineering. Founded in 1998 and based in La Jolla, CA, inCode has worked for several of the largest US based wireless carriers and infrastructure vendors. The firm also has regional offices in Reston and Dallas. inCode can be reached at 1- or online at incodewireless.com.

About TMNG

The Management Network Group, Inc. (TMNG) is a leading provider of strategy, management, marketing, operational and technology consulting services to the global telecommunications industry. With over 550 consultants worldwide, TMNG serves communications service providers, technology companies and financial services firms. Since the companys inception in 1990, TMNG and its subsidiaries, CSMG, TMNG Marketing, TMNG Technologies and TMNG Europe, have performed services for over 600 clients worldwide. The company is headquartered in Overland Park, KS, and has offices located in Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Houston, London, Madrid, New York, Sacramento, San Francisco, Toronto, Utrecht, and Washington, D.C. TMNG can be reached at 1.888.480.TMNG (8664) or online at http://www.tmng.com.

Statements contained in this release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. In particular, any statements contained herein regarding expectations with respect to future revenues and profitability are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Companys control, which may cause actual results, performance, or achievements to differ materially from those projected or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might affect actual results, performance, or achievements include, among other things, overall economic and business conditions, the demand for the Companys goods and services, and technological advances and competitive factors in the markets in which the Company competes. These risks and uncertainties are described in detail from time to time in TMNGs filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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The Management Network Group, Inc.
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inCode Telecom Group, Inc.
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