EXHIBIT 99.2


       Press Release regarding acquisition of American Teleconferencing 
                      Services, Ltd. dated April 23, 1998

 
                                                                   Exhibit  99.2


           [LETTERHEAD OF PREMIERE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. APPEARS HERE]

                                                           CONTACT:

                                                           Marcia H. Scott
                                                           Premiere Technologies
                                                           404-262-8462
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                                                           Trisha L. Harris
                                                           ATS
                                                           913-661-0700

                      PREMIERE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. ACQUIRES
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                   AMERICAN TELECONFERENCING SERVICES, LTD.
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      Move Forwards Premiere's Plan of Becoming World's Dominant Provider
      of Enhanced Communications Services Through Internet and Telephone


     ATLANTA, April 23, 1998... Premiere Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: PTEK; 
www.premtck.com) today announced its acquisition of Kansas City-based American 
Teleconferencing Services, Ltd. (R)(ATS(R), www. atsgroup.com), a leading 
provider of high quality conference call and group communications services. The 
acquisition accelerates Premiere's strategy to become the world's leading 
provider and integrator of enhanced communications services through both the 
Internet and the telephone.

     ATS Chairman, CEO and founder Robert A. Cowan will serve as chairman of the
wholly-owned subsidiary and President Roy. F Cammarano will assume the post of 
president and chief operating officer. The acquisition is valued at 
approximately $58 million including the assumption of debt.

     "We are in the process of building a company that will be the 
one-stop-shopping `megastore' for integrated communication services," said
Premiere Chairman and CEO Boland T. Jones. "ATS brings Premiere not only its
leadership position in conference calling and group communication services, but 
also another blue chip client list of Fortune 100 corporations as potential new 
users of Premiere's entire integrated service offering. The acquisition of ATS 
will enable our company to offer the most extensive single-source enhanced
communications menu available anywhere in the world through two powerful
mediums."

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Premiere Acquires ATS - add one

     ATS, founded in 1984, handles conference calls events for groups ranging in
size from three to more than 1,000 participants for clients who include IBM,
Procter & Gamble, Hewlett Packard, Novell, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation,
Merrill Lynch, Paine Webber, Charles Schwab & Company, Silicon Graphics, the
NCAA and The Gap.

     The company operates primarily from its corporate headquarters and 
operation centers in Overland Park, Kansas and Colorado Springs, Colorado.

     "A merger with Premiere is a great opportunity for ATS and our clients," 
said Cowan. "Adding our conference call and group communications services to the
multi-media Premiere mix will result in an unprecedented service offering 
available through global connectivity. We subscribe to Premiere's theory that 
companies that are leaders on their own can be even better when combined."

     In February of this year, Premiere completed the acquisition of New 
Jersey-based Xpedite Systems, Inc., the leading provider of Internet enabled fax
and document distribution services. In 1997, the company acquired Atlanta-based 
VoiceCom, Inc., a provider of voice messaging and telecommunications 
outsourcing solutions to large corporations, government entities and mobile 
professionals. Also in 1997, the company acquires VoiceTel, operator of the 
world's largest private digital voice and data messaging network.

     "The ATS acquisition is consistent with Premiere's strategy to be the 
leading provider in each of our five service areas," said Jones. "Our ability to
complete as an integrated communications powerhouse is significantly bolstered
with the addition of multi-media conference calling."

     Atlanta-based Premiere is a leading provider of the enhanced communications
services that business professionals rely on every day. The company does this 
by integrating the Internet and telephone with voice mail, fax, e-mail, 
conference calling and mobile communications.


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     Premiere is the first single-source provider and integrator of all these 
communications services. The company now employs more than 2,200 communications 
professionals around the world.

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Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning historical 
information, should be considered forward-looking and subject to various risks
and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are made based on
management's belief as well as assumptions made by, and information currently
available to, management pursuant to the 'safe harbor' provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Premiere's actual results may differ 
materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a
result of a variety of factors, including those identified in Premiere's Annual 
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, and its 
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission.