iPass to integrate Arescom High Speed 802.11b Wi-Fi and Ethernet Internet Access at hundreds of hotels

Broadband partnership to be spotlighted at Booth 428 of the Hospitality Industry Technology Exhibition & Conference (HITEC), June 24-26 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans

FREMONT, CALIF. / REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF. — JUNE 23, 2003 — ARESCOM INC. and iPass Inc. have reached an agreement to integrate the high-speed Wi-Fi and Ethernet Internet Access at hundreds of hotels across the ARESCOM Hospitality Network into the iPass Global Broadband Roaming service.

Redwood Shores-based iPass provides remote and mobile employees the ability to access their enterprise networks through any of more than 18,000 access points, including: 16,000 dial-up POPs, 1,500 Wi-Fi hotspots and 500+ Ethernet-enabled venues. iPass integrates networks of more than 200 providers into an enterprise-ready, policy-managed service for safe and simple connectivity in approximately 150 countries.

“ This network roaming agreement gives iPass the ability to integrate into its virtual network the extensive ARESCOM Hospitality Network of broadband Internet-enabled hotels, while providing ARESCOM’s hotel operators with a new corporate service amenity for another competitive edge,” said Dave Egan, ARESCOM Vice President of Marketing.

“ iPass’ new iPassConnectTM 3.0 service interface helps make Wi-Fi connectivity as easy as dial-up for mobile employees needing fast and secure access to their corporate networks," Egan said. “ARESCOM and iPass each are both focused on services for business travelers, including secure wireless high-speed Internet access. This strategic alliance is a ‘win-win’ for both ARESCOM hotel customers and enterprises using the iPass Corporate Access service. Once integration of the ARESOM network into the iPass service is complete, our hotel partners will have another important business service to offer their guests, and iPass customers will have more choices as to where they can use the iPass service.”

“ iPass is focused on building a service for enterprise users, and hotels are one of the most-important venues in our Global Broadband Roaming service," said Jon Russo, vice president of marketing at iPass. "ARESCOM is an important provider of wired and wireless connectivity in the hospitality space. This agreement with ARESOM underscores iPass’ commitment to providing a wide variety of Wi-Fi and Ethernet venue choices for our enterprise customers."

About iPass Inc.
iPass Inc. (www.ipass.com) provides software-enabled enterprise connectivity services designed to give employees secure access to information and applications on the corporate network from approximately 150 countries around the world. As a virtual network operator (VNO), iPass offers enterprise employees a range of Internet protocol-based connectivity technologies, including wired and wireless broadband service at airports, hotels and conference centers worldwide. The iPassConnect™ smart client can be easily deployed across multiple computing devices and operating systems within an enterprise. Once deployed, the iPass service gives the corporate IT department control over how network resources are accessed. Founded in 1996, iPass is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.

About ARESCOM INC.
Founded in the Silicon Valley in 1996, ARESCOM designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of broadband access solutions, ranging from sophisticated turnkey wired and wireless High Speed Internet Access solutions for the growing worldwide hospitality market, to advanced DSL and wireless solutions for homes and small businesses. ARESCOM’s DSL broadband access equipment is widely deployed by hundreds of hotels, as well as major telecommunication carriers, REITs, ISPs and SOHOs throughout the U.S., Asia and Europe. ARESCOM designs and manufactures its own HSIA equipment and installs and supports it 24/7/365 for hotel owner/operators. The ARESCOM Hospitality Network (AHN) currently deploys ARESCOM’s proven plug-and-play wired and secure wireless HSIA — as well as CineMagic Video-on-Demand solutions showing DVD-quality movies on laptops and TV sets with pause, rewind and fast-forward capabilities — in hundreds of hotels across the nation. For more information on the company, please visit www.arescom.com.

This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and similar expressions that reflect ARESCOM's and iPass’ current expectations about future performance, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause the companies’ actual performance to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements.

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