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Partnership With Skype Delivers Secure, Global Broadband Access and Free Phone Calls Over the Internet for Mobile Corporate Users MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GoRemote (NASDAQ:GRIC) today announced a strategic partnership with Skype, the Global Internet Communications Company, that will further the capabilities of remote working for today's professional. Now, IT managers and CIOs can provide their mobile workers and teleworkers with free Skype phone calls to anyone with an Internet connection using GoRemote's secure mobile broadband solutions: GoRemote Mobile Office and GoRemote Teleworker. This agreement stands to accelerate the adoption of free calls over the Internet for mobile workers by combining the capabilities of Skype with the GoRemote Global Network, the world's largest virtual business network. Skype offers superior voice quality, data encryption between users, and allows mobile workers to take their office phone number, voicemail and contact list wherever they travel -- hotel rooms, airports, and partner or customer sites. Skype to Skype calls are free and SkypeOut offers cost-saving for calls to employees, customers and partners using a traditional phoneline or mobile. The partnership enables GoRemote to offer the industry's most comprehensive combination of integrated mobile computing, Internet-based phone calls and security to help workers maintain productivity anywhere in the world. "GoRemote's secure mobile broadband access with Skype calling is a winning combination for mobile workers," said James Bilefield, vice president of business development, Skype. "Mobile workers can save money by using Skype to make free phone calls in the knowledge that the calls are end-to-end encrypted for superior privacy." "Use of the Internet is clearly no longer only about access to data; it has become a global, converged communications network. Skype is driving this convergence by popularizing free Internet phone calls and creating a marketplace for Internet voice services," said Tom Thimot, president and CEO of GoRemote. "By combining GoRemote's global virtual business network solutions with Skype voice services, we are enabling business professionals to be more productive without compromising the security of their networks." GoRemote will bundle Skype's telephony software with the GoRemote Mobile Office client software and will offer Skype as a value-added service for GoRemote Mobile Office and Teleworker customers. This innovative bundle offers customers additional security between communicating hosts and simplified access to the Skype software. Deploying and updating is further simplified through the use of the GoRemote Express deployment utility. The Mobile Office client provides access to the world's largest virtual business network including more than 30,000 wireless broadband access points in 70 countries including approximately 500 airports, 6,100 hotels and 140 convention centers. About Skype Technologies SA Skype, the Global Internet Communications Company(TM), allows people everywhere to make free, unlimited, superior quality voice calls via its award-winning innovative peer-to-peer software for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Pocket PC platforms. Skype is available in 27 languages and is the fastest growing voice communications offering worldwide. Since its launch in August 2003, Skype has been downloaded more than 174 million times in 225 countries and territories. 55 million people are registered to use Skype's free services, with more than 3 million people using Skype simultaneously at any one time. Skype earns revenue through its premium service offerings, and has a growing network of global affiliates, and a community of developers working with the Skype APIs. Skype Technologies SA is headquartered in Luxembourg and has offices in London and Estonia. http://www.skype.com/ About GoRemote GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of secure managed broadband network services, enabling customers to achieve best-of- breed network security and to increase critical business application performance, while reducing capital and operating expenses associated with their network. GoRemote provides a comprehensive portfolio of secure managed broadband network solutions for branch office and retail environments, teleworkers/home offices and mobile workforces. The GoRemote Global Network(TM), after adding the T-Mobile Hotspots, will include more than 60,000 wired and wireless access points in more than 150 countries. More information about GoRemote is available at http://www.goremote.com/ or by calling +1-408-955-1920. NOTE: GoRemote, GoRemote Branch Office, GoRemote Express, GoRemote Global Network, GoRemote Internet Communications, GoRemote Mobile Office, GoRemote Revolution, GoRemote Teleworker, GoRemote Total Security Protection, GoRemote Universal Remote Control, and "For the everywhere enterprise" are trademarks of GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. This news release, including statements by Tom Thimot, may include "forward-looking" statements, including projections about the business of GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc., within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are based on information available to us at the time of the release and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations as a result of numerous factors, including the risks and uncertainties associated with our business that are detailed in our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q on file with the SEC and available through http://www.sec.gov/. DATASOURCE: GoRemote CONTACT: Bethany Sebra of GoRemote, +1-408-965-1127, or Web site: http://www.goremote.com/

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