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Significant Contract With Leading U.S. Footwear Retailer Shows Strength of Equant and GoRemote Alliance PARIS, France, MILPITAS, Calif. and LEXINGTON, Mass., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Equant and GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRIC) today announced they will deliver a unique Adaptive VPN solution that extends Equant's MPLS-based IP VPN to connect 264 retail stores of The Stride Rite Corporation, a designer and marketer of leading brands of high-quality footwear for children and adults, by using GoRemote's secure managed broadband network services. Stride Rite selected the Equant and GoRemote Advantage Small Office Solution, using GoRemote Branch Office(TM), to connect its retail stores after it determined that the solution offered the highest degree of availability, reliability and security, as well as significant cost savings. This U.S. retail network builds on the existing partnership between Stride Rite and Equant, expanding the already installed Equant MPLS IP VPN in North America and China. Earlier this year, Stride Rite also outsourced to Equant key IT functions, including network security, email filtering and wide area network management services. With the retail network, Stride Rite intends to achieve its goal of greater store productivity and customer service enhancements by connecting its retail stores across the U.S. with its corporate headquarters. The company will run several applications over the managed broadband network, including those from the point-of-sale (POS) system that will enable real-time access to updated inventory and customer information. In addition, the company plans to enhance the customer experience by automating its gift card and customer loyalty systems. All of these enhanced functionalities were not possible with Stride Rite's previous POS system. "Stride Rite conducted a comprehensive evaluation of several private and public network solutions," said Yusef Akyuz, CIO of The Stride Rite Corporation. "The Equant and GoRemote solution not only addresses our service level concerns, but it exceeds expectations as the best solution on the market to meet Stride Rite's retail business needs." Stride Rite Children's Group President Pam Salkovitz, added, "Our customers trust Stride Rite for best fit and service. This solution will result in enhanced services to our loyal customers." "Having real-time access to customer and internal data contributes to the success of retailers," said Sean Connolly, senior vice president at Equant. "Leveraging the alliance between Equant and GoRemote will give The Stride Rite Corporation a competitive advantage by enabling them to better serve their customers and to always be ahead of ongoing shifts in retail business." "When Stride Rite looked to reliably connect its store locations while providing secure access to its corporate networks, they realized that the Equant and GoRemote solution meets those needs, while increasing internal productivity and customer satisfaction," said Tom Thimot, GoRemote president and CEO. "Our solution offers companies such as Stride Rite the reliability and security of a private network with the cost savings structure of the public Internet." Equant and GoRemote Alliance Rapidly Generating Results Last month Equant teamed with GoRemote to complete its existing Small Office Solutions portfolio with Advantage DSL, powered by GoRemote Branch Office(TM), a public Internet backbone IP VPN solution. By combining their robust broadband performance, cost-effective IP VPN technology and proactive network monitoring services, the Equant and GoRemote alliance provides companies with a complete, fully managed IP VPN solution for connecting dispersed branch offices and retail locations to corporate data centers and networks. About Advantage Small Office Solution The Advantage Small Office Solution is aimed at smaller offices such as retail outlets with up to five users, has full helpdesk back up and can replace dial-up and VSAT connections with a higher speed, always-on and fixed- cost solution. A key benefit of Small Office Solutions is the fully inclusive package that bundles the router, the access and IP bandwidth together. About The Stride Rite Corporation The Stride Rite Corporation (NYSE:SRR) markets the leading brand of high quality children's shoes in the United States. Other footwear products for children and adults are marketed by the company under well-known brand names, including Keds(R), Sperry Top-Sider(R), Tommy Hilfiger(R), Grasshoppers(R), and Munchkin(R). Information about the company is available on our Web site -- http://www.strideritecorp.com/. Information about the company's brands and product lines is available at http://www.striderite.com/, http://www.keds.com/ and http://www.sperrytopsider.com/. About Equant Equant is a recognized industry leader in global communications services for multinational businesses. Equant combines its network expertise with its expanded services capabilities to provide global, integrated and customized communication services to enable its customers' key business processes. Equant serves thousands of the world's top companies, with the industry's most extensive portfolio of communications services and network solutions, including the market-leading IP VPN used by nearly 1,300 global businesses. Equant, a subsidiary of France Telecom, consistently leads industry surveys in corporate user satisfaction. About GoRemote GoRemote Internet Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:GRIC) 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) includes more than 45,000 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 Internet Communications, Inc. CONTACT: media, Global and Europe, Frederic Gielec, +33 1 46 46 2189, or , or North and Latin America, Elizabeth Mayeri, +1-212-251-2086, or , or Asia Pacific, Lydia Tan, +65 6335 6885, or , or Online Pressroom, http://www.equant.com/press, all of Equant; or Bethany Sebra of GoRemote, +1-408-965-1127, or ; or investors, Isabelle Guibert, Equant Investor Relations, +33 1 46 46 99 53, or Web site: http://www.goremote.com/ http://www.striderite.com/

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