GRIC Solution Chosen to Help 5,000 AMS Workers to be Productive When Away From the Office

MILPITAS, Calif., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GRIC Communications (NASDAQ:GRIC) , a leading provider of Internet-based mobile office communications solutions today announced that American Management Systems, Incorporated (AMS), a leading global business and IT consulting firm, has selected GRIC MobileOffice(TM) to help keep its 5,000 mobile professionals more productive when they're working away from their offices.

The GRIC MobileOffice brings together the network resources, access methods and devices, critical productivity and security applications that AMS needs to keep its mobile workforce productive and their critical data safe.

An important consideration for AMS is the coverage provided by the GRIC TierOne network of more than 25,000 wired and wireless access points in more than 150 countries. With the deployment of GRIC MobileOffice, AMS also adds access to its global workforce through GRIC's nearly 500 wired Ethernet access locations.

"The GRIC MobileOffice helps our consultants remain as productive as possible while away from the office by assuring they have reliable, secure, high-speed and dial-up connections whenever and wherever they need it," said Don Hirsch, Vice President, AMS. "We are especially impressed with the scope and coverage provided by GRIC's network which provides our employees coverage in places they need it most -- airports, hotels and convention centers throughout the world."

"Providing a mobile workforce with secure and reliable access through many access methods such as dial-up, broadband, and Wi-Fi -- has become a critical requirement for doing business," said GRIC President and CEO Bharat Dave. "The GRIC MobileOffice will provide AMS with cost effective, easy to use, secure connectivity package they need anytime, anywhere in the world. GRIC's extensive and high-reliability network and easy, universal user interface continues to deliver significant value to companies who rely on mobile/ remote workers."

About GRIC Communications, Inc.

GRIC Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of Internet-based mobile office communications solutions for enterprise customers. GRIC's MobileOffice solution delivers -- reliably and securely -- to business individuals, who are traveling or working remotely, the same set of services they have access to when they are working in a central office, thus allowing them to work productively and efficiently wherever they happen to be. The GRIC TierOne Network(TM) of more than 300 top-tier service providers provides end users remote Internet access through more than 25,000 wired and wireless access points in more than 150 countries. A member of the Wi-Fi Alliance, GRIC continues to pioneer roaming and remote Internet access via Wi-Fi and other broadband solutions. Its broadband network now includes nearly 1,500 Wi-Fi and wired Ethernet access locations in 14 countries worldwide, including 68 airport locations, seven convention centers and 485 hotels. To learn more about GRIC, please visit our website at http://www.gric.com.

This news release may include "forward-looking" statements, including projections about the business of GRIC Communications, Inc., within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. For example, statements in the future tense are forward-looking statements. 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 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 unforeseen issues as AMS implements the GRIC service, as well as the emergence of competing secure access technologies, protocols and delivery platforms. These and other risks and uncertainties associated with our business 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.

Source: GRIC Communications CONTACT: Richard Rossi of GRIC Communications, +1-408-965-1144, or rrossi@gric.com Web site: http://www.gric.com/