iPass Signs Deal with SAIC

iPASS SIGNS VALUE ADDED RESELLER AGREEMENT WITH SAIC
TO PROVIDE SECURE GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY
TO EMPLOYEES AND CLIENTS

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. � February 2, 2004 � iPass Inc. (Nasdaq: IPAS) and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced a multifaceted agreement in which SAIC will become both a customer and a reseller of iPass� global Corporate Access enterprise connectivity services. SAIC, one of the most recognized companies in security consulting, will deploy the iPass Corporate Access service to more than 20,000 employees around the world. SAIC may also resell the iPass service in conjunction with their own managed service offerings in VPN, personal firewall, anti-virus and authentication. SAIC�s managed service offerings will address the business need of providing a ubiquitous yet highly secure method of accessing corporate information and systems.

�SAIC needed a mobility solution that not only could service our large employee population, but which would work with our existing IT infrastructure,� said Joe Secker, SAIC senior vice president and business manager of the Telecommunications Business Unit. �What we were hoping to find was a service that not only would meet our internal needs, but which would complement our client base as well.�

iPass delivers an enterprise connectivity solution, solving the enterprises� need for fully managed connectivity for mobile employees. �iPass has worked very hard and spent a lot of human resource and capital in building what we have always believed to be the best connectivity service in the market,� said John Thuma, vice president of worldwide sales at iPass. �It is tremendously gratifying to have one of the largest and best known security consulting companies sign this agreement with iPass to help them in servicing their customers.�

About SAIC
SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, transportation and logistics. With annual revenues of $5.9 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries, including Telcordia Technologies, have more than 42,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com.

About iPass
iPass Inc. is a software-enabled virtual network operator (VNO) that provides enterprise connectivity services permitting secure access to information and applications on corporate networks from over 150 countries around the world. iPass has built a global Internet network that comprises over 20,000 access points, including an iPass Global Broadband Roaming (GBR) footprint of over 3,600 Wi-Fi hotspots and 1,300 Ethernet enabled venues at business-oriented locations such as airports, hotels and conference centers worldwide. The award-winning iPassConnect(TM) service interface simplifies the user connection experience and is easily deployed across multiple computing devices and operating systems. iPass service offerings also give enhanced control over security policy and connectivity management to information technology departments at iPass users like General Motors, Dow Corning and Mellon Financial. Founded in 1996, iPass is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information visit www.ipass.com.

NOTE: iPass® is a registered trademark of iPass Inc.
The statements in this press release relating to the benefits to be obtained by using and/or reselling the iPass Corporate Access enterprise connectivity service are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the rate of customer deployment, which if slow would reduce the revenue opportunity for the Company; and changes associated with Corporate Access pricing which if increased could result in a lower take rate for enterprise connectivity services leading to lower demand for the services in question. Further information on potential factors that could affect the financial results of iPass are included in the Company�s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q under the caption �Risk Factors� in �Management�s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations,� filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the �SEC�) on November 13, 2003 and available at the SEC�s website at www.sec.gov. iPass assumes no obligations to update the information in this press release.

Editorial Contacts:
John Sidline
iPass
(650) 232-4112
jsidline@ipass.com

Melissa Burns
The Hoffman Agency
(916) 683-9068
mburns@hoffman.com

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