Berens Industries Partners With iPass for Global Internet Roaming.

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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 2000

Berens Industries, Inc. (OTCBB:BEII) announced today an agreement with iPass, Inc., a leading global virtual network provider, to make the iPass Internet Roaming Service available to the ISP division of BEII. The relationship with iPass allows BEII's customers secure, reliable access to the Internet at the cost of a local phone call, through iPass' 6,800+ access points in 150 countries. The iPass service also allows BEII's business customers to use the iPass virtual global network with a virtual private network (VPN) for secure, Internet-based connectivity to their corporate networks.

"iPass is excited to partner with a pioneer like BEII, and is pleased that BEII will deliver the iPass services to its consumer and corporate customers worldwide," said Michael Mansouri, iPass chairman and CEO. "BEII's customers will gain cost-effective and secure Internet access with iPass."

"This is a great opportunity for BEII to expand its global market. Every individual or business will have global roaming access to the Internet at a lower cost through our alliance with iPass," stated Marc Berens, CEO. "Future success on the Internet will be based on companies that can easily and inexpensively combine and drive access to content. For example, if a BEII customer traveling in Asia learns of a local auction about to start, they can use their iPass connection to place a bid at any Streaming Auctions(TM) dealer without waiting to return to their home ISP connection. With local iPass access partners all over the world, a client can instantly access a local provider for the price of a local phone call and consummate any transaction."

John Donato Jr., Executive Vice President and head of the ISP division added, "BEII has been concentrating on establishing relationships for high-speed Internet access in Southeast Asia for several months. We are in discussions with several major Asian companies about bundling this product as an additional feature of Streaming Auctions. Most of the world outside the US pays for their Internet access on a per minute basis. We can significantly lower their costs with iPass while directing them to our content on Streaming Auctions."

The iPass network now includes more than 650 Internet service providers offering iPass services worldwide. As a global virtual network provider, iPass partners with leading telecom operators and Internet service providers to provide multiple, reliable access points to travelers in major business centers around the world.

About Berens Industries, Inc.

Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Artmovement and BEII.Net, Berens Industries is pioneering the development of streaming application servers that are deployable as rent-based solutions hosted and co-marketed by leaders in the Application Service Provider (ASP) industry (e.g,. Navisite and Interliant). Our product lines provide bundled packages of managed servers, global connectivity, scaleable bandwidth, applications, and transactional systems -- everything required of eCommerce. These streaming application servers provide "tenant" licensing for businesses and "landlord" licensing for Web developers and ASP hosts. Our ongoing research and development is being conducted in collaboration with leading ASPs and software developers to deliver streaming application servers that bind relational databases and transactional systems with interactive streaming media.

About iPass:

iPass Inc., is a global virtual network provider giving people secure, reliable access to their corporate networks and the Internet. With more than 6,800 access points in over 150 countries, the iPass network connects users with just a local phone call. Network service providers, such as long-distance and local telephone companies and Internet Service Providers, use our global virtual network to extend their service offerings to areas of the world where they do not have network coverage. iPass is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., and additional information regarding the company can be found at http://www.ipass.com.

This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27a of the Securities Acts of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove correct.