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NEW ORLEANS, CTIA Wireless 2000, Booth #8449, February 28, 2000 – Certicom, a leading provider of mobile e-business security, today announced that NeoPoint, Inc., a market leader in wireless smartphones and information services, has licensed Certicom’s encryption technology for use in its state-of-the-art smart phones. NeoPoint will utilize Certicom’s industry-leading SSL Plus for Embedded Systems to provide advanced security for enabling unique service offerings on the award-winning line of highly acclaimed NeoPoint smart phones.

"Certicom is widely regarded as a trusted leader in wireless encryption technology and was the obvious partner of choice to provide strong advanced security for our smart phones," said William Son, CEO and president of NeoPoint. "The relationship with Certicom paves the way for NeoPoint’s wireless information services to be secured with full-strength yet performance-friendly encryption."

The NeoPoint smartphones are the first feature-rich pocket-friendly handsets to provide an 11-line screen, built-in PDA and wireless Internet and e-mail capabilities in an easy-to-use, small form factor.

Certicom’s technology provides NeoPoint with significant performance advantages. Certicom’s SSL Plus for Embedded Systems was designed from the ground up to meet the performance requirements and constraints of the new class of connected information appliances, such as Palm Computing and Windows CE-based handhelds, wireless devices, and ‘smart’ phones that are connecting to Intranets or the Internet.

"NeoPoint is clearly on the cutting-edge in providing today’s consumer with new age wireless products such as easy-to-use, Web-ready phones," said Rick Dalmazzi, president and CEO of Certicom. "We are extremely pleased to be a vital component in NeoPoint’s product roadmap and our relationship with NeoPoint further positions Certicom as the leading security technology provider for mobile devices."

About NeoPoint
NeoPoint, Inc. is a market leader in developing state-of-the-art smartphones and information services that optimize the way wireless users access the people and information resources essential to them. NeoPoint’s myAladdin.com smart service provides consumers with comprehensive location-based intelligent information, when and where they want it. In addition to its consumer products and information services, the firm’s Systems Engineering group provides sophisticated RF engineering services and analytical tools to leading wireless equipment vendors, carriers and infrastructure manufacturers worldwide. Based in La Jolla, Calif., NeoPoint is a privately held company that also operates offices in Seoul, Korea and San Jose, Calif. For more information, please visit NeoPoint’s Web site at http://www.neopoint.com.

About SSL Plus for Embedded Systems
The SSL Plus toolkit is the most widely deployed and trusted commercial toolkit available for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), the dominant security protocol used in virtually all secure networked applications and products worldwide. SSL Plus for Embedded Systems enables uncompromising security for a wide range of applications on Palm Computing and Windows CE handhelds, set-top boxes, smart phones and other embedded devices that are connected to corporate enterprise, consumer service, and electronic commerce applications. SSL Plus is used by leading companies such as Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Lotus and Intuit to build security into a wide range of applications and products for the Internet, intranets, and corporate networks from traditional Web browsers and servers to home banking products, handheld devices, and legacy mainframes.

About Certicom
Certicom is a leading provider of mobile e-business security technology used to build strong, fast, and efficient security solutions. Major computing and communications companies, such as 3Com/Palm Computing, BellSouth Wireless Data, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola, Pitney Bowes, QUALCOMM and VeriFone, incorporate Certicom’s technology into electronic commerce software, wireless messaging applications, and smart cards. Certicom is a leading source for a complete range of OEM security products and services, including cryptographic toolkits, custom implementations, and security integration services and consulting. Certicom’s worldwide sales and marketing operations are based in Hayward, California, with cryptographic research and product development in Toronto, Canada. Certicom shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CIC." For more information, visit Certicom’s Web site at http://www.certicom.com.

NeoPoint is a trademark of NeoPoint, Inc. Certicom and SSL Plus for Embedded Systems are registered trademarks of Certicom Corp. All other companies and products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to Certicom’s encryption technology. The statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements including among other things, statements regarding Certicom’s expectations, beliefs, intentions, or strategies regarding the future. Our actual results could differ significantly from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of the risks identified in the documents that we file with the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities regulatory authorities from time to time including our current Annual Information Form.

For further information, please contact:

Lorraine Kauffman
Certicom Corp.
(510) 780-5417
lkauffman@certicom.com

Jessica Johannes
Lutchansky Communications for Certicom
(408) 938-9050 x 15
jessica@lcomm.com

Jessica Cardoza
NeopPoint, Inc.
(714) 540-1030
jcardoza@bockpr.com