Media advisory - Certicom to Hold Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Conference Call on March 6, 2008

MISSISSAUGA, ON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC)

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Third Quarter Fiscal 2008 Release March 5, 2008 after market close
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Call and Webcast March 6, 2008, 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT)
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hosted by Karna Gupta, Chief Executive Officer;
Herve Seguin, Chief Financial Officer
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Participant Numbers 416-644-3423 or 1-800-594-3615
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A question and answer session for analysts and institutional investors will follow management's presentation.

A taped rebroadcast will be available to listeners until 12 a.m. on March 13, 2008. To access the rebroadcast, please dial 416-640-1917 or 1-877-289-8525 and enter the passcode 21263240 followed by the number sign.

About Certicom

Certicom protects the value of content, applications and devices with government-approved security. Adopted by the National Security Agency (NSA) for government communications, Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) provides the most security per bit of any known public-key scheme. As the global leader in ECC, Certicom security offerings are currently licensed to more than 300 customers including General Dynamics, Motorola, Oracle, Research In Motion and Unisys. Founded in 1985, Certicom's corporate offices are in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada with worldwide sales and marketing headquarters in Reston, Virginia and offices in the U.S., Canada, Europe and China. Visit www.certicom.com

Source: Certicom Corp.

CONTACT: Investors and Financial Analysts: Herve Seguin, Chief Financial
Officer, Certicom Corp., (905) 501-3827, hseguin@certicom.com; Media: John
Callahan, Director, Public Relations & Marketing Communications, Certicom
Corp., (703) 234-2357, jcallahan@certicom.com

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