Media advisory - Certicom to Hold First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Conference Call on September...

Media advisory - Certicom to Hold First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Conference Call on
September 4, 2008

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

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First Quarter Fiscal 2009 September 3 2008
Earnings Release after market close
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Conference Call and Webcast September 4 2008, 10 a.m. ET
(7 a.m. PT)
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Hosted by Karna Gupta, Chief Executive
Officer; Herve Seguin, Chief
Financial Officer
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Participant Numbers 416-644-3417 or 1-800-733-7571
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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 September
11, 2008. To access the rebroadcast, please dial 416-640-1917 or 877-289-8525
and enter the passcode 21276301 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

Certicom, Certicom Security Architecture, Certicom Trust Infrastructure,
Certicom CodeSign, Certicom KeyInject, Security Builder, Security Builder API,
Security Builder BSP, Security Builder Crypto, Security Builder ETS, Security
Builder GSE, Security Builder IPSec, Security Builder NSE, Security Builder
PKI and Security Builder SSL are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Certicom Corp. All other companies and products listed herein are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Information subject to
change.

SOURCE Certicom Corp.

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, www.certicom.com