A good press release but IMO not nearly enough to warrant the accumulation and trading that we've seen in the past 2 days. Stay tuned.
newswire.ca
Certicom's Digital Rights Management and Content Protection Technology Secures Commercial Wireless Data Initiatives
Certicom Solutions Enable Honeywell's Flight Information Service and XM
Satellite Radio to Provide Secure Content Access to Paid Subscribers
HAYWARD, CA, Nov. 20 /CNW/ - Certicom, (Nasdaq: CERT; TSE: CIC), a
leading provider of mobile e-business security, today announced that its
Digital Rights Management (DRM) and content protection security technology and
services are being utilized to secure data transmission in some of the
industry's most innovative wireless applications. Certicom has provided
services and technology to leading applications providers, including the
design of conditional access solutions for Honeywell, Inc. (NYSE: HON) to
deliver its Flight Information Systems Broadcast (FIS-B) Program and for XM
Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: XMSR) to deliver the first U.S. digital satellite
radio service.
"Innovative application developers have turned to Certicom for trusted
security solutions that enable them to deliver subscription services that are
content-protected in a manner transparent to their customers," said Simon
Blake-Wilson, Certicom Director of Business Development and Cryptographer.
"Certicom's leading security solutions are specifically tailored to the
constraints of the wireless environment. The solutions developed with
Honeywell and XM Satellite Radio illustrate the broad potential of wireless
applications beyond wireless phones and computer devices."
Certicom's technology, including its Security Builder(R) and SSL Plus(TM)
software, provides a more efficient alternative to conventional public-key
cryptographic algorithms in many mobile and wireless environments, allowing
for faster processing speed, reduced bandwidth usage and decreased battery
requirements. These advantages make Certicom's security technology
particularly well suited to mobile devices that incorporate less powerful
processors, such as handheld computing devices, Internet-enabled phones and
two-way pagers.
"XM Satellite Radio is transforming radio with the support and
participation of its leading music and news programming partners including
MTV, CNBC, CNN Headline News, CNET, Fox News, ABC News & Talk, USA Today,
Bloomberg, and BBC World Service," said XM Vice President Derek de Bastos.
"Certicom's strong encryption technology is a crucial element of our service
as it protects the integrity of our content and ensures that only
authenticated members have access to it."
In addition to the solutions developed for XM Satellite Radio and
Honeywell, Certicom has also developed solutions for DataPlay and Iomega and
has licensed software to innovative application developers and service
providers including: Digital Island, AvantGo, Slam Dunk Networks, DigitalOwl,
Globetrotter and HotLocker.
Transparent Security for Honeywell Service
Certicom developed a customized encryption, key generation, and security
management solution to enable Honeywell to deliver real-time textual and
graphical weather products over a secure broadcast flight information service.
The Certicom solution ensures reception of paid channels only to legitimate
subscribers and is resistant to hacking and cloning attacks, while delivering
content in a manner that is transparent to legitimate subscribers.
Using Certicom's leading encryption technology, Honeywell's data link
weather services network transmissions, traveling from ground stations across
America, are authenticated and remain secure. Unlimited access to graphical
weather products will be available for a subscription fee.
Securing XM Radio's Digital Radio Service
Certicom technology and services is an integral part of XM Satellite
Radio's recently launched service, which offers up to 100 channels of digital-
quality sound and provides coast-to-coast coverage of music, news, sports,
talk, comedy and children's programming. Certicom's industry-leading
encryption ensures that radio transmissions traveling from XM's two high-
powered satellites to subscribers' radios are authenticated and remain secure.
Additionally, Certicom is providing security components for XM-Ready radios
and for XM Radio's broadcasting center in Washington, DC. XM Radio's state-of-
the-art, all-digital broadcast center generates broadcast signals that are
uplinked to two of the most powerful commercial satellites ever produced,
Boeing B-702s, where signals are transmitted to subscribers.
About Certicom
Certicom is a leading provider of information security software and
services, specializing in solutions for mobile e-business. The company's
products and services are specifically designed to address the challenges
imposed by a wireless data environment. Certicom's solutions incorporate its
efficient encryption technology and are based on industry standards for
information security that utilize public-key cryptography. Certicom's products
are currently licensed to more than 200 customers including Cisco Systems,
Inc., Handspring Inc., Motorola, Inc., Nortel Networks, Openwave Systems,
Inc., Palm, Inc., QUALCOMM, Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Sony International
(Europe) GmbH and Verizon Communications Inc. Certicom's headquarters and
worldwide sales and marketing operations are based in the Silicon Valley in
Hayward. For more information, visit Certicom's Web site at
certicom.com.
About Honeywell
Honeywell is a US$25-billion diversified technology and manufacturing
leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services;
control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products;
power generation systems; specialty chemicals; fibers; plastics; and
electronic and advanced materials. Honeywell employs approximately 120,000
people in 95 countries and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol HON, as well as on the London, Chicago and Pacific stock exchanges. It
is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is
also a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Additional information on
the company is available on the Internet at www.honeywell.com.
About XM Radio
XM, which completed its national launch this month, will transform radio,
an industry that has seen little technological change since FM, almost 40
years ago. XM provides music to soothe the mind and information to fill it.
XM's programming lineup features 100 coast-to-coast digital channels: 71 music
channels, more than 30 of them commercial-free, from hip hop to opera,
classical to country, bluegrass to blues; and 29 channels of sports, talk,
children's and entertainment. XM also brings to the car, for the first time on
radio, the same diverse selection of 24-hour news sources available in the
home on cable and DIRECTV.
XM radios are available at major electronics retailers including Best
Buy, Circuit City, Tweeter, participating RadioShack Dealers and Franchisees,
Crutchfield, Good Guys, CarToys, Audio Express and Sound Advice; and at
independent retailers. Leading manufacturers such as Sony, Alpine and Pioneer
will offer a broad array of XM radios including models that will easily enable
any existing car stereo system to receive XM service (the Pioneer Universal
Receiver and the Sony Plug-and-Play) and over 20 models of new AM/FM/XM
systems offering many other great features. General Motors this month rolled
out factory-installed Delphi-Delco XM radios in Cadillac DeVille and Seville
models, and will expand to more than 20 GM models next year.
XM's strategic investors include America's leading car, radio and
satellite TV companies -- General Motors, American Honda Motor Co. Inc.,
Clear Channel Communications and DIRECTV. For more information, please visit
XM's Web site: www.xmradio.com.
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Certicom, Security Builder and SSL Plus are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of Certicom Corp. All other companies and products listed
herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.
Except for historical information contained herein, this press release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially. Factors that might cause a difference
include, but are not limited to, those relating to the acceptance of mobile
and wireless devices and the continued growth of e-commerce and m-commerce,
the increase of the demand for mutual authentication in m-commerce
transactions, the acceptance of Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology
as an industry standard, the market acceptance of our principal products and
sales of our customer's products, the impact of competitive products and
technologies, the possibility of our products infringing patents and other
intellectual property of fourth parties, and costs of product development.
Certicom will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential
factors that could affect Certicom's financial results is included in the
documents Certicom files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
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