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Certicom joins Symbian's Platinum Partner Programme
Certicom to Enhance Security Offering for Symbian OS-based Smart Phones
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Dec. 17 /CNW/ - Certicom Corporation (TSX: CIC), a
leading provider of wireless security solutions, today announced they have
joined Symbian's Platinum Partner Programme. Symbian is the leading provider
of operating systems for data-enabled mobile phones.
The world's top 5 handset manufacturers - Motorola, Nokia, Samsung,
Siemens and Sony Ericsson - have all licensed Symbian OS for use in advanced,
feature-rich mobile phone products. In 2001, Symbian OS licensees shipped more
than 80% of all phones shipped worldwide.
By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, Certicom is demonstrating its
strong commitment to the fast-growing Symbian OS ecosystem. This new agreement
will also facilitate in-depth interaction between Certicom's wireless security
experts and Symbian technical teams as new generations of Symbian OS are
developed.
"We are delighted that Certicom has joined Symbian's Platinum Partner
Programme," said Gilles Allain, Vice President, Partnership & Alliances,
Symbian. "As Symbian OS becomes the industry standard platform for delivering
advanced data services, the demand for high performance, user-friendly
security solutions optimized for Symbian OS will continue to grow. As a
recognized leader in the wireless security space, Certicom is ideally placed
to provide these solutions. Through this strategic relationship, Certicom will
bring invaluable security expertise to the Symbian community."
The Symbian Platinum Partner Program defines a new and elite partner
status open only to the community of members who have a technology or
strategic position that is key to the success of mobile computing technology
surrounding Symbian OS. Certicom's products and services are designed to
address the security challenges imposed by a wireless data environment.
movianVPN(TM) from Certicom is an award-winning VPN client that extends
enterprise security to handhelds. It gives mobile users the ability to access
sensitive information with the highest level of security using existing wired
VPN infrastructures. movianVPN is currently available for the Nokia 9210
Communicator series and development for other Symbian devices and platforms is
underway.
"Symbian's role as a driving force for the wireless industry is
internationally recognized," said Ian McKinnon, President and CEO of Certicom.
"As the functionality of smartphones based on the Symbian OS increases,
Certicom is committed to developing security that does not affect performance
and usability so users can securely access information anytime, anyplace.
Through this strategic relationship, Certicom demonstrates its commitment to
the Symbian OS and reinforces its position as the leader in the wireless
security market."
For more information on Certicom wireless security solutions, visit
www.certicom.com. For availability and pricing of movianVPN for Symbian,
contact sales@certicom.com.
About Symbian Platinum Program
Symbian Platinum Program members benefit from a range of Symbian products
and services allowing them to design highly integrated hardware and software
solutions for Symbian OS. The commercial services available to Symbian
Platinum Partners include technical support and joint marketing opportunities.
Symbian Platinum Partners may also get early access to the Symbian OS
Development Kit(TM), which incorporates source code, test code, internal
documentation, kernel and device driver programming interfaces and ROM
building tools. For more information see symbian.com
platnm.html
About Symbian
Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the industry standard operating
system for data-enabled mobile phones. Symbian has licensed Symbian OS to the
world's top handset manufacturers including Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Siemens
and Sony Ericsson. In total, Symbian OS licensees account for more than 80% of
worldwide mobile phone sales.
Symbian's mission is to create a mass market for Symbian OS mobile phones
by enabling Symbian OS licensees to build winning products. Publicly announced
Symbian OS phones include the Sony Ericsson P800 Smartphone, Nokia 7650, 3650
and N-Gage. Currently, there are 20 Symbian OS phones under development
(December 02). For more information, please visit www.symbian.com
About Certicom
Certicom is a leading provider of wireless security solutions, enabling
developers, governments and enterprises to add strong security to their
devices, networks and applications. Designed for constrained devices,
Certicom's patented technologies are unsurpassed in delivering the strongest
cryptography with the smallest impact on performance and usability. Certicom
products are currently licensed to more than 300 customers including Texas
Instruments, Palm, Research In Motion, Cisco Systems, Oracle and Motorola.
Founded in 1985, Certicom is headquartered in Mississauga, ON, Canada, with
offices in Ottawa, ON; Herndon, VA; San Mateo, CA; and London, England. Visit
certicom.com.
Certicom, Security Builder, SSL Plus, Trustpoint, movianVPN, movianCrypt
are trademarks 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 news 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 Canadian securities
regulatory authorities.
Regards
Vaughn |
