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Gold/Mining/Energy : Certicom Corporation (TSE:CIC, NASD:CERT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Frank Ferrari who wrote (2577)	12/23/1999 11:00:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4913

According to the last conference call, some of the new partners have not yet been announced for competitive reasons (at the request of the licencees). That's good to know as there are so many other names you'd want on the list. Thanks again for sharing this stock. I'll be glad when it's listed on Nasdaq. Pat

To: Frank Ferrari who wrote (2577)	12/27/1999 10:32:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4913

From the recent HSBC report, licensees are: Device Manufacturers: 3Com/Palm Computing Motorola Qualcomm HP Philips, Neon, and MTX (set-top box providers) Software OEMs: BellSouth Wireless Data Pitney Bowes VeriFone 7/24 Solutions Extended Systems AvantGo Yodlee.com Datamaxx Applied Technologies The EDGE Consultants Nettech Systems More important than the above list is the following: While adding their ECC libraries to wireless devices and smart cards represents the most visible opportunity for Certicom, it opens the door for other business opportunities as well. For example, every wireless device carries Certicom's root key. This means that Certicom could act as a Certificate Authority for most wireless devices --- an asset which will far outlast their patents on ECC (it allows Certicom to move into the same area as Verisign --- but on mobile devices). Pat