CERTICOM TO HOLD FIRST QUARTER FISCAL 2009 CONFERENCE CALL ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

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Mississauga, Ontario, (August 27, 2008) -- Certicom Corp. (TSX: CIC)

First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Earnings Release

September 3, 2008 after market close

Conference Call and Webcast

September 4, 2008, 10 a.m. ET (7 a.m. PT)

Hosted by

Karna Gupta, Chief Executive Officer; 
Hervé Séguin, Chief Financial Officer

Participant Numbers

416-644-3417 or 1-800-733-7571

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#.

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.

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Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking information includes information concerning the Company's future financial performance, business strategy, plans, goals and objectives. When used in such documents, the words "plans", "expects", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates", "will", "believes" or variations of such words and phrases often, but not always, identify forward looking statements. Factors which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things: the ability of the Company to successfully implement its strategic initiatives and whether such strategic initiatives will yield the expected benefits; the ability of the Company to develop, promote and protect its proprietary technology security breaches or defects in the Company's products; competitive conditions in the businesses in which the Company participates; changes in consumer spending; the outcome of legal proceedings as they arise; general economic conditions and normal business uncertainty; consolidation in the Company's industry and by its customers; customer preferences towards product offerings; the risk that customers may cancel their contracts with the Company; reliance on a limited number of customers; demand for ECC-based technology; performance of the Company's management team and the Company's ability to attract and retain skilled employees; operating the Company's business profitably; fluctuations in revenue and foreign currency exchange rates; interest rate fluctuations and other changes in borrowing costs; the ability to develop and maintain strategic relationships; and other factors identified under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form dated July 26, 2007 and filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

While the Company believes that its forecasts and assumptions are reasonable, results or events predicted in this forward-looking information may differ materially from actual results or events. In particular but without limitation, there is no assurance that the Company will achieve all or a portion of the goals outlined in its fiscal 2008 business plan within the time limits specified therein or at all.

For further information, please contact:

Investors and Financial Analysts:
Hervé Séguin
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