2002

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NTRU Cheryl Delgreco Media Strategies 617-723-4004 delgreco@shore.net

EC-Gate Avi Sharon Golin/Harris International 212-697-9191 asharon@golinharris.com

EC-Gate and NTRU Partner To Deliver Secure Collaborative Commerce Solutions

Alliance Insures Secure Transactions Within the Wireless B2B E-Commerce Market

MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2000--EC-Gate NV, the leading Collaborative Commerce ASP, and NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc, provider of the fastest, most secure public key cryptography solutions, today announced a partnership to develop secure solutions for the emerging collaborative commerce market at the Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) Forum in Miami.

Collaborative commerce, which enables proactive, real-time business transactions, embraces the newest emerging applications of the wireless Internet for the B2B market. EC-Gate is pursuing this latest technology to uncover and synchronize new Internet-based efficiencies at multiple layers within the business process. End-to-end security within this wireless paradigm is critical.

"Collaborative commerce builds new value into the way companies do business," said Ivan Zasarsky, President of EC-Gate. "NTRU is uniquely suited to address and resolve the security issues involved in the use of collaborative commerce. NTRU's small footprint and high speed render it both easy and compelling to embed into the hardware devices that facilitate mobile collaborative commerce, such as WAP Gateways, servers & wireless phones."

"EC-Gate is a recognized leader in the field of collaborative commerce," said Scott Crenshaw, acting CEO of NTRU. "That leadership position is evident in their commitment to providing their customers with solutions that deliver end-to-end security, which is mission critical in mobile commerce. NTRU is pleased to be working in partnership with EC-Gate to deliver fast, secure and reliable solutions for collaborative commerce."

The partnership announcement was made in Miami at the WAP Forum, an industry association that has developed the world standard for wireless information and telephony services on digital mobile phones and other wireless terminals. Handset manufacturers representing 95 percent of the world market across all technologies support and build WAP-enabled devices. Carriers representing more than 100 million subscribers worldwide have joined the WAP Forum. Both NTRU and EC-Gate are WAP Forum members.

About EC-Gate

Established in 1997, EC-Gate is an advanced Application Service Provider, delivering unique e-commerce services for the business-to-business marketplace. With dual headquarters in the Netherlands and Canada, EC-Gate offers a wide array of scalable services through an easy-to-use Internet interface. These services are offered on a subscription basis allowing firms of any size to access premium e-commerce service packages at affordable prices. By offering its services in this way, EC-Gate enables business partners to interact via the web in secure and efficient virtual business communities. EC-Gate forms strategic partnerships with best-of-breed technology suppliers and leading system integrators to ensure successful deployment and implementation of their services. For more information, visit the EC-Gate website at http://www.ecgate.com/.

About NTRU Cryptosystems

NTRU delivers the fastest, most secure public key cryptography solutions to secure communications and content for the next generation of Internet connectivity. Applications include securing wireless data communications, digital music and video distribution, mobile e-commerce and Internet applications. Developed by a team of Brown University mathematics professors, NTRU operates more than 100 times faster than competitive systems such as the RSA (Nasdaq: RSAS) public key cryptography system and ECC from Certicom (Toronto: CIC) at equivalent security levels, and is easily implemented in low-cost hardware devices. Strategic investors include Sony Corporation. For more information, see http://www.ntru.com/ or call us at 888.346.NTRU or 617.948.9138. NTRU is pronounced "En' true." NTRU, FastWTLS, the NTRU logo and the FastWTLS logo are trademarks of NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. Portions of NTRU's system are the subject of pending patent applications in the US and internationally.

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