Netrust and Frontline Solutions to Market Entrust Solutions

Plano, TX and Singapore - Entrust Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU), a global leader in solutions that bring trust to e-business, today announced plans to establish a local presence in Singapore to better serve and support customers in the South East Asian markets. Recognizing the importance of the region as a hub of e-commerce growth, Entrust plans to directly invest in Singapore to create an infrastructure to expand business throughout South East Asia.

As part of its plans to grow these markets, Entrust has formed two new relationships with leading Singapore e-commerce and security solutions providers, Frontline Solutions Pte Ltd and Netrust Pte Ltd. The announcement of these relationships is part of Entrust's plans to further invest and increase its presence in South East Asia in response to the increased demand for Entrust e-business infrastructure solutions in the Asia Pacific markets.

"Singapore represents exciting growth opportunities for Entrust Technologies and we are happy to meet the challenge," said Mr Rick Spurr, executive vice president of global sales and services, Entrust Technologies. "We are particularly pleased that Frontline Solutions and Netrust are working with us to help our Singapore-based customers create trusted e-business environments in order to prosper in the new economy."

Under the terms of the agreements, Frontline Solutions has been appointed as a distributor of Entrust's getAccess authorization solution to a select customer in Singapore, and Netrust, has been appointed a distributor of Entrust's public-key infrastructure (PKI) solutions in the South East Asia region. By teaming with these two strong local players in the market, Entrust immediately benefits from their combined knowledge of local language, culture, and market conditions. Frontline and Netrust will implement and provide support to Entrust customers in the region.

"We seek to enable companies to engage in e-business swiftly and with increased competitive advantage," said Mr Chua Ah Leng, chief executive officer of Frontline Solutions. "Entrust products and solutions are key to our customers' success in the ever-changing Internet environment. We are proud to have been selected by Entrust as a distributor of their getAccess authorization solution in the ASEAN region."

"Netrust is pleased to extend its relationship with Entrust Technologies. As a leading Certification Authority (CA) in Asia, we have a comprehensive understanding of the security requirements our customers face and the need to enhance trust and security in e-business transactions," said Mr Foo Jong Ai, chief executive officer of Netrust. "By using Entrust's PKI-based trust solutions, we are able to offer our customers the most comprehensive and scalable security available," he added.