VeriSign Selected to Operate Root Directory for EPCglobal Network

Highly Scalable, Secure and Global Network Directory Service will enhance the application of EPC technologies in the Supply Chain

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, January 13, 2004 -- VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of critical infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, announced today it has been selected by EPCglobal, a not-for-profit standards organization, to operate the Object Naming Service or ONS as the root directory for the EPCglobal Network.

The EPCglobal Network is a system that leverages the existing Internet infrastructure to create a low-cost, standards-based set of services for trading partners to use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and the electronic product code (EPC) to capture and share information on items throughout the supply chain. When the EPC is linked to the directory it becomes a tool that enables new ways of doing business.

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