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NORTH ROCK COMMUNICATIONS HOSTS LAUNCH EVENT FOR SECURE MAIL PRODUCT

HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 9, 2006 - North Rock Communications today hosts an official launch event for North Rock Secure Mail. The Honourary Michael Scott, Minister of Telecommunications & E-Commerce for Bermuda, Vicki Coelho, General Manager of North Rock, and Michael Ginsberg, President and CEO of Echoworx will unveil North Rock Secure Mail. The event will include presentations regarding email privacy concerns and demonstrations of North Rock Secure Mail a solution that delivers industry standard encryption such as PKI, S/MIME and X.509, yet can be easily and simply downloaded right to your desktop.

"North Rock recognizes the importance of delivering secure communications in Bermuda, a financial center of major banks and insurance companies," said Michael Ginsberg, President and CEO of Echoworx. "North Rock is well positioned to take advantage of this tremendous market opportunity, recognizing the need for encrypting email messages and attachments to ensure privacy. We are very pleased to be participating in this important event with North Rock and Bermuda's Minister of Telecommunications & E-Commerce, who reinforces the importance of enabling secure communications."

North Rock Secure Mail provides desk-top to desk-top encryption. You do not have to be a North Rock customer to subscribe to Secure Mail. The subscriber simply downloads a small plug-in and a Secure button appears on their email client. To encrypt an email, the user simply clicks the "secure" button and the email and its attachments are encrypted, and can only be decrypted by the intended recipient. You do not have to be a subscriber to North Rock Secure Mail to receive and unlock a Secure Mail message.

About Echoworx

Echoworx is a provider of security solutions for enhancing privacy and trust in electronic communications. Echoworx Secure Mail™ software is designed for enterprises and for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who want to offer a branded encrypted email service to the mass market. Echoworx Secure Mail is based on industry standard PKI and S/MIME technologies for strong encryption and digital signatures, and it is built on the Echoworx Security Services Platform.

About North Rock

North Rock Communications Ltd is a Bermudian Telecommunications Provider offering Wireless Broadband, ADSL, Dialup Internet Service, Local and Long Distance calling, Dedicated Internet Access, Web Hosting, Co-location Facilities, Domain Name Registration, Consulting, Internet Roaming, and Internet Filtering to corporate and residential customers. North Rock focuses on providing innovative products with outstanding service and quality. Visit www.northrock.bm

For further information:

Stefanie Nastou,
Echoworx Corp.
1-416-226-8610
pr@echoworx.com

Ché Barker
North Rock Communications Ltd.
441-540-2700
che@northrock.bm