MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - October 5, 2005 - VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for the Internet and telecommunications networks, will be announcing its third quarter 2005 financial results on Wednesday, October 19, 2005. 

The 3rd quarter earnings press release will be distributed to the wire services at approximately 1:15 pm (PT) and will also be available directly from the company's website at www.verisign.com.

VeriSign will host a live teleconference call on October 19th at 2:00 pm (PT), which will be accessible by direct dial at (800) 946-0782 (US) or (719) 457-2657 (international).  A listen-only live web cast of the Q3 earnings conference call will also be available at www.verisign.com or www.streetevents.com.  A replay of this call will be available at (888) 203-1112 (passcode: 8840049) or (719) 457-0820 (passcode: 8840049 - international) beginning at 5:00 pm (PT) on October 19th and will run through October 26th.

About VeriSign   
VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), operates intelligent infrastructure services that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the world's voice and data networks. Additional news and information about the company is available at www.verisign.com.

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