Zi Corporation Signs Decuma License With ZTE

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Zi Corporation Signs Decuma License With ZTE
Chinese Giant to add Decuma to their existing Zi product base
CALGARY, ALBERTA - Zi Corporation (TSX:ZIC)(NASDAQ:ZICA) (the"Company" or "Zi"), a leading innovator ofmobile discovery & advertising solutions, today announced thesigning of a contract with the Chinese telecommunications equipmentmanufacturer, ZTE Corporation (SSE:ZTE)(SEHK:ZTE), for the deliveryof DecumaTM Chinese and English.

Zi is to receive royalties for units of products shipped using theDecuma software under this deal.

With sales of over $5 billion US dollars in 2007, ZTE plays animportant role in the international telecom community. It hasestablished strategic cooperation agreements with leading telecomgiants such as Portugal Telecom, France Telecom, Alcatel, Ericssonand Nortel in NGN and mobile systems, with Hutchison in 3G, andwith Marconi in optical transmission systems. ZTE ships nearly 30million handset units (including mobile phones, data cards, modems,fixed wireless terminals (FWT's), among others) per year.

Milos Djokovic, President and CEO of Zi Corporation, said "Weare delighted that ZTE has chosen our handwriting recognitionsolution in addition to other Zi predictive text products. ZTE hasone of the most complete telecommunications product line in theworld, covering virtually every vertical sector of the wireline,wireless and terminal markets, which coupled with Zi Corporation'scomprehensive product and language base, can certainly addressZTE's global market reach."

Adam Zhang, Director of Research and Development at ZTECorporation, said "With its independent and creative R&Dcapability and customer-oriented and market-driven strategy, ZTE iscapable of developing and producing market-leading, first-classmobile technologies. We are confident that Zi Corporation's Decumahandwriting recognition solution will enable us to deliver newproducts with reliable and accurate pen input capabilities, as wellas enhance our end users' experience."

About ZTE
Founded in 1985, ZTE Corporation has been listed as an A-Sharecompany on Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 1997. In December 2004,ZTE was successfully listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchangein Hong Kong. ZTE recorded contract sales of approximately USD 5billion (RMB 34 trillion) in 2007. For more information, pleasevisit http://wwwen.zte.com.cn .

About Zi Corporation
Zi Corporation is a leading provider of discovery and usabilitysolutions for Mobile Search, Input and Advertising. ZiCorporation's suite of award-winning products offers innovativeways for mobile operators to showcase new services and content totheir subscribers, while encouraging users to get the most out oftheir communication devices. Increased device usage can help mobileoperators drive additional revenues and lead to improved customerretention.

Zi products are featured on more than 1000 handset models andimplemented across most technology platforms in the market today.

Zi is a software company committed exclusively to evolving itsinnovative product family in support of its licensees worldwide. Apublicly traded company, Zi Corporation is listed on NASDAQ (ZICA)and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC). For more information, pleasevisit www.zicorp.com .
Posted On: 2008-07-10, 1:15 pm
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