Three New License Agreements Broaden eZiText® Availability in Booming Chinese Market

CALGARY, AB  - Zi Corporation (NASDAQ: ZICA) (TSX: ZIC), a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, has strengthened its position in the booming Chinese wireless handset market with three more licensing agreements for its user-friendly eZiText® predictive text input technology. The three new Asian eZiText licensees, AnyDATA Mobile Communication Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Unirise Communication Co., Ltd., and Ya Hsin Industrial Co., Ltd., are all fast-growing original design manufacturers (ODMs), the first based in China, the other two in Taiwan. All three are initially planning to launch eZiText-powered phones in China that, according to the China Ministry of Information, is the world's largest and fastest growing wireless market with the number of wireless subscribers in use reaching 315 million through August 2004.

Under the terms of these new Asian agreements each ODM has licensed Zi's eZiText technology for Simplified and Traditional Chinese, English and a variety of other languages. To date, Zi has over 100 licensing agreements with original design and equipment manufacturers worldwide. The three new licensees are expected to begin deliveries of eZiText product in 2005.

Noting the recent Chinese Ministry of Information Industry (MII) forecast that the number of Chinese mobile phone users would reach 350 million in 2005, Zi Corporation senior vice president of global sales and marketing Glen Morgan said "Asia in general, and China in particular, are of tremendous strategic importance to Zi Corporation. The current growth of wireless handset sales and service uptake in these markets is unprecedented. Lower cost, faster time to market and other efficiencies mean that the ODM channel is rapidly expanding and capturing a bigger slice of the manufacturing business. These new agreements only reinforce our leadership in this very dynamic Chinese market."

"These new licensees selected Zi because of the easy to use features built into eZiText, the quality of our technology and the local support we provide to our customers. The selection of Zi underscores our belief that manufacturers focused on the Chinese market prefer eZiText for Chinese text input" added Morgan.

About AnyDATA

AnyDATA Mobile Communication Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a Chinese subsidiary of US-headquartered company, AnyDATA Co., Ltd. A Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) handset producer, AnyDATA Mobile has licensed eZiText with the following language databases: Chinese (both Simplified and Traditional), English, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. Initial product roll out with eZiText will be for the Chinese market, with expansion into the other markets following.

About Unirise

Unirise Communication Co., Ltd. is a Global System for Mobile (GSM) handset ODM. Unirise has licensed eZiText with Chinese (both Simplified and Traditional) and English language databases. It plans products for Chinese market.

About Ya Hsin

Ya Hsin Industrial Co., Ltd. is another GSM manufacturer. It has licensed eZiText with Chinese (both Simplified and Traditional) and English language databases, and an additional five languages.

About eZiText

Zi's user-friendly text input system, eZiText, enables consumer electronic manufacturers and telecom carriers to provide end users with richer, more personalized text input experiences. eZiText provides faster and more efficient text entry through truly predictive one-touch entry and word completion, coupled with the ability to learn from a person's usage patterns and behavior. eZiText is available in and supports over 41 unique language databases.

About Zi Corporation

www.zicorp.com) is a technology company that delivers intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user experience of wireless and consumer technologies. The company's intelligent predictive text interfaces, eZiTap™ and eZiText, allow users to personalize the device and simplify text entry providing consumers with easy interaction for short messaging, e-mail, e-commerce, Web browsing and similar applications in almost any written language. Zi supports its strategic partners and customers from offices in Asia, Europe and North America. A publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is listed on the Nasdaq National Market (ZICA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC).