mobile discovery & advertising solutions, today announced the signing of a contract with the Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer, ZTE Corporation, for the delivery of Decuma™ Chinese and English.

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

With sales of over $5 billion US dollars in 2007, ZTE plays an important role in the international telecom community. It has established strategic cooperation agreements with leading telecom giants such as Portugal Telecom, France Telecom, Alcatel, Ericsson and Nortel in NGN and mobile systems, with Hutchison in 3G, and with Marconi in optical transmission systems. ZTE ships nearly 30 million 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 "We are delighted that ZTE has chosen our handwriting recognition solution in addition to other Zi predictive text products. ZTE has one of the most complete telecommunications product line in the world, covering virtually every vertical sector of the wireline, wireless and terminal markets, which coupled with Zi Corporation's comprehensive product and language base, can certainly address ZTE's global market reach."

Adam Zhang, Director of Research and Development at ZTE Corporation, said "With its independent and creative R&D capability and customer-oriented and market-driven strategy, ZTE is capable of developing and producing market-leading, first-class mobile technologies. We are confident that Zi Corporation's Decuma handwriting recognition solution will enable us to deliver new products with reliable and accurate pen input capabilities, as well as enhance our end users' experience."

About ZTE

Founded in 1985, ZTE Corporation has been listed as an A-Share company on Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 1997. In December 2004, ZTE was successfully listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange in Hong Kong. ZTE recorded contract sales of approximately US$5 billion (RMB 34 trillion) in 2007.

About Zi Corporation

Zi Corporation is a leading provider of discovery and usability solutions for Mobile Search, Input and Advertising. Zi Corporation's suite of award-winning products offers innovative ways for mobile operators to showcase new services and content to their subscribers, while encouraging users to get the most out of their communication devices.

Information Source:     Marketwire