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Zi Corporation Signs New Licensee for its Text Input Technologies
Zi's eZiTap™ and eZiText™ Solutions to be Included in Reference Design Platforms
SAN FRANCISCO, October 31, 2002 - Zi Corporation (NASDAQ: ZICA) (TSX: ZIC), a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, today announced that Ericsson Mobile Platforms has signed promotion and limited use license agreements for Zi's truly predictive text input solutions, eZiTap and eZiText, for use as reference applications in conjunction with its mobile platforms. With this agreement, Ericsson Mobile Platforms, the leading supplier of complete reference designs for mobile phones, will now offer pre-integrated eZiTap and eZiText implementations in a wide range of platform solutions. Ericsson Mobile Platforms offers one of the fastest routes for manufacturers to launch new General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Third Generation Mobile System (3G) products with limited research and development (R&D), and other resources, allowing manufacturers to focus on areas of product differentiation, including applications, industrial design, distribution and branding.
"In addition to our existing world-wide licensing agreements with Sony Ericsson, this new agreement with Ericsson Mobile Platforms deepens our business relationship with this leading wireless innovator and is a valuable addition to our channel program," said Gary Mendel, vice president, sales and marketing, Zi Corporation. "Through this new relationship, manufacturers will be delivered tightly integrated solutions that allow them to reduce engineering efforts, achieve rapid product deployment and launch devices with the speed benefits of predictive text entry."
Incorporating eZiTap and eZiText into mobile devices enables consumer electronic manufacturers (OEMs and ODMs) and telecom carriers to provide consumers with richer, more personalized text input experiences. eZiTap is a unique combination of multi-tap, prediction and learning functions that enables the dynamic creation of vocabulary. eZiText provides faster and more efficient text messaging through truly predictive one touch entry and word completion, coupled with the ability to learn from a person's usage patterns and behavior.
Ericsson Mobile Platforms offers manufacturers a high-speed, limited-risk route to launching new GPRS or 3G devices without having to devote significant R&D and other resources, allowing manufacturers to focus on product differentiation in areas such as applications, industrial design, distribution and branding - getting advanced products to market quicker.
About Zi Corporation
Zi Corporation (www.zicorp.com) is a market-driven technology company delivering intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user experience of wireless and consumer technologies. The company's core technology products, eZiTap and eZiText, connect people to 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).
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Zi Corporation Media Inquiries: FitzGerald Communications Cherity Morrison Phone: (415) 986-9500 ex. 262 E-mail: cmorrison@fitzgerald.com |
Zi Corporation Investor Inquiries: Zi Corporation Dale Kearns, CFO Phone: (403) 233-8875 E-mail: investor@zicorp.com |