Zi Corporation Extends the Global Reach of its Product Portfolio at 3GSM

Each event can thus be followed without a break from start
to finish. The
company 's turnover was 89 million euros in 2004 and it employs 370 people.
Digita is part of the international TDF Group.22 million fixed subscriptions. associated companies), 8,312,000 fixed telephony customers
(8,943,000 incl.nokia.

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This release may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements,
which are subject to the safe harbour provisions of the United States
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are
cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions
and may differ materially from actual future events or results due to
a variety of factors, including: the growth trends in the input
technology industry; new product development; global economic
conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment;
financial and operating performance of Zi's OEM customers and
variations in their customer demand for products and services; the
ability to successfully acquire businesses and technologies and to
successfully integrate and operate these acquired businesses and
technologies; dependence on the introduction and market acceptance of
new product offerings and standards; rapid technological and market
change; matters affecting Zi Corporation's principal shareholder;
litigation involving patents, intellectual property, and other
matters; the ability to recruit and retain key personnel; Zi
Corporation's ability to manage financial risk; currency fluctuations
and other international factors; potential volatility in operating
results and other factors listed in Zi Corporation's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

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The Translation Station, one of the nation's largest language companies,
has provided translation and interpreter services to many of the Fortune 500
corporations, Top 100 intellectual property and international trade law firms,
and government offices, including, the Department of Defense, NASA, the U.
International Trade Representatives, and The White House.
DVB-H technology allows television channels to be distributed effectively
to users of mobile devices.
Additional information:
Finland 's mobile TV project: http://www.

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Business Editors/Technology Editors

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New Emerging Market Language Support Brings Predictive Text Input
to an Additional One Billion Plus Users

Zi Corporation (Nasdaq:ZICA) (TSX:ZIC), a leading provider of
intelligent interface solutions, announced today that it has expanded
the language coverage of its predictive texting solutions.

Live Mobile TV Broadcasts for the First Time at an International Sporting Event

It is easy for users to view the
channels. Listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange , Elisa has approximately
300,000 shareholders comprising domestic and international institutional
investors plus Finnish households.

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The addition of
seven new languages increases Zi's language portfolio to a total to
48 different language databases.
In a further significant development , Zi has added Arabic-script
Ligature Modules to its predictive text input portfolio. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. Census bureau, at the end of 2002, the U. Full results of the
Finnish mobile TV pilot will be released 30.
At the end of December 2004 TeliaSonera had 15,411,000 mobile customers
(51,359,000 incl.

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language status

For OEMs targeting
complex language markets , these modules can significantly reduce
engineering effort and time-to-market for development and deployment
of devices.
"Zi is committed to not only introducing new languages but also
to enhancing the languages we currently support," said Glen Morgan,
senior vice president of global sales and marketing at Zi
Corporation.S.
The World Championships in Athletics offer an excellent environment to
demonstrate use cases for mobile TV, and specifically how new content can be
produced for mobile TV devices.8. Digita's customers include television and
radio broadcasting companies, as well as mobile and broadband operators.
About TeliaSonera Finland Oyj
TeliaSonera Finland Oyj , the Finnish profit centre of TeliaSonera, offers
products and services under the Sonera brand. TeliaSonera is the leading
telecommunications company in the Nordic and Baltic regions.
About Yleisradio
Yleisradio Oy (YLE) is a media company engaged in public full service
television and radio broadcasting, whose tasks, operation and financing are
defined by law. MTV3 reaches
more people than any other media in Finland.

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The most recent example of this was the announcement of
pre-integration of eZiText into the Series 60 platform. had
33 million people, 11. associated companies) and 2,017 ,000 Internet customers
(2,056,000 incl. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services
for network operators and corporations.

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Zi is also offering a Zi FEP for its eZiText and eZiTap products
to Series 60 licensees.

For media interviews or tours at 3GSM please contact Brian Dolby
with GBCS PR on 07813 833464 or email brian@gbcspr., As the global economy
expands, and as the population of foreign-born-residents living in the U.S. All television channels and special event
channels can be accessed by viewers as live broadcasts cost-effectively
irrespective of the number of recipients . Supplementary interactive features are also easy to use on the same
mobile TV device. Digita's nationwide organisation ensures the high
quality of services 24 hours a day.
About MTV3 and Subtv
MTV3 and Subtv channels are viewed every day by three million people in
Finland.

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These seven new languages, including
Bulgarian, Estonian, Farsi, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian and Urdu,
will be showcased at the Zi stand (E21, Hall 2) at next week's 3GSM
Congress. By comparison, in 1990 , some 20 million people, or 7.08 billion).
About Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and
sustainability of the broader mobility industry.

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"The
financial community is probably the biggest user of the service since
virtually all account information can be retrieved over the phone.S. In addition, mobile TV users will receive the compilation
broadcast for international distribution and five special Championships
broadcasts of individual events (running events, field events, race walking
and the marathon). The pilot, which took
place in the Helsinki capital region, tested the feasibility of watching
television broadcasts using a mobile device. According to the initial pilot
results, mobile TV services proved popular with the participants of the
pilot , as 58% said that they believe that mobile TV services will be popular.
Elisa's revenue for 2004 amounted to EUR 1. YLE is mainly state-owned, and its operation
is principally financed through television fee revenue.
Focusing on active city-dwellers, Nelonen holds a strong position among
viewers and advertisers.nokia.

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Any projections in this release
are based on limited information currently available to Zi
Corporation, which is subject to change. "Now it's not unusual for a client to ask us to input
a dozen or more languages, and many require the more exotic languages, such as
Haitian Creole , Hmong, Farsi, Arabic, Hindi, Armenian, Azerbaijani, and so
on.2005.
Outside the home markets TeliaSonera has extensive interests in the
growth markets in Russia, Turkey and Eurasia.com
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The process of adding new languages to the predictive text input
repertoire is part of Zi's ongoing efforts to meet the growing needs
of handset manufactures as well as technology partners to address new
growth markets around the world with truly localized texting
interfaces .
"When we started the service several years ago, we primarily worked with
Spanish," adds Gilbert .finnishmobiletv.com
About Digita
Digita Oy is the leading Finnish distributor of radio and television
services, and an important developer of data communication networks and
network infrastructure.

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Complex
languages such as Arabic and Farsi are extremely difficult to display
accurately on the small form factor of a mobile phone. These new
Modules will work in unison with Zi's eZiText (R) and eZiTap(TM)
products, ensuring that the display of text adhere to conventional
ligature combination and presentation rules.

Zi, Decuma, eZiTap and eZiText are either trademarks or
registered trademarks of Zi Corporation.

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3. Nokia connects people to
each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and
innovative products like mobile phones , devices and solutions for imaging,
games, media and businesses.

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9 billion (EUR 9.

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The Zi FEP functions within Series 60
applications that require or provision predictive text entry
including messaging (SMS and MMS), Web browsing, calendar, phone
book, notes and others. Although any such
projections and the factors influencing them will likely change,
except to the extent required by law, Zi Corporation will not
necessarily update the information.8% of the population, who were natives of other
countries .2005. At the end of 2004, Elisa's
networks hosted a total of 1. associated companies).

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More than 750 native speakers from 45
different countries were utilized in this latest major upgrade which
consumed more than 100,000 hours of development work. Zi supports its strategic partners
and customers from offices in Asia, Europe and North America.S. The real-time TV programs will be watched on the Nokia 7710
smartphone equipped with a special accessory to receive mobile TV broadcasts. For example, the users can watch the games on
their way to the stadium or anytime they are away from the action.

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The Translation Station, a 13-year old translation and interpretation
company, now offers Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system recordings in any
of 150 foreign languages.
During the World Championships in Athletics, the mobile TV users also
have access to regular YLE TV1, MTV3, Nelonen, CNN, BBC World and Eurosport
TV programs.2005 to 20. Subtv is a cable and digital
channel that is growing fast , reaching 800,000 people in Finland daily in
January 2005. MTV3 is Finland's biggest advertising media in terms of
advertising revenue. Advertisements can be broadcast on MTV3 either
nationwide or focused on up to ten coverage areas.

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As part of the launch of its expanded language portfolio , Zi has
completed a major upgrade on all the languages currently offered
through its predictive text input product range.
About Nelonen
Nelonen is part of Swelcom, SanomaWSOY's electronic media sector.

finnish status

"This works particularly well in fields where non-English-speaking clients
can get most or all of the information they need from an automated system,"
says Jennifer Gilbert, The Translation Station's Marketing Director. The number of
broadband subscriptions is soaring, amounting to 222,307 in the year-end.

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An example is the pre-integration of its products into
all major operating systems and user interface solutions worldwide.zicorp. Such information speaks only as
of the date of this release.
And, second, we offer document translation services between English and any of
150 foreign languages," says Gilbert. YLE (The Finnish Broadcasting Company) will be providing mobile TV
users with a multi-channel package, including a domestic broadcast of the
Championships, which includes both YLE TV1 and YLE TV2's coverage of the
Championships.6.
There were 1. Together they accounted for 38% of TV viewing in 2004.

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All 48 different
language databases are now available in Zi's new version 7 of eZiText
and version 3 of eZiTap software.com) is a technology company that
delivers intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user
experience of wireless and consumer technologies."
The Translation Station supports its clients with two additional language
services .
Familiar TV channels were watched also on a mobile device and the test users
watched between 5 to 30 minutes of mobile TV per day. TeliaSonera is listed on the
Stockholm Exchange and the Helsinki Stock Exchange. The
number of employees was 29,082. YLE's objective is to
guarantee Finns equal opportunities to obtain information, have experiences,
be entertained and to educate and advance themselves.

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Now more
than one billion people in the fast growing mobile markets of Eastern
Europe , the Middle East and India will soon have the ability to send
and receive text messages in their native language. It is a fully developed user interface that
manages the entire text input interface and display of eZiText and
eZiTap on the Series 60 Platform. A
publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is listed on the Nasdaq
National Market (ZICA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC). These
forward -looking statements include, among other things, statements
regarding future events and the future financial performance of Zi
Corporation that involve risks and uncertainties.9% of the
population , had been born abroad.
"First, for those that need to have more in-depth conversations with their
clients we now provide both Over-The-Phone and Onsite Interpretation services. Net sales for
January -December 2004 amounted to SEK 81.

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"All living languages are in a constant state of flux,
with new words being created and existing words changing their
meanings all the time.com

Note to Editors

Full list of languages supported: Arabic, Bulgarian (NEW),
Chinese (PRC, HK + Taiwan), Croatian , Czech, Danish, Dutch, English
(British, Asian + American), Estonian (NEW), Farsi (NEW), Finnish ,
French (European + Canadian), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi,
Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic (NEW), Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Latvian (NEW), Lithuanian (NEW), Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese
(European + Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak,
Slovenian, Spanish (European + Latin American), Swedish, Tagalog,
Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu (NEW), Vietnamese

About Zi Corporation

Zi Corporation (www. The solutions
dramatically improve the usability of mobile phones, PDAs , gaming
devices and set-top boxes-and the applications on them including SMS,
MMS, e-mail and Internet browsing. REDONDO BEACH, Calif."
According to the U.

For more information contact:
Jack Bernstein
310-792-3637
Internet Fax: 509-984-3576
jack@thetranslationstation . The First Results From the Finnish Mobile TV Pilot Positive

ESPOO, Finland, Mobile TV broadcasts
continue in August at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki,
where the guests of the companies behind the Finnish Mobile TV project will
be able to use mobile TV for the first time at an international sporting
event.
About Elisa Oyj
Elisa Oyj is a provider of overall telecommunication services, which
offers versatile voice and data services, connections to the Internet and
content services, telephony solutions, customized communication and ICT
solutions , international communication solutions and network operator
services.38 million mobile phone subscriptions in Elisa's network at the
end of 2004. YLE makes programs in mainly Finnish and Swedish but also in
Sami, Romany and sign language. http://www.

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The company
provides device manufacturers and network operators with a full range
of intuitive and easy-to-use input solutions including: eZiText for
one -touch predictive text entry; eZiTap for intelligent multi-tap
entry, and Decuma for natural handwriting recognition.
increases, businesses, healthcare providers, and government agencies, are
being asked to accommodate the needs of people who speak languages other than
English.

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The first contact with clients is often by telephone, and more and more
businesses, hospitals, and government agencies , are making accommodations in
their telecommunications systems.
Digita, Elisa, MTV, Nelonen , Nokia, Sonera and YLE jointly conducted the
mobile TV pilot in Finland from 8.36 billion, and by the end of
the year the company employed 5,376 people. Watched every week by 74% of the population , Nelonen
is Finland's third-largest advertising media in terms of net sales.com/mobiletv