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Zi Corporation



Zi Corporation to Announce Fourth Quarter and Year End 2007 Results

Company to Host Conference Call on March 25, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern

Calgary, AB, March 18, 2008 - Zi Corporation (TSX:ZIC)(NASDAQ:ZICA), a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, today announced that the company's senior management will discuss Zi Corporation's results of operations for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007 during a conference call scheduled for Tuesday, March 25, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. Eastern (9:30 a.m. MT). The company's financial results for the fourth quarter and year end are scheduled to be released earlier that day.

The conference call will be accessible by telephone at 800-762-8779 (domestic) or 480-248-5081 (international) using conference ID 3859632. Participants are advised to dial-in at least five minutes before the scheduled start time. A replay of the conference call will be accessible two hours after its completion until 11:59pm ET on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 by dialing 800-406-7325 (domestic) or 303-590-3030 (international) using pin number 3859632. A live webcast and 10-day archive of the call can be accessed at zicorp.com.

About Zi Corporation

Zi Corporation (zicorp.com) is a technology company that delivers intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user experience of wireless and consumer technologies. The company provides device manufacturers and network operators with a full range of intuitive and easy-to-use input solutions, including: eZiType™ for keyboard prediction with auto-correction; eZiText™ for predictive text entry; Decuma™ for predictive pen-input handwriting recognition; and Qix™ search and service discovery engine to enhance the user experience and drive service usage and adoption. The Zi product portfolio dramatically improves the usability of mobile phones, PDAs, gaming consoles and television set-top boxes and the applications on them including SMS, MMS, email and Web browsing. Zi supports its strategic partners and customers from offices in Asia, Europe and North America. A publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is listed on Nasdaq (ZICA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC).

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. 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. 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 OEM customers and other Zi customers and variations in their customer demand for products and services, including the Qix product; 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 significant 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. Any projections in this release are based on limited information currently available to Zi Corporation, which is subject to change. 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. Such information speaks only as of the date of this release.

Zi, eZiType, eZiText, Decuma and Qix are registered trademarks of the Zi Group of Companies. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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For Zi Corporation

Milos Djokovic
Chief Executive Officer
investor@zicorp.com
+1 403 233 8875


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