Company to build on T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile successes with significant news on its innovative search and discovery engine Qix
Zi Corporation, a leading provider of intelligent interface solutions, has announced that it plans a major presence at February’s 3GSM exhibition in Barcelona. Zi Corporation’s booth will be located in Hall 2, Stand C58 at Fira de Barcelona.
The company is expected to unveil the latest version of its innovative search and discovery engine Qix, which will be extended across multiple platforms including Windows Mobile and S60 3rd edition. Qix is an innovative technology that enables rapid discovery of contacts, features, services, and other content on mobile handsets. New developments of the software now include QixLinks, for easy access to internet sites, music and video indexing and added playlist support.
Zi Corporation returns to Barcelona after a year of major breakthroughs with Qix, including the ground-breaking trial with Virgin Mobile, where a sustained 33% increase in Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) was achieved. Since then, Zi signed an agreement with T-Mobile for the deployment of Qix on 25,000 Nokia N70 handsets and other models. T-Mobile is initially offering Qix in the UK, and the global agreement with Zi provides for additional rollouts in other countries covered by T-Mobile.
Zi will be showcasing Qix at 3GSM along with products from its predictive text suite and new developments of its innovative handwriting recognition software Decuma.
Milos Djokovic, President and CEO of Zi Corporation is excited about the breadth of product offering Zi will be bringing to Barcelona:
“Zi returns to Barcelona after a year in which we have, again, enhanced our reputation as being innovators – Qix being a prime example – and moved into exciting new markets, such as gaming. There is much more on its way from Zi and visitors to our stand in Barcelona will get to see the evidence and try the products for themselves as we continue to move forward and support the world’s operators on a wider range of devices and applications.”
In gaming, Zi Corporation announced that it had signed important licensing agreements with Nintendo and Sony Computer Entertainment. Zi’s predictive text input technology, eZiText, has been embedded into Wii, Nintendo’s revolutionary new video games console, and Sony’s Playstation 3.
Milos said, “The global gaming industry has become a worldwide phenomenon and is becoming an important new avenue for the distribution of our products. As such, we will continue to aggressively pursue new gaming customers.”