The technology developed by aquaMobile has achieved great international recognition. A long list of awards in Europe (France, Sweden, United Kingdom and Spain), the Global Top 100 Red Herring award given to U.S. companies like Google, eBay or Yahoo.

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CLIC2C® Awarded Red Herring Top 100 Global
aquaMobile announced that it has been awarded as one of the Red Herring Top 100 Global Companies. Red Herring Top 100 Global Companies are chosen from winners and finalists of the previous North America, Europe and Asia Red Herring Top 100 Companies. Winning and finalist companies from the previous three years were eligible for this outstanding award.

Out of 1,800 successful and highly eligible companies, the Red Herring editorial team deployed a detailed process to drill-down the best companies first to 200 finalists, then to the top 100 winners of this global award. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. The announcement of the winners was made at the Red Herring 100 Global taking place in San Diego from January 14-16, 2009.

Present among the finalists were elite executives and venture capital leaders from around the world. "We were so pleased to announce aquaMobile as a Red Herring Top 100 Global Company", commented Red Herring publisher Alex Vieux. "aquaMobile has proven to be a company excelling in their industry and its ripples have turned into waves. It was difficult for us to narrow down, but we are pleased to have included aquaMobile in our list of promising companies. We look forward to the changes it makes to its industry in the future."
CLIC2C®, nominated for the 'London Mobile Search Award"
CLIC2C® and aquaMobile, the Spanish mobile solutions company is one of the nominees for the 'Best mobile search company of the year' at the "London Mobile Search Awards". Also, aquaMobile's most relevant product: CLIC2C®, will compete for 'Best technological innovation award' within the category of Software. 'Mobile Search Awards' recognize those companies and technologies that have been a breakthrough or have presented a major innovation in search applications in mobile environments. At the awards ceremony three companies in each category will receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze award.

'The search in mobile, due to the proliferation of browsers for such devices, has grown dramatically over the past two years and shows no sign of stagnation. In 2011, the search on mobile devices will mean $ 715 million, a 15 per cent of the mobile advertising market, which will amount to 4,700 million dollars. Depending on the source, forecasts range from $ 1,500 million in 2008 to about 11,000 million in 2011. [Four other companies were nominated with CLIC2C® to the 'Search and Discovery Award']
aquaMobile and CLIC2C®, nominated for the 'Mobile Search Award
aquaMobile, the Spanish mobile solutions company is one of the nominees for the 'Best mobile search company of the year' at the "Mobile Search Awards", which will take place in London next September 16th. Also, aquaMobile's most relevant product: CLIC2C®, will compete for 'Best technological innovation award' within the category of Software.

'Mobile Search Awards' recognize those companies and technologies that have been a breakthrough or have presented a major innovation in search applications in mobile environments. At the awards ceremony three companies in each category will receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze award.

The search in mobile, due to the proliferation of browsers for such devices, has grown dramatically over the past two years and shows no sign of stagnation. In 2011, the search on mobile devices will mean $ 715 million, a 15 per cent of the mobile advertising market, which will amount to 4,700 million dollars. Depending on the source, forecasts range from $ 1,500 million in 2008 to about 11,000 million in 2011.
CLIC2C® finalist of the 'Meffys' mobile entertainment awards
CLIC2C® and aquaMobile, the Spanish mobile solutions company is one of the nominees for the 'Best mobile searcThe Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has published the finalist for the Meffys 2008, showing the latest technologies and a diversity of new products. The finalist list includes 21 countries in four continents, focusing on 'Technologie Innovation' and 'Marketing content campaigns'.

aquaMobile SL with CLIC2C® was selected one more time for this prestigious awards. CLIC2C® is capable of embed information and interactivity to any printed materials. Enabling the end user of cellphones with a bridge between analog and digital worlds. The Meffys 2008 in their fifth celebration has become the most important awards for the mobile entertainment industry due to its independent character. The panel of judges included members of the specialized press, renown analysts and members of the national media. The executive director of MEF, Rimma Perelmutter, said that the list of nominated for this year shows an excellent image and it leads us to predict the near future for this pushing market. The nominated technologies focus on deliver metric, usability, merchandising to new pricing systems that clearly shows how fast this market has matured. Categories and Awards

Cannes prepared an especial gala for the Meffys 2008 preceding the famous Film Festival. Some of the categories include mobile TV applications, video and music services, content delivery and searching. This is where CLIC2C® competed against some of the largest American companies such as: Gracenote, Jumtap or Kannuu.

The Chief Technicall Officer of aquaMobile, Fernando Mateus, commented: We are very proud to be competing face to face with such established and market holding companies. We believed that our application can change the way people interacts with printed materials and we are happy to be the only European company representing the category. The Meffys 2008 is one of many nominations and recognitions to the Spanish company. Some of he most renown are: Red Herring 100 Europe 2008 Finalist, or the i-thecpartner selection to be awarded on an upcoming event in Stockholm.
CLIC2C® and aquaMobile named "Red Herring 100 Global" Finalist
aquaMobile announced that it has been selected as a Finalist of the Red Herring 100 Global Award. Red Herring 100 winners and finalists from North America, Europe and Asia of the last three years are eligible for this coveted award. The Red Herring editorial team deploys a detailed process to whittle down a pool of 600 eligible, promising companies to the 200 finalists of this global award. Evaluations are made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration. The finalists, elite executives and venture capital leaders will celebrate the Top 100 Privately Held Companies from around the world in San Diego.

Javier Gonzalez, CEO at aquaMobile, welcomed the recognition: "It is an honor for a company like ours to be selected for the Red Herring 100 Global Award. It makes us keeping innovating and betting on the future of mobile marketing and communication." About Red Herring Red Herring is a global media company, which unites the world´s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com.

About aquaMobile aquaMobile is a mobile value-added services provider established in 2006 and based in Spain. Founded by a group of reputable executives of some of the leading mobile content and services multinationals, consulting firms and mass media corporations has built a groundbreaking technology, called CLIC2C®, which turns printed materials into interactive by embedding a digital watermark that will be recognized by any approved mobile phone with camera. It's as simple as downloading CLIC2C® in the mobile and aim the camera to the watermarked material to connect with the associated content (e.g. videos, sound, WAP pages, promotions, etc.). aquaMobile is already working with some of the largest corporations in Spain to develop state-of-the-art mobile solutions that will make access to content and information from mobile handsets a lot easier and intuitive. The company is also focused in providing watermarking solutions for securing digital contents and printed documents.
CLIC2C® is awarded a prize at the IV Competition for Ideas and New technology-based Companies at Madri+d
aquaMobile wins in the category of technology-based entrepreneurs in the IV Ideas and New Technology Based Firms of Madri + d.

With this award, framed in Madri + d Awards, the jury recognized the highly innovative products aquaMobile and the quality of the promotional team.
CLIC2C® and aquaMobile wins first prize at the III Company Competition for companies belonging to the "Programme for the Creation of Technology-based Companies" at UPM
CLIC2C® and aquaMobile wins first prize at the III Company Competition for companies belonging to the "Programme for the Creation of Technology-based Companies" at UPM

Winner
"Technology Start Up Competition Actua UPM" sponsored by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid"
The Instituto de Empresa, Orange and the Banesto Cultural Foundation award the Proyecto NETI prizes.
Has taken place the delivery of project prizes NETI, one iniciative develop by Orange, Instituto de Empresa and the Banespyme School for the Cultural Foundation Banesto, which promotes the creation of technological companies in Spain. In this edition, it has resulted as the winner aquaMobile as the Bet ter Growth Project in SMEs The act counted with Belarmino García's participation, Orange´s General manager ; Jose García Cantera, Managing director of Banesto, and Diego of Fortress, President of Instituto de Empresa. Likewise, Cristina Garmendia, Chairwoman, Representative Adviser and Founder of Genetrix, has reported her) experience as enterprising in the biotechnological sector.

Since 2000, Project NETI has received more than 800 ideas of business, has promoted the creation of 55 technological companies and has generated more than 900 jobs. aquaMobile offers an innovative technology by using invisible codes lodged in any printed material, allows of rapid and simple form of recognition of mobile devices cameras facilitating the access to information and contents, as well as the development of safety applications and management of digital rights (DRM). Project NETI also has the Investors' School Deprived of NETI, a center that offers specific formation in the area of funding of start-ups and analysis of business plans, contacts the participants with projects of business and facilitates the access to investors' platforms.

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