PRESS RELEASE

Aplix announces WAC 2.0 compliance milestone
London, August 17, 2011

Aplix Corporation announced today that its WAC 2.0 Web Runtime has achieved compliance with the WAC
2.0 Test and Compliance Suite (TCS) on the Android platform. The Aplix WAC Web Runtime is one of the firstsolutions to achieve this standard and is commercially ready‐to‐deploy across a range of Android versionsand devices.
WAC 2.0 compliance requires strict adherence to the WAC specifications and also requires compliance with arange of supporting specifications from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Together, thesespecifications and their test suites aim to ensure a high level of interoperability between implementations,
helping WAC to meet its goal of providing a truly effective cross‐platform application ecosystem. The Aplix
implementation marks the start of commercially available product available for operator and manufacturer
members.
Aplix has supported WAC since its inception, and has had a formative role in the development of its
specifications and of the WAC TCS. The WAC 2.0 specification represents a significant increase in functionality
from earlier specifications, adding support for new APIs but also providing greater security and privacy
safeguards for the user. This paves the way for an ever‐increasing range of applications to be created anddelivered to WAC‐compatible devices.
Erik de Kroon, VP, Products and Devices, WAC, said “It is very satisfying to see the first of the WAC 2.0
compliant runtimes reach the marketplace and Aplix has been an excellent partner in helping us to reach thisstage.”“We are delighted to be able to bring our original technology and embedded runtime experience to bear tocreate a robust market position with the WAC 2.0 platform.” said Tomoya Suzuki, Chief Executive Officer ofAplix Corporation. “Our aim is for the Aplix Web Runtime to be the most open, compliant and effective WAC
runtime solution available. We hope now to be able to support WAC and its members to proliferate theplatform and create real value for the global community of developers”.

About Aplix CorporationAplix, a world leader in delivering software innovations, offers solutions for consumer electronics that enable
new services and enrich the end user experience. Aplix has been a pioneer in providing software solutions
that have dramatically enhanced the capability of consumer electronic products. Aplix enabled one of themost successful wireless content businesses in Japan, and its solutions are powering audio visual equipment
and mobile devices for companies such as Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, NEC, and HTC. Aplix’s
technology has been shipped on over 650 million devices globally as of December 2010, with over 30,000
games and contents specifically created to be deployed on its innovative technology. The company works
closely with global wireless operators including China Mobile, China Telecom, NTT DOCOMO, and Vodafone
to deliver next generation services on existing and new devices.
Aplix continues its commitments to software development and enabling a successful content and services
market. With our innovations, we add value to application developers and bring life‐enhancing consumer
electronic devices to millions of people worldwide.
Aplix decided to move into a holding company structure and changed its name to GAIA Holdings Corporation
as of April 1, 2011.
For more information, please visit: http://www.aplixcorp.com/ ; Contact
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About the Wholesale Applications Community
Launched in February 2010, the Wholesale Applications Community (WAC) is an open global alliance formed
from leading organisations within the telecoms sector. Uniting a fragmented applications marketplace, WAC
will create an open industry platform that benefits the entire ecosystem, including applications developers,
handset manufacturers, OS owners, network operators and end users. The Wholesale Applications
Community will:-Accelerate and expand the market for applications – Simplify application development by giving
developers the opportunity to write applications that can be deployed across multiple platforms andmultiple operators, and address a potential global market of more than 3 billion users.

-Create more compelling applications – Enable developers to utilise both device and network capabilities
to create the next generation of applications.

-Provide greater choice for users – Enable portability of applications across devices, operating systems
and network operators.

For more information on WAC, please go to www.wacapps.net or contact Phil Rawcliffe
on phil.rawcliffe@wacapps.net