In hindsight, 2008 was one of the most exciting years of my life, but more importantly of Zong and Echovox as a company. We’ve accomplished many great things this year, established Zong as a leading payment solution for Social Gaming and plugged in many new clients and partners while refining and making our payment experience better and better. I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you, who have helped us make this year so successful. First and foremost, our clients, who have built amazing monetization platforms, viral games and rapidly expanding social networks and communities. Then, each and everyone of you who welcomed us so warmly in the Silicon Valley, opened your doors and knocked on your friends’ for us. Your help and trust means a lot to us. Finally, I want to say how privileged I am to work with so many great individuals within our company, either here, in the San Francisco Bay area, in Geneva or in Paris. They’ve worked relentlessly and passionately to build an outstanding platform, product and company.

2009 is already knocking on our door, and we still have a lot to do. Tons of new clients to launch with, a very aggressive global geographic footprint expansion and many new features we need to work hard on. But the momentum, the passion, the energy and more importantly, the market, are here to help us achieve our ambitious goals.

Dear Friends, Clients, Colleagues, and Partners, may you swipe the bleak economic outlook of the year to come with your energy and creativity and triumph in all your personal and professional endeavors. 2009, here we come!

David Marcus