A new fiber-optic project has been started, another will start. The first fiber optic network to support the establishment of the South African power pool of their own transmission network, the second project is the WAFS, the Telkom management, problem solving SAT3 capacity. African Black Fibre Communications is in talks with South African power pool to connect to the Member States laying fiber connection. The first phase of the project will achieve three national fiber optic network to connect devices, and high-capacity submarine cable competition, and this phase of the work plan to be completed before the end of 2008. The three companies involved in the project are South Africas Eskom, Zimbabwes ZESA and Zambias Zesco. After the two companies have sold its domestic fiber-optic capacity.
Microsoft UC took another name for the "unified communications" vendors promote different from other communication "unified communications", implying that the software is the core of UC. The same English term is translated into the Chinese word contains a different meaning, showing giants seize the market for the right to speak more demonstrated ambitions. Standing in the position of software vendors, Microsoft re-interpretation of the UC: software-center, VoIP phone systems, e-mail, instant communication, mobile communication, and a variety of audio and video Web conferencing into a single communication platform, a scalable , with development capabilities of the enterprise IT infrastructure. Microsoft UC solutions composed of products, including Office Communication Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007, Exchange Server 2007 SP1 and Office Live Meeting and so on.