At present, global economic development and social life are undergoing tremendous changes, including the great impact of communication technology developments on people's lives and society. The development of communication technology is an important mark of the formation of information society that affects people in all aspects currently. During the process, people communicate more closely, narrowing the distance between human beings; working styles are more diverse, greatly improving work efficiency; education is more universal, obviously enhancing the social civilization level; human personalities are fully respected, and people's development is more liberalization and diversification; people's quality of life is greatly improved; thinking is more active; worldwide co-operations are more fully. All of this realization is dependent on the development of communication technologies.

Information is effecting the social development in its own way. Barrier-free communications are making digital chasm disappeared gradually and finally will bring us a real global village where people from both developed and developing countries live in the same Blue Sky. As a leader in the information industry and China's largest listed companies among communications equipment manufacturers, ZTE Corporation has made tremendous efforts to eliminate global digital chasm and achieved splendid results in the process of transforming from industrial society to information society.

ZTE Corporation is trying to eliminate digital chasm between developed and developing countries from two important respects. On the one hand, the development of ICT plays an important role in the elimination of digital chasm. ICT is no longer merely a medium of communication, but also an accelerator of economic growth, which can expand economic development, create employment opportunities and improve the quality of human life. As making a great impact on social development style, ICT accelerates the dissemination of information and improves work efficiency through low-cost transmission of information. On the other hand, information industry can bridge digital chasm with e-government technology. During the process of e-government implementation, the industry have to face an enormous challenges such as diversified demands in different countries, expensive communication fees, the popularity of the Internet, poverty, famine and low education level.

In recent years, ZTE Corporation has been working in these two aspects to eliminate the digital chasm all over the world, especially in Africa. ZTE Corporation has created a number of "first" in Africa, including the first equipment supplier from China in Africa, the first 3G call practicer in Africa. By introducing the most advanced 3G technologies to Africa, ZTE Corporation has built a number of 3G communications networks in many African countries. ZTE Corporation has set up representatives in nearly 50 African countries and employed more than 1100 employees, 63% of who are Africans. They have become Africa's own communications expert. At the same time, the company sets up 1 training center and 15 training bases in Africa, where communication experts all over the world train about 4500 African communication talents each year.

Take Ethiopia as example. At present, ZTE Corporation is building GSM network, CDMA WLL network, NGN network, optical transmission lines and IP backbone network in Ethiopia. After the completion of the whole project, Ethiopia's telecom development level will be elevated to the ranks of the highest level in Africa. Ethiopia's telecom network will cover more than 90% of land area, and its telephone penetration will rise from the less than 1.5% to more than 15% in future.

ZTE Corporation also achieved great success in other African countries.

In 2007, ZTE Corporation signed a GSM network expansion contract with Econen, the largest operator in Zimbabwe.

In 2006, ZTE Corporation laid a nationwide optical transmission network in Morocco for its first national telecom.

In 2006, ZTE Corporation became the successful tenderer for the optical transmission network project of ATM Mobile which is the largest operator in Algeria.

In 2006, ZTE Corporation built the first distance learning network for Ghana.

In 2006, ZTE Corporation constructed the first WLL network for Mali.

In 2005, ZTE Corporation began to build Goo system in Tunis.