Common use of Availability of Other Network Elements on an Unbundled Basis Clause in Contracts

Availability of Other Network Elements on an Unbundled Basis. 1.8.1 VERIZON shall, upon request of SPRINT and to the extent required by Applicable Law, provide to SPRINT access to its Network Elements on an unbundled basis for the provision of SPRINT’s Telecommunications Service. Any request by SPRINT for access to a VERIZON Network Element that is not already available shall be treated as a Network Element Bona Fide Request, as set forth in Exhibit 1. 1.8.2 A Network Element obtained by SPRINT from VERIZON under this Section 1.8 may be used in combination with the facilities of SPRINT only to provide a Telecommunications Service, including obtaining billing and collection, transmission and routing of the Telecommunications Service. 1.8.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 1.8, VERIZON shall not be required to provide a proprietary Network Element to SPRINT under this Section 1.8 except as required by Applicable Law.