Product Forum. (a) The LFC will also participate in a multi-party product forum (Product Forum), which will be open to the Service Provider, all Other Service Providers, any other local fibre company (as that term is defined within section 156AB of the Telecommunications Act 2001), CFH, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and the Commerce Commission, provided that no service provider (including the Service Provider) will be obliged to participate in the Product Forum. To avoid doubt, the intention is that the Product Forum will comprise technical and/or operational representatives and experts from the LFC, the Service Provider and all Other Service Providers who wish to participate.
(b) The purpose of the Product Forum will include consideration of technical and/or operational issues in relation to the Services and this Agreement which the Change Management Forum refers to it from time to time in accordance with clause 25.1(c) above, or otherwise, through its own initiative.
(c) The Product Forum will operate in accordance with procedures and rules to be known as the “Product Forum Processes” which will be developed by the Product Forum in due course.
Product Forum. (a) The LFC will establish and operate a multi-party product forum (Product Forum), which will be open to all service providers that have entered into a Wholesale Services Agreement with the LFC, provided that no service provider (including the Service Provider) will be obliged to participate in the Product Forum.
(b) The purpose of the Product Forum is to encourage open communication and collaboration between the LFC and service providers, and between service providers, relating to the Wholesale Services Agreements with the LFC and, prior to 31 December 2019, to approve (or otherwise) any LFC proposal to implement an Agreement Change or a Price Cap Proposal or an increase in Core Charges above the Initial Price Caps, in each case as required under this Agreement.
(c) The Product Forum will:
(i) be open to CFH, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Commerce Commission and other industry participants;
(ii) consider any pricing issues regarding the Services, including in relation to the Price Caps;
(iii) consider any issues with the form and content of the General Terms, Service Descriptions, Service Level Terms and Operations Manuals including operational issues associated with implementation of the Agreement and delivery of the Services;
(iv) consider product roadmaps, including both LFC product ideas and service provider product ideas for the development of new products and enhancements to existing products;
(v) consider issues associated with the withdrawal and replacement of Wholesale Services;
(vi) consider operational issues associated with Service Descriptions, Service Level Terms and Operations Manuals;
(vii) assist the LFC in determining which product ideas service providers would like to have prioritised by the LFC; and
(viii) if the Commerce Commission, under a standard terms determination, amends any terms that apply between an access provider and end-users (where "standard terms determination", "access provider" and "end-user" have the meanings given to those terms in the Telecommunications Act 2001), consider whether, and the extent to which, those amended terms should be reflected in the End User Terms.
(d) The Product Forum will operate in accordance with procedures and rules to be known as the “Product Forum Processes”.
Product Forum. (a) The LFC will establish and operate a multi-party product forum (Product Forum), which will be open to all service providers that have entered into a Wholesale Services Agreement with the LFC, provided that no service provider (including the Service Provider) will be obliged to participate in the Product Forum.
(b) The purpose of the Product Forum is to encourage open communication and collaboration between the LFC and service providers, and between service providers, relating to the Wholesale Services Agreements with the LFC.
(c) The Product Forum will:
(i) be open to CFH, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Commerce Commission and other industry participants;
(ii) consider any pricing issues regarding the Services, including in relation to the Price Caps;
(iii) consider any issues with the form and content of the General Terms, Service Descriptions, Service Level Terms and Operations Manuals;
(iv) consider product roadmaps, including both LFC product ideas and service provider product ideas for the development of new products and enhancements to existing products;
(v) consider issues associated with the withdrawal and replacement of Wholesale Services;
(vi) consider operational issues associated with Service Descriptions, Service Level Terms and Operations Manuals; and
(vii) assist the LFC in determining which product ideas service providers would like to have prioritised by the LFC.
(d) The Product Forum will operate in accordance with procedures and rules to be known as the “Product Forum Processes”. Chorus UFB Services Agreement
