Common use of Technical References Clause in Contracts

Technical References. 23.19.1 This Agreement contains technical references for unbundled network elements, ancillary services, and interconnection facilities. Due to the manner in which individual equipment manufacturers have chosen to implement industry standards into the design of their products, along with differing vintages of individual facility components and the presence of embedded technologies that pre-date current technical references, individual facility components deployed within GTE’s network need not meet or adhere to, and may differ significantly from, the technical references included in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit GTE from improving or otherwise modifying its network, including, but not limited to, improvements or modifications to individual facility components, and such improvements or modifications need not meet or adhere to any of the technical references cited throughout this Agreement. Accordingly, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the technical references contained in this Agreement shall be used only by them as a reference for their own internal network and operational service planning for unbundled network elements, ancillary services, and interconnection facilities. The technical references contained in this Agreement shall not, however, be interpreted to require GTE to satisfy any of its obligations set forth in this Agreement in accordance with any specification set forth therein. 23.19.2 AT&T may request technical information related to any unbundled network element, ancillary service, or interconnection facility offered pursuant to this Agreement. GTE will supply such technical information pursuant to the processes and procedures currently in place between the Parties for answering similar requests for technical information with regard to interLATA access. The Parties agree that GTE will provide technical information belonging to GTE that GTE designates as proprietary and that GTE is otherwise authorized to release pursuant to the nondisclosure provisions of this Agreement. In the event GTE's supplier has designated such information as proprietary, GTE will assist AT&T in seeking the supplier's consent to review such technical information. The number and nature of requests shall be reasonable. If at such time as the above processes and procedures have been utilized by the Parties for a period no shorter than ninety (90) days after receipt by the applicable Party of an initial request, and upon receipt of notice from either Party from the other Party that the Party giving notice deems the existing processes and procedures unsatisfactory, the Parties shall negotiate new processes and procedures and the existing processes and procedures shall no longer apply.

Technical References. 23.19.1 This Agreement contains technical references for unbundled network elements, ancillary services, and interconnection facilities. Due to the manner in which individual equipment manufacturers have chosen to implement industry standards into the design of their products, along with differing vintages of individual facility components and the presence of embedded technologies that pre-date current technical references, individual facility components deployed within GTE’s network need not meet or adhere to, and may differ significantly from, the technical references included in this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit GTE from improving or otherwise modifying its network, including, but not limited to, improvements or modifications to individual facility components, and such improvements or modifications need not meet or adhere to any of the technical references cited throughout this Agreement. Accordingly, the Parties acknowledge and agree that the technical references contained in this Agreement shall be used only by them as a reference for their own internal network and operational service planning for unbundled network elements, ancillary services, and interconnection facilities. The technical references contained in this Agreement shall not, however, be interpreted to require GTE to satisfy any of its obligations set forth in this Agreement in accordance with any specification set forth therein. 23.19.2 AT&T ACSI may request technical information related to any unbundled network element, ancillary service, or interconnection facility offered pursuant to this Agreement. GTE will supply such technical information pursuant to the processes and procedures currently in place between the Parties for answering similar requests for technical information with regard to interLATA access. The Parties agree that GTE will provide technical information belonging to GTE that GTE designates as proprietary and that GTE is otherwise authorized to release pursuant to the nondisclosure provisions of this Agreement. In the event GTE's supplier has designated such information as proprietary, GTE will assist AT&T ACSI in seeking the supplier's consent to review such technical information. The number and nature of requests shall be reasonable. If at such time as the above processes and procedures have been utilized by the Parties for a period no shorter than ninety (90) days after receipt by the applicable Party of an initial request, and upon receipt of notice from either Party from the other Party that the Party giving notice deems the existing processes and procedures unsatisfactory, the Parties shall negotiate new processes and procedures and the existing processes and procedures shall no longer apply.