Agreement regarding K-Java Service
Exhibit 10.6
Agreement
regarding K-Java Service
CMBJ-SW-2007-502
Party A: China
Mobile Group Beijing Co., Ltd
Party B: Shanghai Mopie Information
Technology Co., Ltd
Both
parties, under the principles of equality, mutual benefit and win-win and
through friendly deliberation, have determined to establish cooperation tie and
provide K-Java service for the subscribers of China Mobile. In order to detail
the rights and obligations of both parties during the cooperation, this
Agreement is entered into by both parties.
I.
Cooperation Items of Both Parties
1.
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Party
A shall, as the provider of K-Java service platform, provide Party B with
paid service access and platform support
service.
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2.
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Party
B shall, via the K-Java service platform of Party A, provide the
subscribers of Party A with message service and application service
(hereinafter referred to as “K-Java service”). Party B shall undertake to
provide high-quality message content and service
support.
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3.
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Party
A shall, with its charging and business support system, provide Party B
with paid service charging and collection
service.
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II.
Rights and Obligations of Party A
4.
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Party
A is entitled to audit and check the telecom and message service business
license for Internet message service or telecom value-added service
business permit, qualification and credit certificate, business license,
information source and bank account etc in relation to the normal business
operation provided by Party B.
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5.
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Party
A is entitled to audit and check any business of Party B in relation to
the items under this Agreement. Party A is entitled to refuse issuing any
information provided by Party B that does not comply with the related
national laws, regulations, policies and public order and good custom and
that Party A deems improper. Where such information causes economic loss
to Party A and defames the goodwill of Party A, Party A is entitled to
require Party B for compensation accordingly. For any business application
submitted by Party B, Party A shall give clear response to Party B within
ten workdays after Party B submits complete documents to Party
A.
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6.
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Where
necessary, Party A is entitled to require Party B to further submit
related documents proving the proprietary or usufruct and intellectual
property right in relation to the items under this
Agreement.
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7.
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Party
A is entitled to prepare the management regulations, examination
regulations and customer service standards and documents (all as the
annexes to this Agreement)
in relation to K-Java service, which shall be abided by and implemented by
Party B. Party A shall conduct examination on Party B as per such
regulations. In the case where Party B fails in the examination, Party A
is entitled to cease the operation with Party B and even terminate this
Agreement.
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8.
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Party
A shall provide customers with service number, which is used as the call
service access number for customer complaint and inquiry. The customer
service center of Party A will be regarded as the final confirmation and
distribution party for customer service issues of K-Java service. The
customer service personnel or the customer service system of Party B must
support Party A to analyze and deal with customer complaint and inquiry.
Party A is entitled to transfer every customer inquiry and complaint
arising from every problem rather than the network communication problem
of Party A arising from the service under this Agreement to Party B for
handling. Party B shall properly solve any customer complaint and bear any
responsibility as incurred hereof. Party A shall bear any responsibility
for any customer inquiry and complaint as incurred due to its network
communication problem.
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9.
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Party
A can promote and publicize K-Java service via media according to the
actual business development situation so as to attract more subscribers.
Party A shall provide Party B with related interface technical regulations
and technical support so that Party B can provide application services
smoothly.
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10.
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Party
A shall be liable for the daily maintenance of the K-Java platform and
shall deal with any technical failure as incurred due to Party A so as to
ensure the normal operation of the application
service.
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11.
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Party
A shall provide charging agency service in relation to K-Java service for
Party B and the charging result shall be subject to the data of Party A.
If Party B disagrees with the result provided by Party A, it can require
Party A to have reconciliation.
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12.
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Party
A shall be liable for such customer data management as subscriber
registration, login, authentication and authorization etc and the feedback
of related data to Party B. For the netting application, the K-Java
service platform of Party A shall be interconnected with the content
service system of Party B and the data of the K-Java service platform
shall be used as the final confirmation basis for subscribers to use the
K-Java service of Party B. Party A shall be liable for the statistics of
the traffic of the application K-Java service of Party B on the platform
and provide the statistic result for Party B in the proper
manner.
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13.
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Party
A is entitled to adjust the UI design of the K-Java homepage and the
ranking order of the K-Java service according to the business development
situation.
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14.
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Both
parties can together have marketing and publicity etc. Party A is entitled
to require Party B to xxxx “MONTERNET” and Party B shall obtain the prior
review and approval of Party A to xxxx such trademark. In the case where
the publicity and advertisement of Party B are in relation to the
corporate name and other brand standards of Party A, Party B must obtain
the prior approval and pass the audit and check of Party
A.
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III.
Rights and Obligations of Party B
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1.
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Party
B must provide Party A with real and reliable telecom and message service
business license for Internet message services or telecom value-added
service business permit, qualification and credit certificate, business
license, information source and bank account etc in relation to normal
business operation and undertake that the fees charged for the message
service comply with the related regulations of the competent pricing
authority.
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2.
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Party
B must comply with the related national laws, regulations, decrees and
policies in relation with telecom and Internet message services etc, and
undertake that any message content it provides complies with the related
national laws, regulations and policies, infringes no any third party’s
legal right and interest and social public interest, and not to send any
illegal message via the system of Party A; otherwise, Party B must bear
any consequence as incurred hereof. Party B must filter any message
provided by customers (such as chat message) and prevent any unhealthy and
illegal message. Where any lawsuit occurs hereof, Party B shall deal with
it properly and bear all economic and legal responsibilities. Where such
information causes economic loss to Party A and defames the goodwill of
Party A, Party A is entitled to require Party B for compensation
accordingly.
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3.
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Party
B must undertake the K-Java service it provides is legal, all governmental
permits, production and/or use permits and/or authorizations for such
service are prepared, the content of such service has legal sources
without infringing others’ rights and no embezzlement or use without
permission of the copyright, intellectual property right or other legal
rights and interests of any third party exist. In the case where Party A
suffers the complaint, lawsuit or claim of any third party for right
infringement due to the K-Java service of Party B, Party A is entitled to
temporarily cease the service with infringement dispute and transfer such
dispute to Party B for handling; Party B must immediately deal with the
dispute with the accuser or the claimer and bear all legal and economic
responsibilities as incurred hereof. Where such information causes
economic loss to Party A and defames the goodwill of Party A, Party A is
entitled to require Party B for compensation
accordingly.
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4.
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During
cooperation, without the prior written consent of Party A, Party B shall
not, with various channels and at various business levels, make Party A to
transfer data application service to interconnect or interconnect in the
disguised form with any third
party.
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5.
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Party
B shall actively cooperate with Party A for the interface test and
undertake to provide service as per the business regulations and interface
technical regulations provided by Party
A.
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6.
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Party
B undertakes that, as of the day when this Agreement comes into force, the
K-Java paid service Party B provides will not be provided in its own
website or any other website; otherwise, Party A is entitled to terminate
unilaterally this Agreement and end the settlement with Party
B.
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7.
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Party
B must provide Party A with all data needed for service it provides in
clear and correct
manner and bear all economic and legal responsibilities as incurred
hereof.
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8.
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Under
the direction of Party A, Party B is entitled to determine whether the
service it provides charges or not and the charging
standard.
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9.
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Party
B shall abide by and implement the management regulations, customer
service standards and documents in relation to “MONTERNET” service of
Party A and accept the inspection and supervision of Party A. In case
where Party B withdraws from the Monternet service (including the
compulsory retreat from the elimination examination by Party A) in
whatever reason, Party B is entitled to require the withdrawal buffer
period of one month, in which Party B shall continue providing customers
with the service under this Agreement and declare the coming termination
of the service on its website (WWW/WAP) or via other channels
available.
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10.
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Party
B must establish effective and smooth complaint channel and deal with and
solve any subscriber inquiry and complaint arising from non-network
communication problem in the process of providing the service under this
Agreement. For the subscriber complaint that both parties cannot have
reasonable explanation for, Party B shall act as the final solving party
and be liable for the final settlement of such subscriber
complaint.
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11.
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For
the message service fee paid by subscribers to Party B, in the case where
any subscriber refuses paying such message fee or Party A refunds the
message fee back to the subscribers in advance due to Party B’s service
quality problem or the message fee out of the charging standard of the
pricing department etc, Party A is entitled to deduct the equivalent sum
from the message fees to be settled and paid to Party
B.
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12.
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Party
B shall actively market and promote the service under this Agreement and
have sufficient customer publicities etc. Any publicities and
advertisement content of Party B shall xxxx with “MONTERNET” as required
by Party A.
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13.
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Party
B shall undertake the exclusivity of the cooperation with Party A, i.e. as
of the date of this Agreement, Party B shall undertake not to have any the
same or similar business with any third party; once Party B does so, Party
A shall be entitled to cease the business cooperation of both parties and
terminate this Agreement.
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IV.
Maintenance Segments and Maintenance Obligations of Both Parties
The
maintenance segments and obligations of both parties shall be divided by the
interface of the equipments of both parties. Party A shall be liable for the
maintenance of the equipments on its side while Party B shall be liable for the
maintenance of the equipments on its side. Both parties shall be liable for
effective maintenance of these equipments so as to ensure the normal operation
of the service under this Agreement.
V.
Rewards and Punishments
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In
the case where Party B has any breach act, Party A shall have any or
several rights of requiring Party B to correct immediately, remedy in
certain period such act and apologize openly to media and customers,
suspending the review and approval of the new service application of Party
B, postponing settlement, having no settlement
and charging penalty etc. If the case is extremely severe (such as
customer complaint to the Ministry of Information Industry, exposure at
media and lawsuit etc), Party A is entitled to terminate this Agreement
immediately.
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2.
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In
the case where Party B effectively carries out the related provisions
under this Agreement and the annual average complaint rate of customers
for the service of Party B under this Agreement is low, in the same
conditions, Party A shall firstly consider the continuance of this
Agreement for such service with Party
B.
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3.
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Party
B shall not send any message to any subscriber who owes message fees for
the K-Jaka service nor allow such subscriber to order message for other
subscribers. Where Party B violates the aforesaid provision in the
condition it knows clearly the case, Party A is entitled to require Party
B to compensate for the economic loss as incurred to it due to the
outstanding messages of customers and terminate this
Agreement.
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V.
Fees and Settlement
1.
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Party
B is entitled to own the charges and message fees arising from the use of
subscribers of the application services or message services provided by
Party B, and Party A can provide Party B with message service fee
accounting and collection agency service. The charging system of Party A
shall settle all the receivable message fees from the K-Jaka service of
the month and pay 85% of such fees in Beijing region to Party
B.
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2.
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The
charging and settlement shall be based on the successful CDR collected by
the charging system of Party A. The charging as per pieces shall be based
on the success of subscribers to receive the message while the charging on
a monthly basis shall be based on the service actually ordered and used
successfully by subscribers of the
month.
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3.
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The
message fees that both parties settle shall not include the following
items:
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1)
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subscriber
fees for number cancellation (including pre-number cancellation);
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2)
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subscriber
fees for stop;
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3)
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silent
subscriber fees;
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4)
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fees
due to too high single message fees;
and
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5)
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fees
due to refund (refund by double).
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4.
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Party
A shall provide Party B with the charging record of the last month before
the 15th day of every month and both parties shall check the message fee
amount from the first day to the last day of the last month. Party B shall
feed back the reconciliation result within 10 days. If Party B fails to do
so, it shall be deemed that the reconciliation is
correct.
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5.
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Whether
disagreeing or not with the charging record of the last month, Party B
shall prepare invoice to Party A before the 18th day of every month. After
receiving the legal invoice delivered from Party B before the 18th day of
the month (subject to the place
specified by Party A where the invoice shall be served), Party A shall pay
Party B the payable message fee as per the sum recorded on the invoice
before the end of that month. That is to say, even both parties can not
finish the reconciliation as scheduled, the settlement as per the sum on
the reconciliation statement shall be made and the excess payments should
be refunded and the deficiencies should be repaid in the next or future
settlement.
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After
receiving the reconciliation statement on the 15th day of every month,
Party B shall eliminate subscriber fees for number cancellation (including
pre-number cancellation), subscriber fees for stop, silent subscriber
fees, fees due to too high single message fees and fees due to refund etc;
before the 25th day of every month, if the fees of Gotone subscribers have
more than 6% difference from the order relationship, Party B can require
for reconciliation; if the difference between the order relationship of
Easyown and M-zone subscribers and the fees related is above the charging
success rate of that month, Party B can require for reconciliation;
otherwise, the data of Party A shall be based on. In case of any dispute,
both parties shall find the reason as soon as possible and solve the
dispute according to the actual situation by means of
negotiation.
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VII.
Confidentiality
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Both
parties shall be liable to keep in secret of all subscriber data obtained
through this service under this
Agreement.
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2.
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Proprietary
information that, in the process of the cooperation of both parties,
either party obtains from the other party (“the disclosing party”), that
is developed, invented, discovered or known by, or transferred to the
disclosing party, or that has commercial value to the business of the
disclosing party shall include but not limit to business secret, computer
program, design technology, idea, proprietary technology, technique, data,
business and product development proposal, customer information and other
information in relation to the business of the disclosing party, or the
other information the disclosing party obtains from any other party that
shall be kept in secret, and shall be owned by such disclosing party.
Without the prior written consent of the disclosing party, the other party
shall keep any proprietary information in secret and shall not use or
disclose to any individual or body the proprietary information, except
otherwise required by the performance of the obligations under this
Agreement.
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3.
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Both
parties shall be liable to keep the cooperation under this Agreement and
the detailed content of this Agreement in secret. Without the written
approval of the other party in advance, neither party can disclose
cooperation under this Agreement and the detailed content of this
Agreement to any third party.
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4.
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This
confidentiality provision shall not be terminated due to the termination
of this Agreement but shall be kept effective
forever.
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VIII.
Responsibilities of Breach
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In
the case where either party breaks any provision of this Agreement and
causes thereby this Agreement unable to be performed, the other party
shall be entitled to terminate this
Agreement.
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2.
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In
the case where either party breaks any provision of this Agreement and
thereby causes bad social effect or economic loss to other party, the
other party shall be entitled to investigate the responsibility of such
party, require it to eliminate the effect, make corresponding economic
compensation and terminate this
Agreement.
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IX.
Force Majeure
In the
case where any force majeure events that are not foreseeable and whose
consequence cannot be prevented or avoided and either party thereby suffers
economic loss or this Agreement cannot be performed or cannot be performed
sufficiently, such party shall bear no responsibility for the loss as incurred
hereof to the other party. The party encountering the force majeure aforesaid
shall inform in writing the other party of such force majeure immediately upon
its occurrence and, within 15 days, submit the detail of such event to and
discuss with the other party about the performance disability or insufficient
performance of this Agreement, or submit the effective certificates issued by
related governmental authorities regarding the reasons for the need of deferred
performance of this Agreement. According to the effect of the event on the
performance of this Agreement, both parties shall deliberate with each other to
determine whether to continue the performance of this Agreement or terminate
it.
X.
Modification or Amendment
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During
the operation under this Agreement, where Party A prepares business
management regulations in relation to Monternet of China Mobile and
customer services, these regulations shall be regarded as the annexes to
this Agreement. In the case where any provision of this Agreement
conflicts with these management regulations, the latter shall prevail.
Both parties agree to deliberate any provision of this Agreement with
conflict with these management regulations and enter into supplementary
agreement where necessary.
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2.
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Either
party to modify or rescind this Agreement must inform the other party in
writing 15 days earlier and this Agreement cannot be modified or rescinded
unless otherwise both parties agree to do so. Any dispute arising from the
termination of this Agreement shall be subject to the friendly negotiation
of both parties.
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3.
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Any
issue not contained herein shall be subject to the friendly deliberation
of both parties and supplemented in writing where
necessary.
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4.
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This
Agreement shall apply to the law of the People’s Republic of China. Any
dispute occurring shall be subject to the friendly negotiation of both
parties. If the negotiation fails, either party can submit the dispute to
Beijing Arbitration Commission for arbitration. The arbitration is final
and binding to both parties.
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5.
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This
Agreement shall come into force as of October 21, 2006 and expire as at
October 20, 2007. In the case where both parties do not propose in writing
to terminate this Agreement within 30 days when the Agreement expires,
this Agreement shall be extended for 6 months automatically after its
expiration, and by analogue without limitation, with every extension of 6
months. In the case where either party has dispute, such party shall
inform in writing the other party thirty days prior to the expiration of
this Agreement or within 30 days when the extension of this Agreement
expires, and this Agreement shall be terminated at the
expiration.
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6.
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This
Agreement and its annexes are made in duplicate with
each party holding one
counterpart. All counterparts shall have the same legal
effect.
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Party
A: China Mobile Group Beijing Co., Ltd
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Party
B: Shanghai Mopie Information Technology Co.,
Ltd
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Authorized
representative:
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Authorized
representative:
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Date:
July 1, 2007
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Date:
June 26, 2007
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Annex:
Basic data of Party B
Company
name: Shanghai Mopie
Information Technology Co., Ltd
Add:
Rm 1103, Xx. 0 Xxxx
000, Xxxxxx Xx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
Contact:
He Tao:
00000000000
Opening
Bank: Shenzhen
Development Bank Shanghai Branch Yangpu Sub-branch
A/C:
XXXXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Customer
service line: XXX-XXXXXXXX
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