US PREMIUM MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT
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US
PREMIUM MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT
Dated:
17th January 2006.
CUSTOMER
DETAILS
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Title
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Surname:
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Business
Name:
New
Motion, Inc.
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Tax
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Business
Address:
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Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxx
of Registration:
Delaware
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Xxxxxx
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Business
Phone:
000-000-0000
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State:
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Post Code: |
Business
Fax:
000-000-0000
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Postal
Address:
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Mobile
Number:
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E-Mail:
xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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State: | Post Code: |
Web
Address:
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Mobile
Messenger Account Manager:
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TECHNICAL
CONTACT DETAILS
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Name:
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EMAIL
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NOTIFY
OF OUTAGE
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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Xxxxxxx
Trivedi
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xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
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YOUR
PAYMENT DETAILS
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Preferred
Payment Method:
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Check x
EFT
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Contact
Name for Remittance Advice:
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Bank BSB Account
Number
Xxxxx
Fargo
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AGREEMENT
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I/We
have read, understood and agree to the Terms and Conditions as per
the
attached and to all relevant industry and legal legislation and
regulation, and agree to pay the fees and charges as per this master
agreement.
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SIGNATURE:
/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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DATE: 1
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18 | 06
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RETURN
OR FAX FORM WITH PAYMENT TO:
MOBILE
MESSENGER AMERICAS PTY LTD ABN 73 113 948 959
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000 Xxxxxx Xx Xxxxx Xxxxxx XXX 0000
PH:
61 2
9900 3600 FX: 61 2 990 3602
E. xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx W. xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
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TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
BACKGROUND:
A.
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Mobile
Messenger is a wireless media, marketing and infrastructure company
focused on building
and implementing effective properties that engage customers on wireless
devices. Mobile
Messenger creates contextual marketing opportunities in the mobile
environment and provides
complete solutions for the development, deployment, targeting and
tracking
of promotional
campaigns on emerging mobile
platforms
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B.
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Customer
wishes to obtain, and Mobile Messenger is willing to provide, such
services on the basis
of and subject to the Terms and Conditions of this Master Services
Agreement and of Addenda
entered into under it.
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NOW
IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
1 |
Definitions
and Interpretation
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1.1 |
The
following Definitions shall apply to these Terms and
Conditions:
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1.1.1 |
“Allocated
Number” means any specific telephone or text number or code (such as a
short code)
to be entered by End-users, allocated to the Customer for the Services,
either dedicated
to the Customer or to be shared with one or more other
customers;
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1.1.2 |
“Commencement
Date” means the earlier of the date when (a) complete provisioning details
are
provided by Mobile Messenger to Customer in respect of the Services,
and
(b) the relevant
Services commence to be provided;
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1.1.3 |
“Customer
Rights” means all Intellectual Property Rights owned by Customer in
relation to Customer
Content;
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1.1.4 |
“Customer
Content” means any information provided by or on behalf of the Customer
for transmission
by Mobile Messenger as part of the
Services;
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1.1.5 |
“Customer
Data” means any personal data (a) comprised in or relating to any message,
(b) which
is provided by the Customer or any of its direct or indirect customers,
or
(c) in respect of
MO, from any End-user;
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1.1.6 |
“End-user”
means any user of the relevant Network Operator’s mobile
network;
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1.1.7 |
“Intellectual
Property Rights” means all copyright (Including but not limited to rights
in computer
software), patents, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets, registered
and
unregistered
design rights, database rights and topography rights, all rights
to bring
an action
for passing off, any other similar form of intellectual property
or
proprietary rights, statutory
or otherwise, whether registrable or not and shall Include applications
for any of them,
all rights to apply for protection in respect of any of the above
rights
and all other forms
of protection of a similar nature or having equivalent or similar
effect
to any of these which
may subsist anywhere in the world;
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1.1.8 |
“Mobile
Messenger Data” means data, excluding Customer Data, which is provided or
generated
in the course of Mobile Messenger’s provision of the
Services;
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1.1.9 |
“Mobile
Messenger Rights” means all Intellectual Property Rights owned by Mobile
Messenger, Including
but not limited to those Intellectual Property Rights involved in
any
aspect of the Services,
the Platform or any device, software or data used in connection therewith,
Including without
limitation the Mobile Messenger Data, but excluding Customer
Data;
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1.1.10 |
“MO”
(or “Mobile Originated”) means a message received by Mobile Messenger from
a Network
Operator (such as, without limitation, a mobile-originated
SMS);
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1.1.11 |
“MT”
(or “Mobile Terminated”) means a message sent by Mobile Messenger from the
Platform to
a Network Operator’s mobile
network;
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1.1.12 |
“Network
Operator” means a mobile network operator which is directly or indirectly
engaged in
the performance of any of the
Services;
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1.1.13 |
“personal
data” bears the meaning attributed to that phrase in the European Union
Data Protection
Directive 95/46/EC (“Directive”) and consistent with the privacy standards
of the Safe
Harbor Privacy Principles framework of the United States Department
of
Commerce (“Principles”)
or any successor or supplement to the Principles or equivalent national
implementation
thereof;
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1.1.14 |
“Platform”
means the mobile application services platform, and associated systems
and
network
connections, owned and operated by Mobile Messenger or by suppliers
or
partners of Mobile
Messenger, which is used to provide the
Services;
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1.1.15 |
“Protocol
Specification” means the protocols to be used by the Customer in order to
access the
Services, as notified by Mobile Messenger to the Customer from time
to
time;
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1.1.16 |
“Premium
Rate Message” means MO Premium Rate Message and MT Premium Rate Message,
as
defined in the PSMS Terms and Conditions, and either of
them;
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1.1.17 |
“PSMS
Terms and Conditions” means the Premium SMS Terms and Conditions specified
in Schedule
2;
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1.1.18 |
“Regulator”
means any relevant regulatory agency or other authority which has
lawful
authority
to the regulate the Services or any part thereof, Including, without
limitation, (a) in relation
to Premium Rate Messages in the United Kingdom, the Independent Committee
for the
Supervision of Standards of Telephone Information Services and/or
ICSTIS
Limited in the United
Kingdom, (b) the relevant Data Protection Authorities in the country
where
the Customer
markets or provides its Services, (c) any Regulator identified in
an
Addendum, and (d)
any other body or person having regulatory jurisdiction over the
Services
or any party thereof;
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1.1.19 |
“Revenue
Share Payment” (or “Outpayment”) means a payment from Mobile Messenger to
Customer
in the amount specified in an
Addendum;
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1.1.20 |
“Rights”
means the Customer Rights and the Mobile Messenger Rights,
respectively;
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1.1.21 |
“Service”
and “Services” mean managed mobile infrastructure services and/or other
services of
Mobile Messenger defined in the relevant Service
Specifications;
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1.1.22 |
“Service
Addendum” means an Addendum specifying Services and other matters
pertaining to
those Services;
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1.1.23 |
“Service
Interface” means the method to be used by the Customer to connect to the
Platform;
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1.1.24 |
“Service
Specifications” means Mobile Messenger’s documentation detailing the
features of Mobile
Messenger’s services, as such Service Specifications may be specified in
an Addendum,
and as they may be updated by Mobile Messenger from time to
time;
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1.1.25 |
“Subcontractor”
means any client or other third party with which the Customer contracts
to
provide
any or all of the Services;
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1.1.26 |
“Tax”
means any tax relating to the sale or supply of the Services Including,
without limitation,
value added tax, sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, and any regulatory
surcharges;
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1.1.27 |
“Term”
means the duration of this Master Services Agreement, as specified
in
Clause 13, save
as earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions of these
Terms and
Conditions; and
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1.1.28 |
“Terms
and Conditions” means the provisions of this Master Services Agreement,
together with
each of its Schedules and each Addendum entered into under
it.
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1.2 |
References
in these Terms and Conditions to “Mobile Messenger” and “Customer” shall
Include
their respective employees, agents, sub-contractors, consultants
and
permitted assigns.
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1.3 |
Headings
are Included in these Terms and Conditions for ease of reference
only and
shall not affect
the interpretation or construction of these Terms and
Conditions.
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1.4 |
Unless
the context otherwise requires, the singular Includes a reference
to the
plural and vice versa.
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1.5 |
Words
and phrases defined in any part of these Terms and Conditions, being
these
operative provisions,
its Schedules and the relevant Service Addendum, shall bear that
meaning
throughout
the other parts of this Agreement, save to the extent otherwise expressly
provided
therein.
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1.6 |
References
to Clauses and Paragraphs are, unless otherwise provided, references
to
the clauses
and paragraphs of, these Terms and Conditions and paragraphs of the
Schedules.
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1.7 |
Unless
the context otherwise requires, any reference in these Terms and
Conditions to any specific
statute shall Include a reference to any modification or re-enactment
thereof.
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2 |
The
Services and the
Addenda
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2.1 |
In
consideration of the Customer satisfying its obligations under these
Terms
and Conditions, Mobile
Messenger shall provide the Services in accordance with these Terms
and
Conditions from
the Commencement Date until:
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(a) |
the
end of the term for those Services specified in the relevant Addendum;
or
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(b) |
these
Terms and Conditions as they relate to those Services are terminated
in
accordance
with these Terms and Conditions;
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(c) |
the
Term expires; or
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(d) |
these
Terms and Conditions are terminated in their entirety, whichever
occurs
first.
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2.2 |
The
Customer may request additional or amended services by completing
a
Service Addendum.
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2.3 |
Each
Addendum which is accepted, agreed and executed by the Customer and
Mobile Messenger
will form part of these Terms and
Conditions.
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2.4 |
Where
an Addendum specifies Premium SMS Services are being taken by the
Customer, then the
PSMS Terms and Conditions shall apply
thereto.
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2.5 |
The
Customer acknowledges and agrees
that:
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(a) |
the
Services, and the terms and conditions which govern any of them
(Including, without
limitation, the PSMS Terms and Conditions), shall be subject to changes
resulting from
changes made by the relevant Network Operator to the corresponding
services provided
by the Network Operator to Mobile Messenger or the terms and conditions
which govern
such corresponding services; and
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(b) |
in
the event that any such change is made which has any effect upon
the
rights and obligations
of the parties under these Terms and Conditions,
then:
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(i)
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such
change shall be deemed automatically to bind the Customer;
and
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(ii)
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Mobile
Messenger will use its reasonable endeavours to notify Customer of
the
relevant
changes as soon as is reasonably practicable, provided
that the Customer shall be entitled by no less than thirty days’ notice in
writing to
Mobile Messenger to terminate any Addendum directly affected by the
relevant change in
the event that such change has a materially adverse commercial effect
upon
the Customer’s
business.
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2.6 |
Mobile
Messenger acknowledges that the Customer shall be entitled to provide
the
Services to
its Subcontractors, subject to Customer’s compliance with all of its
obligations under these Terms
and Conditions, and that Customer shall require its Subcontractors
to
agree to and comply
with the terms and conditions of these Terms and Conditions. Such
terms
and conditions
may be Incorporated into a separate subcontractor agreement, provided
however that
the form of such subcontractor agreement shall be subject to prior
review
and approval of
Mobile Messenger.
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2.7 |
To
the extent of any conflict or Inconsistency between a Service Addendum
and
the operative provisions
of these Terms and Conditions, the Addendum shall take precedence
in
respect of the
Services and other matters which are the subject of that, Addendum.
Each
individual Addendum
shall be separate and discrete and shall relate only to the Services
which
are the subject
of it, and accordingly the contents of any individual Addendum shall
not
affect the content
of any other Addendum or the Services which are the subject of any
other
Addendum,
save only as may be expressly provided in one or more of the
Addenda.
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3 |
Customer
Commitments
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3.1 |
The
Customer warrants and undertakes to Mobile Messenger as
follows:
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(a) |
at
all times to conform to the protocol specification for the relevant
Service Interface as
provided to the Customer by Mobile Messenger from time to
time;
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(b) |
to
attempt to connect only to the Service Interface specified for Customer’s
Services and
using only the names and passwords notified to them by Mobile Messenger
from time to
time;
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(c) |
to
designate at least 2 weeks prior to the .Commencement Date such employees
of the Customer
as may be required to act as technical coordinators and Mobile Messenger’s
contact
points in order to coordinate delivery of the
Services;
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(d) |
to
ensure that the technical co-ordinators and other staff of the Customer
follow the service
administration and fault reporting procedures provided to Customer
by
Mobile Messenger
from time to time;
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(e) |
to
accept responsibility for, and pay in accordance with these Terms
and
Conditions, Mobile
Messenger’s charges, as specified in accordance with Clause 5.1, arising
from the submission
by the Customer to Mobile Messenger of messages for delivery to any
mobile
phone
number (Including, without limitation, any invalid mobile phone
number);
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(f) |
to
supply
complete and accurate instructions, Customer Content and Customer
Data to
Mobile
Messenger sufficient for the performance of the relevant Services,
in
accordance with
such timescales as Mobile Messenger may reasonably
require;
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(g) |
where
the Services Include any Premium SMS services, to ensure that the
PSMS
Terms
and Conditions are complied with in respect of all such services
and
messages;
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(h) |
that
neither the Customer Content nor the Customer Data or its supply
to or use
by Mobile
Messenger or any End-user shall infringe the rights of any third
parties
or any laws or
regulations, Including, without limitation, any and all applicable
laws
and rules governing
messaging services and customer information privacy, Including customer
proprietary
network information, in any country where any message is originated,
delivered
or in respect of which any of the Services are performed and, where
the
Services are
used for the provision of services to End-users within the European
Economic Area, the European
Union (EU) Data Protection Directive (95/46/EC), the EU Directive
on
Privacy and
Electronic Communications (2002/58/EC), the EU Electronic Commerce
Directive (00/31/EC)
and the EU Distance Selling Directive (97/7/EC), and any national
implementations
thereof;
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(i)
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to
ensure that the Services are used for proper and lawful purposes
only and
in accordance
with such instructions as Mobile Messenger may from time to time
notify to
the Customer;
and
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(j)
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at
its own expense, to comply with all requirements and conditions at
any
time imposed by law or regulation which are applicable to or affect
the
Services or the conduct of the Customer’s
business.
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3.2 |
Without
limiting Clause 3.1 above, the Customer undertakes not to use the
Services
or permit
the Services to be used:
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(a) |
for
sending any communication which is defamatory, offensive or abusive
or of
an obscene
or menacing nature;
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(b) |
for
the persistent sending of messages without a reasonable cause or
for the
purpose of
causing annoyance, Inconvenience or distress to any
person;
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(c) |
in
any way that contravenes applicable law or regulation in any country
where
the Services
are marketed or provided;
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(d) |
in
any way that may have a detrimental effect to the goodwill and good
standing of any
of the relevant Network Operators;
or
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(e) |
for
the sending of unsolicited
messages.
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3.3 |
Mobile
Messenger may request:
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(a) |
evidence
from the Customer of compliance with Clauses 3.1 and 3.2 above,
and
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(b) |
the
provision by the Customer of reasonable volume forecasts, customer
support
information
and information concerning new services to be provided by means of
the
Services,
and
the Customer agrees to comply with any such request as soon as reasonably
practicable, and
with such degree of detail as Mobile Messenger may require on the
condition that any forecasts
given will not be contractually binding and/or oblige the Customer
to
purchase and/or
order the Services, save as may be provided in the relevant
Addendum.
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3.4 |
The
Customer acknowledges that the Network Operators have a base of End-users
across all age
groups. Customer shall be responsible for the Services delivered
to
End-users and shall take
all appropriate measures to ensure that the content of each of the
Services is not inappropriate
for the End-user.
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3.5 |
The
Customer also acknowledges that:
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(a) |
an
Allocated Number may be similar to another number or code;
and
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(b) |
Mobile
Messenger shall under no circumstances have any responsibility or
liability in the
event that any End-users mistakenly send messages to an Allocated
Number
instead of
another number or code.
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4 |
Compliance
and Regulators
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4.1 |
The
Customer agrees:
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(a) |
to
comply, and to ensure that all of the Customer Content and all use
of the
Services complies, in all respects, with all regulations, directions,
codes of practice and other rules and
guidelines, mandatory or otherwise, promulgated from time to time
by
Regulators (collectively,
“Codes”) Including, without limitation, those of the Mobile Marketing
Association
(available at xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx);
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(b) |
to
ensure that all advertising of the Services complies with applicable
advertising laws, standards,
regulations and codes;
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(c) |
to
provide Mobile Messenger with, and notify Mobile Messenger of any
subsequent changes
to, the name, address and contact telephone number of any Subcontractor,
together
with any Allocated Numbers allocated to such
Subcontractors;
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(d) |
that
where Mobile Messenger is advised in writing by a Regulator that
the
Customer is or
has been in breach of any Code, Customer shall immediately comply
with any
request from
Mobile Messenger to cease the breaching activity and shall comply
with any
directive or
order of the Regulator;
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(e) |
to
provide all reasonable assistance to Mobile Messenger in connection
with
Mobile Messenger’s
compliance with any requirements or conditions which are at any time
imposed
by law or any Regulator which are applicable to or affect the
Services.
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(f) |
to
provide the Regulator with such information or material relating
to the
Services or a future
service as the Regulator may reasonably request in order to carry
out any
investigation
in connection with (i) the Services or (ii) Customer’s relationship with
Mobile Messenger
or with a Subcontractor.
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4.2 |
In
the event that any Network Operator or
Regulator:
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(a) |
advises
Mobile Messenger that the Customer is or has been in breach of any
of the
Codes,
Mobile Messenger shall be entitled to act on any request, recommendation,
order or
directive by such Network Operator or Regulator to withhold any sums
payable to the Customer
until the Customer pays to the Network Operator or Regulator (as
the case
may be)
all sums due for payment of fines, penalties, administrative charges
or
other sums payable
to the Network Operator or Regulator or to one or more End-users
by reason
of an
order of a Regulator, and Mobile Messenger shall be entitled to pay
the
same out of the monies
withheld; or
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(b) |
makes
a charge, fine, penalty or debit against Mobile Messenger, or any
deduction from
of sums otherwise payable to Mobile Messenger for one or more actual
or
alleged events
the liability for which (if proven) would have arisen out of a breach
of
Clause 3.1 or 3.2
above or constituted a breach of any of the Codes, then
Mobile Messenger shall be entitled to recover from the Customer the
amount
thereof, plus any costs or expenses Incurred by Mobile Messenger
in
connection with the Incurring of
such liability or the relevant charge, fine, penalty, debit or
deduction.
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5 |
Price,
Payment and Currency
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5.1 |
The
charges for the Services shall be as set out in the relevant Addendum,
as
adjusted from time
to time pursuant to this Clause 10. In the event that an Addendum
does not
refer to any specific
pricing, the Services shall be performed at Mobile Messenger’s then
current standard charges,
which Mobile Messenger will provide to the Customer upon
request.
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5.2 |
Mobile
Messenger shall be entitled to change the pricing which applies to
Services by:
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(a) |
30
days’ notice in writing to the Customer,
or
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(b) |
such
other period of notice as may be specified in the relevant Addendum,
(a
“Price Change Notice”).
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In
the
event that a Price Change Notice is given to the Customer, the Customer shall
have the
rights of termination specified in Clause 12.3(b)(ii) below. Any messages sent
on or after the
date
when such a Price Change Notice takes effect shall be charged at the pricing
specified
in that Price Change Notice.
5.3 |
Where
an Addendum specifies that the Customer is to pre-pay charges to
Mobile
Messenger for
Services, then:
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(a) |
the
Customer shall make such payments by the time specified therefor
in such
Addendum;
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(b) |
Mobile
Messenger will set-off such pre-paid charges against the charges
otherwise
payable
by the Customer for the Services in question, and any other amounts
payable by the
Customer under these Terms and Conditions, and report monthly to
the
Customer, showing
a reconciliation of the pre-paid charges against such fees and
amounts;
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(c) |
pre-paid
charges will not be refundable, notwithstanding that Services have
not
been provided
to the Customer, over any period to which the pre-paid charges are
stated
to apply,
except where the Services were not provided to Customer solely due
to the
material breach
by Mobile Messenger of the terms of these Terms and
Conditions.
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(d) |
in
the event that Mobile Messenger’s charges attributable to the Services
which are the
subject of such pre-paid charges are equivalent to or exceed the
amount
for which pre-payment
has been received from the Customer, then Mobile Messenger shall
be
entitled
to suspend provision of the relevant Services until further payment
has
been received
from the Customer in an amount specified by Mobile
Messenger.
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5.4 |
All
amounts payable under these Terms and Conditions are exclusive of
any Tax
that may be applicable
to the Services. The Customer will be responsible for payment of
all such
Taxes.
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5.5 |
All
charges or Outpayments for the Services shall be calculated by reference
to data recorded by
(a) Network Operators, in respect of Premium Rate Messages, and (b)
Mobile
Messenger, in
relation to other messages.
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5.6 |
Upon
thirty (30) days’ written notice, the Customer may, by appointment during
normal business
hours, inspect the records held by Mobile Messenger reasonably related
to
the calculation
of charges and Outpayments, for the purpose of verifying charges
and
Outpayments
under these Terms and Conditions. If a discrepancy is found then
such
discrepancy
shall be corrected within 30 days of the inspection. Unless a discrepancy
to the Customer’s disadvantage of at least $500 is found in an inspection,
then the Customer shall not
be entitled to conduct another inspection under this Clause 5.6 until
at
least six months has
elapsed from the end of the inspection in
question.
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5.7 |
In
relation to messages where the relevant Addendum specifies charges
for
messages, such charges
shall be Incurred:
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(a) |
for
MT messages, following the submission by the Customer of a message
to the
Platform
through the Service Interface; provided that a charge will not be
Incurred
where a
submission properly made according to the Protocol Specification
is not
correctly transmitted
by Mobile Messenger to the relevant Network Operator for
delivery;
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(b) |
for
MO messages, where the message is properly made available for receipt
by
the Customer
through the Service Interface.
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5.8 |
Where
an invoice is issued for sums payable to Mobile Messenger by the
Customer:
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(a) |
such
sums shall be paid by the Customer within 15 days of the date of
Mobile Messenger’s
invoice; and
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(b) |
unless
otherwise specified in the relevant Addendum, Mobile Messenger will
issue
such invoices
to the Customer on a monthly basis.
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5.9 |
Unless
otherwise expressly agreed in writing between the
parties;
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(a) |
all
payments of charges by the Customer to Mobile Messenger and other
transfers of funds
between the parties required shall be made by bank transfer,
and
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(b) |
all
charges and fees relating to such transfers (Including, without
limitation, those levied
by the paying and payee bank or other financial institution) will
be borne
by the Customer;
Mobile Messenger will Include the amount of such charges and fees
in
invoices and
statements issued to the Customer under these Terms and
Conditions.
|
5.10 |
Where
Outpayments are specified in an Addendum and are due to Customer,
Customer
shall be
paid as follows:-
|
(a) |
Mobile
Messenger will notify Customer monthly in writing of the Outpayments
due
to the Customer, as calculated in accordance with the relevant Addendum,
based on reports from
Network Operators;
|
(b) |
Customer
shall invoice Mobile Messenger for the amounts of the Outpayments
which
are
thus notified by Mobile Messenger;
and
|
(c) |
Mobile
Messenger will make payment to the Customer of the relevant Outpayment
amounts,
subject to Clauses 5.11 and 5.12 below, 15 days after receiving payment
from the
relevant Network Operators for the Premium Rate Messages in respect
of
which the Outpayments
are payable. Mobile Messenger will use its reasonable endeavors to
obtain
timely
payment of such sums by such Network
Operators.
|
5.11 |
Where
Mobile Messenger owes to the Customer any sums, or holds any sums
on its
behalf (Including,
without limitation, pre-paid charges referred to in Clause 5.3 above),
then Mobile Messenger
shall be entitled to set off against any such sums any amounts owed
to
Mobile Messenger by, or which Mobile Messenger is entitled to recover
from
or credit against, the Customer
under or in connection with any Addendum or these Terms and
Conditions.
|
5.12 |
Where
Mobile Messenger is due to make any payment to the Customer under
these
Terms and
Conditions, Mobile Messenger shall be entitled, but not obliged,
to retain
such amounts and
pay them to the Customer only once they exceed $1,500.00 US (one
thousand
five hundred
dollars).
|
5.13 |
If
an End-user contacts Mobile Messenger in relation to the Services
Mobile
Messenger shall redirect
or transfer such End-user to the support facilities of Customer,
or, if
such a transfer is
not, in Mobile Messenger’s opinion, reasonably practicable, for any reason
(Including, without limitation, by reason of any unwillingness by
the
End-user to be redirected to the Customer),
then Mobile Messenger may itself provide an initial response to the
query
or complaint.
Where Mobile Messenger receives more than 20 such contacts from End-users
in any
7 day period, Mobile Messenger shall have the right to charge the
Customer
the sum of $10.00
in respect of each individual telephone or other contact made by
an
End-user with Mobile
Messenger or any agent of Mobile Messenger, save where (a) the proximate
cause of the
End-user making such contact is a breach of these Terms and Conditions,
or
a failure of the
Services to perform in accordance with the Service Specifications,
for
which Mobile Messenger
is responsible, or (b) the End-user’s requirement to make contact with
Mobile Messenger
results either from (i) a failure on the part of Mobile Messenger
to
submit to the relevant
Network Operator a Customer Care Form previously provided by the
Customer
containing
the Customer’s relevant contact information, or (ii) a failure of the
relevant Network
Operator to provide that contact information. Mobile Messenger does
not
warrant that
any response it gives to End-users as provided in this Clause will
be
appropriate to the Services,
or would be similar to the response which the Customer would
give.
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5.14 |
If
any Network Operator makes a charge to or deduction from payments
due to
Mobile Messenger
for calls made to such Network Operator by any End-Users, then Mobile
Messenger
shall be entitled to recover the amount of any such charges or
deductions.
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5.15 |
In
the event that any payment due under these Terms and Conditions is
not
paid on the due date
for payment then the creditor party shall be entitled to charge interest
thereon at the rate
of three percent per annum over the then-current base rate of the
Chase
Manhattan Bank, New York from time to time from the date payment
becomes
due until payment in full. Such
interest shall accrue daily.
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5.16 |
If
the pricing for Services in an Addendum is expressed in a currency
other
than United State dollars,
then, in respect of that Addendum only, sums expressed in these Terms
and
Conditions
in United States dollars shall be converted into that currency using
the
applicable exchange
rate for sale of U.S. dollars listed by the foreign exchange desk
of the
Chase Manhattan
Bank, New York for the business day immediately preceding the day
upon
which each
payment is due to be paid. If no such rate is stated, then the rate
shall
be the exchange rate published by the Wall Street Journal for the
business
day immediately preceding the day upon
which each payment is due to be
paid.
|
5.17 |
Obligations
under this Clause 5, other than under Clause 5.12, shall survive
any
termination of
these Terms and Conditions.
|
6 |
Confidentiality
|
6.1 |
For
the purpose of these Terms and Conditions, “Confidential Information”
shall mean all Intellectual
Property Rights, drawings, software, data, specifications, processes,
testing procedures,
customer information, financial information, product and services
information and
all other technical, business and other information and material
relating
or belonging to a party or its customers and any other information
designated as Confidential Information by a party
which is obtained by either party in relation to the other, either
directly or indirectly.
|
6.2 |
Confidential
Information shall not Include:
|
(a) |
information
which was in the public domain at the time of
disclosure;
|
(b) |
information
which, though originally Confidential Information, subsequently falls
into
the public domain other than as a result of any breach of this Clause
or
any other duty of confidentiality;
|
(c) |
information
received by a party from a third party, or already known by such
party,
without
any breach of this Clause or any obligation of
confidentiality;
|
(d) |
information
that is trivial or obvious; and
|
(e) |
information
that is required to be disclosed by a government body or court of
competent
jurisdiction or by operation of law or in order to comply with the
rules
of a recognized
stock exchange., but only to the extent so
required.
|
6.3 |
Each
party hereby agrees, other than as permitted by these Terms and
Conditions, to keep the
Confidential Information of the other in complete confidence and
not to
disclose the same to
any third parties (except as set out above), nor use it for any purposes
other than for the performance
of its duties under these Terms and Conditions (the “Specific Purposes”).
Either party
may disclose the Confidential Information of the other to its employees
but only to the extent
reasonably necessary for the Specific Purposes and subject to the
recipient being subject
to obligations of confidentiality relating to that Confidential
Information no less stringent
than the requirements of this Clause. Each party hereby agrees to
use
reasonable endeavours
to ensure that all such employees do not disclose Confidential Information
of the other
party to third parties or use the same otherwise than as reasonably
required for the Specific
Purposes. The provisions of this Clause shall continue in full force
and
effect notwithstanding
the termination of these Terms and Conditions for any reason
whatsoever.
|
7 |
Warranties /
Liability
|
7.1 |
Mobile
Messenger warrants that the Services will be performed with reasonable
care and skill with
the objective of meeting the requirements of these Terms and Conditions,
Including (without
limitation) the Service Specifications and the Service Level
Agreement.
|
7.2 |
Mobile
Messenger shall have no obligation, duty or liability whatsoever
in
contract, tort (Including
negligence, breach of statutory duty and any other tort) or otherwise,
except as otherwise
expressly provided in these Terms and
Conditions.
|
7.3 |
Nothing
in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude or restrict Mobile Messenger’s
or the Customer’s
liability for death or personal injury resulting from their respective
negligence.
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7.4 |
LIMITATION
OF LIABILITY. NEITHER MOBILE MESSENGER NOR ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED
IN CREATING, PRODUCING, DELIVERING, INSTALLING, SUPPORTING, SUSPENDING
OR
TERMINATING THE USE OF ANY SERVICE OR SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
ANY
DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY
DAMAGES
OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OR
USE OF MOBILE MESSENGER SERVICE, OR INABILITY TO USE MOBILE MESSENGER
SERVICE, OR ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY OR SERVICE LEVEL
ASSURANCE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOST PROFITS OR REVENUE,
BUSINESS
INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, OR LOSS OF TECHNOLOGY
RIGHTS, EVEN IF SUCH PERSON OR ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF SUCH DAMAGES. MOBILE MESSENGER SHALL IN ADDITION HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY
OF ANY KIND FOR TRANSMISSION ERRORS IN, CORRUPTION OF, OR THE SECURITY
OF
CUSTOMER’S INFORMATION CARRIED OVER WIRELINE OR WIRELESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS’ FACILITIES AND NETWORKS. MOBILE MESSENGER
SHALL IN ADDITION HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SELECTION, RETENTION,
OR
ACTS AND OMISSIONS OF, THIRD PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICE,
INCLUDING THOSE WITH WHOM MOBILE MESSENGER MAY CONTRACT TO OPERATE
THE
MOBILE MESSENGER SERVICE. REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OR THE FORM OF
ACTION,
MOBILE MESSENGER’ AGGREGATE MAXIMUM LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO
THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNTS PAYABLE
BY
CUSTOMER THEREUNDER, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED
HEREIN.
|
7.5 |
Disclaimer.
THE MOBILE MESSENGER NETWORK AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”
AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER. MOBILE MESSENGER
DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTEES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY
RIGHTS.
|
7.6 |
Mobile
Messenger shall have no liability to the Customer or any other person
for
or in respect of
any Customer Content, Customer Data or instructions supplied by the
Customer which are Incomplete,
Incorrect, inaccurate, illegible, out of sequence or in the wrong
form, or
arising from
their late arrival or non-arrival, or any other act or omission of
the
Customer.
|
7.7 |
Mobile
Messenger will use reasonable endeavours to meet any dates agreed
between
the parties
in writing for the commencement of the
Services.
|
7.8 |
If
Mobile Messenger shall fail to meet any service level or other requirement
specified in the Service
Level Agreement, then Mobile Messenger’s entire liability, and the
Customer’s entire remedy,
shall be (a) for Mobile Messenger to use reasonable endeavours to
correct
such failure
in future deliveries of the affected Services; and (b) termination
of the
relevant Service
Addendum and the Services provided thereunder, subject to and in
accordance with the
Service Level Agreement and Clause 12.3(b)
below.
|
7.9 |
The
provisions of this Clause 7 shall survive the termination or expiration
of
these Terms and Conditions.
|
8 |
Intellectual
Property Rights
|
8.1 |
Ownership
of all Mobile Messenger Rights shall vest in and remain with Mobile
Messenger. Mobile
Messenger does not by these Terms and Conditions grant Customer any
right,
title, license
or interest in or to any Mobile Messenger software or documentation,
or in
any related patents,
copyrights, trade secrets or other proprietary intellectual property.
Customer shall acquire
no rights of any kind in or to any Mobile Messenger trademark, service
xxxx, trade name,
logo or product or service designation under which Mobile Messenger’
products or services
were or are marketed (whether or not registered) and shall not use
same
for any reason
except as expressly authorized in writing by Mobile Messenger prior
to
such use, but in
no event for a period longer than the term of these Terms and
Conditions.
|
8.2 |
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, Mobile Messenger shall license to the Customer for
the term
of
these Terms and Conditions only such use of Mobile Messenger Rights
as is
directly and unavoidably required by the Customer to use the Services
(Including any documentation or software
which Mobile Messenger makes available to the Customer for use pursuant
to
these Terms
and Conditions).
|
8.3 |
The
Customer shall license to Mobile Messenger the Customer Rights in
order
that Mobile Messenger
is enabled to provide the Services in accordance with these Terms
and
Conditions.
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8.4 |
Any
license granted under this Clause 8 shall be non-transferable,
non-sublicensable, non-exclusive
and royalty-free and shall be limited to the Term in respect of
the
Services to which the
license relates and shall be granted only for the purpose of fulfilling
the respective party’s rights
and obligations under these Terms and
Conditions.
|
8.5 |
Each
party warrants to the other that it is the owner of its respective
Rights
or is entitled to license
the respective Rights as provided under Clauses 8.2 or 8.3, as
applicable.
|
8.6 |
Neither
party shall reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble any software
comprised in the other
party’s Rights.
|
Non-solicitation
of Employees
Both
parties agree, during the Term and for a period of six (6) months thereafter,
not directly or
indirectly (other than by general advertising) to solicit employ or engage,
or
endeavour to do
so,
any employees of, or any contractors used by the other party in the performance
of its obligations
under these Terms and Conditions without the prior written consent of the other
party.
10 |
Non-assignability
and Third Party Rights
|
10.1 |
This
Agreement and the Customer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement
shall not be assigned by Customer or by operation of law or otherwise,
without the prior written consent of
Mobile Messenger. Without limitation, Mobile Messenger may withhold
such
consent if Customer
seeks to assign this Agreement or any of them to an assignee who
is not
creditworthy,
or who is a direct competitor of Mobile Messenger, or who is an infringer
of Mobile
Messenger’ intellectual property or an opponent of Mobile Messenger in
litigation, arbitration,
administrative proceedings, or other contested proceedings, or if
the
assignment would
have a material adverse effect on Mobile Messenger, in Mobile Messenger’
reasonable judgment.
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the
parties hereto
and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Customer may
not in
any way sell,
lease, rent, license, sublicense or otherwise distribute the Mobile
Messenger Services to any
entity other than Customer, except with the prior, express written
consent
of Mobile Messenger,
in Mobile Messenger’ sole discretion. Notwithstanding any subcontracting
by the Customer of any of its obligations under this Agreement, the
Customer shall remain liable for performing
those obligations.
|
10.2 |
The
Customer acknowledges that Mobile Messenger shall be entitled, by
notice
in writing to the
Customer, to assign any or all of its rights and obligations under
this
Agreement to any third
party.
|
10.3 |
The
parties to this Agreement do not intend that any terms of this Agreement
should be enforceable
by any person or entity who or which is not a party to this
Agreement.
|
11 |
Indemnity
|
The
Customer shall indemnify Mobile Messenger and its officers, employees, agents
or
contracting
carriers (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) and keep the Indemnified
Parties fully
and
effectively indemnified against all costs, claims, demands, damages,
liabilities, actions
and proceedings, Including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any person or
entity (Including,
without limitation, any Regulator) arising out of or in connection with (a)
any
breach
of
this Agreement by Customer, or (b) the provision or use of the Services by
any
person
or
(c) the conduct of Customer’s business. In addition, Customer agrees to
indemnify and
hold
the Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any and all claims, demands,
damages,
liabilities, actions and proceedings, Including reasonable attorneys’ fees,
arising out
of
any claim or proceeding brought against an Indemnified Party alleging that
information supplied
or transmitted by Customer or its employees or agents through the Mobile
Messenger
Services (a) infringes, misappropriates or interferes with the intellectual
property rights
of
any third party, or (b) contains or consists of privileged, private, defamatory,
libelous,
slanderous, pornographic, or obscene materials or information. Supply or
transmission
of such information also shall be grounds for Mobile Messenger, in its sole
discretion,
to terminate immediately this Agreement without a notice or opportunity for
cure.
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12
|
Suspension
and Termination
|
12.1 |
Mobile
Messenger may in its sole discretion suspend provision of the Services
at
any time in the
event that:
|
(a) |
Mobile
Messenger is entitled to terminate these Terms and
Conditions;
|
(b) |
Mobile
Messenger is obliged or advised to comply with an order, instruction,
directive or
request of the government, Regulator, court or other competent
authority;
|
(c) |
Mobile
Messenger has reason to believe that the Customer is in breach of
any of
its obligations
under these Terms and Conditions
|
(d) |
the
services of one or more of the Network Operators upon which the provision
of Services
hereunder is dependent suspends its provision of those services to
Mobile
Messenger
under the terms of its or their relevant agreement(s) with Mobile
Messenger; or
|
(e) |
any
payment due to Mobile Messenger hereunder is outstanding after the
due
date for payment.
|
12.2 |
Where
Mobile Messenger determines in its discretion it is practicable to
do so,
then Mobile Messenger
shall effect any such suspension only in respect of those Services
which
are affected
by the matters referred to in the above sub-Clauses. Mobile Messenger
will
use reasonable
endeavors to notify Customer in advance of any suspension of the
Services
effected
under these Terms and Conditions.
|
12.3 |
These
Terms and Conditions may be terminated prior to expiration of the
Term by
notice in writing
as follows:
|
(a) |
by
either party in the event the other has failed to perform any material
obligation required
to be performed under these Terms and Conditions and such failure
is not
corrected
within thirty (30) days from receipt of written notice advising of
such
failure from
the other party, which notice shall make reference to this
Clause;
|
(b) |
by
the Customer in respect of any specific Service Addendum and the
Services
which are
the subject thereof (but not any other. Service Addendum or
Services):
|
(i)
|
where
an applicable Service Level Agreement expressly permits termination
in
respect of
the relevant Service Addendum and Services;
or
|
(ii)
|
in
the event that a Price Change Notice is served under Clause 5.2,
provided
that the Customer
gives written notice of termination to Mobile Messenger no later
than the
later of (i) the date when the price change which is the subject
of the
Price Change Notice
is scheduled to take effect, as specified in the relevant Price Change
Notice, and (ii)
fourteen days from the date of the Price Change
Notice;
|
(c) |
by
Mobile Messenger by immediate notice in the event that one or more
of the
Network
Operators upon which the provision of Services hereunder is dependent
terminates
its provision of those services to Mobile Messenger under the terms
of its
or their
relevant agreement(s) with Mobile Messenger;
or
|
(d) |
by
Mobile Messenger, in respect of any specific Service Addendum and
the
Services which
are the subject of it (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not any other
Service Addendum
or Services), in the event that any modification to Mobile Messenger’s
existing Network
Operator contracts or any change in any law, regulation or code of
conduct
makes
the provision of such Services illegal or contrary to such law, regulation
or code of conduct,
prohibitively difficult, or prohibitively expensive for Mobile Messenger,
in Mobile Messenger’
sole discretion;
|
(e) |
by
Mobile Messenger by immediate notice in the event that the Customer
is
in material
breach of its obligations under Clause 3.1 or
3.2;
|
(f) |
by
either party in the event that the other party institutes or has
instituted against it any proceedings
seeking relief, reorganization or arrangement under any laws relating
to
insolvency
or bankruptcy, which proceedings are not dismissed within sixty (60)
days,
or upon
any assignment for benefit of creditors, appointment of a receiver,
liquidator or trustee,
of either party’s property or assets, or upon the liquidation, dissolution
or winding up
of either party’s business, or shall suffer anything analogous to these
matters to occur to
him or it; or
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(g)
|
by
either party in the event that the other party is prevented from
performing its obligations
under these Terms and Conditions pursuant to Clause 16.1 for a period
of
30 days
or more; or
|
(h) |
by
either party in the event that any payment due hereunder is not paid
by
the other party
within 30 days following the date when it is required to be paid
in
accordance with these
Terms and Conditions.
|
12.4 |
Upon
termination or expiration of these Terms and Conditions the Customer
shall
deliver to Mobile
Messenger all material containing any of the Confidential Information
of
Mobile Messenger
within fourteen (14) days of such termination or expiration or, at
the
option of Mobile
Messenger, a statement confirming that such copies have been destroyed,
and Mobile Messenger
shall return to the Customer all material provided in documentary
form by
the Customer
to Mobile Messenger containing information in the nature of Confidential
Information
of the Customer which it holds; provided that (a) Mobile Messenger
shall
not be obliged
to return such material to the Customer where in doing so Mobile
Messenger
would be
likely to compromise the confidentiality of any other person’s
confidential information); and
(b) Mobile Messenger shall be entitled to retain and use all Confidential
Information of the
Customer Including but not limited to MSISDN numbers provided by
the
Customer to Mobile
Messenger as part of the Customer Data or Customer Content notwithstanding
termination
of these Terms and Conditions for so long and to the extent required
by
Mobile Messenger in connection with the performance by Mobile Messenger
of
obligations owed to Network
Operators or Regulators or in order to satisfy legal or regulatory
requirements.
|
13 |
Term
|
13.1 |
These
Terms and Conditions shall continue in force until the expiration
or
termination of all of the
Addenda.
|
13.2 |
Unless
earlier terminated in accordance with these Terms and Conditions,
each
Addendum shall
continue until:
|
(a) |
such
date, or the expiry of such period, as is specified in the Addendum;
or,
in the absence
thereof
|
(b) |
the
service by either party of at least ninety (60) days’ written notice to
the other party,
such notice to expire no earlier than the first anniversary of that
Addendum’s Commencement
Date.
|
14 |
Announcement
|
Any
public announcement regarding these Terms and Conditions and/or the subject
matter of these
Terms and Conditions shall be agreed in writing in advance by the
Parties.
15 |
Data
Protection
|
15.1 |
The
Customer warrants and undertakes that it shall comply with all applicable
laws and regulations
in relation to the provision of its Services, and in particular but
without limitation Customer
shall comply with the all applicable data protection and privacy
laws.
|
15.2 |
Mobile
Messenger warrants and undertakes that without prejudice to any duties
it
may owe to
other customers, or rights it may otherwise have acquired, it will
not use
Customer Data (or
Customer Content) other than for the purposes expressed in, and in
accordance with, these
Terms and Conditions.
|
16 |
Force
Majeure
|
16.1 |
Either
party’s performance of any part of these Terms and Conditions, other than
payment obligations,
shall be excused to the extent that it is hindered, delayed or otherwise
made impractical
by:
|
(a) |
the
acts or omissions of the other party or any Network
Operator;
|
(b) |
flood,
fire, earthquake, strike, stoppage of work, or riot, failure or
diminishment of power
or of
telecommunications or data networks or services not under the control
of a
party,
governmental or military acts or orders or restrictions, terrorist
attack;
or
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(c) |
any
other cause (whether similar or dissimilar to those listed) beyond
the
reasonable control
of that party and not caused by the negligence of the non-performing
party
(collectively
referred to as “force majeure conditions”
below).
|
16.2 |
If
any such force majeure condition(s) occur(s), the non-performing
party
shall make reasonable
efforts to notify the other party of the nature of any such condition
and
the extent of
the delay, and shall make reasonable, good faith efforts to resume
performance as soon as possible.
|
17 |
General
|
17.1 |
These
Terms and Conditions, Including their Schedules and each Addendum
constitutes the entire
understanding and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to
the
subject matter hereof.
These Terms and Conditions supersede all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, representations
and understandings between the parties regarding the subject matter
hereof. The
Terms and Conditions and any provision hereof may be amended only
by a
writing signed
by both parties. If Customer orders the Mobile Messenger Services
through
its purchase
order, that purchase order shall be deemed to Incorporate these Terms
and
Conditions
by reference, and any pre-printed clauses on Customer’s purchase order
form shall
be deemed deleted and of no force and effect. If any provision of
these
Terms and Conditions
is found to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be
severed
from these Terms
and Conditions and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall
be
interpreted so
as best to reasonably effect the intent of the parties
hereto.
|
17.2 |
Subject
to Clause 2.5, any amendment to these Terms and Conditions must be
in
writing signed
by or on behalf of both parties.
|
17.3 |
No
waiver of any provision of these Terms and Conditions by either party
shall be effective unless
made in writing. Any waiver made by such party of any term or condition
of
these Terms
and Conditions shall not be deemed or construed to be a waiver of
such
term or condition
for the future, or any subsequent breach
thereof.
|
17.4 |
Any
notice under this Agreement shall be in writing and
sent:
|
(a) |
where
the notice is served pursuant to (i) Clause 1.1.15, 2.5, 3.1, 3.2,
5.1 or
5.2 or (ii)
the PSMS Terms and Conditions, by email, addressed to the recipient’s
email address specified
in the Addendum (provided a copy of such email is retained by the
sending
party, and
made available to the recipient if it is reasonably requested), or
to such
other email address
as is notified by the recipient from time to time by email sent in
accordance with this
Clause 17.4(a), with a confirming copy by regular mail;
or
|
(b) |
where
the email address above is determined to be non-working at the time
of
transmission
of notice, and where the notice is served pursuant to any other provision
of these
Terms and Conditions, Including, without limitation, Clause 2.5(b),
10.2,
12.3, 13.2 or 16.2, by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, to such party
at the address for such party set out at the beginning of these Terms
and
Conditions or
to such other address as such party has for the time being notified
to the
other in accordance
with this Paragraph 17.4(b).
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17.5 |
If
any portion of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be or
becomes
unenforceable or
illegal, such portion shall be deemed eliminated and the remainder
of
these Terms and Conditions
shall remain in effect in accordance with its terms as modified by
such
deletion.
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17.6 |
Except
as otherwise expressly provided, any remedy provided for in these
Terms
and Conditions
is deemed cumulative with, and not exclusive of, any other remedy
provided
for in these
Terms and Conditions or otherwise available at law or in equity,
and the
exercise of any
remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. Should
suit be
brought to enforce
or interpret any part of these Terms and Conditions, the prevailing
party
shall be entitled
to recover, as an element of the costs of suit and not as damages,
reasonable attorneys’
fees and costs of suit Incurred therein and in any
appeal.
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17.7 |
The
relationship of the Parties established by these Terms and Conditions
and
the performance
hereof is that of independent contractors, and these Terms and Conditions
does not
create an agency, partnership or joint venture relationship between
the
Parties.
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17.8 |
These
Terms and Conditions are governed by and shall be construed in accordance
with the laws
of the State of California, United States of America, irrespective
of its
choice of law or conflict
of law prInciples. Any dispute of any kind arising out of or relating
to
these Terms and
Conditions shall be brought exclusively in the California State courts
or
the United States District
Court for the Northern District of California. The United Nations
Convention on Contracts
for the International Sale of Goods shall not apply to these Terms
and
Conditions.
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17.9 |
These
Terms and Conditions may be executed in two or more counterparts,
each of
which will be
deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one
and the
same instrument.
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17.10 |
If
any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid
by a
court of competent jurisdiction,
then the remaining provisions shall nevertheless remain in full force
and
effect. The
Parties further agree to negotiate in good faith a substitute, valid
and
enforceable provision
that most nearly effects the Parties’ intent and to be bound by mutually
agreed substitute
provision.
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