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EXHIBIT 10.7.1
ADDENDUM IV
TO
SPRINT PCS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND
SPRINT PCS SERVICES AGREEMENT
AMENDING THESE AGREEMENTS FURTHER
AND RESTATING CERTAIN SECTIONS AND PARAGRAPHS
IN
ADDENDA I THROUGH III
Dated as of March 16, 2005
MANAGER: BRIGHT PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES LLC
SERVICE AREA BTAs: Battle Creek, MI #33
Benton Harbor, MI #39
Dayton-Springfield, OH #106
Elkhart, IN #126
Findlay-Tiffin, OH #143
Fort Wayne, IN #155
Kalamazoo, MI #223
Kokomo-Logansport, IN #233
Lima, OH #255
Marion, IN #280
Michigan City-La Porte, IN #294
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN #424
Toledo, OH #444
This Addendum IV (this "ADDENDUM") contains amendments to the
Sprint
PCS Management Agreement, the Sprint PCS
Services Agreement, the Sprint
Trademark and Service Mark License
Agreement and the Sprint Spectrum Trademark
and Service Mark License Agreement, each of
which was entered into on October
13, 1999 by the same parties to this
Addendum. The Management Agreement,
Services Agreement and Trademark License
Agreements were amended by:
(1)
Addendum I dated
as of October 13, 1999,
(2)
Addendum II
dated as of April 28, 2000, and
(3)
Addendum III
dated as of September 26, 2000.
The purposes of this Addendum are to (1) amend the Management
Agreement, the Services Agreement, the
Trademark License Agreements and the
Schedule of Definitions and restate those
sections and paragraphs in the addenda
executed previously that amend the
Management Agreement, the Services Agreement,
the Trademark License Agreements and the
Schedule of Definitions (see section A
below), and (2) provide cross-references to
those sections and paragraphs in
addenda executed previously that are not
restated in this Addendum (see section
B below).
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The terms and provisions of this Addendum control over any
conflicting terms and provisions contained
in the Management Agreement, the
Services Agreement, the Trademark License
Agreements and the Schedule of
Definitions. The Management Agreement, the
Services Agreement, the Trademark
Licenses Agreements, the Schedule of
Definitions and all prior addenda continue
in full force and effect, except for
express modifications made in this
Addendum. This Addendum does not change the
effective date of any prior
amendment made to the Management Agreement,
the Services Agreement, the
Trademark License Agreements or the
Schedule of Definitions through previously
executed addenda.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this
Addendum
have the meaning ascribed to them in the
Schedule of Definitions or in prior
addenda. Section and Exhibit references are
to sections and Exhibits of the
Management Agreement unless otherwise
noted.
The parties are executing this Addendum as of the date noted
above,
but the terms of this Addendum are
effective as of January 1, 2005 (the
"EFFECTIVE DATE").
On the Effective Date the Management Agreement, the Services
Agreement, the Trademark License Agreements
and the Schedule of Definitions are
amended and restated as follows:
A. NEW AMENDMENTS AND RESTATEMENT OF
PREVIOUS AMENDMENTS TO SPRINT PCS
AGREEMENTS.
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
1. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
[ADDM I, SECTION 1]. Section 1.2 is amended to
read as follows:
1.2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS. Subject to section 9.2 of this
Agreement,
manager
must adhere to the Program Requirements established by Sprint
PCS
and as modified from
time to time, to ensure uniform and consistent
operation
of all wireless systems within the Sprint PCS Network and to
present
the Sprint PCS Products and Services to customers in a uniform
and
consistent
manner under the Brands.
2.
VENDOR
PURCHASE AGREEMENTS - SOFTWARE FEES [NEW]. Section 1.3 is
amended to read as follows:
Insert: "1.3.1 DISCOUNTED VOLUME-BASED PRICING." before the
first
paragraph.
Insert: "1.3.2 SUBSCRIBER AND INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT." before
the
second
paragraph.
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Insert:
"1.3.3 EXCLUSIVE USE." before the third paragraph.
Add a new
section 1.3.4 as follows:
1.3.4
SOFTWARE FEES.
(a) Manager
acknowledges that Sprint PCS administers the testing and
implementation of the Software (i.e.,
pushing of the Software) into the Service
Area Network.
(b) Sprint
PCS, when obtaining software for its own use that is identical
to the Software, will use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain a license
from vendors (each, a "VENDOR" and
collectively, "VENDORS") providing for the
right of Manager to use the Software in
connection with telecommunications
equipment manufactured by a Vendor
(collectively the software obtained by Sprint
PCS for its own use and the Software that
operates on telecommunications
equipment manufactured by a Vendor are for
purposes of this section 1.3.4, the
"VENDOR SOFTWARE"; when the term "Vendor
Software" is used with respect to
Manager, it means only the Software, and
not the software used only by Sprint
PCS).
(c)
Manager will arrange independently with a Vendor to obtain a
license
if Sprint PCS cannot reasonably obtain a
license for Manager. Any license that
Manager obtains from the Vendor must
require the Vendor Software to be tested in
Sprint PCS test beds by Sprint PCS and
require Sprint PCS, not a Vendor or
Manager, to push the Vendor Software to the
Service Area Network unless Sprint
PCS otherwise consents in advance in
writing, in each case, at no cost to
Manager. Sprint PCS agrees to test the
Vendor Software in Sprint PCS test beds
within a reasonable period after Manager
reasonably requests the tests in
writing.
(d) Sprint
PCS will:
(i) notify Manager in writing at least 60 days before the date
of an automatic renewal of, or Sprint PCS' unilateral act to
renew
or extend, an agreement that provides Sprint PCS the right to
use
the Vendor Software, and
(ii) use reasonable efforts to notify Manager in writing
before the date Sprint PCS intends to start negotiations with a
Vendor regarding extension, renewal, pricing or other material
terms
relating to
Sprint PCS' and Manager's right to use the Vendor
Software (whether for new Software or renewal of an existing
license), and at least 60 days before the date Sprint PCS
executes
an agreement, extension or renewal.
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The notice
by Sprint PCS will include the material terms and conditions of
any such agreement or negotiations to the
extent known at the time of the
notice, including the network elements to
be covered by the right to use the
Vendor Software. Manager must notify Sprint
PCS in writing within 30 days after
receiving the notice described in the first
sentence of this section 1.3.4(d) if
Manager wants Sprint PCS to attempt to
obtain or continue the right for Manager
to use the Vendor Software. Sprint PCS will
renew or negotiate the agreement as
if Manager will not be a user of the Vendor
Software if Manager does not provide
notice to Sprint PCS within the 30-day
period. However, Sprint PCS may obtain
pricing from a Vendor for the Vendor
Software that includes Manager as a user if
obtaining the pricing does not obligate
Manager to be a user.
Sprint PCS
will advise Manager from time to time of the status of the
Software negotiations if Manager requested
Sprint PCS to obtain or continue the
right for Manager to use the Vendor
Software under Sprint PCS' agreement with a
Vendor. Sprint PCS will use reasonable
efforts to give Manager notice of the
final pricing for the right to use the
Vendor Software no less than 20 days
before the expected execution or renewal of
the agreement; provided that, in any
event, Sprint PCS will give Manager notice
of the final pricing no less than 5
Business Days before the expected execution
or renewal of the agreement. If
necessary, Manager agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a
nondisclosure agreement with a Vendor to
facilitate providing such final pricing
to Manager.
Manager
may give Sprint PCS notice by the time set forth in Sprint PCS'
notice to Manager (which time will not be
less than 10 Business Days) that
Manager does not intend to use the Vendor
Software through the agreement between
Sprint PCS and a Vendor. If Manager does
not give this final notice to Sprint
PCS, Manager is deemed to agree to be a
user of the Vendor Software through the
agreement between Sprint PCS and a Vendor
and will pay the Allocable Software
Fee (as defined below). Within 15 Business
Days prior to execution of an
agreement between Sprint PCS and a Vendor,
Sprint PCS will provide to Manager a
forecast of Manager's estimated Allocable
Software Fee, the estimated payment
due dates relating to the Allocable
Software Fee, and the proportion of
Manager's Allocable Software Fee forecast
to be due on each payment due date,
all based on the then-current status of
negotiations between Sprint PCS and the
Vendor.
Sprint PCS
does not have to obtain a license for Vendor Software for
Manager, even if Manager requests Sprint
PCS to obtain such license, if at any
time before execution of the agreements
granting the license Sprint PCS
reasonably believes that Manager is more
likely than not to unreasonably refuse
to pay the Allocable Software Fee or Sprint
PCS reasonably believes that the
Manager is in such financial condition that
Manager is more likely than not to
be unable to pay the Allocable Software
Fee.
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If Manager
accepts the Vendor Software, Sprint will (i) give Manager
Manager's proportional share of any cash
benefits relating specifically to the
Vendor Software that Sprint PCS obtains
from a Vendor, and (ii) to the extent
the other benefits are available
practically to be divided, Sprint PCS will use
commercially reasonable efforts to provide
Manager with its proportional share
of the other benefits, including training,
relating specifically to the Vendor
Software.
(e) Sprint
PCS will pay all Software Fees relating to the Vendor Software
to a Vendor if Sprint PCS obtains a license
from a Vendor that provides Manager
the right to use the Vendor Software and
Manager agrees to pay any applicable
Allocable Software Fee in accordance with
this section 1.3.4(e). Manager will be
deemed to agree to pay any applicable
Allocable Software Fee if both:
(i)
Manager has not taken the action described in paragraph
(d) above to decline obtaining the right to use the Vendor
Software
through the agreement between Sprint PCS and a Vendor, and
(ii) Sprint PCS obtains a license providing for the right of
Manager to use the Vendor Software.
Otherwise,
Manager will not be charged the Allocable Software Fee.
Manager
will pay Sprint PCS the Allocable Software Fee within 30 days
after receipt of an invoice in the event
that clauses (i) and (ii) of section
1.3.4(e) above are satisfied. Sprint PCS
will invoice Manager only after Sprint
PCS pays the underlying Software Fee to a
Vendor. The Allocable Software Fee
will not include any amount for Software
that is the same as or functionally
equivalent to any Software (y) that is a
component of any service for which a
fee is charged under the Services Agreement
or (z) for which Sprint PCS
otherwise charges Manager under this
agreement.
Sprint PCS
will calculate the "ALLOCABLE SOFTWARE FEE" as follows:
For each Vendor, multiply:
(i) the Total Software Cost of the Software Fees attributable
to the Vendor Software for which Sprint PCS has obtained for
itself,
Manager and Other Managers a license or other right to use, by
(ii) the quotient of:
(A) the number of Customers and Reseller Customers with
an NPA-NXX assigned to the Service Area that are assigned to a
system using the Vendor Software, as reported in the most
recent
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monthly report that Sprint PCS issues before the date
that Sprint PCS prepares an Allocable Software Fee
invoice, divided by:
(B) the number of Customers and Reseller Customers
that are assigned to all systems using the Vendor
Software, as reported in the most recent monthly report
that Sprint PCS issues before the date that Sprint PCS
prepares an Allocable Software Fee invoice.
(f) Sprint PCS will
include with the invoice for the Allocable
Software
Fee a list of the component charges, if available from a
Vendor.
The
Software Fees that Sprint PCS pays to a Vendor will reflect rates
no
greater
than commercial rates negotiated at arms' length. For purposes
of
clarification, the parties acknowledge a Vendor may insist on a
comprehensive fee without listing each component, but rather
asserting
that the
fee covers all software necessary to operate the equipment. But
Sprint PCS
will provide to Manager a description of all the features and
functionality in reasonable detail for all Software for which
Manager is
to pay an
Allocable Software Fee.
(g) Manager will not be charged the Allocable Software Fee for
the
Vendor
Software after Manager:
(i) notifies Sprint PCS in writing within the periods
allowed in section 1.3.4(d) that Manager declines to have
Sprint PCS obtain a right for Manager to use the Vendor
Software or that it does not intend to use the Vendor
Software,
(ii) obtains its own license providing for Manager's
right to use the Vendor Software, and
(iii) complies with the requirements of section
1.3.4(h).
(h) Manager will obtain its own license providing for Manager's
right to
use the Vendor Software from a Vendor if Manager elects not to
have
Sprint PCS attempt to obtain a right for Manager to use the
Vendor
Software
under section 1.3.4(d). Manager will notify Sprint PCS in
writing
and
deliver to Sprint PCS within 10 Business Days after Manager's
execution
of Manager's separate license, a signed document from the
vendor
confirming
that:
(i) a Vendor has provided Manager a separate license for
the necessary software and the term of that license, which
term with appropriate renewal rights, must be at least as long
as the license Sprint PCS has from a Vendor,
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(ii) the fees paid by Manager to a Vendor reflect commercial
rates negotiated at arms' length,
(iii) the Vendor Software covered by Manager's license
provides the usage and functionality necessary for Manager to
operate the Service Area Network in compliance with the Sprint
PCS
Technical Program Requirements, and
(iv) the Vendor Software may be tested in Sprint PCS test beds
by Sprint PCS and will be pushed to the Service Area Network by
Sprint
PCS, not a Vendor or Manager, unless Sprint PCS otherwise
consents in advance in writing, in each case, at no cost to
Manager.
Sprint PCS agrees to test the Vendor Software in Sprint PCS
test
beds within a reasonable period after Manager reasonably requests
in
writing.
(i) Notwithstanding any provision in this section 1.3.4 to the
contrary,
Sprint PCS shall not charge or allocate to Manager, directly or
indirectly, any Allocable Software Fee or any other fee with
respect to
the
software which Manager has obtained, or will obtain, from
Nortel
Networks,
Inc., pursuant to the Purchase and License Agreement, between
Manager
and Nortel, dated January 11, 2005, with respect to 2005 and
2006.
3.
INTERCONNECTION [NEW]. Section 1.4 is amended and restated in
its
entirety to read as follows:
If Manager desires to interconnect a portion of the Service
Area
Network
with another carrier and Sprint PCS can interconnect with that
carrier at
a lower rate, then to the extent that applicable laws, tariffs
and
agreements permit, Sprint PCS will use commercially reasonable
efforts
to arrange
for the interconnection under its agreements with the carrier
within a
commercially reasonable period. Sprint PCS will bill the
interconnection fees to Manager at actual cost.
4.
FORECASTING [NEW]. Section 1.6 is amended and restated in its
entirety
to read as follows:
1.6 FORECASTING. Manager and Sprint PCS will work cooperatively
to
generate
mutually acceptable forecasts of important business metrics
that
they agree
upon. The forecasts are for planning purposes only and do not
constitute
either party's obligation to meet the quantities forecast.
5.
FINANCING [ADDM I, SECTION 2, ADDM II, SECTION 4 AND ADDM III
SECTION
4]. Section 1.7 is amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:
1.7 FINANCING. The construction and operation of the Service
Area
Network
requires a substantial financial commitment by Manager. The
manner
in
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which
Manager will finance the build-out of the Service Area Network
and
provide
the necessary working capital to operate the business is
described
in detail
on Exhibit 1.7. Manager will allow Sprint PCS an opportunity to
review
before filing any registration statement or prospectus or any
amendment
or supplement thereto and before distributing any offering
memorandum
or amendment or supplement thereto, and will not file or
distribute
any such document if Sprint PCS reasonably objects in writing
on a
timely basis to any portion of the document that refers to
Sprint
PCS, its
Related Parties, their respective businesses, this agreement or
the
Services Agreement.
Sprint PCS agrees to propose modifications to the Management
Agreement,
and perhaps to the Schedule of Definitions, the Services
Agreement,
the Sprint Trademark and Service Mark License Agreement, and
the Sprint
Spectrum Trademark and Service Mark License Agreement, that
will
enhance Manager's ability to obtain financing for the Service
Area
Network.
Sprint PCS will not be required to offer Manager subsequent
modifications offered or agreed to with Other Managers subsequent
to the
initial
set of modifications.
Manager agrees to give Sprint PCS a copy of all financial
information it gives the Administrative Agent or any Lender.
6.
FINANCING PLAN [NEW]. Exhibit 1.7 attached to this Addendum
replaces
Exhibit 1.7 attached to Addendum II.
7.
INFORMATION [NEW]. A new section 1.9 is added to the Management
Agreement:
1.9 ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
1.9.1 NETWORK OPERATIONS. Manager and Sprint PCS will have
access to,
and may monitor, record or otherwise receive, information
processed
through equipment, including switches, packet data switching
nodes and
cell site equipment, that relates to the provision of Sprint
PCS
Products
and Services or to the provision of telecommunications services
to
Reseller Customers in the Service Area Network, if the access,
monitoring, recording or receipt of the information is accomplished
in a
manner
that:
(i) Does not unreasonably impede Manager or Sprint PCS
from accessing, monitoring, recording or receiving the
information,
(ii) Does not unreasonably encumber Manager's or Sprint
PCS' operations (including, without limitation, Sprint PCS'
real-time monitoring of the Sprint PCS Network status,
including the Service Area Network),
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(iii) Does not unreasonably threaten the security of the
Sprint PCS Network,
(iv) Does not violate any law regarding the information,
(v) Complies with technical requirements applicable to
the Service Area Network,
(vi) Does not adversely affect any warranty benefiting
Manager or Sprint PCS (e.g., software warranties), and
(vii) Does not result in a material breach of any
agreement regarding the information (e.g., national security
agreements).
Sprint PCS and Manager will immediately notify the other party
and
reasonably cooperate to establish new procedures for allowing
both
Manager
and Sprint PCS to access, monitor, record and receive the
information in a manner that meets the criteria in clauses (i)
through
(vii)
above if either Manager or Sprint PCS reasonably determines that
the
other
party is accessing, monitoring, recording or receiving the
information described in this section 1.9.1 in a manner that does
not meet
the
criteria in clauses (i) through (vii) above.
Manager owns the information regarding the performance of its
equipment.
Each of Manager and Sprint PCS may use the information obtained
under this
section 1.9.1 for any reasonable internal business purpose,
during the
term of and after termination of this agreement, the Services
Agreement
and the Trademark License Agreements, so long as the use would
be in
accordance with those agreements if those agreements were still
in
effect.
1.9.2 CUSTOMER INFORMATION. Manager is entitled to receive
information Sprint PCS accesses, monitors, compiles, records or
receives
concerning
the Service Area Network or the Customers with NPA-NXXs
assigned
to Manager's Service Area, subject to the terms of this section
1.9.2 and
section 1.9.3 and Manager's compliance with CPNI requirements
and any
other legal requirements applicable to the information.
Sprint PCS will provide the information in the format that
Manager
requests at no additional charge to Manager if Sprint PCS
accesses,
monitors, compiles, records, receives or reports for its own
use
the
information that Manager requests in the same or substantially
the
same
format as Manager requests. Sprint PCS will use commercially
reasonable
efforts to provide the information within 5 Business Days.
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If Sprint PCS accesses, monitors, compiles, records, receives
or reports
for its own use the information that Manager requests, but not
in the
same or substantially the same format that Manager requests,
then
Sprint PCS
may provide the information in the format that Manager requests
or
substantially the same format as Manager requests if Manager agrees
to
pay or
reimburse Sprint PCS for the costs Sprint PCS reasonably
incurs.
Sprint PCS
will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the
requested
information within 15 Business Days.
If Sprint PCS accesses, monitors, compiles, records or
receives
the information requested by Manager, but not in the same or
substantially the same format that Manager requests, then Sprint
PCS will
provide
the requested information as raw data, if:
(i) Sprint PCS chooses not to provide the information as
described in the preceding paragraph, and
(ii) Manager agrees to pay or reimburse Sprint PCS for the
costs Sprint PCS reasonably incurs.
Sprint PCS
will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the raw
data
within 15 Business Days.
Sprint PCS owns the information regarding the Customers. Each
of Manager
and Sprint PCS may use the information obtained under this
section
1.9.2 during the term of and after termination of this
agreement,
the
Services Agreement and the Trademark License Agreements so long as
the
use would
be in accordance with those agreements if those agreements were
still in
effect.
1.9.3 LIMITATIONS AND OBLIGATIONS. Sprint PCS does not have to
provide
any information that Manager reasonably requests under this
agreement
or the Services Agreement that:
(i) Manager can obtain itself in accordance with section
1.9.1 on a commercially reasonable basis (if Sprint PCS has
provided Manager
with any necessary specifications requested
by Manager as to how to obtain the information), unless Sprint
PCS already has the information in its possession and has not
previously delivered it to Manager,
(ii) Sprint PCS no longer maintains, consistent with
Sprint PCS' document retention policy,
(iii) Manager has already received from Sprint PCS or
its Related Parties,
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(iv) Sprint PCS does not access, monitor, compile,
record, receive or report, or
(v) Sprint PCS must make system modifications to provide
the raw data, including without limitation modifying or adding
data fields or modifying code.
Sprint PCS will provide Manager a copy of the then-current
Sprint
PCS
document retention policy from time to time.
1.9.4 CONTRACTS. Sprint PCS will disclose to Manager the
relevant
terms and
conditions of any agreement and amendment between Sprint PCS
and
any third
party, including National Third Party Retail Agreements and
handset
vendor agreements, and any agreement and amendment between
Sprint
PCS and
its Related Parties:
(i) with which Manager must comply, directly or
indirectly, under the Management Agreement, the Services
Agreement or any Program Requirement,
(ii) from which Manager is entitled to any benefit, or
(iii) that relate to or generate any pass-through
amounts that Sprint PCS charges Manager under this agreement
or Settled-Separately Manager Expenses under the Services
Agreement.
In each
case Sprint PCS' disclosure will be in sufficient detail to
enable
Manager to
determine the obligations or benefits with which Manager must
comply or
benefit or the charges or expenses to be paid by Manager.
Sprint
PCS may
provide to Manager copies of the agreements or the relevant
terms
and
conditions of such agreements in electronic format upon notice
to
Manager,
including by posting the copies or relevant terms and
conditions
to a
secure website to which Manager has access. Once each calendar
year
and from
time to time when a change is effected to any relevant term or
condition,
Manager may request copies of the agreements that are not
posted to
the secure website or whose relevant terms and conditions are
not posted
to the secure website.
Sprint PCS will provide a copy of the agreement to Manager to
the
extent
permissible by the terms of the agreement within 30 days after
execution
of the agreement. Sprint PCS will allow Manager or its
representatives to review a copy of the agreement to the extent
permissible by the
agreement if the agreement prohibits Sprint PCS from
providing
Manager a copy. Sprint PCS will satisfy the requirements of
this
section
1.9.4 if it chooses to provide a copy of the agreement in
electronic
form on a server that Sprint PCS designates. Sprint PCS will
use
commercially
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reasonable
efforts to obtain the right from the third party, if required,
to provide
a complete copy to Manager of any agreement between Sprint PCS
and any
third party of the type described in this section 1.9.4.
8. MOST
FAVORED NATION [NEW]. A new section 1.10 is added to the
Management Agreement:
1.10 SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS TO OTHER MANAGERS' MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENTS
AND
SERVICES AGREEMENTS. Manager has the right to amend the terms in
its
Management
Agreement and Services Agreement as described in this section
1.10 if
during the period beginning on the date of Addendum IV and
ending
December
31, 2006, any of the terms of a 3M-pops Manager's Management
Agreement
or Services Agreement are amended in any manner for any reason
to be more
favorable to the 3M-pops Manager than the terms of Manager's
Management
Agreement or Services Agreement are to Manager, subject to the
following:
(a) Manager must elect to accept all, but not less than all,
of the terms of the 3M-pops Manager's Management Agreement and
Services Agreement agreed to since the Effective Date
(collectively,
but excluding the changes described in paragraphs (b) and (c)
below,
the "OVERALL CHANGES"),
(b) Manager will not be required to accept any changes
involving payment of
specific disputed amounts arising under the
Management Agreement or Services Agreement of the 3M-pops
Manager,
and
(c) No amendments in Manager's Management Agreement and
Services Agreement will be made to reflect changes made in a
3M-pops
Manager's Management Agreement and Services Agreement if such
changes:
(i) are made solely because the 3M-pops Manager owns
spectrum on which all or a portion of its network operates,
unless the 3M-pops Manager acquired this spectrum from Sprint
PCS or its Related Parties after the Effective Date, or
(ii) are compelled by a law, rule or regulation that
applies to the 3M-pops Manager, but not to Manager,
(iii) relate to unique terms or conditions, or
(iv) are made solely to modify the build-out plan.
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Sprint PCS will prepare and deliver to Manager either an
addendum
containing
the Overall Changes that have been made to the 3M-pops
Manager's
agreements in all of its addenda or copies of the 3M-pops
Manager's
amended and restated Management Agreement, Services Agreement
and
Trademark License Agreements (in each case redacted to protect
the
identity
of the 3M-pops Manager) within 10 Business Days after the later
of the
effective date expressly stated in the addendum or other
instrument
containing
these changes and the date of the addendum or other instrument.
Manager
then has 30 days to notify Sprint PCS that Manager wants the
Overall
Changes. If Sprint PCS provides Manager with redacted copies of
the
documents as permitted in the first sentence of this paragraph,
then
upon
Manager's request made within 10 days after Sprint PCS delivers
the
documents,
Sprint PCS will prepare and deliver an addendum containing the
Overall
Changes within 10 days after Manager's request, and Manager
then
has 10
days to notify Sprint PCS that Manager wants the Overall
Changes.
For
purposes of clarification, if the amendment or other instrument
between
Sprint PCS and the 3M-pops Manager provides or defines a
specific
date that
is the effective date of that amendment or other instrument
then
the 10
Business Day period will begin on that specific date.
If Manager does not notify Sprint PCS in this 30-day time period
in
writing
that it wants the Overall Changes, no changes will be made in
the
agreements
between Manager and Sprint PCS and Manager will be deemed to
have
waived its rights under this section 1.10 with respect to the
Overall
Changes.
If Manager notifies Sprint PCS within the 30-day period in
writing
that it
wants the Overall Changes, Sprint PCS will prepare, execute and
deliver to
Manager an addendum reflecting the Overall Changes. The new
addendum
will have the same effective date as the addendum or the
restated
Management
Agreement, Services Agreement and Trademark License Agreements
between
Sprint PCS and the 3M-pops Manager that gave rise to the new
addendum.
For purposes of clarification, if the addendum or other
instrument
between Sprint PCS and the 3M-pops Manager provides or defines
a specific
date that is the effective date of that addendum or other
instrument
then the effective date of the new addendum will be the same as
that
specific date. Manager will have 15 days to review the new
addendum
and notify
Sprint PCS if Manager determines any inaccuracies are reflected
in the new
addendum. Sprint will correct those inaccuracies and provide a
corrected
new addendum to Manager within 10 Business Days after Manager's
notification.
No changes will be made in the agreements between Manager and
Sprint
PCS if
Manager does not execute and return the signed addendum within
30
days after
receipt of the signed addendum (or the corrected
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signed
addendum, if applicable, pursuant to the previous paragraph),
in
which case
Manager will be deemed to have waived its rights under this
section
1.10 with respect to the Overall Changes contained in the
addendum
presented.
If Manager and Sprint PCS disagree as to whether the terms of
the
signed addendum accurately
reflect the Overall Changes, then the parties
will
submit to binding arbitration in accordance with section 14.2,
excluding
the escalation process set forth in section 14.1. If the
arbiter
rules in
favor of Manager, then Sprint PCS will make changes to the
signed
addendum
that are necessary to reflect the arbiter's ruling and submit
the
revised
signed addendum to Manager within 10 days after receipt of the
arbiter's
ruling. If the arbiter rules in favor of Sprint PCS, then
Manager
will have 10 Business Days to either: (i) execute the signed
addendum
as proffered to Manager or (ii) decline to accept the addendum
and pay
all of Sprint PCS' expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees
related
to the
arbitration.
The parties acknowledge that Sprint PCS can disclose to Manager
who
the
3M-pops Manager is that gave rise to the proposed addendum only if
the
3M-pops
Manager agrees to the disclosure.
Sprint PCS
represents and warrants that the draft of Addendum IV
presented
to Horizon Personal Communications, Inc. on March 1, 2005 was
the
then-current version of a pricing simplification addendum entered
into
by Sprint
PCS with any other 3M-pops Manager and that there have been no
subsequent
agreements between Sprint PCS and 3M-pops Managers relative to
their
price simplification addenda. In some instances, Sprint PCS has
given
Manager the option to choose between different approaches taken
by
3M-pops
Managers in their price simplification addenda.
9. REVISED
BUILD-OUT PLAN [ADDM II, SECTION 8; REVISED BY THIS ADDENDUM].
Exhibit 2.1 attached to Addendum II
supersedes and replaces Exhibit 2.1 to the
Management Agreement. Sprint PCS hereby
acknowledges and agrees that Manager has
satisfied all of its required network
build-out requirements under Exhibit 2.1
of the Management Agreement, as modified by
Addendum II.
10.
DISTRIBUTION OF FIXED WIRELESS LOCAL LOOP [ADDM I, SECTION 3;
REVISED
BY THIS ADDENDUM]. Section 2.4 is
supplemented with the following language:
In any geographic area within the Service Area in which a member
of
Manager
operated as an incumbent local exchange carrier as of October
13,
1999,
Manager may designate such member as the exclusive distributor
of
the fixed
wireless local loop product in the territory served by such
local
exchange carrier.
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11. COVERAGE ENHANCEMENT
[NEW]. Section 2.5 is amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:
2.5 MANAGER'S RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR NEW COVERAGE BUILD-OUT.
If
Sprint PCS
desires New Coverage to be built out, then Sprint PCS will
grant to
Manager the right of first refusal to build-out that New
Coverage.
Sprint PCS will give to Manager a written notice of a New
Coverage
within the Service Area that Sprint PCS decides should be
built-out.
Manager must communicate to Sprint PCS within 90 days after
receipt of
the notice whether it will build-out the New Coverage,
otherwise
Manager's right of first refusal terminates with regard to the
New
Coverage described in the notice.
Manager may build out additional coverage in the Service Area
that
is not
required under the Build-out Plan by giving Sprint PCS notice
of
such
election, except that Manager may not build out coverage for
which
its right
of first refusal has terminated pursuant to this section 2.5.
If Manager decides to build-out the New Coverage or exercises
its
right of
first refusal, then Manager and Sprint PCS will diligently
negotiate
and execute an amendment to the Build-out Plan and proceed as
set forth
in sections 2.1 and 2.2. The amended Build-out Plan will
contain
critical
milestones that provide Manager a commercially reasonable
period
in which
to implement coverage in the New Coverage. In determining what
constitutes a "commercially reasonable period" as used in this
paragraph,
the
parties will consider several factors, including local zoning
processes
and other legal requirements, weather conditions, equipment
delivery
schedules, the need to arrange additional financing, and other
construction already in progress by Manager. Manager will construct
and
operate
the network in the New Coverage in accordance with the terms of
this
agreement.
If Manager declines to exercise its right of first refusal or
Manager
fails to build out the New Coverage in accordance with the
amended
Build-out
Plan, then Sprint PCS may construct the New Coverage itself or
allow a
Sprint PCS Related Party, an Other Manager or another third
party
to
construct the New Coverage on terms and conditions that are no
more
favorable
than those that were offered to and rejected by Manager. If (x)
neither
Sprint PCS, a Sprint PCS Related Party, any Other Manager or
any
other
third party (with respect to such Other Manager or third party,
on
terms and
conditions that are no more favorable than those that were
offered to
and rejected by Manager) commits to build-out the New Coverage
within 150
days after the original communication to Manager with respect
thereto,
or (y) more favorable terms and conditions than those that were
offered to
and rejected by Manager are offered to any Other Manager or
other
third party to build-out the New Coverage, then any build-out of
the
New
Coverage will again be subject to Manager's right of
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first
refusal (and, if applicable, on such more favorable terms and
conditions).
Sprint PCS has the right, in a New Coverage that it constructs
or
that is
constructed by a Sprint PCS Related Party, an Other Manager or
another
third party, to manage the network, allow a Sprint PCS Related
Party to
manage the network, or hire an Other Manager or other third
party
to operate
the network in the New Coverage. Any New Coverage that Sprint
PCS, a
Sprint PCS Related Party, an Other Manager or another third
party
builds out
is deemed removed from the Service Area and the Service Area
Exhibit is
deemed amended to reflect the change in the Service Area.
If Manager does not exercise its right of first refusal with
respect
to a New
Coverage, Manager's right of first refusal does not terminate
with
respect to the remainder of the Service Area.
At Manager's request, Sprint PCS and Manager will discuss
Manager's
interest
in expanding its Service Area and its build-out plans with
respect to
the expanded area.
12.
SPRINT PCS
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [NEW].
(a) The
following paragraph is added at the end of section 3.1 of the
Management Agreement:
To facilitate Manager's performance of its obligations under
this
agreement, Sprint PCS will use commercially reasonable efforts
to
provide adequate quantities of any equipment necessary for
Manager
to offer for sale, promote and support the Sprint PCS Products
and
Services.
(b)
Section 3.2 (Other Products and Services) is amended and restated
in
its entirety as follows:
3.2 OTHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. (a) Manager may offer
wireless
products and services that are not Sprint PCS Products and
Services
on terms Manager determines if such additional products and
services:
(i) do not violate the obligations of Manager under this
agreement;
(ii) do not cause distribution channel conflict with or
consumer confusion regarding Sprint PCS' regional and national
offerings of Sprint PCS Products and Services;
(iii) comply with the Trademark License Agreements; and
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(iv) do not materially impede the development of the Sprint
PCS Network.
Manager will not offer any products or services under this
section
3.2 that: (i) are confusingly similar to Sprint PCS Products
and
Services
or (ii) Sprint PCS plans to introduce as Sprint PCS Products
and
Services
within 6 months following the date of Manager's notice
described
in section
3.2(b) below and that are confusingly similar to Sprint PCS
Products
and Services.
(b) Manager must provide Sprint PCS notice that it intends to
offer a
product or service and request that Sprint PCS determine
whether
Sprint PCS
considers the new product or service to be confusingly similar
to any
Sprint PCS Products and Services and whether Sprint PCS plans
to
introduce
the same or a confusingly similar product or service within 6
months
after the date of Manager's notice.
(c) If Sprint PCS fails to respond to Manager within 30 days
after
receiving Manager's notice, then the new product or service is
deemed to
create confusion with the Sprint PCS Products and Services or
Sprint PCS
intends to introduce the same or a confusingly similar product
or service
within 6 months after the date of Manager's notice; and
therefore,
Manager's request is denied. If Sprint PCS rejects Manager's
request,
Sprint PCS must provide the reasons for the rejection. If the
rejection is based on
Sprint PCS' failure to respond within 30 days and
Manager
requests an explanation for the deemed rejection, then Sprint
PCS
must
provide within 30 days the reasons for the rejection. If
Manager
disagrees
with Sprint PCS' reasons for the rejection, the parties will
resolve
the matter through the dispute resolution process in section
14.
(d) If Sprint PCS responds that such product or service is not
confusingly similar to any Sprint PCS Product or Service and that
it does
not intend
to introduce the same or a confusingly similar product or
service
within 6 months after the date of Manager's notice, then
Manager
may
introduce its new product or service, and Manager will have no
obligation
to refrain from selling such product or service if Sprint PCS
begins to
sell the same or a confusingly similar product or service. In
addition,
if Sprint PCS notifies Manager that it plans to introduce the
same or a
confusingly similar product or service within 6 months after
the
date of
Manager's notice and fails to introduce such same or
confusingly
similar
product or service within such 6-month period, then Manager may
introduce
such product or service, and Manager will have no obligation to
refrain
from selling such product or service if Sprint PCS begins to
sell
the same
or a confusingly similar product or service.
13.
LONG-DISTANCE PRICING [NEW]. Section 5 of Addendum I is
deleted.
Additionally, section 3.4 of the Management
Agreement is amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:
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3.4 IXC SERVICES.
3.4.1. CUSTOMER LONG DISTANCE. Sprint PCS and Manager will from
time
to time
mutually define local calling areas in the Service Areas of
Manager
that Sprint PCS and Manager will use to determine when a
customer
will be
billed for a "long distance call" under the applicable rate
plan
of the
Customer. The parties acknowledge that these local calling
areas
(i) may
change in geographic scope in response to competitive pressures
or
perceived
market opportunities, and (ii) may not be able to be changed
because of
regulatory, industry, or system limitations. The parties will
not use
local calling areas to determine "long distance telephony
services"
under section 3.4.2. If the parties cannot agree on the extent
of the
local calling area they will resolve the matter through the
dispute
resolution
process in section 14.
3.4.2. LONG DISTANCE SERVICES
(a) Required purchase. Manager must obtain (i) long-distance
telephony
services through Sprint PCS or its Related Parties to provide
long-distance service to users of the Sprint PCS Network and
(ii)
telephony
services through Sprint PCS or its Related Parties to connect
the
Service Area Network with the national platforms that Sprint PCS
uses
to provide services to Manager
under this agreement or the Services
Agreement.
The term "long distance telephony service" means any inter-LATA
call for
purposes of this section 3.4.2 as it relates to long-distance
telephony
services provided to users of the Sprint PCS Network.
(b) Pricing and procedure. Sprint PCS will purchase for Sprint
PCS,
Manager
and Other Managers long-distance telephony services used in the
Sprint PCS
Network from Sprint Communications Company L.P. or its Related
Parties
("SCCLP"). Sprint PCS will purchase these long-distance
telephony
services
at a price and terms at least as favorable to Sprint PCS,
Manager
and the
Other Managers (considering Sprint PCS, Manager and the Other
Managers
as a single purchaser) as the best prices and terms SCCLP
offers
to any
wholesale customer of SCCLP in similar situations when taking
into
account
all relevant factors (e.g., volume, peak/off-peak usage, length
of
commitment). Sprint PCS will pay the invoice from SCCLP, except for
items
that SCCLP
directly bills under section 3.4.2(c). Sprint PCS will bill to
Manager as
an activity settled separately under the Services Agreement the
portion of
the fees billed to Sprint PCS that relate to Manager's
operations
and the activity of all Customers and Reseller Customers in the
Service
Area, except for items SCCLP directly bills under section
3.4.2(c).
Because Sprint Corporation no longer has its "PCS" tracking
stock,
Sprint PCS
will include the volume of long-distance telephony services of
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Manager
and Other Managers with the volume of Sprint PCS when
negotiating
the Sprint PCS rate with the long
distance division of Sprint Corporation
(currently
SCCLP). The long distance division will continue to provide
long-distance telephony services to Sprint PCS for a price and upon
terms
based on
the same relevant factors described in the preceding paragraph
and in the
same manner that it has under the present tracking stock
policy.
(c) Call routing. Manager, acting as a single purchaser, may
purchase
private line capacity (or other forms of capacity) from SCCLP
for
inter-LATA
calls to the extent that this capacity can be obtained on terms
more
favorable to Manager (acting as a single purchaser). SCCLP will
sell
that
capacity to Manager at the best price that SCCLP offers to
third
parties in
similar situations when taking into account all relevant
factors.
SCCLP will directly bill Manager for any purchase of capacity
under this
section 3.4.2(c). The terms of section 1.3 do not apply to
purchases
of capacity in this section 3.4.2(c).
(d) Pre-existing agreement. If before the date Addendum IV to
this
agreement
is signed, Manager is bound by an agreement for long distance
services
or an agreement for private line service and the agreement was
not made
in anticipation of this agreement or Addendum IV, then the
requirements of this section 3.4.2 do not apply during the term of
the
other
agreement. If the other agreement terminates for any reason,
then
the
requirements of this section 3.4.2 do apply from and after the
termination.
(e) Resale. Manager may not resell the long-distance telephony
services
acquired under this section 3.4.2. For purposes of
clarification,
resale
under this section 3.4.2(e) includes Manager selling minutes to
carriers
for ultimate resale to end users under a brand other than
"Sprint"
or selling minutes to end users under a brand other than
"Sprint".
Manager may engage in the following activities (i.e., these
activities
are not treated as resale of long-distance telephony services):
(1) the transport of long-distance calls for Customers under
section 3.4.2(a),
(2) the transport of long-distance calls for resellers under
section 3.5, and
(3) the transport of long-distance calls for roaming under
section 4.3.
(f) Sprint Rural Alliance Program. The rights and obligations
of
Manager,
if any, for the provision of long distance telephony services
for
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Sprint
Rural Alliance program participants will be set forth in a
separate
agreement.
14.
VOLUNTARY RESALE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES [NEW] Section 6 of
Addendum
I is deleted. Schedule 1 attached to this
Addendum replaces and supersedes the
heading, preamble, general terms and all
attachments to the Program Requirement
3.5.2 dated August 13, 2002, which is
labeled "Exhibit 3.5.2 Program Requirement
for Voluntary Resale of Products and
Services By Voluntary Resellers Under the
Private Label Solutions Program". Program
Requirement 3.5.2 - VMU which is
labeled "Exhibit 3.5.2 - VMU Program
Requirements for Voluntary Resale of
Products and Services by Virgin Mobile USA,
LLC (version 7/07/02)" is superseded
by "Program Requirement 3.5.2 - Program
Requirements for Resale of Products and
Services By Virgin Mobile USA, LLC (Date
Published 9/30/04)".
Section
3.5.2 to the Management Agreement is amended and restated in
its
entirety to read as follows:
3.5.2 RESALE OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. Sprint PCS may choose to
offer a
resale product under which resellers will resell Sprint PCS
Products
and Services under brand names other than the Brands (such
arrangement, a "RESALE ARRANGEMENT"), except Sprint PCS may permit
the
resellers
to use the Brands for limited purposes related to the resale of
Sprint PCS
Products and Services (e.g., to notify people that the handsets
of the
resellers will operate on the Sprint PCS Network). The
resellers
may also
provide their own support services (e.g., customer care and
billing)
or may purchase the support services from Sprint PCS. Other
terms
of the
resale program are governed by Program Requirement 3.5.2.
(a) Existing Resale Arrangements. Manager will participate in
all
Resale
Arrangements that were entered into by Sprint PCS prior to April
1,
2004, including Previously
Declined Resale Arrangements (as defined below)
(collectively, the "EXISTING RESALE ARRANGEMENTS"), and the
Existing
Resale
Arrangements will be governed by Program Requirement 3.5.2 as
amended by
this Addendum IV. Compensation for Manager's participation in
the
Existing Resale Arrangements will be paid to Manager in
accordance
with
section 10.4.1.1(a)(i) of this agreement, unless compensation
was
otherwise
negotiated between Manager and Sprint PCS (e.g., Virgin Mobile
USA).
"PREVIOUSLY DECLINED RESALE ARRANGEMENTS" means Resale
Arrangements
between
Sprint PCS and the following resellers: Vartec Telecom, Inc.,
ZefCom,
L.L.C., Working Assets Funding Service, Inc., Wherify Wireless,
Inc.,
QUALCOMM Incorporated, Star Number, Inc., Telco Group, Inc.,
TRANZACT,
Hal Inc., Wireless Retail Inc., Phonetec, L.P., Qwest Wireless,
LLC, and
TracFone Wireless, Inc.
(b) Required Resale Arrangements. Subject to the limitations
set
forth in
clause (c) below and in section 10.4.1.1(b) of this agreement,
Manager
will
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participate in (i) all new Resale Arrangements entered into by
Sprint PCS
during the
Required Resale Participation Period (collectively, the "NEW
RESALE
ARRANGEMENTS") and (ii) all Existing Resale Arrangements and
New
Resale
Arrangements that are renewed or extended during the Required
Resale
Participation Period (collectively, the "RENEWED RESALE
ARRANGEMENTS", and together with the New Resale Arrangements,
the
"REQUIRED
RESALE ARRANGEMENTS"), in all cases with compensation being
paid
to Manager
as set forth in section 10.4.1.1(a)(iii) or (iv), whichever is
applicable. Sprint PCS agrees that the compensation, payment and
other
terms and
conditions under each Resale Arrangement entered into, renewed
or
extended during the Required Resale Participation Period will be
the
same as
the compensation, payment and other terms and conditions
applicable
to Sprint PCS and each Other Manager with respect to such
reseller.
Manager will have access to the relevant terms of any Resale
Arrangement as provided in section 1.9.4 of this agreement. For
purposes
of
determining renewals and extensions of Resale Arrangements under
this
Agreement,
including without limitation for purposes of section
10.4.1.1(c)(iii), if a Resale Arrangement does not expressly state
an
initial
term, then the arrangement shall be deemed to have a five-year
initial
term, and if a Resale Arrangement states an initial term in
excess
of ten
years, then the arrangement shall be deemed to have a ten-year
initial
term, in each case, after which term such arrangement will be
deemed to
be up for renewal or extension.
(c) Limitations. Manager may decline to participate in any
Required
Resale
Arrangement (including any renewal periods or extensions of
Existing
Resale Arrangements or New Resale Arrangements) unless the
material
terms and conditions of the Resale Arrangement, including the
per
minute
Reseller Customer Fees and the per kilobyte Reseller Customer
Fees
to be paid
to Manager, at all times are at least as favorable to Manager
as the
material terms and conditions of that certain MVNO Support
Agreement,
dated as of May 12, 2004 (the "AT&T ARRANGEMENT"), by and
between
Sprint Spectrum L.P. and AT&T Corp., giving effect to any
changes
to such
terms and conditions that occur by virtue of the terms and
conditions
of the AT&T Arrangement. The parties acknowledge that the
AT&T
Arrangement has been terminated, but its material terms and
conditions
remain as
the floor threshold for purposes of determining Manager's right
to decline
to participate in a Required Resale Arrangement pursuant to
this
section 3.5.2(c). Sprint PCS will give Manager written notice of
any
changes to
the floor threshold that occur by virtue of the terms and
conditions
of the AT&T Arrangement.
Except as set forth in section 10.4.1.1(c) below, Manager will
have
no
obligation to participate in any Required Resale Arrangement after
the
Required
Resale Participation Period.
The Resale Arrangement between Sprint PCS and Virgin Mobile USA
will
be treated
as a New Resale Arrangement and subject to the compensation set
forth in
section 10.4.1.1(a)(iii) or (iv), whichever is applicable, if
continued
after the expiration of the initial term of the arrangement.
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Additionally, Manager may decline to continue to participate in
any
Resale
Arrangement after the initial term of that arrangement if such
arrangement is renewed or extended prior to its contractual renewal
date
and before
December 31, 2006.
Except as required under the regulations and rules concerning
mandatory
resale, Manager may not sell Sprint PCS Products and Services
for resale
unless Sprint PCS consents to such sales in advance in writing.
15.
INTRA-LATA CALLS AND BACKHAUL SERVICES [NEW]. Section 7 of Addendum
I
is deleted. Additionally, section 3.7 is
amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:
3.7 INTRA-LATA
CALLS AND BACKHAUL SERVICES. Manager, acting as a
single
purchaser, may purchase capacity (including private line
capacity)
from SCCLP
for intra-LATA calls and backhaul services. SCCLP will sell
that
capacity to Manager at the best price that SCCLP offers to
third
parties in
similar situations when taking into account all relevant
factors.
Manager will offer to Sprint PCS or one of its Related Parties
the
right to
make to Manager the last offer to provide capacity for
intra-LATA
calls and
backhaul services for the Service Area Network if:
(i) Manager decides to use third parties for intra-LATA
calls and backhaul services rather than self-provisioning the
capacity or purchasing the capacity from Related Parties of
Manager, and
(ii) Sprint PCS or one of its Related Parties has
provided evidence to Manager that SCCLP or one of its Related
Parties has facilities to provide the capacity requested.
Manager will deliver to Sprint PCS the terms under which the
third
party will
provide the capacity. Sprint PCS or one of its Related Parties
will have
a reasonable time to respond to Manager's request for last
offer
to provide
pricing for capacity for intra-LATA calls and backhaul, which
will be no greater
than 5 Business Days after receipt of the request for
the
pricing and the third party's terms from Manager. Manager will
acquire
capacity
for intra-LATA calls and backhaul services from Sprint PCS or
one
of its
Related Parties if Sprint PCS or one of its Related Parties
offers
Manager
pricing and other terms for intra-LATA calls and backhaul
services
for the
Service Area Network that matches the terms, including pricing,
or
is better
than the terms and lower than the pricing offered by the third
party. For
purposes of this section 3.7, the term "backhaul"
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means the
provision of services from a cell site of Manager to the
corresponding switch associated with the cell site.
If Manager has an agreement for these services that is in effect
as
of the
date Addendum IV is signed and the agreement was not made in
anticipation of this agreement or Addendum IV, then the
requirements of
this
section 3.7 do not apply during the term of the other agreement.
If
the other
agreement terminates for any reason, then the requirements of
this
section 3.7 do apply from and after the termination.
16. SPRINT
PCS ROAMING AND INTER SERVICE AREA PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS [NEW].
The second paragraph of section 4.3 is
amended to read as follows:
Section 10.4.1 sets forth the settlement process that
distributes
between
the members making up the Sprint PCS Network (i.e., Sprint PCS,
Manager
and all Other Managers) a fee for use of the Sprint PCS Network
and the
Service Area Network (the "INTER SERVICE AREA FEE").
17.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF PRICING PLANS [ADDM I, SECTION 10]. The last
paragraph of section 4.4 is amended to read
as follows:
At the time Sprint PCS approves a pricing proposal submitted by
Manager,
Sprint PCS will provide Manager an estimate of the costs and
expenses
and applicable time frames required for Sprint PCS to implement
the
proposed pricing plan. Manager shall have five (5) Business Days
after
the
receipt of the Sprint PCS estimate to notify Sprint PCS of its
desire
to have
such proposed pricing plan implemented. If Manager fails to
notify
Sprint PCS
within five (5) Business Days of such desire to implement,
Manager
agrees to promptly reimburse Sprint PCS for any cost or expense
incurred
by Sprint PCS to implement such a pricing plan, which will not
exceed the
amount estimated by Sprint PCS if Manager waited for Sprint
PCS'
response to Manager's proposal.
18.
REQUIRED ADVERTISING EXPENDITURES [ADDM I, SECTION 11]. The
last
paragraph of section 6.2 is amended to read
as follows:
Sprint PCS will make available to Manager the promotion or
advertising materials developed by Sprint PCS from time to time
with
respect to
Sprint PCS Products and Services in current use by Sprint PCS
(e.g.,
radio ads, television ads, design of print ads, design of point
of
sale
materials, retail store concepts and designs, design of
collateral).
Manager
will bear the cost of using such materials (e.g., cost of local
radio and
television ad placements, cost of printing collateral in
quantity,
and building out and finishing retail stores). Any advertising
required
of Manager will be commercially reasonable.
19.
CHANGES TO PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS [NEW].
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(a) The
first sentence of section 9.2(e) is amended to read as follows:
Manager must implement any changes in the Program Requirements
within a
commercially reasonable period of time unless Sprint PCS
otherwise
consents, subject to section 9.3.
(b)
Section 9.3 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:
9.3
MANAGER'S RIGHTS REGARDING CHANGES TO PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
9.3.1 PARAMETERS FOR REQUIRED PROGRAM REQUIREMENT
IMPLEMENTATION.
(a)
Manager may, without being in default of this Agreement, decline
to
implement
a Non-Capital Program Requirement Change if Manager determines
that the
Non-Capital Program Requirement Change will satisfy any of the
following
tests:
(A)
individually cause the combined peak negative cash
flow of Manager to be an amount greater than 3% of Manager's
Ultimate Parent's Enterprise Value, or
(B) when combined with original assessments made under
clause (A) above of all other Program Requirement Changes that
Sprint PCS announced and Manager agreed to implement or
Manager otherwise was required to implement in accordance with
section 9.3.4, both within the preceding 12 calendar months,
cause the combined cumulative peak negative cash flow of
Manager to be an amount greater than 5% of Manager's Ultimate
Parent's Enterprise Value, or
(C) individually cause a decrease in the forecasted
5-year discounted cash flow of Manager's Ultimate Parent (at
Manager's Ultimate Parent's appropriate discount rate) of more
than 3% on a combined net present value basis, or
(D) when combined with original assessments made under
clause (C) above of all other Program Requirement Changes that
Sprint PCS announced and Manager agreed to implement or
Manager otherwise was required to implement in accordance with
section 9.3.4, both within the preceding 12 calendar months,
cause a decrease in the forecasted 5-year discounted cash flow
of Manager's Ultimate Parent (at Manager's Ultimate Parent's
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appropriate discount rate) of more than 5% on a combined net
present value basis.
The term "NON-CAPITAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENT CHANGE" means a
Program
Requirement Change that does not require Manager to make any
capital
expenditures in excess of 5% of Manager's capital budget as
approved by
the
Manager's board of directors for the fiscal year in which the
Program
Requirement Change is requested, but does not include changes to
the
Trademark
Usage Guidelines, the Marketing Communications Guidelines, and
the Sprint
PCS National or Regional Distribution Program Requirements.
If Manager declines to implement any Non-Capital Program
Requirement
Change,
Manager must give Sprint PCS within 10 Business Days after
Sprint
PCS
provides Manager with notice of the Program Requirement Change:
(i) written notice that Manager declines to implement
the Non-Capital Program Requirement Change, and
(ii) a written assessment of the impact of the
Non-Capital Program Requirement Change on Manager using the
parameters set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (D) above.
(b) Manager may, without being in default of this agreement,
decline
to
implement any Capital Program Requirement Change if Manager
determines
that the
Capital Program Requirement Change will satisfy any of the
following
tests:
(A) have a negative net present value applying a 5-year
discounted cash flow model, or
(B) individually cause the combined peak negative cash
flow of Manager to be an amount greater than 3% of Manager's
Ultimate Parent's Enterprise Value, or
(C) when combined with original assessments made under
clause (B) above of all other Program Requirement Changes that
Sprint PCS announced and Manager agreed to implement or
Manager otherwise was required to implement in accordance with
sections 9.3.1(c), 9.3.3 and 9.3.4, both within the preceding
12 calendar months, cause the combined cumulative peak
negative cash
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flow of Manager to be an amount greater than 5% of Manager's
Ultimate Parent's Enterprise Value.
The term "CAPITAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENT CHANGE" means any Program
Requirement Change that requires an expenditure of capital by
Manager that
is greater
than 5% of Manager's capital budget as approved by the
Manager's
board of directors for the fiscal year in which the Program
Requirement Change is requested, but does not include changes to
the
Trademark
Usage Guidelines, the Marketing Communications Guidelines, and
the Sprint
PCS National or Regional Distribution Program Requirements.
If Manager declines to implement any Capital Program
Requirement
Change,
Manager must give Sprint PCS within 10 Business Days after
Sprint
PCS
provides Manager with notice of the Program Requirement Change:
(i) written notice that Manager declines to implement
the Capital Program Requirement Change, and
(ii) a written assessment of the impact of the Capital
Program Requirement Change on Manager using the parameter set
forth above.
Manager must implement a Capital Program Requirement Change if:
(i) the capital requirement associated with such Program
Requirement Change is for a network capacity expansion due to
a change in a service plan, provided that implementing the
Program Requirement Change will not exceed any of the
parameters described in section 9.3.1(a), or
(ii) the capital requirement associated with such
Program Requirement Change is necessary to comply with network
performance standards required under this agreement.
If Manager has the right to decline a Program Requirement
Change,
Sprint PCS
may modify the scope of the Program Requirement Change in all
or certain
of Manager's markets to create a positive net present value for
the entire
Program Requirement Change, and Manager will implement the
modified
Program Requirement Change. Section 9.3.2 governs any
disagreement between the parties regarding the determination of the
net
present
value of a Program Requirement Change.
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Upon giving Manager notice of a Program Requirement Change,
Sprint
PCS will
provide Manager with Sprint PCS's business analysis setting
forth
the
reasons for such change, key assumptions used by Sprint PCS, and
any
other
information reasonably requested by Manager.
9.3.2. DISAGREEMENT WITH ASSUMPTIONS OR METHODOLOGY. Sprint PCS
must
notify
Manager of any disagreement with Manager's assumptions or
methodology within 10 days after its receipt of Manager's
assessment under
section
9.3.1. Manager will not be required to implement the Program
Requirement Change if Sprint PCS fails to notify Manager of any
disagreement within this 10-day period unless Sprint PCS requires
such
compliance
under section 9.3.3 below. Either party may escalate the review
of the
assumptions and methodology underlying the assessment to the
parties'
respective Chief Financial Officers if Sprint PCS disagrees
with
Manager's
assessment and the parties are unable to agree on the
assumptions and methodology within 20 days after Sprint PCS
notifies
Manager of
the disagreement.
The parties will mutually select an independent investment banker
in
the
wireless telecommunications industry ("INVESTMENT BANKER") to
determine whether the
implementation of the Program Requirement Change
will
exceed one of the parameters if Sprint PCS and Manager are unable
to
agree on
the assumptions and methodology to perform the calculations
within 30
days after Sprint PCS notifies Manager of the disagreement. The
American
Arbitration Association will select the Investment Banker if
the
parties do
not select the Investment Banker within 50 days after Sprint
PCS
notifies Manager of the disagreement. Sprint PCS and Manager
will
cooperate
fully and provide all information that the Investment Banker
reasonably
requests. But any Investment Banker that the American
Arbitration Association selects, and its investment bank, must have
no
current
engagement with either Manager or Sprint PCS and must not have
been
engaged by either such party within the 12 calendar months
preceding
the
engagement under this section. A business relationship between
Manager
or Sprint
PCS and a commercial bank or other organization affiliated with
an
investment bank will not disqualify the investment bank. The
Investment
Banker
will have 20 days from the date of engagement to make its
decision.
Manager will pay any Investment Banker's fees and implement the
Program
Requirement Change if the parties agree or the Investment
Banker
determines
that implementing the Program Requirement Change will not
exceed any
of the parameters described in section 9.3.1.
9.3.3 ONE OR MORE PARAMETERS EXCEEDED. Sprint PCS will pay the
Investment
Banker's fees if the parties agree or the Investment Banker
determines
that implementing the Program Requirement Change will exceed at
least one
of the parameters described in section 9.3.1. Sprint
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PCS may
require Manager to implement the Program Requirement Change
whether
the parties agree or disagree or the Investment Banker
determines
that
implementing the Program Requirement Change will exceed at least
one
of the
parameters described in section 9.3.1, if Sprint PCS agrees to
compensate
Manager the amount necessary to prevent Manager from exceeding
the
parameters set forth in section 9.3.1.
9.3.4 CHANGES WITH RESPECT TO PRICING PLANS AND ROAMING PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS. Manager will implement a change with respect to
the
following
in the manner requested by Sprint PCS, even if Manager
determines
that implementing the change will have an adverse impact on
Manager
that meets or exceeds the tests set forth in section 9.3.1(a)
or
section
9.3.1(b):
(i) relates to a pricing plan under section 4.4 or a
roaming program, and
(ii) Sprint PCS reasonably determines must be
implemented on an immediate or expedited basis to respond to
specific, identifiable developments in the competitive market
forces.
Manager's implementation of the change will not adversely
affect
Manager's
right to object to the implementation of the change. Manager
will
continue to comply with the change if the parties agree or the
Investment
Banker determines (using the procedure described in section
9.3.2)
that implementing the change will not exceed any of the
parameters
described
in section 9.3.1(a) or section 9.3.1(b). If Sprint PCS does not
successfully challenge Manager's assessment of the adverse impact
of the
change on
Manager in accordance with section 9.3.2, Sprint PCS can
require
Manager
either to:
(i) continue to comply with the change and compensate
Manager in the amount necessary to reimburse Manager for any
reasonable costs, expenses or losses that Manager incurs as a
result of its implementation of the change net of any benefit
that Manager receives, to the extent the costs, expenses and
losses net of the benefits exceed the parameters set forth in
section 9.3.1(a) or section 9.3.1(b), or
(ii) terminate its continued compliance with the change
and compensate Manager in the amount necessary to reimburse
Manager for any reasonable costs, expenses or losses that
Manager incurs as a result of its implementation of the change
net of any benefit that Manager receives.
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Manager cannot terminate its continued compliance if Sprint PCS
elects to
require Manager's continued compliance with the change under
section
9.3.3 above.
(c) A new
section 9.7 is added to the Management Agreement:
9.7 REVIEW OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; UNILATERAL CHANGES.
Sprint PCS intends that any change to a Program
Requirement will
be in the best interests of Sprint PCS and Manager.
Sprint PCS and Manager will act in good faith to
mitigate (to the extent commercially reasonable) the adverse
economic impact on Manager of the exercise of any right of
Sprint
PCS to effect any change under or pursuant to this agreement,
the
Services Agreement and either Trademark License Agreement to
the
extent Manager believes such change will have a significant
adverse
economic impact on Manager's operations, except with respect to
changes involving Sprint PCS National or Regional Distribution
Program Requirements. For purposes of clarification, the
parties
intend the
preceding sentence to obligate them to a robust
discussion and open dialogue but understand the discussion and
dialogue may not lead to any particular solution of the issues
raised by Manager or Sprint PCS. By way of illustration, under
the
second preceding sentence, if Manager believed that the exercise
of
the unilateral right to change the Trademark Usage Guidelines or
the
designation of Sprint PCS Products and Services had an adverse
economic impact on Manager, then Manager and Sprint PCS will in
good
faith attempt to mutually agree on how to mitigate the adverse
impact on Manager.
(d) A new
section 9.8 is added to the Management Agreement.
9.8 BREACH FOR FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
Manager will be in material breach of a material term and Sprint
PCS
may
exercise its rights under section 11 if Manager willfully refuses
to
implement
a Program Requirement when required to do so under this
agreement.
20. FEES
[NEW]. Article 10 of the Management Agreement is amended to
read
as follows:
10. FEES
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10.1 GENERAL. Sprint PCS and Manager will pay to each other the
fees
and apply
the credits in the manner described in this section 10. The
amounts
that Sprint PCS is paid or retains are for all obligations of
Manager
under this agreement. Many of the definitions for the fees in
section
10.2 are found in section 10.3.
10.2 FEES.
10.2.1 FEE BASED ON BILLED REVENUE. Sprint PCS will pay to
Manager
the Fee Based on Billed Revenue as determined in this section
10.2.1.
"BILLED REVENUE" is all customer account activity (e.g., all
activity
billed, attributed or otherwise reflected in the customer
account
but not
including Customer Credits) during the calendar month for which
the fees
and payments are being calculated (the "BILLED MONTH") for
Sprint
PCS
Products and Services related to all Customer accounts within a
customer
service area ("CSA") assigned to the Service Area, except (i)
Outbound
Roaming Fees, (ii) amounts handled separately in this section
10
(including
the amounts in sections 10.2.3 through 10.2.6, 10.4 and 10.8),
(iii)
amounts collected from Customers and paid to governmental or
regulatory
authorities (e.g., Customer Taxes and USF Charges), and (iv)
other
amounts identified in this agreement as not included in Billed
Revenue
(these Customer accounts being "MANAGER ACCOUNTS"). Within 30
days
after
signing Addendum IV, Sprint PCS will provide Manager with a list
of
all
revenue accounts included in Billed Revenue, and Sprint PCS will,
as
soon as
reasonably practicable, provide Manager with updates to that
list
as it
changes.
Billed Revenue does not include new activity billed to the
Customer
solely to recover costs incurred by Sprint PCS, Manager or both
related
solely to such new activity. Manager and Sprint PCS will share
the
revenues
from this billing in proportion to the costs they incur. Any
amounts
recovered in excess of costs incurred will be considered Billed
Revenue.
For purposes of clarification, Sprint PCS currently assigns
Customers
to CSAs based on customer billing addresses and expects that
procedure
to remain in place after the Effective Date.
If Sprint PCS or Manager develops products or services that
bundle
Sprint PCS Products and Services with other products or
services
(e.g.,
local service or broadband wireline service), then Sprint PCS
and
Manager
will use commercially reasonable efforts to agree on the proper
allocation
of revenue, bad debt expenses, credits and promotions for the
bundled
products and services.
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Sprint PCS will reasonably determine the amount of credits
applied
to Manager Accounts during the Billed Month
("CUSTOMER CREDITS").
"NET BILLED REVENUE" for a Billed Month is the amount of the
Billed
Revenue less the Customer Credits.
The "FEE BASED ON BILLED REVENUE" for a Billed Month is equal to
92%
of (a) Net Billed Revenue, less (b) the
Allocated Write-offs for Net Billed
Revenue.
10.2.2 OUTBOUND ROAMING FEE. Sprint PCS will pay to Manager a
fee
equal to the amount of Outbound Roaming
Fees that Sprint PCS or its Related
Parties bills to Manager Accounts, less the
Allocated Write-offs for Outbound
Roaming Fees. For purposes of
clarification, Sprint PCS will settle separately
with Manager the direct cost of providing
the capability for the Outbound
Roaming, including any amounts payable to
the carrier that handled the roaming
call and the clearinghouse operator for
Outbound Roaming.
10.2.3 PHASE II E911 SURCHARGES. Sprint PCS will pay to Manager
a
fee equal to a portion of the E911 Phase II
Surcharges (attributable to
incremental costs for Phase II E911,
including but not limited to related
handset costs, routing costs,
implementation costs, trunks and testing costs,
and anticipated write-offs for bad debt)
billed during the Billed Month to
Customers with an NPA-NXX assigned to the
Service Area, less the Allocated
Write-offs for that portion of E911 Phase
II Surcharges in the Billed Month. The
portion of the billed amount attributed to
Manager will be based on Manager's
proportional cost (as compared to Sprint
PCS' proportional cost) to comply with
Phase II of the E911 requirements. Sprint
PCS will determine from time to time
the rate billed to Customers related to
Phase II E911 and the portion payable to
Manager.
10.2.4 WIRELESS LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY SURCHARGES. Sprint PCS
will
pay to Manager a fee equal to a portion of
the Wireless Local Number Portability
Surcharges ("WLNP SURCHARGES") billed
during the Billed Month to Customers with
an NPA-NXX assigned to the Service Area,
less the Allocated Write-offs for that
portion of the WLNP Surcharges in the
Billed Month. The portion of the billed
amount attributed to Manager will be based
on Manager's proportional cost (as
compared to Sprint PCS' proportional cost)
to comply with Wireless Local Number
Portability requirements. Sprint PCS will
determine from time to time the rate
billed to Customers related to WLNP
Surcharges and the portion payable to
Manager.
10.2.5 CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT CREDITS. Sprint PCS will
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apply as a credit to any other fees under
this section 10.2 owing by Sprint PCS
to Manager an amount equal to the amount of
the Customer Equipment Credits less
the Allocated Write-offs for Customer
Equipment Credits.
10.2.6 WRITE-OFFS FOR CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT CHARGES. Sprint PCS
will
apply as a credit to any other fees under
this section 10.2 owing by Sprint PCS
to Manager an amount equal to the amount of
the Allocated Write-offs for
Customer Equipment Charges.
10.3
DEFINITIONS USED IN FEE CALCULATIONS
10.3.1 WRITE-OFFS. Sprint PCS will determine the amounts written
off
net of deposits applied and net of
recoveries (the "WRITE-OFFS") in the Sprint
PCS billing system during the Billed Month
relating to Manager Accounts.
10.3.2 BILLED COMPONENTS. Each of the following amounts is
referred
to as a "BILLED COMPONENT" and collectively
they are referred to as the "BILLED
COMPONENTS".
10.3.2.1 Net Billed Revenue. The amount determined as
described in section 10.2.1.
10.3.2.2 Customer Equipment Credits. The reductions of amounts
billed to Manager Accounts related to the
sale of handsets and handset
accessories from Sprint PCS inventory are
referred to as "CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT
CREDITS". This is a negative amount that
reduces the Amount Billed (Net of
Customer Credits).
10.3.2.3 100% Affiliate Retained Amounts. The amounts referred
to as "100% Affiliate Retained Amounts" on
Exhibit 10.3, to which Manager is
entitled to 100% of the amounts that
Customers are billed for such items.
10.3.2.4 100% Sprint PCS Retained Amounts. The amounts
referred to as "100% Sprint PCS Retained
Amounts" on Exhibit 10.3, to which
Sprint PCS is entitled to 100% of the
amounts that Customers are billed for such
items.
10.3.2.5 Customer Equipment Charges. The amounts that Sprint
PCS bills to Manager Accounts for
subscriber equipment and accessories sold or
leased are referred to as "CUSTOMER
EQUIPMENT CHARGES".
10.3.2.6 E911 Phase II Surcharges. The amounts that Sprint PCS
bills to Manager Accounts to recover all
costs related to
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Phase II E911 functionality are referred to
as "E911 PHASE II SURCHARGES".
10.3.2.7 USF Charges. The amounts that Sprint PCS bills to
Manager Accounts relating to Universal
Service Funds are referred to as "USF
CHARGES".
10.3.2.8 WLNP Surcharges. The amounts that Sprint PCS bills to
Manager Accounts to recover costs related
to WLNP activities.
10.3.3 AMOUNT BILLED (NET OF CUSTOMER CREDITS). The "AMOUNT
BILLED
(NET OF CUSTOMER CREDITS)" for a Billed
Month is equal to the sum of the Billed
Components.
10.3.4 THE ALLOCATED WRITE-OFFS. The "ALLOCATED WRITE-OFFS" for
all
or a portion of a Billed Component in a
Billed Month is the Write-offs for the
Billed Month times the amount of the Billed
Component (or portion thereof)
divided by the Amount Billed (Net of
Customer Credits).
10.4 OTHER
FEES AND PAYMENTS. Sprint PCS and Manager will pay to each
other the fees and payments described
below:
10.4.1 INTER SERVICE AREA FEES AND RESELLER CUSTOMER FEES.
10.4.1.1 Inter Service Area Fee and Reseller Customer Fee
Paid. Manager will pay to Sprint PCS an
Inter Service Area Fee as set forth in
this section 10.4.1 for each billed minute
or kilobyte of use that a Customer
with an NPA-NXX assigned to the Service
Area uses a portion of the Sprint PCS
Network other than the Service Area
Network. Sprint PCS will pay to Manager an
Inter Service Area Fee for each billed
minute or kilobyte of use that a Customer
whose NPA-NXX is not assigned to the
Service Area Network uses the Service Area
Network.
(a) Sprint PCS will pay to Manager the fees set forth in this
section 10.4.1 for each billed minute or
kilobyte of use that a Reseller
Customer uses the Service Area Network
unless otherwise negotiated (such fees
are referred to in this agreement as
"RESELLER CUSTOMER FEES"):
(i) with respect to Existing Resale Arrangements (other than
Virgin
Mobile USA, which is addressed in clause (ii) below), the amount
of
fees set
forth in subsections 10.4.1.2 and 10.4.1.3;
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(ii) with respect to Virgin Mobile USA, the amount of fees set
forth in
Program Requirement 3.5.2 - VMU; except, that the Resale
Arrangement between Sprint PCS and Virgin Mobile USA will be
treated as a
New Resale
Arrangement and subject to the compensation set forth in
section
10.4.1.1(a)(iii) or (iv), whichever is applicable, if continued
after the
expiration of the initial term of the arrangement;
(iii) with respect to arrangements between Sprint PCS and
resellers
that are entered into after April 1, 2004 and before January 1,
2007, or
that are renewed or extended during that period, the amount of
fees
collected by Sprint PCS from the resellers as payment for the
Reseller
Customer's use of the Service Area Network; and
(iv) with respect to arrangements between Sprint PCS and
resellers
that are entered into, renewed or extended during the
three-year
period
beginning on January 1, 2007, or a subsequent three-year period
beginning
on the third anniversary of the beginning of the previous
three-year
period, the amount of fees determined as described in section
10.4.1.1(c).
(b) With respect to Resale Arrangements described in section
10.4.1.1(a)(iii), Sprint PCS will give
Manager Manager's proportional share of
(i) any cash payments received by Sprint
PCS from the other party to a Resale
Arrangement, in addition to the reseller
rate, relating specifically to the
Resale Arrangements (other than those cash
payments for reimbursement of
expenses incurred to implement the Resale
Arrangement, which are addressed in
the following paragraph), and (ii) to the
extent reasonably able to be made
available to Manager, any non-cash payments
received by Sprint PCS from the
other party to the Resale Arrangement
relating specifically to the Resale
Arrangements. For purposes of
clarification, payments made to Sprint PCS to
reimburse Sprint PCS for actual costs
incurred to implement some aspect of the
Resale Arrangement are not cash or non-cash
payments subject to this section.
Sprint PCS will use commercially reasonable efforts to
negotiate with the other party to the
Resale Arrangement to have the other party
directly reimburse Manager for Manager's
actual costs incurred to implement the
Resale Arrangement, if any. If Sprint PCS
is unable to negotiate such
reimbursement arrangement with the other
party, but collects reimbursement from
the other party to the Resale Arrangement,
Sprint PCS will allocate to Manager
Manager's proportional share of any
reimbursement received from the other party.
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If the reseller is a Related Party of Sprint PCS or if Sprint
PCS owns a substantial equity interest in
the reseller, then Sprint PCS and
Manager must agree on the Reseller Customer
Fee to be paid by Sprint PCS to
Manager and any proportional sharing of any
other cash and non-cash payments
before Manager will have an obligation to
participate in such arrangement.
(c) For each three-year period described in section
10.4.1.1(a)(iv):
(i) Sprint PCS will give Manager proposed terms, fees and
conditions
applicable to Manager's participation in Resale Arrangements by
October 31
of the calendar year before the calendar year in which the then
current
reseller period ends (e.g., the initial reseller period ends on
December
31, 2006 so the amount has to be presented by October 31,
2005).
Manager's
representative and the Sprint PCS representative will begin
discussions regarding the proposed terms, fees and conditions
applicable
to
Manager's participation in Resale Arrangements within 20 days
after
Manager
receives the proposed terms, fees and conditions applicable to
Manager's
participation in Resale Arrangements from Sprint PCS.
(ii) If the parties do not agree on the new terms, fees and
conditions
applicable to Manager's participation in Resale Arrangements
within 30
days after the discussions begin, then Manager may escalate the
discussion
to the Sprint PCS Chief Financial Officer or Sprint Spectrum
may
escalate the discussion to Manager's Chief Executive Officer or
Chief
Financial
Officer.
(iii) If the parties cannot agree on the new terms, fees and
conditions
applicable to Manager's participation in Resale Arrangements
through
the escalation process within 20 days after the escalation
process
begins,
then without Manager's prior written consent, (A) Manager will
not
be
required to participate in any Resale Arrangement that is entered
into
by Sprint
PCS, or renewed or extended, after the Required Resale
Participation Period and (B) Manager will not be required to
participate
in
Existing Resale Arrangements or Required Resale Arrangements after
the
Required
Resale Participation Period, provided, however, that Manager
will
continue
to allow resellers under Existing Resale Arrangements and
resellers
under Required Resale Arrangements, which Manager opted into or
in which
Manager was required to participate under this agreement, to
activate
subscribers with an NPA-NXX assigned to Manager's Service Area
and Manager will continue to
support such resellers (x) with respect to
resellers
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under
Existing Resale Arrangements and resellers under New Resale
Arrangements, throughout the then remaining term of their
Resale
Arrangement with Sprint PCS, without giving effect to any
applicable
renewal
terms and phase out periods, and (y) with respect to resellers
under
Renewed Resale Arrangements, throughout the then remaining
renewal
term of
their Resale Arrangement with Sprint PCS, without giving effect
to
any
applicable additional renewal terms and phase out periods. For
purposes
of determining renewals and extensions of Resale Arrangements
under this
Agreement, including without limitation for purposes of this
section
10.4.1.1(c)(iii), if a Resale Arrangement does not expressly
state
an initial
term, then the arrangement shall be deemed to have a five-year
ini