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Leko Global Telecom Terms of Services
Provision of Services
Leko Global Telecom shall provide, directly or indirectly those telecommunications
switching services and facilities to Service Partner to route Service Partner’s
international telecommunications traffic to and from destinations, internationally.
Where applicable, the telecommunication services provided by Leko Global Telecom
to Service Partner shall be hereinafter referred to as the “Services”. Where applicable,
the Leko Global Telecom Rates are hereinafter referred to as the “Rates”.
Warranty
- Authorization – Each Party represents and warrants to the other Party that the execution
and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of such Party's obligations under
this Agreement have been duly authorized, and that the Agreement is a valid and
binding agreement, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
- Legal Compliance – Each Party represents and warrants that it has obtained, or will
obtain prior to offering the Services hereunder, all licenses, approvals and/or
regulatory authority necessary to provide the Services described herein.
- No Other Warranties: EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NO PARTY MAKES
ANY OTHER REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR NONINFRINGEMENT OR ANY OTHER IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF USAGE
OF TRADE, COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE
Ownership of Intellectual Properties
- Service Partner acknowledges and agrees that (a) all right, title, and interest
in and to the Leko Global Telecom Services and all intellectual property rights
related to or used in conjunction with any computer hardware, router or software
supplied or provided by Leko Global Telecom and its associates that it represents,
and used by Service Partner in connection with the Services (“Intellectual Property
Rights) are and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of Leko Global Telecom
and its suppliers, and (b) software is provided under license.
- Service Partner represents and warrants that neither it nor its directors, officers,
employees, agents, consultants, or representatives shall copy, reverse engineer,
decompile, disassemble or otherwise reduce to human readable form any software provided
in connection with the Services. Service Partner further represents and warrants
that it will take all necessary measures to ensure that Leko Global Telecom Services
and all Intellectual Property Rights incidental thereto are not infringed, hacked
into, or tampered with for any reason.
- Service Partner agrees that it shall never dispute the ownership of Leko Global
Telecom’s intellectual property and that it shall takes all steps required to protect
it.
- Service Partner agrees that it shall (a) immediately inform Leko Global Telecom
if it becomes aware of any infringement of Leko Global Telecom’s Intellectual Property
Rights and (b) provide all information and assistance necessary to assist Leko Global
Telecom to abate the infringement or illegal use of Leko Global Telecom’s intellectual
property.
- Upon the conclusion, expiry or termination of this Agreement on any grounds whatsoever,
Service Partner agrees and undertakes to forthwith return to Leko Global Telecom
all audio proxies, VOIP routers, hardware box(es) and software installed therein,
documents, Confidential Information, all related documents or copies thereof, intellectual
property, and any other hardware belonging to or supplied by Leko Global Telecom
to Service Partner pursuant to this contract and in Service Partner’s possession,
power, custody or control.
Limitation of Liability
- CALL COMPLETION – Neither Party shall be liable or responsible in any way for the
failure of calls to be completed, for any reason whatsoever or for no reason, including
without limitation, the failure of other Leko Global Telecom Network service partners
to terminate such calls, or the failure of such calls to be completed.
- GENERAL LIMITATION – EXCEPT FOR DAMAGES ARISING UNDER SECTION 7 (CONFIDENTIALITY)
OR SECTION 9 (INDEMNIFICATION), IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL OR SIMILAR DAMAGES OF ANY
KIND INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OR INTERRUPTION
OF BUSINESS, WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY IS PREDICATED ON CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY
OR ANY OTHER THEORY WITHOUT REGARD TO WHETHER SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Indemnification
Each Party ("Indemnitor") will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the other Party
and such Party's affiliates, directors, officers, employees, proprietors, independent
contractors, consultants, partners, shareholders, representatives, customers, other
Service Partners, agents, predecessors, successors, and permitted assigns (collectively,
"Indemnities") from and against any claim, suit, demand, loss, damage, expense (including
reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) or liability that may result from, arise out
of or relate to: (a) acts or omissions arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement resulting in property damage; and (b) intentional or negligent violations
by Indemnitor of any applicable laws or governmental regulation.
Invoice
- Service Partner will agree to pay for all traffic on a pre-payment basis. Leko Global
Telecom will inform Service Partner in the event pre-payment reaches a level that
will not allow for traffic to be routed and Leko Global Telecom will request for
further payment to be made by Service Partner. In the event, the level of pre-payment
reaches zero, Leko Global Telecom will not be obligated to route the traffic of
Service Partner.
- In the event that Service Partner disputes any charge assessed by Leko Global Telecom,
Service Partner shall submit to Leko Global Telecom within seven (7) working days
following the receipt of such disputed invoice, written documentation identifying
the minutes and/or rates which are in dispute. The undisputed amount(s) shall be
paid in accordance to 3.1. Parties agree to cooperate to resolve the dispute and
upon mutual agreement Leko Global Telecom may issue a credit against Service Partner.
- Each Party shall be exclusively responsible for and pay all expenses associated
with all billing, collection, and provision of their own customer service activities
in connection with calls originated by its customers.
- Payment to Leko Global Telecom is to be made via company/certified check drawn in
US currency, money order, credit card or wire transfer to the company’s bank account.
- In the event of termination of contract, Leko Global Telecom will return any excess
pre-payment made by Service partner, following the deduction for the cost of traffic
routed through Leko Global Telecom’s network within 3 business days of termination.
- Terms of Payment: (a) Payment in full is due prior to the shipment or other delivery
by Leko Global Telecom of any Products or Services. Leko Global Telecom may on receipt
of Customer’s signed Agreement pre-authorize the charges on to the credit card specified
by Customer and will process the charges to such credit card prior to the shipment
or other delivery by Leko Global Telecom of any Products or Services. Payment may
also be made by wire transfer to Leko Global Telecom in accordance with the wire
instructions set out in the Purchase Order. (b) All past due or chargeback payments
shall bear interest at a rate of 1.5% per month (18% per annum), or at the highest
rate of interest allowed by the applicable laws, whichever is lower, from the due
date until date of receipt of payment by Leko Global Telecom. Customer will not
have the right to claim compensation or to set-off against any amounts which become
payable to Leko Global Telecom herein or otherwise. In the event Customer fails
to pay any amounts when due under the terms of this Agreement, Leko Global Telecom
may at its option suspend its provision of any Services, suspend Customer’s use
of the Leko Global Telecom Software and/or suspend the fulfilment of any pending
orders or deliveries for Products or Services without liability. Exercise of such
right by Leko Global Telecom will not preclude Leko Global Telecom’s exercise or
enforcement of any other right or remedy hereunder.
Usage Charges
- For each telephone call originated from a Service Partner POP, Service Partner shall
pay to Leko Global Telecom the usage charge specified in the Leko Global Telecom
Usage Charge Schedule according to the rates and the destination of the telephone
call, set forth in User Portal Rate.
- The Usage Charge shall be billed at 30 seconds for the first 30 seconds and on a
6-second increment for each call thereafter. Usage charges may be periodically changed,
and a revised Usage Charge Schedule shall be effective based on the schedule provided
to the other Party.
Confidentiality
Either Party may disclose or make available to the other Confidential Information
(as defined below) in connection with the activities contemplated hereunder. Each
Party agrees that during the Term of this Agreement and thereafter (a) it will use
Confidential Information belonging to the other solely for the purposes of this
Agreement and (b) it will not disclose Confidential Information belonging to the
other to any third party (other than its employees and/or consultants reasonably
requiring such Confidential Information for purposes of this Agreement who are bound
by obligations of nondisclosure and limited use at least as stringent as those contained
herein) without the express prior written consent of the disclosing Party. Each
receiving Party will promptly return to the disclosing Party upon request any Confidential
Information of the disclosing Party. For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential
Information" means, with respect to either Party, any and all information in written,
representational, electronic or other form relating directly or indirectly to the
present or potential business, operation or financial condition of the disclosing
Party (including, but not limited to, pricing, marketing plans, customer and supplier
lists and service data) excluding any such information which (i) is known to the
public (through no act or omission of the receiving Party in violation of this Agreement),
(ii) is lawfully acquired by the receiving Party from an independent source having
no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of such information or (iii) was known
to the receiving Party prior to its disclosure under this Agreement.
Terms of Payment
(a) Payment in full is due prior to the shipment or other delivery by Leko Global
Telecom of any Products or Services. Leko Global Telecom may on receipt of Customer’s
signed Agreement pre-authorize the charges on to the credit card specified by Customer
and will process the charges to such credit card prior to the shipment or other
delivery by Leko Global Telecom of any Products or Services. Payment may also be
made by wire transfer to Leko Global Telecom in accordance with the wire instructions
set out in the Purchase Order. (b) All past due or chargeback payments shall bear
interest at a rate of 1.5% per month (18% per annum), or at the highest rate of
interest allowed by the applicable laws, whichever is lower, from the due date until
date of receipt of payment by Leko Global Telecom. Customer will not have the right
to claim compensation or to set-off against any amounts which become payable to
Leko Global Telecom herein or otherwise. In the event Customer fails to pay any
amounts when due under the terms of this Agreement, Leko Global Telecom may at its
option suspend its provision of any Services, suspend Customer’s use of the Leko
Global Telecom Software and/or suspend the fulfilment of any pending orders or deliveries
for Products or Services without liability. Exercise of such right by Leko Global
Telecom will not preclude Leko Global Telecom’s exercise or enforcement of any other
right or remedy hereunder.
Terms and Termination
- Term – This Agreement shall expire one (1) year after the Effective Date, unless
earlier terminated as provided herein (the "Term"). The Term may be extended upon
the mutual written agreement of the Parties.
- Termination – Each Party may terminate this Agreement: (a) if the other Party fails
to fulfill any of its material obligations under this Agreement; (b) if the other
Party is in breach of Confidentiality; (c) if the other Party becomes insolvent
or admits in writing its inability to pay debts as they mature, or makes an assignment
for the benefit of creditors; or (d) if a petition under any foreign, state or Canada/USA
bankruptcy act, receivership statute, or the like is filed by the other Party and
is not dismissed within sixty (60) days after such filing. Termination due to default
under Section 6.2 shall be effective seven (7) days after written notice to the
defaulting Party if the default has not been cured within such seven (7) days period.
- Effect of Termination – Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, each
Party shall remain liable for those obligations that accrued prior to the date of
such termination.
- Survival – The following provisions shall survive the expiration or termination
of this Agreement for any reason: Invoicing; Term and Termination; Section 6 Confidentiality;
Indemnification; Limitation of Liability; and General Provisions.
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