LWE Agreement
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AGREEMENT FOR SUBSIDY SUPPORT FROM USO FUND TO PROVTDE MOBTLE SERVICES IN AREAS IDENTIFIED BY Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India UNDER THE f NDIAN TELEcRAPH (2nd AMENDMENT OF 2013) RULES, 2013 No. 30-1 56-812013'USF Dated 3Orcgl2AM TOTAL PAGES - 97 . GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MTNISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & IT DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, USO FUND SANCHAR BHAWAN, 20, ASHOKA ROAD, NEW DELHI-110 OO1, INDIA / / \'(n ,1tg& \r- { i\/ ,t YP" z/ ]UV -/ -fj SECTION-I AGREEMEi{T Government of India Department of Telecom mun ications Office of the Administrator, USO Fund 20,AshokaRoad,SancharBhawan,NewDe|hi.110001 service The President of India, acting through the Administrator, universal represented Obligation Fund (USOF) who for tfre'purposJ of this Agreemell': bulg by Shri Vivek Srivastava, Dy. i Administrator (l USOF' of --.Depaftq,e1tat 2"o Floor, Telecommunications, under Government of India and'l^raving its office to as sanchar Bhawan,20 Ashoka Road, New Delhi 1100.01, (hereinafter referred or meaning the "Administrator ", Which expression, unless repugnant to the context First Part if,"r"oi shall include its successors, administrators or assignees;) of the AND M/s. Bharat sanchar Nigam Limited, a company registered under the Bhawan, Companies Act 1956, having iis registered office at Bharat Sanchar Company H.C.Mathur Lane, New Delhi-- 110 OOt, acting through Shr:i H'C'Pant' (hereinafter Secretary, Bharai Sanchdr Nigam Limited, tfrJ nutnorised Signatory unless called the Universal Service Provider or "USP" which expression shall, shall include its successors' repugnant to the context or meaning thereof, . administrators or permitted assignees) of the second Part. to provide WHEREAS the Government of India has approved a Project/scheme Mobile service in areas affected by Left wing Extremism (LWE); affected by AND \ /HEREAS the USp has agreed to provide mobile services in areas Left Wing Extrernism (LWE) ind the Administrator has, subject to the USP conditions per-forming all his obligations, agreed to provide subsidy on the terms and i'rereinafte-r; NOW THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH AS FOLLOWS: a parties agree In consideration of the mutual covenants set out in this Agreement, the as follows: 1.1 The USp hereby agrees and undertakes to provide mobile services in areas affected by Left (LWE) and manage the same during the entire Wing'Extremism having period of this ngrel;ent and the Administrator, in consideration of the USP agree agreed to set up and manage the aforesaid mobile service sites, does hereby tJgrant subsidy to the USP, in accordance with this Agreement. j.2 This Agreement will remain valid for Six years from the Effective Date unless revoked earlier for any reason whatsoev"'(- g- ^.L it \ r{ //' 'JJY *Y* ''{}}'tt}- The USP 1'3 hereby agrees and undefiakes to fully compty terms and conditions .unequivocally with all stipulated in this Agreement without any deviation or reservation of any kind. 1.4 Effective Date of this Agreement shall be 30 1091.2014. 1'5 This Agreement is divided into seven sections. Apart from the present Section-I, other Sections are as under: ll General Conditions lll Technical Conditions lV Operating Conditions V Commercial Conditions yl, 5i,,?llfilxlutonditions All the sections and Annexures together form the Agreement. 1'6 No Partnership - Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to constitute partnership or agency between a the Parties and the usp shafl not make any assurance, promise or covenant nor shall hold himself out as aorp"t"nt to do so on behaff of the Administrator nor pledge shall the .r"oit of the noministrator for any transaction in relation to this Agreement. 1.7 No Employment - Nothing in this Agreement shall constitute an offer assurance of employment or of any nature whatsoever to the USP or any person employed by or under him for this Agreement. Indemnify 1'8 the Administrator The USP shall indemnify and at keep the Administrator - all times indemnified and harmless against any direct-ior. to it or claims by any third person, any for any personal injury-to anybody or foss to property, movable or immovable, caused by or attributablb to any act or omission of the usp or any of his officer, employee, professional agent or etc. *rril" putrorming or purporting to perform this Agreement. 1'g Waiver Neither the failure of - either Party to insist on any occasion upon the performance of the provisions of this Agreement nor time or ottrei inJrig"nre granted by a Party to the'other Party shall be treated or deemed as waiver of acceptance such breach or of any variation or the relinquishment of uny iighi tn"r"under. Waiver by either Party of any party "rir, default by the other in the observance or performance of provision any of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed a waiver of any other as or si.-tbsequent default or of other p*iJion. Jf-or obtigations nor shail affect the varidity or enfoic"roiiit/ ot-ihis Rgreement In,19:: any I:manner. lgr""ment 1'10 Severability of Terms lf for any reason whatsoever, any provision Agreement - of this is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable or is'deciai.J of competent jurisdiction uv any court or any ofrer instrumentality to be invalio, iflegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of thl r"r"ining provisions shall not be affected in any manner. { ,..}' L,U'-' tUio,L RY to IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have caused this Agreement 30tn day of be executed through their respective a uthorized rePresentatives on the September,2014. Signed for and on behalf of President of India 1 Ct (',i,*W -. v--\.-r'ryY l- ' .1 r"\l{-^ln4l?-r:\\" \ | n (Vivek Srivastava) pany Secretary, BSNL Dy. Administrator (T), Fund, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, Universal Service Obligation Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Department of Telecommunications, Road, Janpath, Sanchar Bhawan, 20 Ashoka New Delhi -110001 New Delhi - 110001*-€eq ,l t: ir.l,iT- :4'"; . .r...i,- , il ,,, .trru ;i Sr t.:,1. il,$all : i''qt' ' ':':' ' ,,.iii'., i.'*.h.ri liiFam Limlig..J i:ri;t';:,.?li$ Seal with Board Resolution Witnesses : ^11 n 04' n /i tl \; ,,tW l.^\t{ ' ilJl,f ,.- t Ar-^ \ nQlz'' l \' [ ?o\" - "-J tL (8, P. Sinsh) z"[4 1 (Saurabh Mohan) Asst. General Manager (NWO-CM) ,BSNL, Dy. Administrator (F-l l), Fund, Bharat Sanchar Bhawan, Universal Service Obligation Harish Chandra Mathur Lane, Department of Telecommunications, Road, Janpath, Sanchar Bhawan, 20 Ashoka New Delhi - 110001 New Delhi -110001 .*.4'. 1s€ 9, P. STNGH , q sl._:Er,T5.i. lf{*tr{, iJt'*'Fi' rdr, ffi!|q Frq, i' ailir. 6iiit"*t t'bnage? (t'fwo'c t SSAURAB| ; iL t'.ncP;-Latl gq nrartstin fsrFdirs.1{'gl'9.c Hy' 4,gmtnistrdtor fl1':9''-t t )Us{)F W*mlffiffi;,iI{"B':T* - -arr+izrv €fr{m. ffi{r !i: v{tTs t:^&..;j o' z''"' EFS%}"?'S, SECTION . II GENERAL CONDITIONS 2.1 The Agreement shall be subject to the terms and conditions (including transfer, assignments or franchising) of CMTS (Cellular Mobile Telephone Services)/ UASL (Unified Access Service License)/ Migration or award of new license in lieu of CMTS/UASL. 2.2 The USP shall be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement or any other instructions issued from time{o-time by the Administrator. The USP shall always be liable to perform the obligations under this Agreement for Provision of Mobile Services for which the Agreement has been entered into during the validity period of the Agreement. 2.3. Scope of the Agreement 2.3.1 USP shall provide mobile services from mobile towers at 219g locations identified by the Ministry of Home Affairs. List of 21gg locations are enclosed at Annexure - L 2.3.2 Out of 21gg locations, list of locations where mobile towers have alreadv been installed by BSNL is enclosed at Annexure- ll. 2.3.3 USOF shall provide financial support as per the Financial Conditions of the Agreement. (Section - Vl). 2.3.4 The infrastructure created under this project shall be owned by BSNL. 2.4 Deliverables 2.4.1 USP shall install and commission mobile towers in the remaining 1836 mobile sites within 12 months from the effective date of the agreement. USP shall operate and maintain the mobile service provision from all the 1836 ' sites under this USOF Scheme from the date of commissioning and from 363 sites from the date of effect of the aqreement. 2.4.2 The existing network of USP in the Licensed Service Areas shall be utilized for core network, customer care and Billing requirements etc. 2.4.3 Mobile services shall be available to the general public as well as security personnel 2.4.4 The USP shall be bound by the terms and conditions of the Agreement as well as by such orders/directionsiregulations of DoT/TRAI as per provisions - of the TRAI Act, 1997 as amended from time to time and instructions as are issued by the Administrator. 2.4.5 The terms and conditions of the relevant License Agreement, as applicable' shall prevail and shall be binding mutatis ntutanciis. The same shall also be applicable in case of migration to or award of new license in lieu of the CMTS/ UASL license. 2.5 lmplementation Methodology 2.5.1 BSNL shall implement the solution as per the recommendations given by the committee of Advisor (T), DoT, reproduced below : "(a) The solution for LWE areas may be based on the Generic Requirements as contained in TEC GR No GRTWS/BSS-002/01-Dec. 2009 on 'Small size GSM Radio Sub System'.