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MONTERNET(TM) MMS COOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CHINA MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
AND
SHANGHAI WEILAN COMPUTER CO., LTD.
Party A: China Mobile Communication Corporation ("CHINA MOBILE")
Party B: Shanghai Weilan Computer Co. Ltd. ("LINKTONE")
The parties hereto agree to establish cooperation under the principle of
equality and mutual benefit through friendly negotiation. This Agreement hereby
standardizes the rights and obligations of the parties hereto during their
cooperation. This Agreement shall have the same binding power upon Party A and
Party B.
I. COOPERATION PRINCIPLE
The parties hereto shall cooperate in good faith in the area of mobile data and
MMS (defined below) business in the principle of benefit sharing and
reciprocality. The parties hereto shall adhere to their agreements set forth
below and provide active cooperation in the other party's work.
II. COOPERATION PROJECT
"MMS" refers to the multimedia messaging services provided by China Mobile. Its
most significant feature is its support of multimedia functions and its capacity
to deliver full-functional content and information, which includes the
information in multimedia format such as word, picture, voice and data.
Party A, as the network operator, shall provide the platform for MMS and
communications services, and also provide to Party B the standards for
Monternet(TM) MMS service and technical standards for interfacing; Party B, as
the service provider, shall develop and provide application content services in
accordance with the standards provided by Party A. Party B may connect to Party
A's MMS platform to provide MMS service, subject to Party A's testing and
approval.
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III. OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
(I) Party A's Obligations
1. Party A shall use all kinds of promotional media (such as TV
commercials, posters) to promote and market Monternet(TM)'s MMS service
to attract subscribers.
2. Party A shall provide to Party B technical standards and support for
MMS service connection, to ensure Party B's smooth connection with
Party A's MMS network platform.
3. Party A shall provide to Party B necessary training as required by
Party B.
4. Using the connection point of Party A's MMS system firewall with Party
B as the boundary, Party A shall be responsible for the maintenance of
all equipment on its own side, to ensure smooth operation of such
equipment.
5. Party A shall maintain its MMS network platform and address the
technical breakdown caused by Party A in order to ensure smooth
operation of application services.
6. Party A shall provide free-of-charge network connection point service
to Party B and assist Party B to get its application service connected
with MMS network platform.
7. Party A shall be responsible for formulating all of the targets for
operation of MMS service, and shall inform Party B of such targets
completely and indiscriminately. It shall also give Party B reasonable
time to achieve such targets.
8. For the services provided by Party B at the MMS network platform, Party
A shall collect fees from its customers for their use of Party B's
services pursuant to the pricing information provided by Party B and
confirmed by Party A, and settle the fee with Party B pursuant to
relevant provisions under Section 6 of this Agreement.
9. Party A shall provide consulting and complaint service to customers,
and handle customer inquiry and complaints concerning network,
operation platform and fee collection caused by Party A. For the
inquiry and complaint caused by Party B, Party A shall communicate
relevant information to Party B and procure Party B to address it
immediately.
(II) Party B's Obligations
1. Party B shall be subject to the cooperation requirements and
obligations specified in Monternet(TM) SP Cooperation Administrative
Measures, MMS Business Handbook, which forms an attachment to this
Agreement.
2. Party B shall use all kinds of promotional media (including WEB site,
WAP site, plane media and TV) to promote MMS service. Party B shall
secure prior consent from Party A before Party B uses Party A's name
and business mark in promotion of Monternet(TM) MMS service; without
prior written consent of Party A, Party B shall not use the name of
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"China Mobile" or "Monternet(TM)" to conduct promotional activity
unrelated to Monternet(TM) in any media.
3. Party B shall be responsible to provide application server, application
software, information source, special line for application data and
other necessary equipment to the satisfactory of Party A on the basis
of the parties' cooperation project.
4. Party B shall provide active collaboration in Party A's testing of
connection point, and undertake to provide MMS service in accordance
with MMS network platform business standards and connection point
technical standards provided by Party A.
5. Using the connection point of Party A's MMS system firewall with Party
B as the boundary, Party B shall be responsible for the maintenance of
all equipment on its own side, and to ensure smooth operation of such
equipment.
6. Party B shall immediately address the breakdown of application service
caused by itself, and take practical measures to prevent re-occurrence
of such breakdown. Party B shall be liable for any economic losses
incurred by Party A or the customer of Party A's MMS service caused by
Party B.
7. Party B shall negotiate and handle commercial arrangement with direct
providers of the application contents (such as the owner of image or
music copyright). Party B shall ensure the compliance of its
information and service with applicable state policies and regulations,
cause no harm to consumers' interest or infringe any intellectual
property rights or relevant interest of any third party. Party B shall
be solely liable for the litigation thus incurred.
8. Party B shall not unilaterally provide other services not confirmed by
Party A to Party A's customers without Party A's prior written consent.
9. Party B shall not provide to any other telecommunications service
operator the same content with those provided to Party A without regard
to the transmission means of the application service; otherwise, Party
A may terminate the application services provided by Party B on Party
A's MMS & network platform and cease making fee payments to Party B.
10. Party B shall provide Party A with all clear and indiscriminate
information required for fee calculation for the services provided by
Party B, and shall assume all economic and legal liabilities related
thereto.
11. Party B shall provide Party A with all statistical information relating
to the consumption of Party B's MMS services by Party A's customers.
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED
AND CONFIDENTIAL TERMS HAVE BEEN OMITTED
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IV. RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES
(I) Party A's Rights
1. Party A shall be entitled to review or entrust qualified institution to
review the information provided by Party B and the content of Party B's
application services.
2. Party A shall be entitled to refuse to transmit any information which
contravenes to state directives, regulations and policies and other
contents that Party A deems inappropriate, and demand compensation from
Party B for any adverse impact on Party A's business and reputation.
3. Party A shall be entitled to demand Party B to amend, modify and delete
those contents which Party A deems necessary to do so.
4. Party A shall be entitled to formulate targets for the application
services provided by Party B, and evaluate Party B's performance in
accordance with such targets. The evaluation methods are detailed in
the attachment to this Agreement - Chapter 9 of the Monternet(TM) SP
Cooperation Administrative Measures, MMS Business Handbook.
5. Party A shall be entitled to give guidance and supervision of the
pricing policy of Party B's service.
6. Party A shall be entitled to reasonable revenue. (See Section 6 of this
Agreement for detailed revenue sharing).
(II) Party B's Rights
1. Party B shall be entitled to determine the pricing of its services
under Party A's guidance.
2. Party B shall be entitled to obtain statistical data regarding customer
visits to the Party B's information and application service contents
through the network platform.
3. Without Party B's consent or written authorization, Party A shall not
transfer, release or resell any information products provided by Party
B to any third party unrelated to this Agreement by any means.
4. Party B shall be entitled to a reasonable share of the business
revenue. See Section 6 of this Agreement for detailed revenue sharing.
5. In case of significant discrepancy between the statistics of Party A
and Party B, Party B may require Party A to provide detailed phone
bills for verification, the details of which are set forth in Chapter 6
of the Monternet(TM) SP Cooperation Administrative Measures,
MMS Business Handbook.
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V. CONFIDENTIALITY
1. For purpose of this Agreement, "Proprietary Information" means any
information obtained by one party from the other party ("DISCLOSING
PARTY") during their cooperation which is developed, created or
discovered by the Disclosing Party, or be available to or transferred
to the Disclosing Party that are commercially valuable to the
Disclosing Party's business. Proprietary Information includes without
limitation trade secrets, computer program, design technology, idea,
know-how, technique, data, business and product development plan,
customer's information and other information related to the business of
the Disclosing Party, or confidential information obtained by the
Disclosing Party from others. The Parties acknowledge that the
Disclosing Party shall own Proprietary Information, and such
Proprietary Information is of significant importance to such Disclosing
Party. The cooperation relationship between the Parties hereto has
generated the relationship of confidence and trust related to
Proprietary Information between the parties hereto.
2. Without prior written consent of the Disclosing Party, the other party
shall keep any of Proprietary Information in confidence and may not use
or disclose to any person or entity such Proprietary Information,
except for normal performance of the obligations provided hereunder.
3. Both Parties shall bear non-disclosure responsibility for this
cooperation and the details of this Agreement. Without the prior
written consent of the other party, either party shall not disclose
such cooperation and details of this Agreement to any third party.
VI. REVENUE SHARING AND FEE SETTLEMENT
1. Party A and Party B cooperate to provide MMS service to Party A's
customers, and both parties are entitled to reasonable revenue.
2. Telecommunications fee generated by use of Party A's network resources
to access Party B's services shall be solely owned by Party A.
3. Party A shall, on behalf of Party B, collect service fee from its
customers for their use of Party B's services charge from such service.
4. Party A shall figure out the information fee receivable from its
customers for use of Party B's services, 15% of which shall be taken by
Party A, while the remaining 85% shall be paid to Party B.
5. The basis for fee settlement shall be the Monternet(TM) information fee
bill provided by China Mobile.
6. Party B may, pursuant to the fee settlement bill issued by Party A,
conduct fee settlement with Party's A local subsidiary without entering
into separate agreement with Party A's local provincial subsidiary.
7. Settlement period: China Mobile settles with Party B on monthly basis.
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8. Fee calculation standards and settlement process are described in
Chapter 6 of Monternet(TM) SP Cooperation Administrative Measures, MMS
Business Handbook.
9. Party A and Party B shall pay taxes arising out of the MMS service
revenue respectively.
10. Party B shall provide Party A with its accurate bank account and
related information:
Name of Beneficiary: Shanghai Weilan Computer Company Limited
Opening Bank: *************************
Account No. *****************
VII. LIABILITY FOR BREACH
1. If any party's breach of this Agreement causes this Agreement
unenforceable, the non-breaching party shall be entitled to terminate
this Agreement and require compensation for any losses thus incurred.
2. If any party's breach causes adverse social impact or economic losses
on the other party, the non-breach party shall be entitled to hold the
breaching party liable and demand corresponding economic compensation,
or even terminate this Agreement.
VIII. TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT
1. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date of its execution
and be effective for one year.
2. The term of this Agreement may be automatically renewable for another
year unless otherwise terminated by one party giving a written notice
to the other party at least one month prior to its expiration.
3. This Agreement may be automatically terminated upon agreement by both
parties during the term of this Agreement.
4. If the occurrence of any force majeure events makes it impossible to
continue performance of this Agreement, this Agreement may be
automatically terminated upon settlement of all outstanding bills by
both parties.
5. If the occurrence of a certain event makes it impossible for one party
to continue performance of this Agreement, and if such event is
foreseeable, such party shall notify such event to the other party
within five working days after its reasonable forecast of such event,
and cooperate with the other party to complete all outstanding matters.
If such party fails to notify the other party of such event and thus
make the other party suffer losses, such party shall indemnify the
other party correspondingly.
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED
AND CONFIDENTIAL TERMS HAVE BEEN OMITTED
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IX. MISCELLANEOUS
1. Attachment to this Agreement, Monternet(TM). SP Cooperation
Administrative Measures, MMS Business Handbook, has the same legal
effect with this Agreement.
2. Any outstanding matter shall be addressed by both parties through
friendly negotiation.
3. If any dispute arises relating the content or performance of this
Agreement, the parties shall settle it through friendly consultation;
if the consultation fails to resolve the dispute, either party may
bring lawsuit before a Chinese court with due jurisdiction.
4. This Agreement is made in duplicate and each party shall hold one copy.
Each copy shall have the same legal effect.
Party A: China Mobile Communication Corporation (seal)
Representative: /s/ Ye Bing
Date: May 30, 2003
Party B: Shanghai Weilan Computer Company Limited
Representative: /s/ Raymond Lei Yang
Date: June 1, 2003
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