Common use of Changes in Service Areas Clause in Contracts

Changes in Service Areas. (a) QC may update Exhibit A on a regular basis by written notice to Publisher, and the rights and obligations of this Agreement will extend to any new, altered or changed local telephone service areas of QC within the Publisher Region, including any such service areas that extend outside the Publisher Region by reason of being located on or near the border of the Publisher Region. Publisher will have fifteen (15) months following written notice from QC regarding the addition of any service area to include QC's listings from such service area in a Primary Directory without being in violation of Section 3.1(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rights and obligations of this Agreement will not, without an amendment to this Agreement, extend to any geographic area (i) that QC expands into as a CLEC or (ii) in which QC becomes the incumbent local exchange carrier (the "ILEC") as a result of an acquisition of the stock or assets of, or via a merger or other business combination transaction with, the Person previously providing local phone service in that geographic area as the ILEC.