Common use of Regional Matters Clause in Contracts

Regional Matters. The Parties shall cooperate in the administration and performance of this Agreement and any other agreements between the Parties and their Affiliates approved under Section 252 of the Act relating to the Parties' provision of Telecommunications Services in the Region (the “Regional Interconnection Agreements”) so that the following are accomplished: (a) Whenever this Agreement requires a procedure for deployment of the relevant facilities, services and functions, including formation of an Implementation Team and the development of an Implementation Plan, the Parties shall, to the maximum extent practicable in light of local state differences, use a single Implementation Team to develop a single Implementation Plan which will satisfy the requirements of all Regional Interconnection Agreements. Except as necessary to accommodate individual state differences or requirements, meetings of the Implementation Team shall be held in Chicago, Illinois; and (b) The Parties agree that they will use their best efforts to maintain single points of contact and operational interfaces for all Regional Interconnection Agreements.