Common use of Regional Matters Clause in Contracts

Regional Matters. (a) AT&T Corp. has a regional administrative structure in which its central region (“Region”) comprises the states of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, states in which SBC-AMERITECH Ohio and its Affiliates conduct business operations and in which SBC- AMERITECH Ohio and certain of its Affiliates are Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers. SBC-AMERITECH Ohio and AT&T Communications of Ohio, Inc. currently perform, or cause their Affiliates to perform, administrative and specialized business operations on a centralized basis in the Region. (b) 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: (1) Whenever this Agreement requires a procedure for deployment of the relevant facilities, services and functions, the Parties shall, to the maximum extent practicable in light of local state differences, use a single Joint Operational Team (as hereinafter defined) to develop operational plans which will satisfy the requirements of all Regional Interconnection Agreements. Except as necessary to accommodate individual state differences or requirements, meetings of the Joint Operational Team shall be held in Chicago, Illinois; and (2) The Parties agree that they will use their best efforts to maintain single points of contact and operational interfaces for all Regional Interconnection Agreements.

Regional Matters. (a) AT&T Corp. has a regional administrative structure in which its central region (“Region”) comprises the states of Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin, states in which SBC-AMERITECH Ohio and its Affiliates conduct . Ameritech Michigan conducts business operations in Michigan, and in which SBC- AMERITECH Ohio Ameritech Michigan and certain of its Affiliates are Incumbent Local Exchange CarriersCarriers in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin, respectively. SBC-AMERITECH Ohio Ameritech Michigan and AT&T Communications of Ohio, Michigan Inc. currently perform, or cause their Affiliates to perform, administrative and specialized business operations on a centralized basis in the Region. (b) The Parties shall cooperate in the administration administratio n 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: (1) Whenever this Agreement requires a procedure for deployment of the relevant facilities, services and functions, the Parties shall, to the maximum extent practicable in light of local state differences, use a single Joint Operational Team (as hereinafter defined) to develop operational plans which will satisfy the requirements of all Regional Interconnection Agreements. Except as necessary to accommodate individual state differences or requirements, meetings of the Joint Operational Team shall be held in Chicago, Illinois; and (2) The Parties agree that they will use their best efforts to maintain single points of contact and operational interfaces for all Regional Interconnection Agreements.