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1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 In this Agreement,
the words hereunder will have the meanings assigned
to them below: -
1.1.1 "Agreement"
means these Standard Terms and Conditions and any Application
Form, Schedules, Annexures and attachments hereto;
1.1.2 "Cost
Schedule" means Schedule A attached hereto wherein
the costs and service specifications of the Service/s
are specified;
1.1.3 "Customer"
means the party specified as Customer on the Application
Form to which these Standard Terms and Conditions are
attached;
1.1.4 "Customer
Support Schedule" means the schedule attached hereto
containing customer support information;
1.1.5 "Effective
Date" means, notwithstanding the date of signature
of this Agreement, the date of activation of the service
to the Customer, irrespective of whether or not the
Customer uses the Service/s;
1.1.6 "Cloud 9 Communications CC"
means Cloud 9 Communications CC , registration number 2007/055634/23;
1.1.7 "Initial
Period" means the initial contract term of the
Service/s, as per physical agreement signed with Customer;
1.1.8 "Proprietary
Information" means any and all trade secrets and
data/information of a proprietary and/or confidential
nature, including data/information that the parties
should reasonably have known to be proprietary or confidential;
1.1.9 "Service/s"
means all the service/s provided by Cloud 9 Communications CC as specified
in the Schedule/s to this Agreement;
1.1.10 "PSTS
provider" means the public switched telecommunications
services provider licensed to provide such services
in terms of section 36 of the Telecommunications Act
103 of 1996 as amended;
1.1.11 "VAT"
means Value-Added Tax as defined in the Value-Added
Tax Act 89 of 1991.
1.2 The clause
headings contained in this Agreement are for reference
purposes only and shall not be used in the interpretation
of this Agreement. Words importing any one gender include
the other gender, the singular includes the plural and
vice versa, and natural persons includes juristic entities
and vice versa.
2 COMMENCEMENT
AND DURATION
2.1 The Agreement
shall commence upon the Effective Date of the first
Service to be provided in terms of the Agreement and
shall endure throughout the duration period of the Service/s
provided. In the event of a single Service consisting
of a number of components, billing will commence for
each respective component of that Service as and when
each component of that Service goes live.
2.2 After commencement
of contract a 30 (thirty) day notice period will be
applicable to both parties.
3 CHARGES AND PAYMENT
3.1 All Service/s
provided are to be billed as of the Effective Date in
respect of each Service.
3.2 Customer is
responsible for and agrees to pay to Cloud 9 Communications CC all fees
for the Service/s specified in the Cost Schedule/s in
South African currency, without deduction or set-off
of any amount of whatsoever nature or for whatsoever
reason.
3.3 All prices
specified in the Cost Schedule exclude:
3.3.1 VAT and any
other any taxes and duties including any regulatory
surcharge, which Customer becomes obligated to pay by
virtue of this Agreement, and
3.3.2 PSTS provider
service fees, for which Customer agrees to make payment
directly to the PSTS provider on such terms as are agreed
between the PSTS provider and Customer, and shall at
all times be the responsibility of the Customer.
3.4 Invoicing will
be processed and delivered in advance, and all invoices
for Services shall be settled monthly within 30 days
of the date of invoice, unless stipulated otherwise.
3.5 In the event
of any dispute arising as to the amount or calculation
of any fee or charge to which Cloud 9 Communications CC is entitled,
the dispute shall be referred for determination to Cloud 9 Communications CC's
auditors. They shall act as experts and their decision
shall be final and binding on Cloud 9 Communications CC and Customer.
The cost of the determination shall be paid on demand
by the party against whom the determination is made,
or as determined by the said auditors.
3.6 Any amount
falling due for payment by Customer to Cloud 9 Communications
CC in terms of or pursuant to this Agreement which is
not paid on its due date shall bear interest calculated
from the due date for payment thereof until date of
payment, at a rate equal to the prime overdraft rate
plus two percent (2%) charged by Standard Bank South
Africa Limited from time to time, monthly in arrears.
3.7 Cloud 9 Communications CC shall
be entitled from time to time on 30 (thirty) days prior
written notice thereof to Customer to increase the monthly
fees referred to in the Cost Schedule/s, provided that:
3.7.1 Cloud 9 Communications CC shall not be entitled to increase the
monthly fees during the Initial Period of this Agreement;
and
3.7.2 Cloud 9 Communications CC
shall not increase the fees unless an increase is levied
by Internet Solutions. In the event of an increase being
levied, 30 days written notice will be given to Customer.
4 CUSTOMER'S OBLIGATIONS
4.1 Customer shall
comply strictly with all restrictions imposed on computer
networks through which any information and/or data transmitted
by Customer passes.
4.2 Customer shall
not commit nor attempt to commit any act or omission
which directly or indirectly:
4.2.1 Damages in
any way Cloud 9 Communications CC's technical infrastructure or any
part thereof;
4.2.2 Impairs or
precludes Cloud 9 Communications CC from being able to provide the Service/s
in a reasonable and businesslike manner;
4.2.3 Constitutes
an abuse or malicious misuse of the Service/s;
Or is calculated
to have the abovementioned effect.
In such an event, should Cloud 9 Communications CC incur expenses to
remedy the situation, Cloud 9 Communications CC reserves the right to
charge the Customer the amount necessary to cover Cloud 9 Communications CC's
additional expenditure. Notwithstanding the above, Cloud 9 Communications CC
reserves the right to take any other appropriate action
it may deem necessary to remedy the situation.
4.3 Customer is
prohibited from selling, reselling or otherwise dealing
with the Service/s in any manner whatsoever. Without
limitation to the foregoing, any consideration, which
Customer may receive whilst acting in breach of this
prohibition, shall be forfeited to Cloud 9 Communications CC.
4.4 Customer is
prohibited from allowing any person other than its employees
or other authorised parties, access to the Service/s
through any of Customer's equipment, personnel and/or
address.
4.5 Customer is
prohibited from modifying any equipment utilised by
Customer to receive any of the Service/s, in any way
whatsoever, including the changing of any of the settings
of such equipment.
4.6 Under no circumstances
may Customer resile from this Agreement or withhold
or defer payment or be entitled to a reduction in any
charge or have any other right or remedy against Cloud 9 Communications CC,
its servants, its agents or any other persons for whom
it may be liable in law (and in whose favour this provision
constitutes a stipulation alteri) if Cloud 9 Communications CC interrupts
the Service to Customer as it would be entitled to do
if Customer is in default of any of its obligations
under this Agreement to Cloud 9 Communications CC or in the circumstances
contemplated in clause 6.4 below.
4.7 Customer may
not at any time use the Service in contravention of
any South African law. In particular, Customer undertakes
to familiarize itself and ensure that it is kept continuously
appraised of all South African law in force from time
to time, which has any bearing on the Service and/or
its use. Customer acknowledges that Cloud 9 Communications CC has no
obligation to assist Customer in this regard.
5 WARRANTIES
5.1 Save as expressly
set out in this Agreement, Cloud 9 Communications CC does not make any
representations nor gives any warranties or guarantees
of any nature whatsoever in respect of the Service/s
and all warranties which are implied or residual at
common law are hereby expressly excluded.
5.2 Without limitation
to the generality of 5.1 above, Cloud 9 Communications CC does not warrant
or guarantee that the information transmitted by or
available to Customer by way of the Service/s:
5.2.1 Will be preserved
or sustained in its entirety;
5.2.2 Will be delivered
to any or all of the intended recipients;
5.2.3 Will be suitable
for any purpose;
5.2.4 Will be free
of inaccuracies or defects or bugs or viruses of any
kind; or
5.2.5 Will be secured
against intrusion by unauthorised third parties;
And Cloud 9 Communications CC assumes
no liability, responsibility or obligations in regard
to any of the exclusions set forth in this clause 5.
6 EXCLUSION OF
LIABILITY
6.1 Except as otherwise
expressly provided herein to the contrary, Cloud 9 Communications CC
shall not be liable to Customer or any third party for
any loss or damage of whatsoever nature and/or howsoever
arising (including consequential or incidental loss
or damage which shall include but shall not be limited
to loss of property or of profit, business, goodwill,
revenue, data or anticipated savings) or for any costs,
claims or demands of any nature whether asserted against
Cloud 9 Communications CC or against Customer by any party, arising
directly or indirectly out of the Service/s, their use,
access, withdrawal or suspension or out of any information
or materials provided or not provided, as the case may
be.
6.2 Subject to clause 6.1 above, the entire liability
of Cloud 9 Communications CC and Customer's exclusive remedy for damages
from any cause related to or arising out of this Agreement,
regardless of the form of action, whether in contract
or in delict, will not exceed the aggregate of the fees
and charges paid by Customer under this Agreement for
the period of 30 (thirty) days preceding Customer's
written notice to Cloud 9 Communications CC in respect of such claim.
6.3 Customer hereby
indemnifies Cloud 9 Communications CC against and holds Cloud 9 Communications CC harmless
from any claim by any third party arising directly or
indirectly out of access to or use of the Service/s
or information obtained through the use thereof or in
respect of any matter for which liability of Cloud 9 Communications CC
is excluded in terms of clause 6.1 above.
6.4 Because of
the need to conduct maintenance, repair and/or improvement
work from time to time on the technical infrastructure
by means of which the Services are provided, the provision
of the Services may be suspended from time to time,
and all liability on the part of Cloud 9 Communications CC of any loss
or damage (whether direct or consequential) thereby
incurred or for any costs, claims, or demands of any
nature arising there from, is excluded, and the provisions
of clause 6.1 above shall apply mutatis mutandis to
such exclusion.
7 DOCUMENTATION
Any specifications,
descriptive matter, drawings and other documents, which
may be furnished by Cloud 9 Communications CC to Customer from time
to time:
7.1 Do not form
part of this Agreement and may not be relied upon, unless
they are agreed in writing by both parties hereto to
form part of this Agreement;
7.2 Shall remain
the property of Cloud 9 Communications CC and shall be deemed to have
been imparted by it in trust to Customer for the sole
use of Customer. All copyright in such documents vests
in Cloud 9 Communications CC. Such documents shall be returned to Cloud 9 Communications CC
on demand.
8 BREACH
8.1 Subject to
the provisions of clause 8.2 to the contrary, if Customer
hereto:
8.1.1 Breaches
any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement and
fails to remedy such breach or pay such amount, as the
case may be, within 7 (seven) days after the receipt
of written notice from Cloud 9 Communications CC;
8.1.2 Commits any
act of insolvency;
8.1.3 Endeavours
to compromise generally with its creditors or does or
causes anything to be done which may prejudice Cloud 9 Communications CC
rights hereunder or at all;
8.1.4 Allows any
judgement against it to remain unsettled for more than
10 (ten) days without taking immediate steps to have
it rescinded and successfully prosecuting the application
for rescission to its final end; or
8.1.5 Is placed
in liquidation or under judicial management (in either
case, whether provisionally or finally) or, being an
individual, his estate is sequestrated or voluntarily
surrendered;
Cloud 9 Communications CC shall
have the right, without prejudice to any other right,
which it may have against Customer, to:
a) Suspend or terminate
the Services;
a) Treat as immediately
due and payable all outstanding amounts which would
otherwise become due and payable over the unexpired
period of the Agreement, and to claim such amounts as
well as any other amounts in arrears including interest
and to cease performance of its obligations hereunder
as well as under any other contract with the Customer
until Customer has remedied the breach; and/or
b) Cancel this
Agreement;
In any event without
prejudice to Cloud 9 Communications CC's right to claim damages.
8.2 Customer shall
be liable for all costs incurred by Cloud 9 Communications CC in the
recovery of any amounts or the enforcement of any rights
which it has hereunder, including collection charges
and costs on an attorney and own client scale whether
incurred prior to or during the institution of legal
proceedings or if judgement has been granted, in connection
with the satisfaction or enforcement of such judgement.
8.3 Subject to
what is set out in Clause 8.1.1 above, Cloud 9 Communications CC shall
be entitled to suspend the provision of the Services
where Customer breaches any provision of this Agreement
or where any payment to Cloud 9 Communications CC is overdue by more
than 7 (seven) days.
9 INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
9.1 Notwithstanding
anything set out in Clause 10 below, all intellectual
property (including, without limitation, copyright,
trade marks, designs and patents) relating to or used
in connection with the Service/s provided under this
Agreement shall belong to Cloud 9 Communications CC. Customer undertakes
that it shall at no time, have any right, title or interest
in the intellectual property and agrees that it shall
not (or permit any third party to) reverse engineer,
decompile, modify or tamper with the equipment or software
owned by Cloud 9 Communications CC, or any of its third party suppliers.
9.2 Customer warrants
that it shall not use the Service/s to produce, host
or present any content in contravention of any person's
intellectual property rights, and in particular warrants
that it shall recognise, acknowledge and use any content
in accordance with any third party's intellectual property
rights. Customer furthermore warrants that it has received
all necessary permissions to make use of any intellectual
property relating to 3rd parties.
10 PROTECTION OF
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
10.1 Each party
will keep in confidence and protect Proprietary Information
from disclosure to third parties and restrict its use
to that which is provided for in this Agreement. Either
party acknowledges that unauthorised disclosure or use
of Proprietary Information may cause substantial economic
loss. All printed materials, containing Proprietary
Information will be marked with "Proprietary"
or "Confidential", or in a manner, which gives
notice of its proprietary nature. Proprietary Information
shall not be copied, in whole or in part, except when
essential for correcting, generating or modifying Proprietary
Information for either party's authorised use. Each
such copy, including its storage media, will be marked
with all notices, which appear on the original.
10.2 Each party
shall ensure that its employees comply with its obligations
under this section 10.
10.3 This section
10 shall survive termination or cancellation of this
Agreement.
10.4 This Agreement
does not transfer to either party title to any intellectual
property contained in any Proprietary Information of
the other party.
11 CESSION
Customer shall
not be entitled to cede or assign any rights and/or
obligations, which it may have in terms of this Agreement
to any third party unless, consented to in writing by
Cloud 9 Communications CC.
12 SURETYSHIP
The signatory to
this Agreement, as the authorised representative of
the Customer, hereby binds himself/herself to Cloud 9 Communications CC
as personal surety and as co-principle debtor in solidum
with Customer for the due, punctual and proper fulfilment
and performance by Customer of all its obligations in
terms of this Agreement. The aforementioned signatory
hereby renounces all benefits arising from the legal
exceptions of non numeratae pecuniae, non causa debiti,
errore calculi and beneficio excussionus et divisionis,
with the force and effect of which he/she hereby declares
himself/herself to be fully acquainted.
13 FORCE MAJEURE
13.1 Cloud 9 Communications CC
shall not be liable for non-performance under this Agreement
to the extent to which the non-performance is caused
by events or conditions beyond the control of Cloud 9 Communications CC,
provided that Cloud 9 Communications CC makes all reasonable efforts
to perform.
13.2 It is expressly
recorded that for purposes of this clause the following
shall be considered circumstances beyond the control
of Cloud 9 Communications CC and the force majeure provisions shall
apply: -
13.2.1 A PSTS provider
fault that affects the Service/s; and/or
13.2.2 The non-performance,
inability to perform or delay in performance by the
PSTS provider relating to the provisioning of equipment,
services and/or facilities to Cloud 9 Communications CC that affects
the Service/s; and/or
13.2.3 Acts or
omissions of any government, government agency, provincial
or local authority or similar authority, any laws or
regulations having the force of law, civil strife, riots,
insurrection, sabotage, acts or war or public enemy,
illegal strikes, interruption of transport, lockouts,
flood, storm or fire.
14 GOVERNING LAW
AND JURISDICTION
This Agreement
will be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the Republic of South Africa and all disputes,
actions and other matters relating thereto will be determined
in accordance with South African law by a South African
court having jurisdiction.
15 DOMICILIUM CITANDI
ET EXECUTANDI
For all purposes,
including but not by way of limitation, the giving of
any notice, the making of any communication and the
serving of any process, Customer chooses its domicilium
citandi et executandi ("domicilium") at the
physical address appearing on the application form to
which these Standard Terms and Conditions are attached.
Cloud 9 Communications CC chooses its domicilium citandi et executandi
("domicilium") at Momentum Office Park, 142
Western Services Road, Woodmead, Johannesburg, South
Africa. Either party shall be entitled from time to
time to vary its domicilium and shall be obliged to
give notice to the other within ten (10) days of the
said change. Any notice which either party may give
to the other shall be posted by prepaid registered post
or hand delivered to the other party's domicilium and
shall be presumed, unless the contrary is proved by
the party to whom it is addressed, to have been received
by that party on the tenth (10th) day after the date
of posting or on the day of delivery as the case may
be.
16 GENERAL
16.1 No variation,
amendment or consensual cancellation of this Agreement
or any provision or term thereof or of any agreement,
bill of exchange or other document issued or executed
pursuant to or in terms of this Agreement shall be binding
unless recorded in a written document signed by a duly
authorised representative from both Cloud 9 Communications CC &
Customer.
16.2 The parties
acknowledge having read and understood this Agreement
and are not entering into this Agreement on the basis
of any representations not expressly set forth in it.
16.3 Neither party
shall be bound by any express or implied term, representation,
warranty, promise or the like not recorded
herein, whether it induced the Agreement between Customer
and Cloud 9 Communications CC or not.
16.4 No extension of time or waiver or relaxation of
any of the provisions or terms of this Agreement, bill
of exchange or other document issued or executed pursuant
to or in terms of this Agreement, shall operate as an
estoppel against either party hereto in respect of its
right under this Agreement, nor shall it operate so
as to preclude either of the parties thereafter from
exercising its rights strictly in accordance with this
Agreement.
16.5 In the event
that any provision of this Agreement conflicts with
any statute, ruling or order of any governmental or
regulatory body from time to time, then such provision
of this Agreement shall be controlled by the statute,
ruling or order.
16.6 Should any
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement be held
to be invalid, unlawful or unenforceable, such terms
and conditions will be severable from the remaining
terms and conditions, which will continue to be valid
and enforceable.
16.7 In the event
of any expiration, termination or cancellation of this
Agreement, provisions hereof which are intended to continue
and survive shall so continue and survive. In particular,
termination or cancellation of this Agreement shall
not affect any rights or duties arising under it with
respect to Proprietary Information as set out in Clause
10 above.
16.8 The terms
and conditions appearing in the Schedule(s) hereto are
hereby incorporated into the Agreement. In the event
of any conflict between the Standard Terms and Conditions
of this Agreement and those appearing in any Schedule/s
hereto, these Standard Terms and Conditions shall prevail.
In respect of any conflict in respect of pricing in
the Agreement or the Schedules hereto, the costs set
out in the Cost Schedule shall prevail.
16.9 These terms
and conditions, together with the Schedule(s), Annexures
and attachments hereto, constitute the whole of the
agreement between Cloud 9 Communications CC and Customer relating to
the subject matter hereof, notwithstanding anything
in Customer's inquiry, specification, acceptance, order
or other documentation or discussion to the contrary.
SCHEDULE B - Cloud 9 Communications CC SERVICES
1. DESCRIPTION
OF SERVICE
1.1 Cloud 9 Communications CC undertakes
to provide Customer with the value-added Cloud 9 Communications CC Services.
1.2 The services
in 1.1 above are hereinafter referred to the "Cloud 9 Communications CC
Service/s".
1.3 The provision
of the Cloud 9 Communications CC Service/s by Cloud 9 Communications CC is subject to
the terms and conditions set out in this Schedule.
2. DURATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE
2.1 The Effective
Date of this Schedule is the date when the service is
activated. Should the Effective Date occur after the
date of signature of the Agreement, nothing herein contained
shall be construed so as to give either party the right
to cancel or rescind the Agreement before the Effective
Date.
2.2 The provision
of the Cloud 9 Communications CC Service/s shall endure for an initial
period of 30 (thirty) days ("Initial Period"),
commencing on and with effect from the Effective Date.
2.3 Either party
hereto shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement
by way of 30 (thirty) days prior written notice of termination
to be effective at the end of the Initial Period. Failing
such notice of termination, the duration of the Service
shall thereafter automatically renew for successive
periods of 30 (thirty) days each on the terms and conditions
set out in this Schedule, subject to 30 (thirty) days
prior written notice of termination effective at the
end of the then-current 30 (thirty) day period, and
subject to an escalation in fees per clause 3.7 of the
Standard Terms and Conditions.
3. FEES AND CHARGES
Customer shall
pay the fees as specified in Cost Schedule/s (Schedule
A) for the Cloud 9 Communications CC Service/s.
4. SUSPENSION OF
SERVICES
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
set out in the Standard Terms and Conditions, Cloud 9 Communications CC
reserves the right to, at any time, suspend the provision
of the Cloud 9 Communications CC Service/s for the purposes of maintenance,
modification or remedial work. In the event of any such
suspension, provide the Customer with 3 (three) days
prior written notice in respect of such maintenance.
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