Telcordia Conditions Common to All Invitations to Participate in the Development of Proposed Generic Requirements
In accordance with Section 273 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (the Act) relating to the development of industry-wide generic requirements, for the development of each generic requirements work project that meets the criteria defined in the Act, Telcordia will publish a notice that either
- Invites industry to a workshop to discuss the interest level in one or more potential generic requirements projects before proceeding publicly to invite the industry to participate via a participation fee in such projects, or
- Invites interested members of the industry to participate via a participation fee in planned generic requirements work without first convening such a workshop.
The following conditions are to be read as if included, in full, in each Invitation to Participate on the Telcordia GR Web site. They are presented here rather in summary form than in the specific Invitations presented to avoid redundancy. Of course, controlling contractual terms and conditions are set forth in the respective Generic Requirements Participation Agreements and attachments that will be made available to potential industry members that participate via a fee in the GR development process.
- If sufficient interest and participation fees are attained, Telcordia will establish for the participants a Telcordia Technical Forum (TTF) to perform the generic requirements work as described in the GR Work Statement. Additional interactions with participants may be via letters, conference calls, faxes, and electronic mail, and may also include group meetings.
- Industry members that participate via a participation fee will have the opportunity to: provide nonproprietary technical input to be considered in the requirements development; comment on the draft text; and work towards the resolution of any technical disputes. These participants will receive the GR document, and any revision and/or Issues List Reports (ILRs), if produced under the respective project. Participants will also be entitled to exercise other rights and undertake responsibilities as provided by the applicable agreements with Telcordia and by law.
- Non-participants in the GR development process ordinarily will not have the opportunity to submit questions or to provide comments on any of the draft text prior to the publication of the GR at the completion of the project.
- Telcordia reserves the right to alter or withdraw the proposal if there is insufficient interest in the invitation that is open to all interested parties including network equipment suppliers, telecommunications service providers, and any other interested members of the industry.
- Telcordia does not make procurement decisions for its clients.