Cases & Deals

Tillman Global Holdings establishes Apollo Towers to provide Telenor Myanmar with mobile telecoms infrastructure in Myanmar (Burma)

Client(s) Tillman Global Holdings LLC

Jones Day advised Tillman Global Holdings LLC in the autumn of 2013 on the establishment and financing of its Apollo Towers business in Myanmar, which will provide Telenor Myanmar with a mobile telecoms infrastructure in Myanmar (Burma). Telenor was one of two mobile operators that were awarded the first nationwide telecommunications licenses by the Union Government of Myanmar following a strongly contested license award process. Telenor intends to have available a state of the art mobile network using HSPA and LTE-ready technologies, with network coverage for 90 percent of the Myanmar population within five years.