Yoma Strategic Holdings (YSH) announced that its joint venture, Digicel Asia Holdings (DAH), has agreed to partner with Qatar-based Ooredoo in the development of telecoms towers in Burma. "We are delighted to play our part in such development and look forward to working closely with the Government, authorities, telecommunications operators and other local companies," YSH chairman Serge Pun stated in a press release on Monday. Serge Pun has teamed with Irish telecoms billionaire Denis O'Brien to form DAH. O'Brien's Jamaica-based Digicel, which operates in 31 countries, lost out to Ooredoo and Telenor in Burma's initial round of telecom licencing bids in June 2013, but has found new opportunity in the roll-out process of Burma's communications development. The two licences awarded in June granted 15-year operating permits and drew over 90 letters of interest internationally. Results of the bidding were highly anticipated and not without controversy.