VANCOUVER, British Columbia, March 16, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tower One Wireless Corp (CSE:TO) (OTC:TOWTF) (Frankfurt: A2AFT9 ) (the “Company”) announces that International Telecom Executive Roland J. Bopp has joined the Company’s Advisory Board. Mr. Bopp has extensive background at senior levels in the telecom space, including a role as Chairman, President & CEO of Deutsche Telecom Inc. New York, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany and Managing Director of Mannesmann AG, and member of the operating board of Mannesmann Corp. in New York, NY and Düsseldorf, Germany, a US$ 20 billion global engineering and telecom service company operating worldwide and publicly traded.
In addition, Mr. Bopp has more recently assisted emerging companies in various roles to facilitate their quick growth and development. Mr. Bopp has served as: Executive Vice President of Hochtief Inc./Turner Construction company, a global engineering and construction management company; and CEO and member of the Board of Directors of Billing Services Group LTD., a leading global provider of clearing and settlement, payment services, and financial risk management solutions for 630 of the world’s largest communications service providers.
Of particular note he was responsible for all of Deutsche Telekom activities in North and South America, including the alliance with France Telecom and Sprint. As well, he was a key contributor in establishing Mannesmann's successful mobile phone business.
Roland Bopp states: “I am very enthusiastic to be joining the Tower One Wireless Team, management is composed of seasoned telecom executives and financers with a proven track record of growing companies from the ground floor.” Adds Mr. Bopp: “The opportunity in South America is massive, as the market transitions from traditional handheld devices to smart phones. This change will increase data usage and require larger capacity across the entire infrastructure network, requiring more towers to mount additional 4G & 5G equipment, which are being deployed to handle the increased demand.”
Alex Ochoa, CEO, states: “I am pleased to have someone with such a distinguished and accomplished background join the Advisory Board of Tower One. The Company has an aggressive growth strategy in Latin America, and already has an accomplished management team, who previously built a company with 1,000 towers. Roland has an impressive international network and his advise and active participation will be valued as Tower One seeks to quickly build out its tower portfolio in Latin America and other growth regions in the world.”
About Tower One Wireless Corp
Tower One builds, owns, and leases a portfolio of wireless infrastructure assets to wireless carriers on long term contracts. Tower One is the only publicly traded small cap entry in to the tower and wireless infrastructure industry. Tower One is operated by a team of telecom and finance professionals with a long history in the telecom and wireless infrastructure business. At Managements election 30 million shares issued to Tower One Management cannot be sold for 3 years. Tower One Wireless is currently focused on 4G & 5G LTE infrastructure expansion in Latin America.
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