investors

HOUSTON, Oct 26, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) today announced that the Italian Minister of Communications has declined to authorize the sale of a 49 percent interest in RaiWay S.p.A., a subsidiary of RAI - Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A. (RAI), the Italian state- owned television and radio broadcaster. Crown Castle a and television broadcast transmission systems. The Company offers near-universal broadcast coverage in the United Kingdom and significant wireless communications coverage to 68 of the top 100 United States markets, to more than 95 percent of the UK population and to more than 92 percent of the Australian population. Crown Castle International owns, operates and manages over 15,000 wireless communication towers internationally. For more information on Crown Castle International, visit: www.crowncastle.com .

     Contacts:  W. Benjamin Moreland, CFO
                Carmen Thompson, VP Finance
                Crown Castle International
                713-570-3000

                Ken Dennard, Easterly I.R.
                kdennard@easterly.com
                713-529-6600

                    

SOURCE Crown Castle International Corp.

CONTACT:          W. Benjamin Moreland, CFO, or Carmen Thompson, VP Finance, both
                  of Crown Castle International Corp., +1-713-570-3000; or Ken Dennard of
                  Easterly I.R., +1-713-529-6600, or kdennard@easterly.com , for Crown Castle
                  International Corp.

URL:              http://www.crowncastle.com 
http://www.prnewswire.com

Copyright (C) 2001 PR Newswire.  All rights reserved.