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HOUSTON, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Crown Castle International Corp.'s (NYSE: CCI) third quarter earnings release, Crown Castle has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, October 27, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. eastern time. The call may be accessed live via phone by dialing 303-205-0033 and asking for the Crown Castle call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time or live over the Internet by logging on to the web at http://www.crowncastle.com .

A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available from 11:30 a.m. eastern time on Wednesday, October 27, 2004, through 11:59 p.m. eastern time on Wednesday, November 3, 2004, and may be accessed by dialing 303-590-3000 using passcode 11011989#. An audio archive will also be available on the company's website at http://www.crowncastle.com shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days.

Crown Castle International Corp. engineers, deploys, owns and operates technologically advanced shared wireless infrastructure, including extensive networks of towers. Crown Castle offers significant wireless communications coverage to 68 of the top 100 United States markets and to substantially all of the Australian population. Crown Castle owns, operates and manages over 10,600 and over 1,300 wireless communication sites in the U.S. and Australia, respectively. For more information on Crown Castle visit: http://www.crowncastle.com .

     Contacts:  W. Benjamin Moreland, CFO
                Jay Brown, Treasurer
                Crown Castle International Corp.
                713-570-3000


SOURCE  Crown Castle International Corp.
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    /CONTACT:  W. Benjamin Moreland, CFO, or Jay Brown, Treasurer, both of
Crown Castle International Corp., +1-713-570-3000/
    /Web site:  http://www.crowncastle.com /
    (CCI)

CO:  Crown Castle International Corp.
ST:  Texas
IN:  CPR TLS
SU:  CCA MAV




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