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HOUSTON, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) announced today that it has extended its offer to exchange its outstanding 9 3/8% Senior Notes due 2011 (the "Old Notes") for up to $450,000,000 aggregate principle amount of its new 9 3/8% Senior Notes due 2011. The exchange offer has been registered under the Securities Act of 1933.

The consent solicitation will now expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City Time on Tuesday, August 14, 2001, unless further extended. Except for the extension of the expiration date, all other terms and conditions of the exchange offer remain as set forth in the exchange offer documents previously furnished to the holders of the Old Notes.

Crown Castle International Corp. engineers, deploys, owns and operates technologically advanced shared wireless infrastructure, including extensive networks of towers and rooftops as well as analog and digital audio 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 14,000 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 / kdennard@easterly.com
                Lisa Elliott / lisae@easterly.com
                Easterly Investor Relations
                713-529-6600

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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, kdennard@easterly.com, or Lisa Elliott, lisae@easterly.com, both of Easterly Investor Relations, +1-713-529-6600/