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HOUSTON, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) today announced that the Company will participate in the Lehman Brothers 2002 Global Wireless Conference on May 21, 2002.

W. Benjamin Moreland, Crown Castle's Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at 11:30 a.m. eastern time on Tuesday, May 21, 2002. Mr. Moreland's presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and is expected to last approximately 30 minutes. The live webcast link will be available on the Company's website at www.crowncastle.com and will also be archived for replay on the Company's website.

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 owns, operates and manages over 15,000 wireless communication towers internationally. For more information on Crown Castle, visit: www.crowncastle.com .

Contacts:

W. Benjamin Moreland, CFO

Jay Brown, 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.

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/CONTACT: W. Benjamin Moreland, CFO, or Jay Brown, 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, for Crown Castle International Corp./