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JUNE 14, 2000 - HOUSTON, TEXAS - John Kelly, President and Chief Operating Officer of Crown Castle International Corp. announced that Michael T. Schueppert has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development based in the Houston headquarters. Kelly noted that "Mr. Schueppert will play a crucial role in directing Crown Castle’s global marketing strategy to further strengthen our competitive position within the industry."

Mr. Schueppert joined Crown Castle in 1997 as Director of Sales and Marketing for Crown Castle UK and was instrumental in establishing a strong sales and marketing team. He previously worked at Cable & Wireless where he held a number of positions in strategy, marketing and business development in the UK and North America. During his time at Cable & Wireless, Mr. Schueppert was closely involved in the establishment of cellular networks in the UK (One2One) and more than 15 countries overseas. He graduated from Cambridge University and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Crown Castle 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. Crown Castle offers near-universal broadcast coverage in the United Kingdom and significant wireless communications coverage to 68 of the top 100 United States markets, more than 95-percent of the UK population and more than 2-percent of the Australian population. Pro forma for all closed and previously announced transactions, Crown Castle owns, operates and manages over 11,000 wireless communication towers internationally. For more information on Crown Castle, visit: www.crowncastle.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements and information that are based on management's belief as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Although Crown Castle believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Should one or more of these risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expected. More information about potential factors, which could affect the company's financial results, is included in the Risk Factors sections of the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contacts:

FOR: CROWN CASTLE INTERNATIONAL
Linda J. Freede - 281-367-3922
LJF Associates, Inc.
lfreede@ljfassoc.com