investors

HOUSTON, Oct 17, 2008 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE:CCI) today announced plans to release its third quarter 2008 results on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 after the market closes. In conjunction with the release, Crown Castle has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. eastern time. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 303-262-2051 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 www.crowncastle.com.

A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available from 12:30 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, November 6, 2008 through 11:59 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, November 13, 2008 and may be accessed by dialing 303-590-3000 using passcode 11121062#. An audio archive will also be available on the company's website at www.crowncastle.com shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days.

Crown Castle engineers, deploys, owns, and operates technologically advanced shared wireless infrastructure, including extensive networks of towers. Crown Castle offers significant wireless communications coverage to 91 of the top 100 US markets and to substantially all of the Australian population. Crown Castle owns, operates, and manages over 22,000 and over 1,600 wireless communication sites in the US and Australia, respectively. For more information on Crown Castle, please visit http://www.crowncastle.com.

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SOURCE: Crown Castle International Corp.

Crown Castle International Corp.
          Jay Brown, CFO
          Fiona McKone, VP Finance
          713-570-3000