investors

HOUSTON, June 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) announced today that its cash tender offers for all of its 10 3/4% Senior Notes due 2011 (CUSIP No. 228227AJ3) ("10 3/4% Notes"), 9 3/8% Senior Notes due 2011 (CUSIP No. 228227AS3) ("9 3/8% Notes"), 7.5% Senior Notes due 2013 (CUSIP No. 228227AW4) ("7.5% Notes") and 7.5% Series B Senior Notes due 2013 (CUSIP No. 228227AY0) ("7.5% Series B Notes" and, together with the 10 3/4% Notes, 9 3/8% Notes and 7.5% Notes, the "Notes") have expired.

The expiration date for the tender offers was midnight (EDT) on June 14, 2005. As of the expiration date, approximately the following principal amounts of each series of Notes had been tendered: (i) $418.3 million, or 97.7%, of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 10 3/4% Notes, (ii) $405.5 million, or 99.6%, of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 9 3/8% Notes, (iii) $299.9 million, or 99.9%, of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 7.5% Notes and (iv) $299.9 million, or 100.0%, of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the 7.5% Series B Notes.

Morgan Stanley acted as the Dealer Manager and Solicitation Agent for the tender offers and consent solicitations. Questions regarding the tender offers may be directed to Morgan Stanley at (800) 624-1808 (toll-free) or (212) 761-1864 (collect), or in writing at 1585 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, Attention: Arthur Rubin.

This press release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes. The tender offers were made only in reference to the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement and related Consent and Letter of Transmittal dated May 17, 2005.

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 /
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CO:  Crown Castle International Corp.; Morgan Stanley
ST:  Texas
IN:  CPR TLS
SU:  TNM

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