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HOUSTON, July 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) today announced plans to release its second quarter 2004 results on Wednesday, July 28, 2004 after the market closes. In conjunction with the release, Crown Castle has scheduled a conference call for Thursday, July 29, 2004 at 9:30 a.m. eastern time. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 303-205-0044 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 http://www.crowncastle.com .

A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available from 11:30 a.m. eastern time on Thursday, July 29, 2004, through 11:59 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, August 5, 2004, and may be accessed by dialing 303-590-3000 using passcode 11003229#. An audio archive will also be available on the company's website at http://www.crowncastle.com shortly after the call and will be accessible for approximately 90 days.

Pro forma for the previously announced sale of Crown Castle UK, Crown Castle International Corp. engineers, deploys, owns and operates technologically advanced shared wireless infrastructure, including extensive networks of towers and rooftops. 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 /
    (CCI)

CO:  Crown Castle International Corp.
ST:  Texas
IN:  CPR TLS
SU:  CCA MAV

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