HOUSTON, June 5, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) announced today that Jay Brown, Crown Castle's Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at 6:45 p.m. eastern time at the Credit Suisse Global Media and Communications Convergence Conference. Mr. Brown's presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and is expected to last approximately 45 minutes. The live audio webcast link and presentation for the conference will be available on Crown Castle's website at http://www.crowncastle.com, where it will also be archived for replay.

Crown Castle owns, operates, and leases towers and other communication structures for wireless communications. 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 approximately 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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CONTACT:  Crown Castle International Corp.
          Jay Brown, CFO 
          Fiona McKone, VP - Finance
          713-570-3050