Crown Castle announce new 13 year contract with the BBC

WARWICK - Tuesday, 08 April, 2003 - Crown Castle UK Limited, one of the UK's leading network infrastructure management companies, has today announced that it has signed a contract with the BBC to roll-out Phase 2 of the BBC's DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting or Digital Radio) network.

The contract will mean that Crown Castle will roll-out and operate 47 new DAB transmitters in the UK. Phase 2 of the BBC's DAB network is scheduled for completion in 2004 and will increase digital radio coverage from the current 65% of the UK population to 85%.

Jenny Abramsky, director of BBC Radio, explained: "Ensuring Digital Radio reaches more people in the UK is an important part of the BBC's digital plans. Because of its importance to us we wanted to be confident that the successful bidder would understand our needs and be able to deliver the network we required on time and to budget."

Peter Abery, president and managing director at Crown Castle UK, commenting on the agreement said: "This is great news for Crown Castle and reflects our growing reputation for delivering large-scale network projects on time and on budget. This agreement provides Crown Castle with the opportunity to further enhance this reputation."

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Note to Editors

Crown Castle International Corp. engineers, deploys, owns and operates technologically advanced shared wireless infrastructure, including extensive networks of towers and rooftops as well as analogue and digital audio and television broadcast transmission systems. The Company offers near-universal broadcast coverage in the United Kingdom and significant wireless communications coverage to 68 of the top 100 United States markets, to more than 95 percent of the UK population and to more than 92 percent of the Australian population. Crown Castle owns, operates and manages over 15,500 wireless communication sites internationally. For more information on Crown Castle, visit: www.crowncastle.com . www.crowncastle.com.

Information about BBC Digital Radio is available at www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio

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