Crown Castle (CCI) 8-K Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

Exhibit 99.1

NEWS RELEASE February 17, 2017

	Contacts: Dan Schlanger, CFO
	Son Nguyen,VP & Treasurer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE	Crown Castle International Corp.
	713-570-3050

CROWN CASTLE DECLARES

QUARTERLY COMMON STOCK DIVIDEND

February 17, 2017 - HOUSTON, TEXAS - Crown Castle International Corp. (NYSE: CCI) ("Crown Castle") announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.95 per common share. The quarterly dividend will be payable on March 31, 2017 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on March 17, 2017. Future dividends are subject to the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors.

ABOUT CROWN CASTLE

Crown Castle provides wireless carriers with the infrastructure they need to keep people connected and businesses running. With approximately 40,000 towers and 26,500 route miles of fiber supporting small cells, Crown Castle is the nation's largest provider of shared wireless infrastructure with a significant presence in the top 100 US markets. For more information on Crown Castle, please visit www.crowncastle.com.

The Foundation for a Wireless World.

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