EXHIBIT 23.1
 
The Board of Directors
Crown Castle International Corp.:
 
  The audits referred to in our report dated February 20, 1998, included the
related financial statement schedule as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and for
each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1997, included
in the Registration Statement. This financial statement schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the
consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all
material respects the information set forth therein.
 
  We consent to the use of our reports included herein and to the reference to
our firm under the headings "Summary and Selected Financial and Other Data of
CCIC", "Selected Financial and Other Data of Crown", "Summary and Selected
Financial and Other Data of CTI", and "Experts" in the Prospectus.
 
                                          KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
 
Houston, Texas
   
August 18, 1998