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CROWN CASTLE INC. 8-K Report (Jan 11, 2002)

Filed January 11, 2002For Securities:CCI

Summary

Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) filed an 8-K on January 11, 2002, to disclose information presented at the Salomon Smith Barney Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference on January 9, 2002. The filing primarily serves to furnish investors with access to the slide presentation used by the CEO and CFO, which discusses the company's and the broader tower industry's outlook. This presentation is considered to contain forward-looking statements regarding future performance, strategy implementation, and industry trends. Investors should note that the company explicitly warns that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, including potential lower-than-anticipated demand for towers due to various industry factors like carrier consolidation, technology changes, or RF health concerns, as well as risks related to the company's strategy implementation and significant indebtedness. The company has made this information available via a slide presentation (Exhibit 99.1) and an archived audio webcast on its website.

Key Highlights

  • 1Crown Castle International Corp. (CCI) participated in the Salomon Smith Barney Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference on January 9, 2002.
  • 2The 8-K filing furnishes investors with a slide presentation (Exhibit 99.1) used by company management at the conference.
  • 3The presentation covers the company's and the tower industry's outlook, including forward-looking statements.
  • 4Key topics discussed in the forward-looking statements include strategy implementation, free cash flow targets, tower demand, co-location rates, margins, revenue, expenditures, liquidity, and emerging technologies (e.g., 2.5/3G).
  • 5The company explicitly cautions investors about significant risks and uncertainties associated with these forward-looking statements.
  • 6Potential risks include lower-than-anticipated tower demand, slow adoption of new technologies, and challenges in strategy implementation due to financial constraints or high indebtedness.
  • 7The slide presentation and audio webcast are accessible to the public on CCI's website until February 8, 2002.

Frequently Asked Questions

The main purpose of this 8-K filing is to provide investors with access to a slide presentation and related information that Crown Castle International Corp. management shared at the Salomon Smith Barney Entertainment, Media and Telecommunications Conference on January 9, 2002. This allows investors to review the company's and the tower industry's outlook.

The slide presentation contains forward-looking statements regarding Crown Castle's business strategy, financial performance targets (including free cash flow and EBITDA growth), demand for its towers, co-location rates, future revenues and expenditures, liquidity, and the impact of new wireless technologies like 2.5/3G. It also discusses the general outlook for the tower industry.

Crown Castle highlights several risks, including potentially lower-than-expected demand for towers due to factors like reduced carrier expansion, carrier consolidation, technology evolution, or RF health concerns. They also mention risks related to implementing their strategy, challenges with significant indebtedness, and the potential for lower customer adoption rates of new mobile technologies.

The slide presentation is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K. An audio webcast of the presentation, along with the slide presentation, was made accessible to the public on Crown Castle's website (www.crowncastle.com) and was expected to remain available until February 8, 2002.