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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Crown Castle International Corp.:

We consent to the use of our reports incorporated by reference herein and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the prospectus. The audit
report covering the December 31, 2002 financial statements refers to the
adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, "Goodwill and
Other Intangible Assets" and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No.
145, "Rescission of FASB Statements No. 4, 44, and 64, Amendment of FASB
Statement No. 13, and Technical Corrections" on January 1, 2002, and a change in
the method of accounting for derivative instruments and hedging activities in
2001.


/s/ KPMG LLP

Houston, Texas
July 16, 2003

