HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. and Crown Communications merged, announced the companies. Castle Tower is a subsidiary of Castle Tower Holding Corp., now know as Crown Castle International.
With headquarters in Pittsburgh, Crown Communications will serve as the domestic operating arm of Crown Castle International, which will be a global owner and provider of broadcast and telecom infrastructure and services.
“We believe Crown Communications’ turnkey expertise has set the industry standard for leasing and management of wireless communication facilities,” Ted Miller, chief executive officer of Crown Castle International, said. Crown has developed a mass communication tower network and provides services to Aerial Communications, AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Bell Atlantic Mobile, Nextel Communications Inc., Paging Network Inc., Sprint Spectrum L.P. and others, said the company.