Houston-based Crown Castle International Corp, which owns and operates a network of 15,500 towers and rooftop sites that hold a variety of communications transmissions equipment, on Wednesday reported a net loss of $171.4 million on fourth-quarter revenue of $253.8 million for the period ending Dec. 31, 2003. For the year ending Dec. 31, 2003, Crown Castle had total revenue of $930.3 million (up from $902 million in 2002), but a net loss for fiscal year 2003 of $420.9 million, which increased from the 2002 net loss of $273 million. This more optimistic analysis of Crown Castle’s prospects appeared in the Houston Business Journal last September.