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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
THROUGH March 03, 2008

(Commission File No. 1-14477)
 

 
BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
BRAZIL TELECOM HOLDING COMPANY
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 


SIA Sul, Área de Serviços Públicos, Lote D, Bloco B
Brasília, D.F., 71.215-000
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of Regristrant's principal executive offices)



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F ______

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)__.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)__.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ______ No ___X___

If "Yes" is marked, indicated below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

 


FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE     
CVM - COMISSÃO DE VALORES MOBILIÁRIOS (SECURITIES COMMISSION)    
DFP.- STANDARDIZED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    Corporate Law 
TRADE COMPANY, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHERS    Reference Date - 12/31/2007 

REGISTRATION AT THE CVM DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY EVALUATION OF THE COMPANY, BEING ITS DIRECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VERACITY OF THIS INFORMATION. 

01.01 - IDENTIFICATION

1 - CVM CODE           
      01768-0 
2 - COMPANY NAME       
      BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. 
3 - CORPORATE TAXPAYER ID (CNPJ)     
      02.570.688/0001-70 
4 – NIRE       
      5.330.000.581-8 

01.02 - ADRESS OF COMPANY’S HEADQUARTERS

1 - COMPLETE ADDRESS:      
      SIA/SUL - ASP – LOTE D - BL B - 1º ANDAR 
2 - DISTRICT 
      SIA 
3 - ZIP code        
      71215-000 
4 - CITY 
      BRASILIA 
5 - STATE       
      DF 
6 - AREA CODE (DDD)
      061 
7 - TELEPHONE
       3415-1010  
8 - TELEPHONE  
        3415-1256 
9 - TELEPHONE
       3415-1119
10 - TELEX
11 - AREA CODE (DDD)
       061 
12 - FAX         
      3415-1593 
13 - FAX         
      3415-1315
14 - FAX       
       
 
15 - E-MAIL
      ri@brasiltelecom.com.br 

01.03 - INVESTORS RELATIONS OFFICER (Address for correspondence to Company)

1 - NAME       
      PAULO NARCÉLIO SIMÕES AMARAL 
2 - COMPLETE ADDRESS:     
       SIA/SUL - ASP - LOTE D- BL B – 2º ANDAR 
3 - DISTRICT
      SIA
4 - ZIP code      
      71215-000 
5 – CITY 
      BRASILIA 
6 - STATE
      DF 
7 - AREA CODE (DDD)
      061 
8 - TELEPHONE  
      3415-1010 
9 - TELEPHONE
      3415-1140
10 - TELEPHONE
      
11 - TELEX
12 - AREA CODE (DDD)
      061 
13 - FAX
      3415-1593 
14 - FAX
      
15 - FAX
      
 
15 - E-MAIL 
     ri@brasiltelecom.com.br 

01.04 - REFERENCE / AUDITOR

YEAR  1 – SOCIAL YEAR START DATE  2 – SOCIAL YEAR END DATE 
1 – Last  01/01/2007  12/31/2007 
2 – Penultimate  01/01/2006  12/31/2006 
3 –Antepenultimate  01/01/2005  12/31/2005 
4 - AUDITOR NAME/COMPANY NAME 
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes 
5 - CVM CODE 
00385-9 
6 - NAME OF THE TECHNICAL RESPONSIBLE 
Marco Antonio Brandão Simurro 
7 - INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER ID (CPF) OF THE TECH. RESPONSIBLE TECHNICIAN 
755.400.708-44 

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01.05 - COMPOSITION OF CAPITAL STOCK

Number of Shares 
(Units)

12/31/2007 

12/31/2006 

12/31/2005 
Issued Capital       
         1 - Common shares  134,031,688  134,031,688,203  134,031,688,203 
         2 - Preferred shares  229,937,525  229,937,525,684  229,937,525,684 
         3 - Total  363,969,213  363,969,213,887  363,969,213,887 
Treasury Shares       
         4 - Common shares  1,480,800  1,480,800,000  1,480,800,000 
         5 - Preferred shares 
         6 - Total  1,480,800  1,480,800,000  1,480,800,000 

01.06 - COMPANY’S CHARACTERISTICS

1 - COMPANY TYPE      
      Trade, Industrial and Other Companies  
2 – SITUATION TYPE
      Operating 
3 - SHAREHOLDING NATURE    
      Brazilian Holding 
4 - ACTIVITY CODE       
      1130 - Telecommunications  
6 - CONSOLIDATED TYPE      
      Total 

01.07 - SUBSIDIARIES EXCLUDED FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1 - ITEM  2 - CORPORATE TAXPAYER ID (CNPJ) 3 - COMPANY NAME 

01.08 - CASH INCOME

1 – ITEM  2 - EVENT  3 - APPROVAL  4 - INCOME  5-PAYM. START 6 - SHARE TYPE AND CLASS SHARE 7 - INCOME VALUE PER SHARE 
01  RD  01/31/2007  Interest on Shareholder’s Equity    ON  0.4399037152 
02  RD  01/31/2007  Interest on Shareholder’s Equity    PN  0.4399037152 
03  RD  12/28/2007  Interest on Shareholder’s Equity    ON  0.3486870075 
04  RD  12/28/2007  Interest on Shareholder’s Equity    PN  0.3486870075 
05  PROPOSAL    Dividend    ON  1.0482847605 
06  PROPOSAL    Dividend    PN  1.0482847605 

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01.09 - INVESTOR RELATIONS OFFICER

1 - DATE       
01/29/2008 
2 - SIGNATURE 

PAGE: 3


02.01 - BALANCE SHEET - ASSETS (IN THOUSAND OF REAIS)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 12/31/2007  4 – 12/31/2006  5 - 12/31/2005 
Total Assets  6,086,459  5,767,756  6,030,378 
1.01  Current Assets  1,959,747  1,724,840  1,263,826 
1.01.01  Cash, Bank and Temporary Cash Investments  987,514  1,432,344  883,690 
1.01.01.01  Cash and Bank  702  740  208 
1.01.01.02  Temporary Cash Investments  986,812  1,431,604  883,482 
1.01.02  Credits 
1.01.02.01  Clients 
1.01.02.02  Sundry Credits 
1.01.03  Inventories 
1.01.04  Others  972,233  292,496  380,136 
1.01.04.01  Deferred and Recoverable Taxes  13,683  42,915  154,167 
1.01.04.02  Dividends Receivable  474,247  241,145  220,708 
1.01.04.03  Escrow Deposits  40 
1.01.04.04  Short Term Investments  475,389 
1.01.04.05  Other Assets  8,874  8,436  5,261 
1.02  Non-Current Assets  4,126,712  4,042,916  4,766,552 
1.02.01  Long-Term Assets  346,806  285,534  1,020,246 
1.02.01.01  Sundry Credits 
1.02.01.02  Credits with Related Parties  619,257 
1.02.01.02.01  From Direct and Indirect Associated Companies 
1.02.01.02.02  From Subsidiaries  619,257 
1.02.01.02.03  From Other Related Parties 
1.02.01.03  Others  346,806  285,534  400,989 
1.02.01.03.01  Loans and Financing  101,098 
1.02.01.03.02  Deferred and Recoverable Taxes  341,191  279,655  284,595 
1.02.01.03.03  Escrow Deposits  5,615  5,284  15,296 
1.02.01.03.04  Other Assets  595 
1.02.02  Permanent Assets  3,779,906  3,757,382  3,746,306 
1.02.02.01  Investments  3,779,118  3,756,338  3,745,018 
1.02.02.01.01  Direct and Indirect Associated Companies 
1.02.02.01.02  Direct and Indirect Associated Companies - Goodwill 
1.02.02.01.03  Subsidiaries  3,771,114  3,748,789  3,737,948 
1.02.02.01.04  Subsidiaries - Goodwill 
1.02.02.01.05  Other Investments  8,004  7,549  7,070 
1.02.02.02  Property, Plant and Equipment  778  1,004  1,219 
1.02.02.03  Intangible Assets  10  40  69 
1.02.02.04  Deferred Charges 

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02.02 - BALANCE SHEET - LIABILITIES (IN THOUSAND OF REAIS)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 12/31/2007  4 - 12/31/2006  5 - 12/31/2005 
Total Liabilities  6,086,459  5,767,756  6,030,378 
2.01  Current Liabilities  824,149  477,562  738,414 
2.01.01  Loans and Financing  143 
2.01.02  Debentures  279,902 
2.01.03  Suppliers  437  140  1,367 
2.01.04  Taxes, Duties and Contributions  18  165  59,617 
2.01.04.01  Indirect Taxes  18  165  26,959 
2.01.04.02  Taxes on Income  32,658 
2.01.05  Dividends  725,922  442,681  343,939 
2.01.06  Provisions  15  13  11 
2.01.06.01  Provisions for Contingencies  15  13  11 
2.01.07  Debts with Related Parties 
2.01.08  Others  97,757  34,563  53,435 
2.01.08.01  Payroll and Related Accruals  21  19  74 
2.01.08.02  Consignment in Favor of Third Parties  22,349  34,258  52,921 
2.01.08.04  Other Liabilities  75,387  286  440 
2.02  Non-Current Liabilities  15,797  12,010  41,869 
2.02.01  Long-Term Liabilities  15,797  12,010  41,869 
2.02.01.01  Loans and Financing  69 
2.02.01.02  Debentures 
2.02.01.03  Provisions  5,011  4,247  3,210 
2.02.01.03.01  Provisions for Contingencies  5,011  4,247  3,210 
2.02.01.04  Debts with Related Parties 
2.02.01.05  Advance for Future Capital Increase 
2.02.01.06  Others  10,786  7,763  38,590 
2.02.01.06.01  Indirect Taxes  6,560  6,465  14,924 
2.02.01.06.02  Taxes on Income  4,226  1,298  23,666 
2.02.02  Deferred Income 
2.04  Shareholders’ Equity  5,246,513  5,278,184  5,250,095 
2.04.01  Paid Up Capital Stock  2,596,272  2,596,272  2,596,272 
2.04.02  Capital Reserves  309,178  309,178  309,178 
2.04.02.01  Goodwill on Share Subscription  306,961  306,961  306,961 
2.04.02.03  Other Capital Reserves  2,217  2,217  2,217 
2.04.03  Revaluation Reserves 
2.04.03.01  Owned Assets 
2.04.03.02  Subsidiaries/Direct and Indirect Associated Companies 
2.04.04  Revenue Reserves  265,964  306,349  282,667 
2.04.04.01  Legal  265,964  232,169  208,487 
2.04.04.02  Statutory 
2.04.04.03  For Contingencies 
2.04.04.04  From Profits to Realize  74,180  74,180 

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1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 -12/31/2007  4 -12/31/2006  5 -12/31/2005 
2.04.04.05  Profit Retention 
2.04.04.06  Special Reserve for Undistributed Dividends 
2.04.04.07  Other Profit Reserves 
2.04.05  Retained Earnings/Accumulated Deficit  2,075,099  2,066,385  2,061,978 
2.04.06  Advance for Future Capital Increase 

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03.01 - STATEMENT OF INCOME (IN THOUSAND OF REAIS)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 01.01.07 to 12.31.07  4 - 01/01/2006 to 12.31.06  5 - 01.01.05 to 12.31.05 
3.01  Gross Revenue from Sales and/or Services 
3.02  Deductions from Gross Revenue 
3.03  Net Revenue from Sales and/or Services 
3.04  Cost of Goods and/or Services Sold 
3.05  Gross Profit 
3.06  Operating Expenses/Revenues  404,434  70,946  (585,178)
3.06.01  Selling Expenses 
3.06.02  General and Administrative Expenses  (18,405) (16,618) (28,047)
3.06.02.01  Management Compensation  (1,448) (1,408) (2,943)
3.06.02.02  Other General and Administrative Expenses  (16,957) (15,210) (25,104)
3.06.03  Financial  (109,602) (204,790) (358,937)
3.06.03.01  Financial Income  341,366  286,669  332,885 
3.06.03.02  Financial Expenses  (450,968) (491,459) (691,822)
3.06.04  Other Operating Income  2,746  7,027  5,546 
3.06.05  Other Operating Expenses  (1,824) (1,918) (4,246)
3.06.06  Equity Income  531,519  287,245  (199,494)
3.07  Operating Income  404,434  70,946  (585,178)
3.08  Non-Operating Income  (516) 554  2,465 
3.08.01  Revenues  617  554  2.685 
3.08.02  Expenses  (1,133) (220)
3.09  Income Before Tax and Minority Interests  403,918  71,500  (582,713)
3.10  Provision for Income and Social Contribution  (64,312) (11,246) (14,170)
3.11  Deferred Income Tax 
3.12  Statutory Interest/Contributions 
3.12.01  Interests 
3.12.02  Contributions 
3.13  Reversal of Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  336,300  413,400  569,000 
3.15  Income (Loss) for the Period  675,906  473,654  (27,883)
  OUTSTANDING SHARES AT BALANCE SHEET DATE  362,488,413  362,488,414  362,488,414 
  EARNINGS PER SHARE (REAIS) 1.86463  1.13100   
  LOSS PER SHARE (REAIS)     (0.0800)

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04.01 – STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN FINANCIAL POSITION (Reais Thousand)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 01.01.07 to 12.31.07  4 - 01/01/2006 to 12.31.06  5 - 01.01.05 to 12.31.05 
4.01  Sources  623,668  1,186,784  1,036,611 
4.01.01  Of the Operations  55,856  157,634  182,388 
4.01.01.01  Net Income  675,906  473,654  (27,883)
4.01.01.02  Items not Affecting Working Capital  (620,050) (316,020) 210,271 
4.01.01.02.01  Depreciation and Amortization  256  312  2,085 
4.01.01.02.02  Deferred Taxes  (1,660) (28,822) (9,767)
4.01.01.02.03  Equity in Subsidiaries  (531,519) (287,245) 199,494 
4.01.01.02.04  Provision for Contingencies  1,214  919  1,066 
4.01.01.02.05  Monetary Variation and Interest on Long-Term items  (19,099) (630) 19,857 
4.01.01.02.06  Loss (Gain) on Disposal of Permanent Assets  (454) (494) (77)
4.01.01.02.07  Losses (Gains) on Investments  970  (60) (2,387)
4.01.01.02.08  Tax Recovered  (69,758)
4.01.02  Of the Shareholders 
4.01.03  From third Parties  567,812  1,029,150  854,223 
4.01.03.02  Transfer from Long-Term to Current Assets  49,490  748,264  422,122 
4.01.03.03  Declared Dividends and Interest on Capital receivable  474,246  241,145  357,851 
4.01.03.04  Others  44,076  39,741  74,250 
4.02  Uses  735,348  464,918  1,186,178 
4.02.01  Increase of Long-Term Assets  17,592  595  67,865 
4.02.02  Increase of Permanent Assets  1,385  68  331 
4.02.03  Dividends/Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  716,291  449,972  869,000 
4.02.04  Transfer from Long-Term to Current Liabilities  80  14,283  248,982 
4.03  Increase (Decrease) in Working Capital  (111,680) 721,866  (149,567)
4.04  Current Assets Variation  234,907  461,014  72,840 
4.04.01  Current Assets at the Beginning of the Period  1,724,840  1,263,826  1,190,986 
4.04.02  Current Assets at the End of the Period  1,959,747  1,724,840  1,263,826 
4.05  Current Liabilities Variation  346,587  (260,852) 222,407 
4.05.01  Current Liabilities at the End of the Period  477,562  738,414  516,007 
4.05.02  Current Liabilities at the End of the Period  824,149  477,562  738,414 

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05.01 – STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY FROM 01/01/2007 TO 12/31/2007 (Thousand Reais)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 – CAPITAL  4 – CAPITAL RESERVES 5 – REEVALUATION RESERVES  6 – PROFIT RESERVES 7 – RETAINED
EARNINGS
8 – TOTAL
5.01  Initial Balance  2,596,272  309,178  306,349  2,066,385  5,278,184 
5.02  Adjustments from previous years 
5.03  Capital Stock Increase/Reduction 
5.04  Reserves Realization  (74,180) 74,180 
5.05  Treasury Stock 
5.06  Net Income  675,906  675,906 
5.07  Destinations  33,795  (750,086) (716,291)
5.07.01  Constitution of Legal Reserve  33,795  (33,795)
5.07.02  Proposed Dividends/Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  (716,291) (716,291)
5.08  Others  8,714  8,714 
5.08.01  Prescribed Dividends  8,714  8,714 
5.09  Closing Balance  2,596,272  309,178  265,964  2,075,099  5,246,513 

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05.02 – STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY FROM 01.01.06 TO 12.31.06 (Thousand Reais)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 – CAPITAL  4 – CAPITAL RESERVES 5 – REEVALUATION RESERVES     6 – PROFIT RESERVES 7 – RETAINED EARNINGS 
8 – TOTAL 
5.01  Initial Balance  2,596,272  309,178  282,667  2,061,978  5,250,095 
5.02  Adjustments from previous years 
5.03  Capital Stock Increase/Reduction 
5.04  Reserves Realization 
5.05  Treasury Stock 
5.06  Net Income  473,654  473,654 
5.07  Destinations  23,682  (473,654) (449,972)
5.07.01  Constitution of Legal Reserve  23,682  (23,682)
5.07.02  Proposed Dividends/Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  (449,972) (449,972)
5.08  Others  4,407  4,407 
5.08.01  Prescribed Dividends  4,407  4,407 
5.09  Closing Balance  2,596,272  309,178  306,349  2,066,385  5,278,184 

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05.03 – STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY FROM 01/01/2005 TO 12/31/2005 (Thousand Reais)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 – CAPITAL 4 – CAPITAL RESERVES 5 – REEVALUATION RESERVES 6 – PROFIT RESERVES 7 – RETAINED
EARNINGS
8 – TOTAL 
5.01  Initial Balance  2,568,240  337,210  879,550  2,351,057  6,136,057 
5.02  Adjustments from previous years 
5.03  Capital Stock Increase/Reduction  28,032  (28,032)
5.03.01  Tax Benefit from Amort. Incorp. Goodwill  28,032  (28,032)
5.04  Reserves Realization  (596,883) 596,883 
5.04.01  Unrealized Income Reserve  (596,883) 596,883 
5.05  Treasury Stock 
5.06  Net Income  (27,883) (27,883)
5.07  Destinations  (869,000) (869,000)
5.07.01  Additional Dividends - A.G.O (04/29/05) (300,000) (300,000)
5.07.02  Proposed Dividends/Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  (569,000) (569,000)
5.08  Others  10,921  10,921 
5.08.01  Prescribed Dividends  10,921  10,921 
5.09  Closing Balance  2,596,272  309,178  282,667  2,061,978  5,250,095 

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06.01 – BALANCE SHEET – CONSOLIDATED ASSETS (IN THOUSAND OF REAIS)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 12/31/2007  4 - 12/31/2006  5 - 12/31/2005 
Total Assets  17,429,314  17,793,790  17,580,918 
1.01  Current Assets  7,435,999  7,498,113  6,314,002 
1.01.01  Cash, Bank and Temporary Cash Investments  3,364,546  3,973,952  2,613,773 
1.01.01.01  Cash and Bank  315,032  127,900  63,283 
1.01.01.02  Temporary Cash Investments  3,049,514  3,846,052  2,550,490 
1.01.02  Credits  2,189,701  2,127,654  2,152,813 
1.01.02.01  Clients  2,189,701  2,127,654  2,152,813 
1.01.02.02  Sundry Credits 
1.01.03  Inventories  32,711  64,164  83,035 
1.01.04  Others  1,849,041  1,332,343  1,464,381 
1.01.04.01  Loans and Financing  1,797  5,557  3,962 
1.01.04.02  Deferred and Recoverable Taxes  804,500  944,115  1,276,740 
1.01.04.03  Escrow Deposits  329,396  119,058  31,465 
1.01.04.04  Short Term Investments  475,389  89,424 
1.01.04.05  Government Securities  53,556 
1.01.04.06  Other Assets  184,403  174,189  152,214 
1.02  Non-Current Assets  9,993,315  10,295,677  11,266,916 
1.02.01  Long-Term Assets  2,967,086  2,128,357  1,841,387 
1.02.01.01  Sundry Credits 
1.02.01.02  Credits with Related Parties 
1.02.01.02.01  From Direct and Indirect Associated Companies 
1.02.01.02.02  From Subsidiaries 
1.02.01.02.03  From Other Related Parties 
1.02.01.03  Others  2,967,086  2,128,357  1,841,387 
1.02.01.03.01  Loans and Financing  6,176  2,852  106,309 
1.02.01.03.02  Deferred and Recoverable Taxes  1,793,218  1,649,463  1,512,325 
1.02.01.03.03  Fixed-Income Securities  3,709  3,280  2,604 
1.02.01.03.04  Escrow Deposits  1,069,127  429,925  152,931 
1.02.01.03.05  Other Assets  94,856  42,837  67,218 
1.02.02  Permanent Assets  7,026,229  8,167,320  9,425,529 
1.02.02.01  Investments  201,510  330,074  423,411 
1.02.02.01.01  Direct and Indirect Associated Companies 
1.02.02.01.02  Direct and Indirect Associated Companies - Goodwill 
1.02.02.01.03  Subsidiaries 
1.02.02.01.04  Subsidiaries - Goodwill  169,288  260,852  356,430 
1.02.02.01.05  Other Investments  32,218  69,218  66,977 
1.02.02.02  Property, Plant and Equipment  5,664,196  6,535,347  7,587,619 
1.02.02.03  Intangible Assets  1,049,570  1,163,432  1,220,055 
1.02.02.04  Deferred Charges  110,953  138,467  194,444 

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06.02 - BALANCE SHEET - CONSOLIDATED LIABILITIES (IN THOUSAND OF REAIS)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 12/31/2007  4 - 12/31/2006  5 - 12/31/2005 
Total Liabilities  17,429,314  17,793,790  17,580,918 
2.01  Current Liabilities  4,727,371  4,852,403  5,312,426 
2.01.01  Loans and Financing  487,819  1,063,625  874,012 
2.01.02  Debentures  8,956  45,939  327,669 
2.01.03  Suppliers  1,482,990  1,474,667  1,787,858 
2.01.04  Taxes, Duties and Contributions  820,862  888,449  1,035,272 
2.01.04.01  Indirect Taxes  746,234  851,399  803,486 
2.01.04.02  Taxes on Income  74,628  37,050  231,786 
2.01.05  Dividends  1,016,516  614,411  499,809 
2.01.06  Provisions  298,939  218,841  265,145 
2.01.06.01  Provisions for Contingencies  197,472  175,603  219,650 
2.01.06.02  Provisions for Pension Plans  101,467  43,238  45,495 
2.01.07  Debts with Related Parties 
2.01.08  Others  611,289  546,471  522,661 
2.01.08.01  Payroll and Related Accruals  90,392  78,580  78,288 
2.01.08.02  Consignment in Favor of Third Parties  154,198  138,423  207,617 
2.01.08.03  Profit Sharing  81,328  76,334  64,445 
2.01.08.04  Service Exploitation Licenses.  78,844  135,848  55,516 
2.01.08.05  Advances from Customers  62,957  52,643  31,602 
2.01.08.06  Other Liabilities  143,570  64,643  85,193 
2.02  Non-Current Liabilities  5,629,663  5,852,700  5,221,259 
2.02.01  Long-Term Liabilities  5,629,663  5,852,700  5,221,259 
2.02.01.01  Loans and Financing  2,806,628  2,685,626  2,867,400 
2.02.01.02  Debentures  1,080,000  1,580,000  500,000 
2.02.01.03  Provisions  1,286,517  1,163,161  1,115,894 
2.02.01.03.01  Provisions for Contingencies  700,239  557,186  433,300 
2.02.01.03.02  Provisions for Pension Plans  586,278  605,975  682,594 
2.02.01.04  Debts with Related Parties 
2.02.01.05  Advance for Future Capital Increase 
2.02.01.06  Others  456,518  423,913  737,965 
2.02.01.06.01  Payroll, Social Charges and Benefits 
2.02.01.06.02  Suppliers  13,456  6,709  21,357 
2.02.01.06.03  Indirect Taxes  104,243  62,266  308,995 
2.02.01.06.04  Taxes on Income  66,860  51,484  33,079 
2.02.01.06.05  Service Exploitation Licenses.  174,632  219,533  252,274 
2.02.01.06.06  Advances from Customers  72,133  70,665  84,587 
2.02.01.06.07  Other Liabilities  17,220  5,282  29,699 
2.02.01.06.08  Funds for Capitalization  7,974  7,974  7,974 
2.02.02  Deferred Income 
2.03  Minority Interest  1,825,767  1,811,085  1,801,213 
2.04  Shareholders’ Equity  5,246,513  5,277,602  5,246,020 

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1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 -12/31/2007  4 -12/31/2006  5 -12/31/2005 
2.04.01  Paid Up Capital Stock  2,596,272  2,596,272  2,596,272 
2.04.02  Capital Reserves  309,178  309,178  309,178 
2.04.02.01  Goodwill on Share Subscription  306,961  306,961  306,961 
2.04.02.02  Special of Goodwill Reserve 
2.04.02.03  Other Capital Reserves  2,217  2,217  2,217 
2.04.03  Revaluation Reserves 
2.04.03.01  Owned Assets 
2.04.03.02  Subsidiaries/Direct and Indirect Associated Companies 
2.04.04  Revenue Reserves  265,964  306,349  282,667 
2.04.04.01  Legal  265,964  232,169  208,487 
2.04.04.02  Statutory 
2.04.04.03  For Contingencies 
2.04.04.04  From Profits to Realize  74,180  74,180 
2.04.04.05  Profit Retention 
2.04.04.06  Special Reserve for Undistributed Dividends 
2.04.04.07  Other Profit Reserves 
2.04.05  Retained Earnings/Accumulated Deficit  2,075,099  2,065,803  2,057,903 
2.04.06  Advance for Future Capital Increase 

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07.01 - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME (IN THOUSANDS OF REAIS)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 01.01.07 to 12.31.07  4 - 01/01/2006 to 12.31.06  5 - 01.01.05 to 12.31.05 
3.01  Gross Revenue from Sales and/or Services  15,997,388  15,111,318  14,687,239 
3.02  Deductions from Gross Revenue  (4,938,842) (4,814,659) (4,548,555)
3.03  Net Revenue from Sales and/or Services  11,058,546  10,296,659  10,138,684 
3.04  Cost of Goods and/or Services Sold  (6,382,201) (6,459,929) (6,518,211)
3.05  Gross Profit  4,676,345  3,836,730  3,620,473 
3.06  Operating Expenses/Revenues  (3,839,476) (3,676,206) (4,744,924)
3.06.01  Selling Expenses  (1,485,352) (1,470,632) (1,655,749)
3.06.02  General and Administrative Expenses  (1,359,424) (1,331,652) (1,291,385)
3.06.02.01  Management Compensation  (10,546) (9,388) (14,637)
3.06.02.02  Other General and Administrative Expenses  (1,348,878) (1,322,264) (1,276,748)
3.06.03  Financial  (489,321) (609,992) (1,161,887)
3.06.03.01  Financial Income  773,796  803,387  850,525 
3.06.03.02  Financial Expenses  (1,263,117) (1,413,379) (2,012,412)
3.06.04  Other Operating Income  561,147  572,703  415,917 
3.06.05  Other Operating Expenses  (1,066,526) (836,633) (1,051,820)
3.06.06  Equity Income 
3.07  Operating Income  836,869  160,524  (1,124,451)
3.08  Non-Operating Income  (2,974) 31,419  (146,560)
3.08.01  Revenues  115,642  98,366  47,646 
3.08.02  Expenses  (118,616) (66,947) (194,206)
3.09  Income Before Tax and Minority Interests  833,895  191,943  (1,271,011)
3.10  Provision for Income and Social Contribution  (352,903) (108,081) 373,097 
3.11  Deferred Income Tax 
3.12  Statutory Interest/Contributions 
3.12.01  Interests 
3.12.02  Contributions 
3.13  Reversal of Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  450,954  527,571  774,499 
3.14  Minority Interest  (260,656) (141,065) 93,860 
3.15  Income (Loss) for the Period  671,290  470,368  (29,555)
  OUTSTANDING SHARES AT BALANCE SHEET DATE  362,488,413  362,488,414  362,488,414 
  EARNINGS PER SHARE (REAIS) 1.85189  1.3000   
  LOSS PER SHARE (REAIS)     (0.08000)

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08.01 – CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN FINANCIAL POSITION (Reais Thousand)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 01.01.07 to 12.31.07  4 – 01.01.06 to 12.31.06  5 - 01.01.05 to 12.31.05 
4.01  Sources  4,337,311  5,613,453  3,976,325 
4.01.01  Of the Operations  3,410,941  3,398,215  3,277,241 
4.01.01.01  Net Income  671,290  470,368  (29,555)
4.01.01.02  Items not Affecting Working Capital  2,739,651  2,927,847  3,306,796 
4.01.01.02.01  Depreciation and Amortization  2,470,957  2,731,232  2,797,945 
4.01.01.02.02  Deferred Taxes  (142,804) (147,856) (199,404)
4.01.01.02.03  Provision for Contingencies  462,927  378,178  409,741 
4.01.01.02.04  Provisions for Pension Funds  32,954  20,014  253,767 
4.01.01.02.05  Monetary Variation and Interest on Long-Term items  (238,775) (171,632) 77,578 
4.01.01.02.06  Loss (Gain) on Disposal of Permanent Assets  18,253  (37,528) 27,880 
4.01.01.02.07  Losses (Gains) on Investments  974  (99) 43,336 
4.01.01.02.08  Write-Off of Tax Incentives  14,473 
4.01.01.02.09  Other (Expenses) Revenues  (10,187)
4.01.01.02.10  Minoritary Interest  260,656  141,065  (93,860)
4.01.01.02.11  Tax Recovery  (69,758)
4.01.01.02.12  Recovery of Expenses on Pension Plans - Surplus  (55,733)
4.01.02  Of the Shareholders 
4.01.03  From Third Parties  926,370  2,215,238  699,084 
4.01.03.01  Loans and Financing  601,028  1,915,937  535,999 
4.01.03.02  Transfer from Long-Term to Current Assets  258,202  268,234  105,402 
4.01.03.03  Others  67,140  31,067  57,683 
4.02  Uses  4,274,393  3,969,319  5,103,380 
4.02.01  Increase of Long-Term Assets  699,220  285,928  553,837 
4.02.02  Increase of Permanent Assets  1,399,795  1,452,091  1,975,860 
4.02.03  Dividends/Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  964,106  584,390  1,074,499 
4.02.04  Transfer from Long-Term to Current Liabilities  1,211,272  1,646,910  1,436,912 
4.02.05  Acquisition of Own Shares  62,272 
4.03  Increase (Decrease) in Working Capital  62,918  1,644,134  (1,127,055)
4.04  Current Assets Variation  (62,114) 1,184,111  (315,418)
4.04.01  Current Assets at the Beginning of the Period  7,498,113  6,314,002  6,629,420 
4.04.02  Current Assets at the End of the Period  7,435,999  7,498,113  6,314,002 
4.05  Current Liabilities Variation  (125,032) (460,023) 811,637 
4.05.01  Current Liabilities at the Beginning of the Period  4,852,403  5,312,426  4,500,789 
4.05.02  Current Liabilities at the End of the Period  4,727,371  4,852,403  5,312,426 

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09.01 – INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT 
 

(Convenience Translation into English from the Original Previously Issued in Portuguese)
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
To the Administrators and Shareholders of
Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.
Brasília - DF

1.
We have audited the accompanying individual (Company) and consolidated balance sheets of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity (Company), and changes in financial position for the years then ended, all expressed in Brazilian reais and prepared under the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements.
 
2.
Our audits were conducted in accordance with auditing standards in Brazil and comprised: (a) planning of the work, taking into consideration the significance of the balances, volume of transactions, and the accounting and internal control systems of the Company, (b) checking, on a test basis, the evidence and records that support the amounts and accounting information disclosed, and (c) evaluating the significant accounting practices and estimates adopted by Management, as well as the presentation of the financial statements taken as a whole.
 
3.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to in paragraph 1 present fairly, in all material respects, the individual and consolidated financial positions of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of their operations, the changes in shareholders’ equity (Company), and the changes in their financial positions for the years then ended in conformity with Brazilian accounting practices.
 
4.
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements referred to in paragraph 1 taken as a whole. The accompanying individual and consolidated statements of cash flows and value added for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements in conformity with Brazilian accounting practices. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures described in paragraph 2 and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 taken as a whole. The accompanying financial statements have been translated into English for the convenience of readers outside Brazil.
 

Brasília, January 29th, 2008.

DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU    Marco Antonio Brandão Simurro 
Independent Auditor    Accountant 
CRC No. 2 SP 011609/O-8 “S” DF    CRC No. 1 RJ 052000/O-0 “S” DF 


 
10.01 – MANAGEMENT REPORT 
 

MANAGEMENT REPORT

Dear shareholders:

In compliance with legal and statutory provisions, the management of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. submits this Management Report, Consolidated Financial Statements, and Independent Auditors’ Report, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007.

CORPORATE PROFILE

Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.’s only asset is Brasil Telecom S.A., a telecommunications operator. Its shares are traded on Bovespa under the symbols BRTP3 and BRTP4, and on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BRP. It is worth highlighting that Brasil Telecom has a broad shareholder base abroad. In 2007, Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.’s preferred shares appreciated 44.1%, while its common shares closed the year with an appreciation of 33.9% ..

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Brasil Telecom Participações’s shareholding structure is as follows:

At the end of 2007, a change occurred in the group of controlling shareholders, with the sale of interest that Telecom Itália held in Solpart, holder of Brasil Telecom. A 38% interest was acquired by Techold.

Since Brasil Telecom Participações has not operating activities, this Report presents the main activities and financial statements of Brasil Telecom S.A.

BRASIL TELECOM S.A.

Brasil Telecom S.A. is one of the largest companies in the Latin American telecommunications industry. It provides services in the following areas: fixed line and mobile telephony; data solutions; Internet; video; and data center – a business unit that provides IT and telecommunications infrastructure for other companies. In 2007, Brasil Telecom was the first among Brazilian telecommunications companies—and second in Latin America—to offer IPTV, which allows users to watch audio and video material, access web content, and play online.

In Brazil, Brasil Telecom provides telephony services to millions of Brazilians who live in Region II, which covers the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Goiás,

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Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia, and the Federal District. Headquartered in Brasília (DF), and counting on approximately 17 thousand employees, the Company's client base includes 8 million fixed terminals in service, 4 million mobile connections, 282 thousand public use terminals, and 1.6 million ADSL (broadband) connections.

Internet providers iG, iBest, and BrTurbo, which compose the Internet Group—Brasil Telecom’s Internet unit—, have 1.4 million broadband and 4 million dial-up customers. This figure makes it the third most viewed portal in the country, with over 11.2 million unique residential visitors per month, according to the method that measures Internet access from homes in a given period.

Brasil Telecom Cabos Submarinos (“Globenet”) owns 22 thousand kilometers of undersea cables connecting Brazil with Venezuela, and Bermuda with North America, with landing points in Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza, Caracas, Miami, New York, and Bermuda. This network strengthens the group’s leading position in the data communication market. The subsidiary Brasil Telecom Comunicação Multimídia operates, in addition to other sites, in the three main cities outside the concession region: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte, with a focus on corporate and business markets. Both companies offer complete nationwide and worldwide solutions, including Cyber Data Centers.

This diversified portfolio makes the operator the first Brazilian telecommunications company capable of meeting market demands in an integrated manner, through converging services.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The adoption of good governance practices is deemed as essential by Brasil Telecom to increasing its credibility, consolidating its corporate image, and adding value. In 2007, Brasil Telecom invested in establishing a new governance standard, supported by four basic principles: clear role delegation and definition; equality in the treatment of shareholders; transparency; and accountability. The goal is make Brasil Telecom a governance benchmark. Among the initiatives adopted, we highlight the following:

Governance at Brasil Telecom is structured as follows:

Board of Directors

In 2007, Board of Directors activities became regulated by an internal control system, providing a clear definition of its duties and responsibilities, as well as solutions for situations involving conflict of interest. Two technical and consulting committees were established to advise the Board of Directors: (i) the Remuneration and People Development Committee, which analysis matters related to development, compensation, and general human resources policies; and (ii) the Committee of Risks and Processes, which assesses matters related to internal and external auditing and monitors the systems of control and risk management.

The Board of Directors has also decided to perform annual assessments of its performance, and of its members’ performance. The first assessment took place in the first half of 2007.

Executive Officers

Brasil Telecom’s executive officers are responsible for implementing business strategies defined by the Board of Directors and by the Company's operating and financial performance.

With the amendment to the Bylaws, the number of Executive Officers pursuant to the Bylaws increased from four to six, who now make decisions in a deliberative manner, at weekly meetings. This model increases diversity from the point of view of discussions, reduces the risk level, and improves transparency in the Company's decision-making process. Another important creation was the position of Vice President of Governance and New Businesses.

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Advisory Committees

In 2007, Brasil Telecom continued its process of improving the efficiency of the Company's management. Among the instruments supporting the decision-making process are the committees. In addition to the Investments and Purchases and Ethics Committees, two new committees were established in 2007: Business Sustainability and Corporate Risk Management.

Shareholders’ Compensation Policy

In accordance with the provisions set forth in Law 6,404/76 and in the Bylaws, Brasil Telecom shareholders are paid dividends and interest on equity of at least 25% of adjusted net income.

Preferred shares are entitled pre-emptive rights in receiving minimum, non-cumulative dividends, and the greater of the following: six percent (6%) per year, calculated over the resulting amount from the division of the capital stock by the total shares of the Company; or three percent (3%) per year, calculated over the resulting amount from the division of the net equity value by the total number of the Company’s shares.

Dividends are paid primarily to preferred shares, up to the preemptive limit. Next, they are paid to common shareholders up to the limit of preferred shares, the balance of which is divided by all shares, in equal conditions.

Dividends provisioned by the Company integrate the proposal of the allocation of results to be submitted to approval by the General Shareholders’ Meeting.

Dividends and Interest on Equity (JSCP)

Year  Type  Credits in book  Shareholding 
basis
 
Gross amount 
(R$/ shares)
Net amount
(R$/
 shares)
2007  JSCP  187,600,000.00  02/09/2007  *0.517533783  *0.439903715 
2007  JSCP  148,700,000.00  12/26/2007  0.410220009  0.348687008 
2007  Dividends  379,991,079.20  OGM date  1.04828476  1.04828476 

* (R$/lot of 1,000 shares)

ECONOMIC SCENARIO

The Brazilian economy performed well throughout 2007, with surprising results from the main economic indicators. Increased purchasing power and greater access to financing have been guaranteeing sound results for internal consumption. 2007 GDP grew approximately 4.8%, against 3.6% in 2006.

It is, therefore, an important moment for the national economy, which responded to a combination of macroeconomic stability, maturation of institutional reforms, and a positive external scenario. A country in steady expansion was demonstrated. All of this is a legacy of accomplishments and progress, marked by important reforms, which dated back decades but produced clearer results this year.

The inflation rate at the end of 2007 was close to 4% per year, following a 13-year cycle of low rates and smaller volatility as compared to previous periods. A generation of Brazilians has emerged that, for the first time, had never known price instability and will certainly be intolerant to dramatic change. This new scenario is reflected in interest rates, which continued a declining trend and brought Brazilian actual interest rates to record low levels.

Another change is being felt in the exchange market. The Real appreciated throughout the year, and the Brazilian currency is seeking a new balance at approximately R$1.70 to one USD. This is a reflex of the strong commercial balances and monetary inflows that suggest the emergence of a new Brazil, which is the target for foreign investment.

The actual economy, connected to the productive sector, also responded to stability and microeconomic reforms. The credit market had been the major driver of domestic consumption. Although still smaller when compared to other economies, the greater access to credit and the subsequent growth in the balances of bank loans reflected gains in the well-being of Brazilians. In addition, an active labor market, with growing income and occupation, combined with lower unemployment rates, led to a greatly expanded consumer market in 2007. In this context, the answer from the productive sector, which also includes higher investment levels, points to greater future growth potential.

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Finally, growth was also a surprise, exceeding the expected 3.5% and reaching year-end 2007 with nearly 5% GDP expansion. On the supply side, industry and services presented growth above expectation; whereas and on the demand side, the major drivers were family consumption and investment.

Projections for 2008, despite the volatility from the external market—particularly from the American economy—, are of an economy growing at rates close to 4.5%, with inflation in line with targets and the maintenance of a heated demand scenario. All these factors are essential to guaranteeing that 2007 will not have been a mere exception, and that these surprising results will continue in 2008.

BUSINESS STRATEGY

Telecom Industry

The telecommunications industry is an important instrument in promoting economic and social development in a given country. A modern and efficient telecommunications platform increases economic productivity more than any other form of infrastructure.

In Brazil, the restructuring of the telecommunications industry, which took place in the mid-1990s, enabled the universalization of the commuted fixed line telephone service, thus increasing its geographical scope, as well as penetration levels, within all household incomes, particularly classes C, D, and E. As for mobile telephony, Brazil underwent an aggressive expansion—evidence of the success of the adopted model.

Telecommunications companies have performed their greatest investment plan in history in expansion, modernization, and service quality improvement. Between 2001 and 20061, for example, the penetration of fixed line and mobile telephony, as a percentage of homes, increased from 58.9% to 74.5% . Thirty-four thousand locations in Brazil currently have telephone services.

In 2007, wealth generated by the industry represented around 6.5% 2 of Brazil’s GDP. The volume of taxes collected represents nearly 40.3% of the net operating revenue of telecom companies—one of the largest tax burdens in the world. R$11.9 billion3 were invested in 2007, employing over 312 thousand people. Following a development cycle in Brazil in which the universalization of fixed line services was the main driver, telecommunications operators are currently focused on providing greater value-added services. This is the case with broadband, which will be the main supporting base for a broad range of content-related services, such as IPTV.

As a result of this development, Brazil has also enjoyed a significant expansion of the Internet. The computer-per-household ratio increased from just 12.6% in 2001 to 22.1% in 20064. In addition, the number of computers connected to the Internet in the same period increased from 8.6% to 16.9% . According to expert studies, Brazil has the third largest Internet market in the Americas, behind only the United States and Canada.

In the last few years, the General Telecommunications Law (LGT) and industry regulations enabled the expansion of the telecommunications industry in Brazil and the diversification of services provided by operators in the Country. However, for a new development cycle to occur, the industry expects an updated regulatory framework, since Brazil cannot be prevented from fully exploring the advantages of technological convergence as a consequence of the model becoming outdated.

With the existence of an up-to-date and predictable regulatory framework that stimulates competition and new investments, the industry tends to respond to challenges proposed by the country—as occurred with the universalization of services (fixed line and mobile)—during the period immediately preceding privatization.

Regulatory Environment

By 2007, the General Telecommunications Law had been in existence for ten years. During this period, its main accomplishments—besides structuring the privatization process—were: the reorganization of public- and private-regime services; the universalization of fixed line services; the promotion of increased mobile service; and the definition of basic competition principles.

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1
Latest data disclosed by IBGE (PNAD)
2 Gross Operating Revenue. Sources: TELEBRASIL, BACEN, Análise Brasil Telecom
3 Source: ABEPREST (Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Soluções de Telecomunicações e Infomática)
4 Latest data disclosed by IBGE (PNAD)

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However, it is apparent that the current regulatory framework is becoming inadequate in dealing with the current industry situation. Means of communication are changing and multiplying, provoking important changes in the business models used by the industry as a whole. Convergence is already the reality in the world’s main markets, where telecom operators offer the so-called Triple (or Quadruple) Play package: a bundled offer of fixed and mobile services, data, and video. The regulatory framework has to be updated, focusing on the promotion of fair competition in the converging market, network expansion for content distribution, incentives to innovation, diversification of offers, and new investments, creating the conditions for digital inclusion in Brazil.

As for regulation, the National Agency for Telecommunications (ANATEL), a regulatory body, has introduced or updated the Regulations for the Remuneration of Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN), Portability Regulations, and the Regulations of Personal Mobile Services (SMP), as well as making available the Public Consulting to the Cost of Capital Rule (WACC).

With regard to radiofrequencies grants, ANATEL undertook the following initiatives, among others:

3G bidding (Third Generation of Mobile Telephony): The publication was submitted to public consultation and approved by Anatel, and bidding took place between December 18 and 20, 2007. The bidding results were granted on December 31, 2007; and

In the second quarter, Brazil Telecom executed the Term for Universalization Obligations using resources from the Fund for the Universalization of Telecommunication Services (FUST) related to the Project of Servicing Institutions for the Aid of Impaired People, according to the previously established goals in the Universalization Target Plan. This was the first project to be financed by FUST since its inception.

Another important event was the approval by ANATEL of Numeric Portability in fixed line and mobile telephony. In order to make this change feasible, several initiatives were adopted, including the creation of an Executive Group to Implement Portability (GIP), and the selection of a Management Entity (EA), which will be responsible for operating this service. Brasil Telecom has been taking part actively in GIP, contributing to its adequate implementation in the Company and in the industry.

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Universalization Targets

Indicators  JAN  FEB MAR APR MAY JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT NOV DEC 
Lines installed (thousand lines)
10,404  10,392  10,388  10,387  10,384  10,375  10,362  10,365  10,368  10,366  10,376  10,376 
Locations with more than 300 inhabitants not served by PSTN with individual lines 
Requests of installation of individual lines, fulfilled in more than 1 week (target: 1 week)
Requests of installation of individual lines made by regular education and health institutions, fulfilled in more than one (1) week (target: 1 week)
Requests of installation of individual lines made by speech or hearing impaired individuals, fulfilled in more than 1 week (target: 1 week)
Public telephones (TUPs) in service 
276,802  276,455  275,484  275,384  275,374  276,046  277,920  281,553  281,979  281,935  281,925  281,768 
Localities, covered by PSTN with individual lines, which do not meet the distribution of public telephones per one thousand inhabitants, territorially distributed in a uniform manner (target: 3 pay phones per group of one thousand inhabitants)
Localities, covered by PSTN with individual lines, with an availability of access to public telephone with a distance greater than the target (target: less than 300 meters)
Localities that do not meet the percentage of public telephones available 24 hours a day for long- distance calls – with capacity of originating and receiving local and domestic long-distance calls (target: 50% of public telephones)
Localities that do not meet the percentage of public telephones available 24 hours a day for additional international long-distance calls (target: 25% of public telephones)
Requests of public telephones in regular education and health institutions fulfilled in more than 1 week (target: 1 week)
Requests of public telephones made by speech or hearing impaired individuals, and those who use wheelchairs fulfilled in more than 1 week (target: 1 week)

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Localities with more than 100 inhabitants, without PSTN, without at least one public telephone (target: larger than 100 inhabitants)
Public telephones density per one thousand inhabitants (target: 6.0)
7.41  7.27  7.24  7.24  7.24  7.26  7.31  7.41  7.42  7.42  7.42  7.41 
Locations with PSTN that do not meet the percentage of 2% of public telephones adapted for speech and hearing impaired individuals and for those who use wheelchair 
Localities served only by collective accesses, without at least one public telephone available 24 hours a day – with capacity of originating and receiving local, domestic long-distance and international calls 

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Quality Targets

In 2007, Brasil Telecom achieved and exceeded 339 of the 372 quality indicators set by the General Target Plan for Quality (Plano Geral de Metas de Qualidade - PGMQ) as shown in the table.

Quality Targets

Service Quality Targets 
JAN  FEB  MAR  APR  MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT  NOV  DEC 
Rate of completed originated local calls (target of 70%) – Morning 
71.89  71.40  70.87  71.65  71.94  71.52  72.45  71.79  71.59  71.63  71.45  71.82 
Rate of completed originated local calls (target of 70%) – Night 
71.422  71.05  71.16  72.05  72.95  71.82  72.07  72.33  71.87  71.67  71.16  71.00 
Rate of originated local calls not completed due to congestion (target of 4%) – Morning 
0.91  0.69  0.65  1.00  0.84  0.65  0.67  0.53  0.61  0.62  0.67  0.57 
Rate of originated local calls not completed due to congestion (target of 4%) – Night 
0.84  0.70  0.58  0.70  0.61  0.60  0.58  0.49  0.50  0.45  0.61  0.52 
Rate of calls destined to the operator’s Attendance Center which result in completed call (target of 98%) - Morning 
99.53  99.22  99.17  97.72  99.58  99.60  99.57  99.66  99.73  99.70  99.73  99.46 
Rate of calls destined to the operator’s Attendance Center which result in completed call (target of 98%) - Night 
99.47  99.36  99.24  99.52  99.64  99.78  99.53  99.69  99.72  99.75  99.70  99.62 
Domestic Long Distance Service Quality Targets – CSP 14 
Rate of completed originated DLD calls – consolidated value (target of 70%) – Morning 
72.60  72.49  72.80  72.54  73.16  72.56  73.56  73.06  73.09  72.68  72.74  73.13 
Rate of completed originated DLD calls – consolidated value (target of 70%) – Night 
71.35  71.42  72.14  73.53  74.15  73.13  73.48  73.05  73.03  72.76  72.45  71.90 
Rate of originated DLD calls not completed due to congestion – consolidated value (target of 4%) – Morning 
1.17  1.04  0.88  0.96  0.82  0.92  1.01  0.75  0.84  0.78  0.95  0.86 

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Rate of originated DLD calls not completed due to congestion – consolidated value (target of 4%) – Night 
2.13  1.06  0.97  0.81  0.89  0.84  0.93  0.76  0.64  0.62  0.96  0.79 
Fulfillment of repair requests Targets 
Rate of repair requests per 100 PSTN accesses (target of 1.5%) - Full 
1.27  1.19  1.31  1.16  1.26  1.12  1.19  1.18  1.15  1.29  1.29  1.22 
Rate of fulfillment of repair requests made by residential users within 24 hours (target of 98%)
99.64  99.65  99.40  99.64  99.59  99.51  99.52  99.61  99.51  99.33  99.44  99.48 
Rate of fulfillment of repair requests made by non-residential users within 8 hours (target of 98%)
99.52  99.44  99.40  99.47  99.47  99.19  99.44  99.33  99.32  99.28  99.22  99.20 
Rate of fulfillment of repair requests made by users that are providers of public interest services within 2 hours (target of 98%)
100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00 
Fulfillment of requests for address change Targets 
Rate of fulfillment of requests for address change made by residential users within 3 business days (target of 98%)
99.58  99.59  99.71  99.88  99.80  99.86  99.84  99.83  99.68  99.78  99.38  99.56 
Rate of fulfillment of requests for address change made by non-residential users within 24 hours (target of 98%)
99.47  99.29  99.28  99.67  99.59  99.47  99.66  99.60  99.57  99.42  99.39  99.47 
Rate of fulfillment of requests for address change made by users that are providers of public use services within 6 hours (target of 98%)
100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00 
Telephone Assistance provide to the user Targets 
Rate of telephone assistance to the PSTN user within 10 seconds (target of 95%) – Morning 
96.84  99.93  99.88  99.43  98.35  99.63  99.42  99.42  99.30  99.27  99.45  99.34 
Rate of telephone assistance to the PSTN user within 10 seconds (target of 95%) – Night 
99.81  99.93  99.84  99.34  99.47  99.42  99.36  99.36  98.23  97.56  98.86  99.35 
Quality of Public Telephones (TUPs) Targets 

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Number of public telephones repair requests per 100 public telephones in service (target of 8%)
6.72  6.52  6.29  5.90  6.30  4.67  5.63  4.74  4.63  5.06  5.19  4.92 
Rate of fulfillment of public telephones repair requests within 8 hours (target of 98%)
99.82  99.66  99.74  99.68  99.77  99.66  99.80  99.67  99.83  99.74  99.71  99.69 
Rate of fulfillment of repair requests of public telephones installed in regions not characterized as remote or of border within 8 hours, detected by supervision system (target of 98%)
99.84  99.72  99.71  99.77  99.82  99.74  99.71  99.23  99.63  99.38  99.39  99.64 
User’s access code information Targets 
Rate of information of the user’s access code provided within 30 seconds (target of 98%)
98.32  98.30  98.32  98.49  98.54  98.52  98.45  98.38  98.31  98.11  98.11  98.06 
Reply to user’s mail Targets 
Rate of reply to user’s mail within 10 days (target of 100%)
90.94  91.50  96.72  97.13  97.21  96.09  95.70  91.22  91.46  93.20  91.99  87.87 
Personal assistance to the user Targets 
Rate of personal assistance to the user within 10 minutes (target of 95%)
98.48  97.47  98.25  97.19  97.59  96.84  96.66  96.98  97.99  97.64  98.24  98.32 
Billing Targets 
Number of bills with error complaints, in the local mode, for every 1,000 bills issued (target of 2%)
2.89  2.97  3.19  3.18  3.37  4.11  4.19  4.87  4.30  4.71  4.21  3.99 
Number of bills with error complaints, in the Domestic Long-Distance mode, for every 1,000 bills issued (target of 2%)
1.83  1.67  1.84  1.93  2.13  2.97  3.99  3.21  4.08  4.23  4.29  4.28 
Rate of challenged bills with credit returned to the user, referring to the local mode (target of 98%)
100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00 
Rate of challenged bills with credit returned to the user, referring to the Domestic Long-Distance mode (target of 98%)
100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00 

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Rate of collection document delivery to the subscriber with 5 days antecedence of the expiration date (target 100%)
100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00 
Network’s Modernization Targets 
Local network digitalization rate (target of 95%)
99.99  99.99  99.99  99.99  99.99  99.99  99.99  99.99  99.99  99.99  99.99  99.99 
Total number of accomplished targets (target of 31)
29  29  29  28  28  28  28  28  28  28  28  28 

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Strategic Guidelines

Long-term scenario analyses clearly show that the main drivers of change in the industry for years to come will be: fixed-mobile replacement; growth and consolidation of broadband as the main access in customers’ homes; growing demand for electronic content, leveraged by digital TV; and the breaking of barriers that used to separate various sectors, leading to converging operators (multiservice providers). It is worth mentioning the role of new technologies as well, which will contribute to removing nearly all the barriers that prevent broader competition.

Strategic Priorities

Meet customer needs by means of convergent and integrated services. In compliance with customer needs, Brasil Telecom offers integrated service packages: Triple Play and Quadruple Play. The company offers a broad portfolio of services, including fixed and mobile services, video, broadband Internet, solutions for corporate data communication (including Cyber Data Center), and Internet service.

Provide high-quality service. Armed with the knowledge that customers are the main source of income, we will seek means of meeting and exceeding customer expectations, both in the services offered and in managing customer relationships with the Company.

Expand the mobile service, ensuring profitability. Although Brasil Telecom was the fourth player to enter the mobile telephony in its region, its operations have been very successful. Profitability is ensured by national synergy, reductions in the subsidies of handsets, and the offering of fixed-mobile services customized to meet customers’ needs. The intranet traffic incentive reduces interconnection costs. With 3G technology, innovative applications will enable an increase in the share of these new services in Brasil Telecom’s revenues.

Be an interactive media provider, promoting unique experiences in the IP environment. In order to attain this goal, Internet Group—Brasil Telecom’s Internet business unit, which includes the activities of Internet providers iG, iBest, and BrTurbo—follows a strict strategy of unifying its management, combining platforms and services, diversifying content (games, music, videos, etc.), and investing in interactivity projects and convergence with the IP environment. The goal is to become the leading brand in Internet media.

Focus and strengthen customer relationships. Customer relationships have been developed based on the “customer experience chain” concept, which continuously manages and assesses all eventual points of contact between the customer and Brasil Telecom. Intelligent market segmentation ensures that every customer segment gets adequate and specialized service to meet its needs. Monthly surveys are carried out with the purpose of continuously assessing the efficiency of the process and levels of customer satisfaction, and of ensuring continuous relationship enhancement.

Offer unique new services, taking advantage of the opportunity to use emerging technologies. Brasil Telecom is the only Brazilian operator to take part in important international groups for technological definition, such as FMCA and TISPAN. Brasil Telecom is one of the founding members of FMCA (Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance), a world reference group for fixed-mobile converging services. TISPAN (Telecommunications & Internet Converged Services & Protocols for Advanced Networks) is the main global entity for the standardization of fixed line architecture technological evolution.

A NEW COMPANY FOR A NEW KIND OF CUSTOMER

2007 entered Brasil Telecom’s history books as the Year of the Customer. In a much-commented decision, Brasil Telecom’s management resolved to make customers the center of its decisions. Operating in a market as competitive as telephony, the management decided to make Brasil Telecom unique in the quality of services provided, becoming a benchmark in the industry. The goal is to acquire and retain customers, establishing long-lasting relationships as a result. With this in mind, the entire company mobilized around the “Ryan Project”, whose name clearly defines its challenge: to recover our customers, offering services that meet and exceed their needs.

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In order to accomplish this mission, Brasil Telecom sought out for the necessary abilities and resources. Work began with an external diagnosis, which pointed out weaknesses and room for improvement. From there, sixty initiatives were defined, including personnel training and reaction improvement; the revision of internal processes, and the development of new products in line with customer expectations. In summary, it is a revolution in the Company's culture.

Project Ryan has as its premise the effective participation of the Company's higher management in matters related to customer service quality. The project is led by the Executive Committee, with the participation of all areas involved in the customer relations front, and integrates the group of strategic projects prioritized and systematically monitored by the Company's CEO.

BrT Call Center and excellence in service

One of the most important outcomes of this venture was the decision made by Brasil Telecom’s management to establish a new company to take over its entire service operation. With the creation of the subsidiary, called Brasil Telecom Call Center, the Company will manage all customer relation processes. Behind this decision is the view that, in order to have excellence in service, people in contact with customers must have “Brasil Telecom’s philosophy” in mind.

To support this movement, Brasil Telecom invested close to R$50 million in service infrastructure and technologies, with a highlight on the completion of the Goiânia call center, one of the most modern in Brazil, with 14 thousand sq. m. and an installed capacity of 2,100 call attendants.

Brasil Telecom also maintains call centers in the cities of Florianópolis (SC), Campo Grande (MS), and Curitiba (PR), with a total capacity of 5,400 attendants, offering customers various service channels: information services 102; post-sales for fixed lines; mobile and broadband services; sales and credit recovery services; physical service in stores; and an Ombudsman’s office, in addition to the electronic channels “Fale Conosco” (Talk to Us), “Chat”, and “Website”, available as an option to Internet users.

Brasil Telecom also invested in the development and training of its customer service personnel, using the nationally-recognized tools of e-learning.

OUR PEOPLE

Brasil Telecom has built its people management process on the principle that employees are its most valuable asset. Well-prepared and committed professionals are decisive in obtaining results. However, in order to attract and retain these talents, one must invest in formation, develop their potentialities, and recognize their achievements.

An example of the degree to which Brasil Telecom trusts its staff was the decision to provide customer service internally. This initiative resulted in a significant increase in the number of employees, closing 2007 at 16 thousand people. The strategy is in line with the Company's intense pursuit of excellence in consumer relations. The success of the task depends on a team that is well-versed in the company’s values and goal, which are based on transparency and respect for customers.

Employee Profile

Brasil Telecom closed the year with 16,769 employees. Of the total number of employees, it is worth highlighting that 10,866 became employees of the company after the call center operation was moved internally.

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Number of Employees per Company

 
Company    2007    2006    Variation 
 
Brasil Telecom S.A.    4,819    4,742    1.6% 
Brasil Telecom Móvel    616    636    -3.1% 
Internet Group    345    344    0.3% 
Globenet    30    25    20.0% 
Brasil Telecom Comunicação Multimídia    91    86    5.8% 
Vant         - 
Brasil Telecom Call Center    10,866      100.0% 
 
Total    16,769    5,835    187.4% 
 

Number of Employees per Position

 
Position    2007    2006    Variation 
 
Sales    2,095    2,069    1.3% 
Customer Relations    10,860    104    10,342.3% 
Network    2,036    1,978    2.9% 
   Expansion    479    479             - 
   Operation    1,557    1,499    3.9% 
Information Technology    304    358    -15.1% 
General and Administration    1,309    1,208    8.4% 
Authorized Agents    165    118    39.8% 
 
Total    16,769    5,835    187.4% 
 

Length of Service Distribution

 
Length of Service    2007    %    2006    %    Variation 
 
Up to 2 years    12,855    76.7%    2,282    39.1%    463.3% 
3 - 5 years    1,190    7.1%    901    15.4%    32.0% 
6 - 10 years    970    5.8%    971    16.6%    -0.1% 
11 - 15 years    493    2.9%    371    6.4%    32.9% 
16 - 20 years    282    1.7%    371    6.4%    -24.0% 
21 - 25 years    319    1.9%    315    5.4%    1.3% 
26 - 30 years    490    2.9%    510    8.7%    -4.0% 
Over 31 years    170    1.0%    114    2.0%    49.1% 
 

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Total    16,769   100.0%    5.835   100.0%    - 
 
Average    3 years     9 years    - 
 

Companies providing services to Brasil Telecom employed 32,713 people at the end of 2007 in: the maintenance and operation of internal and external facilities, housekeeping, security, corporate security, and information systems maintenance.

Attraction and Retention of High-Performance Professionals

Attraction Programs

The Internship Program is still the main point of entry for young people beginning a career. In 2007, 221 university students were interns in the Company.

Another important investment aimed at attracting professionals was the re-opening of Brasil Telecom’s Trainee Program. Seventeen young professionals were hired to work at the Headquarters beginning in 2008, following a thorough selection process among approximately one thousand candidates.

We chose professionals with traits that value, particularly, the spirit of serving with excellence. Throughout 2008, the new graduates will undergo a consistent development program involving job rotation (working in various areas), monitoring by tutors and mentors; and training programs focused on management in partnership with an institution renowned locally and internationally.

Brasil Telecom’s goal is also to attract professionals with international experience. To this end, since 2002 it has invested in the Summer Program, which has already brought together ten Brazilian professionals who attended an MBA course in first-tier overseas universities (the best according to Business Week ranking) to work on the Company’s strategic projects during their summer vacations. The retention ratio of these professionals in leadership positions is fifty per cent upon course completion.

Retention Programs

Brasil Telecom considers the effective management of high-performance professionals a strategic and competitive advantage, and uses this strategy to retain them as Company employees. In this context, in 2007 the BrT Potentials Management program was created, which consists of initiatives divided into three pillars. These initiatives are implemented soon after the unique professionals are identified.

i) Development: The preparation of an individualized program to leverage and supply the professional’s potential, either through training programs, or by allocating these executives to challenging projects;
ii) Acknowledgement: The adoption of unique acknowledgement practices, emphasizing the value of meritocracy by paying variable remuneration and awarding superior performance; and
iii) Relationship: The definition of mechanisms that narrow the distance between the high-performance professional and the various levels of the organization, expanding his or her relationship network and access to strategic information.

In addition, Brasil Telecom encourages the participation of all of its employees in the internal career change program, for it believes that a consistent offering of opportunities motivates and retains aspiring professionals.

Education and Development

Brasil Telecom’s education process aims to promote the necessary abilities to reach results, enabling employees to perform their tasks equipped with full technical knowledge. To this end, Brasil Telecom makes use of the following education and development channels:

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The Company also invests in the technical education of its employees, offering, since 2005, the Professional Masters Degree Program with emphasis on telecommunications in partnership with Brasília University. This master’s degree, which is fully customized to meet Brasil Telecom’s needs, aims to qualify our professionals in technological trends in years to come. The major benefit of the master’s degree is the generation and later implementation of cutting-edge projects in the areas of Engineering and Systems, which drive our business.

Despite all the investments in training our employees, Brasil Telecom believes that leadership is the main motivator for team development. Therefore, it invests in programs that offer unique training for its managers, with a special highlight on the Management Development Program. This program is targeted at strengthening the Company's values, and accelerates the development of managerial abilities, thus ensuring the acquisition and enhancement of the abilities necessary to achieve strategic goals. In 2007, 400 formal leaders completed the first step of the Program, which consisted of building Brasil Telecom’s management model in a shared manner. This model guides all the development activities of the Company's managers, and is based in a number of leadership abilities deemed as essential to place the Company at the market’s forefront.

Acknowledgement

At Brasil Telecom, superior-performance employees are rewarded financial incentives and corporate awards.

Awards Program

Since 2000, the People in the Spotlight Program has acknowledged employees, who, individually or in a team, implemented projects that made a difference both through their innovative and creative characteristics and through the results achieved. Categories and awards are reviewed for each cycle, ensuring that they remain in line with the Company's strategy. Acknowledgement is made in an official ceremony with the attendance of the CEO and executive officers.

Implemented in 2002, the Sales Charge Program has been exceeding expectations; therefore, it is reissued every year with a different theme. The 2007 appeal carried the title: “Negócios da China” (“Bargain Deal”), and will award winning employees with trips to China for the Beijing Olympic games. The program, whose purpose is to promote sales, presents monthly awards to the best in each branch, in addition to awarding all the salespeople who have met their proposed challenges.

Financial Incentives

The purpose of the Bonus Program is to acknowledge all executives for achieving the strategic goals set forth for the year. The program is reviewed and approved annually, and is based on market surveys, guidance by the Board of Directors, and Brasil Telecom’s strategic positioning. It is targeted at managers and is a result of the unfolding of Brasil Telecom’s targets. The bonus is given as a means of guiding the perception and activities of managers, as well as rewarding them for achieving the goals defined by the Company. With the same philosophy in mind, Brasil Telecom acknowledges other employees (not managers) by means of the PSP: Profit Sharing Program.

Brasil Telecom also uses a stock option program as a financial acknowledgement tool. This program aims to converge the long-term interests and targets of the Company and its executives; to retain strategic employees; and to provide guidance for a long-lasting business vision. To this end, the Company currently maintains two programs:

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i)
The 2000 Program granted stock options for the Company's preferred shares, in 2002, 2003, and 2004, to a group of senior executives, 21 of whom are still with the Company. Executives are already entitled to exercise all options granted thereto, with the exception of the last lot, which may be exercised as of January 2008.
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The 2007 Program granted stock options for a basket of Company-preferred and common shares to a group of 65 senior executives. The options have a grace period of one year, and only 25% of the options may be exercised each year.

OPERATING PERFORMANCE

Serving an extensive customer base with distinct needs—such as residential subscribers and corporate customers—will always be challenging. Over the past years, Brasil Telecom has stood out for its capacity to innovate its supply, and was the first the launch products such as: IPTV (transmission of movies on-demand using the broadband platform); the Único (a mobile phone that transmits signals to the fixed line network while in the residential environment, thus reducing costs for the subscriber); and the Pula-Pula (free minutes in function of the volume of incoming calls), among others.

In 2007, over 885 thousand customers were added to mobile operations and 250 thousand to the broadband service, totaling—jointly with fixed line operations—a customer base of over 13 million customers: a growth of 5.7% year-on-year.

Fixed line

In 2007, competition increased from both paid-TV companies and mobile operators that had positioned themselves in the market with alternative plans and solutions for traditional fixed line telephony.

We also observed a continuous reduction in the penetration of fixed lines, a consequence of fixed-mobile migration. This change was accelerated by a reduction in the price-per-minute charged by mobile operators, associated with a strong presence of mobile operators in mass media.

At the end of 2007, Brasil Telecom’s terminal network was composed of 10.4 million installed lines, 8 million of which were in service, as follows:

Indicators – Fixed line network

 
NETWORK    2007    2006    Variation 
 
Lines Installed (in thousands)   10,376    10,423    -0.4% 
Lines in Service – LES (in thousands)   8,034    8,418    -4.6% 
Average Lines in Service – LMES (in thousands)   8,049    8,520    -5.5% 
LES/100 Inhabitants    18.2    19.4    -6.0% 
TUP/1,000 Inhabitants    6.4    6.4     - 
TUP/100 Installed Lines    2.7    2.7             - 
Utilization Rate    77.4%    80.8%    -3.3 p.p. 
Digitalization Rate    100%    100%     - 
 

Given this scenario, Brasil Telecom focused its activities on the maintenance and profitability of its terminal base, as well as on the expansion of products and alternative plans offered.

Among the alternative plans offered, the highlight is the “Conta Completa” (Full Bill) plan, which leveraged sales of alternative plans with participations above 60% in the 2007 sales mix. This plan allows customers to

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choose the amount of minutes according to their usage profile, for each type of call: local fixed line, to mobile phones, and long-distance calls.

In the economic plans segment, the “Controle Total” (Total Control) plan was created, a 100% prepaid plan with monthly billing and minutes that may be used both in local fixed-mobile calls within Brasil Telecom’s network and between fixed line telephones of any operator. In addition, there is the possibility of topping up via the Cartão Único (Single Card) in the amounts of R$15, R$20, R$30, and R$60.

In addition, plans have been created to assist customer retention, with the new offers called “Brasil Total” and “Brasil Total Negócios” (Brazil Total Business), with packages that include local fixed lines, long-distance, intelligent services, mobile telephony, and broadband.

In compliance with ANATEL’s Resolution 423, Brasil Telecom successfully concluded, on July 31, 2007, the complex implementation of the conversion in billing, from pulses to minutes, for local calls between fixed lines.

This change in billing enabled the Company to offer its customers an easier way to monitor and control their expenses, and to make better use of the advantages of alternative minutes consumption plans.

Proceeding with the strategies of promoting the adoption of alternative plans, and approaching the market in an increasingly segmented manner, at the end of 2007 Brasil Telecom had 3.5 million lines in alternative local fixed line plans, representing 44.1% of lines in service, as follows:

Brasil Telecom maintained its leading position in the long-distance market, and recorded an average market share of 90.0% in the intra-regional segment and 84.80% in the inter-regional segment. The Company closed the year with a 64.0% market share in the inter-regional segment and 38.6% in the international segment.

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The highlights in long-distance plans are: “14 Simples” (Simple 14), with 30 minutes for domestic long-distance calls; “14 Meu Perfil” (14 My Profile), with different tariffs for in-state calls; and “14 Minhas Cidades” (14 My Cities), with discounted tariffs for three cities chosen by the customer.

Tariffs

With regard to 2007 tariffs, ANATEL authorized Brasil Telecom to adjust tariff items in the Basic Plans of Local and Domestic Long-Distance (DLD) Services, pursuant to the Concession Agreements. Average adjustments authorized for the local and DLD services amounted to 2.14% . The Local Network Use Tariff (TU-RL) was adjusted by 2.14% and the Interurban Network Use Tariff (TU-RIU) was reduced by 0.13% . Basic PSTN Plans, Local and DLD, for calls involving mobile phones, VC-1, VC-2, and VC-3 were adjusted by 3.29%, as of July 20, 2007.

Mobile Telephony

By the time it completed three years of operation, Brasil Telecom Móvel had reached over four million subscribers. Although Brasil Telecom Móvel was the fourth-largest operator providing service in the region with the greatest penetration rates in Brazil—Region II—the Company's goal has always been to be the leading integrated operator offering all telecom solutions to the customers in its operation area. The total number of connections grew 36%, whereas the Brazilian market grew, on average, 21%.

During 2007, Brasil Telecom implemented coverage to 54 new locations, and now serves a total of 873 locations, or 87% of Region II’s population, representing an increase of 6.6% year-on-year. In addition, several expansions have been performed to previously-served locations.

In the Northern and Mid-Western states (Area 7), Brasil Telecom Móvel occupies third position in market share in six states: the Federal District, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Acre, and Rondônia. In other states, the Company holds fourth place.

In 2007, the number of gross additions to Brasil Telecom Móvel reached 2.6 million connections, due mainly to the quality of services provided and to Brasil Telecom’s vocation for innovative solutions. The following offers were launched in this period: “Fale de Graça no Orelhão” (Talk for Free from Public Phones), “Fale de Graça à Noite” (Talk for Free at Night), and “Fale de Graça aos Domingos” (Talk for Free on Sundays), through which Brasil Telecom Móvel’s customers may place free calls to Brasil Telecom’s fixed and mobile terminals. The inclusion of the lines in service of Brasil Telecom Fixa as possible destinations for these calls increased the number of possible connections from around 4.3 million (total BrT Móvel customers) to approximately 12.3 million (total mobile and fixed line customers).

Aiming to increase revenues from mobile data communication, new functionalities were created by means of Internet services and content, such as Orkut (social networking), Glu (games), Som Licre (music), and Discovery.

The Company also executed partnership agreements with content companies, such as Dada.net, Blinko, Spin My Mobile, Flycell, Ligaki, Memo, Sony Pictures, Neo Network, and Móbile Streams, in addition to making the e-mail package “Escritório Móvel” (Mobile Office) available through Nokia’s Intellisynk solution. Several offers and initiatives have been made to services and content already available to customers. The initiatives generated discounts for multimedia messages and prizes resulting from cultural contests, such as the m-Encontra service promotion, in which customers could win cruises to the Brazilian Northeast.

By the end of 2007, Brasil Telecom counted on 3,017 points of sale, distributed among 28 own stores, 35 kiosks, 683 authorized agents, and 2,271 resellers in the main retailer chains, as well as 76 top-up distributors, serving approximately 120 thousand active points of sale.

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Tariffs

The tariff adjustment contributed to the increase in Brasil Telecom Móvel’s revenues. In 2007, postpaid plans were adjusted 5.7%, without, however, affecting their competitiveness.

Evolution of Mobile Accesses

Data Communication

Brasil Telecom added 250.1 thousand broadband (ADSL) connections to its network, totaling 1,567.8 thousand connections by the end of the year: a growth of 19% year-on-year. The 19.5% penetration rate of these connections over fixed lines in service, the greatest among fixed line concessionaires in the country, is a strategic support for the offering of new services and applications.

Continuous growth in broadband Internet services was maintained throughout the year, supported by the expansion of the Turbo portfolio (commercial name of ADSL) with the launching of three new standard connection speeds: 2MB, 4MB, and 8MB, as well as higher speeds on-demand, based on ADSL 2+ technology, and through the offer of quadruple play packages in partnership with Sky. These speeds aim to meet the demand for new tools and audio and video content, typical of Web 2.0 available to users. More than half of the 1,565 locations served with broadband already possess ADSL 2+ technology, and will provide customers with access to new services, such as IPTV.

ADSL Connections

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Brasil Telecom has also expanded its range of options for dial-up access to the Internet, which is the entrance portal to broadband service. In 2007, the Company created plans that enabled dial-up access to the Internet with fixed monthly payments, such as “Internet Toda Hora” (Internet All the Time) and “PC Conectado” (Connected PC). The latter is an alternative commuted fixed line plan that supports the Federal Government’s Projeto Cidadão Conectado: Computador Para Todos – Connected Citizen project: Computers for Everyone, to promote the digital inclusion of lower-income households. The plan offers, in addition to voice services—another service that is specific to dial-up access to the Internet—at very low prices, allowing users to expand their habit of accessing the Internet beyond reduced-tariff hours.

In addition, in 2007 Brasil Telecom offered its customers mobile broadband access with the 2G EDGE technology. Next year, this service will be offered in 3G (1.8 GHz and 2.1GHz) . Fiber optic solutions for broadband Internet access, FTTH and FTTB (Fiber to the Home and Fiber to the Building), have been installed in Brasília and Porto Alegre. As a supplement to the fixed system (mainly ADSL), wireless high-speed Internet access systems (WiMAX) were installed in Curitiba, Porto Alegre, and São Paulo.

Converging Products

Convergence has come into demand from a wide variety of consumers. In view of this, Brasil Telecom has been investing the development of converging solutions for fixed and mobile; and broadband and video services. This year, we signed a partnership with Sky, which allowed the Company to offer packages including Digital Paid-TV.

Telefone Único: An innovative solution in Brazil and in the world that uses CTP (Cordless Telephony Profile) technology, allowing for fixed and mobile voice services to be used in the same mobile handset. With the product, Brasil Telecom builds loyalty with customers in the fixed telephony base; increases its market share in mobile telephony, offering new value-added services; promotes the sale of postpaid plans; and maximizes the efficiency of the fixed line and mobile networks.

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Cartão Único: This card enables customers, through the acquisition of top-ups (R$15, R$20, R$30, and R$60), to recharge in all prepaid services, fixed terminals (AICE, Total Control, and Ligmix), and mobile terminals of Brasil Telecom.

PABX Virtual Único: PABX Virtual Único is a converging solution to meet corporate needs. With it, the customer no longer has acquisition, operation and maintenance costs over PABX equipment, since the entire infrastructure is housed by Brasil Telecom. With this, the Company was the first operator to converge fixed and mobile lines in branches.

Quadruple Play – Sky Partnership: In this commercial partnership with SKY, Brasil Telecom offers packages including fixed line and mobile services, broadband, and Digital Paid-TV. This offer consolidated throughout 2007 as a competitive advantage against other Triple Play offers by the competition. The package accounts for approximately 10% of all Brasil Telecom broadband sales.

Internet Providers

The relevance of the Internet in Brazil is represented by the increase in single visitors and connection times. With approximately 21.4 million Internet users, we are the leading country in time spent online. According to Ibope/NetRatings, residential Internet users spend an average of 23 hours online per month. In response to this scenario, advertising investment on the Internet is expected to grow 30% in 2007, according to estimates by the Inter-Meios project.

With an eye on market changes, Internet Group, Brasil Telecom’s business unit, intends to become the leading brand in interactive media. The goal is to reach this target through investments in interactivity from the extension of the current products and services platform.

Internet Group, which includes the activities of Internet providers iG, iBest, and BrTurbo, is the largest Internet provider in Brazil, with 4 million users of free dial-up connections; and the second largest broadband Internet provider in the Brazilian market, with 1.34 million paying subscribers at the end of 2007. Traffic generated by connected customers reached 44.6 billion minutes in 2007. iBest and iG accounted for 66.8% of the minutes of Region II in the first eleven months of 2007, positioning Internet Group as market leader in the region. As for broadband, the group grew by 27% in number of subscribers year-on-year. Of all broadband customers in Region II, 69% are estimated to be customers of iG or BrTurbo, positioning the company as the region’s market leader.

The paying customer base of Internet Group’s value-added services grew 134% between 2006 and 2007, reaching 750 thousand customers. This increase was led by products aimed at residential consumers, among them Protégé (antivirus), Resolve (24/7 technical support by phone), and Educa (content product targeted at family education).

According to Ibope/NetRatings, in December, 2007, Internet Group ranked third place among its main national competitors, with over 11.2 million single residential visitors, representing an annual growth of 43%. 2007 was a year marked by the launching of the new portal and new channels, such as Celebridades (Celebrities), Tecnologia (Technology), Eu na Web (Me on the Web), and others.

For iG, the Internet user plays the main role, and this is why the portal launched, in early 2006, the campaign “O mundo é de quem faz” (The world belongs to those who make it), introducing the concept of leadership by the masses. Minha Notícia (My News), created in June of that year, was the first Internet space in Brazil created for so-called Citizen- or Participative Journalism, which is considered a global trend, and places the portal ahead of other Brazilian Internet portals. In line with this proposal, iG makes several tools available to Internet users, such as blogs and MinhaTviG, which allows users to create, edit, and distribute content.

The portal—focusing on the continuous innovation of products and services—created in 2007, for the first time on the Internet, the position of ombudsman; it launched the Essay Manual of the online newspaper, which pursues greater transparency in the processes and standards used to verify, edit, and publish news; and established partnerships with Google and Kaizen Games. The unique partnership in the Brazilian market with Google enables iG to offer its subscribers and users cutting-edge products and services, such as e-mail and a

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search engine. As for e-mail, the Google partnership extended Gmail to 7.8 million iG e-mail accounts. For its part, the association with Kaizen Games enabled iG to bring the virtual world of Second Life to Brazil. Second Life, which already has 11.9 million residents worldwide and 644 thousand participants in Brazil, expands the concept of a game to the parallel virtual universe, promoting the creation of communities. iG’s successful results come not only from internal efforts in developing content, technological platforms, products, and services, but also from the continuous focus in meeting the needs of subscribers and Internet users.

VIDEON: THE FUTURE ON YOUR TV

Brasil Telecom works to enhance the experience of customers throughout their entire relationship with the Company: from the advertising campaign; through all the stages of obtaining the service, using the service, and billing; to loyalty building.

It was through thinking of its customers’ comfort and reassuring its commitment to offering innovative services as a converging operator that Brasil Telecom launched, in 2007, the first Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) service. Named Videon, the product distributed, through the Company’s ADSL 2+ broadband infrastructure, audiovisual content over Internet Protocol.

The service is initially being offered in Brasília, but it will be expanded to the main capitals and cities in the region where Brasil Telecom operates in 2008.

Videon is a cutting-edge product that revolutionizes the way audiences watch TV. It offers a library of audiovisual content, composed of unique content such as movies, documentaries, concerts, children’s shows, and cultural shows. With similar functions to a DVD device, the service offers approximately 500 hours of programming, which may be enjoyed at any time, regardless of the programming schedule.

The Company has signed partnerships with international providers, among them MGM, Disney, Universal, DLA, Playboy, Turner, and Viacom (Nicklodeon and VH1), in addition to agreements with Brazilian producers such as TV Cultura, Lumiére, SESC TV, the Ministry of Education, and TV Escola. There are other ongoing negotiations aimed at further improving content offered and increasing the range of options to customers. In addition to local movie rental, Brasil Telecom also provides Videon customers with the so-called Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD), which is the rental of specific content, grouped by theme or TV series, such as educational programming, children’s shows and documentaries.

The IPTV offer has only been possible because Brasil Telecom possesses the most complete high-speed network among all fixed line and mobile operators in Brazil. With Videon, the Company reached a new technological level. The greatest beneficiary is the customer, who can, according to his or her profile, design a programming schedule and use an even wider range of services.

Current legislation forbids the Company from offering regular paid-TV channels to its concession area. Pending a change in this law, however, Brasil Telecom is prepared to expand its service.

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Revenue

Brasil Telecom’s gross revenue totaled R$15,997.4 million in 2007, an increase of 5.9% year-on-year. The increase in participation of data communication services and mobile telephony show the success of the Company's revenue diversification strategy.

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Gross Revenue Breakdown (R$ million)

Fixed line Average Revenue per User (ARPU)—excluding data communication—totaled R$79 in 2007, up 11% from 2006, as a result of the Company's strategy to restrain fixed line revenue erosion. Including data communication, ARPU recorded in 2007 totaled R$98.5, showing continuous growth in ADSL penetration.

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Revenue from Data Communication and Mobile Telephony

Gross revenue from data communication and other services of the main activity reached R$2,769.2 million, an increase of 22.3% year-on-year. This increase is due mainly to the larger ADSL customer base, which posted a growth of 19%.

ADSL recorded an ARPU of R$71.7 in 2007, an increase of 6.9% year-on-year, as a result of its strategy to prioritize the sale of the products with the highest profitability and fastest connection speeds.

Consolidated gross revenue from services with mobile telephony was up 41.9% from 2006. The increase results from the “full bill”, and especially from the growth in the mobile base.

The “full bill” model, implemented by ANATEL in early 2006 to regulate interconnections between mobile operators, determines that all calls should be charged. Previously, calls were only charged when the difference between operators’ outgoing and incoming traffic was greater than 55%.

Total ARPU for mobile telephony continues to be one of the greatest in the country, at R$34.2 in 2007. Postpaid ARPU was R$52.6, and prepaid ARPU amounted to R$28.5. The improved profitability was also the result of commercial policies where the main advantage offered to Brasil Telecom’s customers were discounts in minutes for intranet calls, while outgoing calls to other operators were charged at competitive rates.

Operating Costs and Expenses

In 2007, operating costs and expenses totaled R$7,261.5 million, an increase of 6.7% when compared to the R$6,802.7 million recorded in 2006, due primarily to increases in interconnection expenses (which followed the revenue growth), provisions and losses, and other commercial expenses.

Operating Costs and Expenses

(Excluding Depreciation and Amortization)

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In 2007, personnel costs and expenses amounted to R$648.9 million, a drop of 2.6% year-on-year. By the end of 2007, 16,769 people were employed at Brasil Telecom, 5,287 of whom were employees in the fixed telephony, data, and Internet providers segment; 616 at Brasil Telecom Móvel; and 10,866 became employees of the Company in December, when customer services became an internal area.

Costs and expenses with outsourced services, excluding interconnection, advertising, and marketing, totaled R$2,268.3 million in 2007, nearly stable as compared to the previous year’s figures, reflecting the Company's strategy to control outsourcing expenses. It is worth mentioning the bid opened by Brasil Telecom to choose a single partner for the maintenance of the fixed line, mobile, and data communication networks. This model, the only one in the world on such a scale, will be implemented in early 2008, and aims to explore the scale effects in the operations of the supplier, and, subsequently, to reduce network maintenance costs.

Interconnection costs totaled R$2,318.9 million at the end of 2007, an increase of 9.6%, due to growth in the customer base of mobile operators, and to the integral impact of “full bill”, partially offset by the 20% reduction in TU-RL, as of January 1, 2007, and by the increase in Brasil Telecom Móvel’s market share. Advertising and marketing expenses totaled R$164.4 million in 2007, an increase of 10.3% year-on-year, reflecting the focus on advertising expenses for the acquisition of mobile customers. Despite the increase in this item, mobile SAC showed strict control over expenses with subsidies and commissions.

Costs and expenses with materials and goods totaled R$380.2 million in 2007, a reduction of 7.7% year-on-year, reflecting smaller expenses with the Cost of Goods Sold, despite an increase in mobile handset sales. Losses and provisions for losses with accounts receivable (PCCR) over gross revenue, at the end of 2007, stood at 2.2%, and totaled R$348 million, with a reduction of 9.5%, due to stricter criteria for loan granting and greater billing efficiency.

In 2007, provisions for labor, tax, and civil liabilities amounted to R$650.9 million, an increase of R$162.8 million year-on-year, due primarily to indexation and to the increase in the risk of losses for labor, civil, and tax claims.

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Depreciation and amortization costs totaled R$2,470.8 million in 2007, 9.3% below 2006, due to the increase in fully depreciated assets.

Other operating costs and expenses amounted to R$481.9 million in 2007, up 35.5% from 2006. This increase resulted from 2006 non-recurrent expenses, such as R$58.4 million related to state and federal tax recovery, and R$53.1 million in agreements executed with other telephony operators for litigation assignment.

EBITDA

Brasil Telecom’s consolidated EBITDA totaled R$3,797 million at the end of 2007 (composed of operating profit – R$836.9 million, plus expenses with depreciation and amortization – R$2,470.8 million, and financial expenses, net – R$489.3 million). The consolidated EBIDA margin stood at 34.3% in the period, against 33.9% in 2006.

EBITDA (R$ million) and EBITDA Margin (%)


It is worth mentioning that in 2007, mobile operation started generating positive EBTIDA for Grupo Brasil Telecom. Mobile EBITDA increased from negative R$14.3 million in 2006 (negative 11.4% margin) to R$53.9 million in 2007 (3.1% margin).

The R$53.9 million of mobile EBITDA (negative R$142.3 million in 2006) is composed of operating losses – R$271.4 million (R$511.7 million in 2006), plus expenses with depreciation and amortization – R$385.9 million (R$335 million in 2006), less financial expenses, net – R$60.6 million (R$34.4 million of financial expenses, net, added in 2006).

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BrT Móvel’s EBITDA evolution (R$ million)

Net Income

Brasil Telecom recorded a net income of R$671.3 million in 2007, equivalent to R$1.8519 per share. Net income per ADR in 2007 amounted to US$9.2594.

Indebtedness

At the end of 2007, Brasil Telecom’s consolidated gross debt totaled R$4,383.4 million, 88.7% of which was allocated to the long-term.

On April 17, 2007, Brasil Telecom S.A. exercised its option of advance redemption set forth in the Deed of the 4th Issue of Debentures, the 3rd Public Issue, as informed to debenture holders on March 28, 2007. A total of R$521.1 million were disbursed to pay for the redemption of all debentures. Brasil Telecom closed 2007 with a balance of cash and other investments in public and fixed income securities in the amount of R$3,893.5 million, against cash and investments in the amount of R$4,063.4 million at the end of 2006. Consolidated net debt reached R$489.9 million, accounting for 12.9% of EBITDA. In 2007, debt pegged to exchange rate variation, not taking into account hedge adjustments, totaled R$731.6 million, R$395 million of which was in USD, R$94.7 million in the BNDES currency basket, and R$241.9 million in Yen. In 2007, Brasil Telecom was hedged against 80.6% of the debt pegged to exchange rate variation, resulting in a total exposition of only 3.6% of the total debt.

CAPEX

In 2007, Brasil Telecom’s CAPEX totaled R$1,398.8 million, R$1,120.0 million of which were invested in fixed line services (including voice, data, information technology, and regulation), and R$278.8 million in mobile telephony. When compared to 2006, investments posted a reduction of 3.6%, due mainly to the effects of exchange rate variations, reductions in regulatory investments, and a continuous renegotiation with suppliers.

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CAPITAL MARKETS

Once again, Bovespa showed positive performance in 2007, with an appreciation of 43.6% year-on-year, resulting from economic growth, political stability, an improvement in foreign investors’ opinions about Brazil, and the faith of the market in the economic policy of Brazil’s government.

At the end of 2007, Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.’s market value, calculated at the weighted average of the prices of common and preferred shares, totaled R$12,215 million, an appreciation of 38.7% year-on-year.

Share Performance

    Closing         
    12/31/200    12    24 
Common Shares (BRTP3) (in    46.50    33.9    97.3 
Preferred Shares (BRTP4) (in    26.02    44.1    53.3 
ADR (BRP) (in    74.58    82.2    123.2 
IBOVESPA    63,886    43.6    91.0 
ITEL    1,223    16.1    28.5 
IGC    6,801    31.5    85.9 
Dow Jones    13,265     6.4%    23.8 
Market Cap    12,215.    38.7    73.0 
   

The Extraordinary General Meeting held on April 27, 2007 approved the reverse split of the shares of Brasil Telecom S.A. and of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., and, subsequently, the number of shares reduced by three digits.

Share

Dec/07    Common       %    Preferred    %    Total    % 
Solpart Participações S.A.    68,356,154    51.0%      0.0%    68,356,154    18.8% 
Free Float in ADR      0.0%    137,885,365    60.0%    137,885,365    37.9% 
Treasury    1,480,800    1.1%      0.0%    1,480,800    0.4% 
Free float at Bovespa    64,194,734    47.9%    92,052,160    40.0%    156,246,894    42.9% 
 
Total    134,031,688    100.0%    229,937,525    100.0%    363,969,213    100.0% 
 

MANAGEMENT OF CORPORATE RISKS

It is Brasil Telecom’s opinion that risk management is an essential part of good corporate governance practices. The goal is to preserve business integrity, as well as the integrity of material and financial assets. The Governance Model for the Management of Corporate Risks is based on the following pillars:

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Risk Factors Monitoring

Strategic Risk

The trend of partial substation of fixed line traffic to mobile telephony is currently being studied by Brasil Telecom. In order to mitigate this risk, the Company has defined the development of new paths for growth as one of the pillars for its business strategy, having as its main initiative the acceleration of revenue growth both in mobile telephony and data transmission.

Financial and Market Risk

Brasil Telecom’s loan and financing operations are subject to market risks, among which are the variation in interest rates, inflation, and the exchange rate, which are constantly monitored by the Company.

In order to mitigate exchange rate risk, Brasil Telecom has contracted hedge operations from financial institutions, with 3.6% of all indebtedness exposed to exchange rate variation.
With regard to financial investments, Brasil Telecom tends to be conservative in its investment choices. Investments are maintained in financial investment funds (FIFs), and investments in own portfolio in private securities (CDBs) issued by first-tier financial institutions, federal notes, sovereign notes issued by governments with excellent credit risk and overnight operations, backed by notes issued by financial institutions abroad, with low credit risk. Portfolios of FIFs are composed mainly of federal notes and CDBs issued by first-tier financial institutions. Exposure to market risk is monitored daily through the VaR (Value at Risk) method, which quantifies the risk of loss in these investments.

Operational Risk

Brasil Telecom takes out specific insurance policies such as Operational Risk and Business Interruption Insurance to protect its assets. The Operational Risk Insurance covers all property against physical damage caused by fire, lightning, explosion, wind storms, robbery, flooding, and inundation. In order to ensure full replacement of its assets, the Company updates, on a monthly basis, the value and quantity of lines installed per branch. The Business Interruption Policy covers damages resulting from the interruption or disturbance of working capital caused by any physical damage to property.

The civil liability of managers, board members, and executive Officers of Brasil Telecom is ensured by D&O policy (Directors and Officers), contracted by Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., which pays damages to third parties up to the maximum limit ensured in the presence of evidence of management default.

Regulatory Risks

Brasil Telecom operates according to concession contracts and licensing agreements signed with the National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) and under the industry’s general and specific legal and regulatory

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provisions. Any change in the established rules may affect the business. For this reason, the Company monitors the development of regulations and the industry overall, acting proactively to minimize regulatory risk.

Systematic Supervision of the Supplementary Pension Plan Foundations

Brasil Telecom has systematically supervised the Supplementary Pension Plan Foundations that it sponsors. In addition to ensuring legal compliance, this initiative contributes to the implementation of better governance practices in these Foundations. A Supervision Committee has been created, which is composed of Board members representing Grupo Brasil Telecom, promoting the exchange and transfer of knowledge between the Foundations and the Sponsor Company.

Audit

Internal Audit

Control Environment Assessment

Brasil Telecom’s Internal Auditing has a preventive focus, and thus aims to predict occurrences and alert the management. Assessments and reports on processes, as well as the risk management of the organization, recommending improvements in the adequacy and efficacy of the risk management model, are periodically developed.

Assessment procedures comply with standards of COSO, COBIT, Audit Standards of PCAOB, and The Institute of Internal Auditors. Control Self Assessment is one of the mechanisms used to make it easier for processes with longer Audit cycles to be covered within the year, so as to facilitate the monitoring of the risks involved.

In this environment of thorough assessment and monitoring of processes, risks, and controls, it was possible to obtain a SOX Certification for the 2006 financial statements, disclosed in 2007.

Independence, Regulation, and Relationships

The independence of the Internal Audit is set forth in the Bylaws of the Company, which hierarchically connects the area to the Board of Directors. The goals, independence, purpose, scope, responsibilities, authority, results presentation, rules of the Internal Audit, and main procedures of the activity are provided for in the Regulation of the Internal Audit Activity (Charter), in compliance with the rules and standards of The Institute of Internal Auditors.

With regard to the relationship structure, recommendations made by the Internal Audit are directly monitored. In the internal environment, a previous discussion with the managers of processes is part of the process, and mitigating initiatives are informed to the Board of Executive Officers, to the Committee of Processes and Risks, to the Fiscal Council, and to the Board of Directors.

Independent Auditors

Under the terms of Ruling CVM no. 381/03, Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. regularly submits the fees and types of services to be provided by independent auditors to approval by the Company's Board of Directors, considering the Fiscal Council’s opinion.

The policy for hiring services fulfills the principles that safeguard the independence of the auditor, according to international criteria, which are as follows: the auditor must not audit his own work nor carry out managerial responsibilities for his client nor promote the interests of his client.

During the year of 2007, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Independent Auditors was hired for jobs other than those directly related to the auditing of financial statements. The total fee for these services was 5% below the fees related to the independent auditors’ services.

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SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

Concerned with the development of communities living in the regions where it operates, Brasil Telecom contributes significantly to the improvement in these locations by means of initiatives targeted at promoting sports, culture, environmental preservation, social and digital inclusion, the defense of minority rights, and education projects. Brasil Telecom is responsible for maintaining 48 cultural projects and 20 social initiatives. In 2007, the operator improved ongoing programs and launched the basis for an ambitious project, Oficina Digital (Digital Workshop).

Priority for Education

Brasil Telecom has developed a widely-praised initiative which will contribute to improve the quality of Brazilian public schools. The Education Program, which will be officially launched in 2008, will install Model Digital Workshops in 500 schools.

The basic principle behind Brasil Telecom’s Education and Digital Inclusion Program is to use technology as a means to leverage the development of education. It will contribute largely to improving life in these communities, promoting economic and social progress. It will operate in a supplementary manner, with a view to maximize government initiatives.

The program is structured based on existing experience, and takes advantage of the best practices known, and eliminating most recurrent problems, based on projects developed by the company in Goiás and the Federal District.

Also regarding education, the Company has supported the “Bolsa-Escola Cidadã” (Citizen Scholarship) project, developed in the states of Goiás, Acre and Mato Grosso by the NGO Missão Criança, which is dedicated to defending human rights. The program includes monthly financial assistance to mothers of children in needy communities. Besides the donation, the purpose is to contribute to ending child labor and reducing truancy. In 2007, 1,971 children from 616 families benefited from these initiatives.

Another important project is developed in the main cities of Santa Catarina: Digital Inclusion, promoted by the Institute Santa Catarinese Sustentável (ICADS) (Sustainable Santa Catarina Institute), which qualifies participants to use information and communication technologies. The initiative also maintains training groups for 1,260 youth and adults, developing networks and communication and citizenship tools that can be used by the population at large.

Brasil Telecom also supports Esporte Clube Cidadão (Citizen Sport Club), an initiative developed in Bairro Restinga, in Porto Alegre, with youth and children at social risk. Its goal is to teach practices that generate reflection over certain ethical aspects of one’s personal and professional life.

The Company works jointly with Junior Achievement, a traditional organization of technical education in economics and business. The project serves 19 thousand students; 600 of whom have participation maintained with the support of Brasil Telecom. In 2007, the institution created the Ética na Escola (Ethics at School) program, focusing on discussion between young participants regarding ethics in society. Projeto Ética, managed by voluntary workers trained by the Junior Achievement, targeted 45 thousand students.

Cultural Projects

Cultural initiatives are also among the activities sponsored by the operator. Last year, Brasil Telecom supported 48 cultural projects, involving several forms of artistic expression, such as theater, dance, cinema, literature, and music. One of these was called “Tocando em Frente”, and promotes music workshops for low-income youth between 16 and 22 years, in of the Federal District.

Another initiative is the Projeto Batucadeiros, targeted at needy youth and adolescents between 5 and 21 years, residents in the city of Recanto das Emas (DF). The activities involve music and computer classes.

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Sports Projects

Brasil Telecom maintained a substantial presence in the Brazilian sports scene in 2007. In addition to sponsoring individual athletes, the Company restructured its main project, Equipe Brasil Telecom de Vôlei (Brasil Telecom Volleyball Team). This way, Brasil Telecom fulfills its role in emphasizing the Company's work in the sport through the recognition of new talent.

The team that previously played in the Federal District currently represents the city of Brusque (SC) in the Superliga Feminina, and counts on athletes such as Érika Coimbra, from the Brazilian National Team, and Radamés Lattari, technical consultant for the team and former coach of the Brazilian National Men’s Team. Brasil Telecom also sponsors the men’s volleyball team of Faculdades Integradas (UPIS), in Brasília, runner up in the 2007 National League.

Sports incentives earned Brasil Telecom’s sports project two medals at the Pan American Games. In Rio 2007, the Brazilian 4 x 100 m relay team, composed of two athletes sponsored by the Company, Vicente Lenílson and Rafael Ribeiro, won the gold medal. Lucimara Silvestre, another Company-sponsored athlete, won the bronze medal in the heptathlon. These athletes are part of Brasil Telecom’s Athletics Team, coached by Jayme Netto, in Presidente Prudente (SP).

Robert Scheidt and Luciano Burti are also athletes sponsored by Brasil Telecom. Scheidt, the sailor, won the silver medal at the 2007 Pan American Games, in addition to being an eight time champion of the Laser Class, and runner up of the Star Class. Burti, for his part, is a Stock Car pilot, having raced in Formula 1 at Ferrari, Jaguar, and Prost Grand Prix.

The Company's sponsorship is not restricted to athletes and teams; it also involves sports events. In 2007, the company sponsored the 2007 Brasil Telecom Ironman, for the fifth consecutive year; Brasil Telecom 70.3 Ironman; and Copa do Brasil de Volley, held in October in Brusque, with the participation of Brazil’s main men’s and women’s volleyball teams.

Global Compact and Millennium Goals

Brasil Telecom sees the United Nations as a major ally in sustainability initiatives. By means of entering the UN Global Compact, the Company voluntarily assumed the challenge of spreading the ten principles related to labor rights, environment protection, fighting corruption, and human rights. Human rights have been highlighted through several policies, aiming at the creation of an environment that is favorable to professional and personal development, eliminating all forms of discrimination. Sustainable practices and attitudes were also developed monthly by employees who make up the Business Voluntary Program. Guided by the Millennium Development Goals, a program established by the member countries of the United Nations, the involvement of our employees in social initiatives reinforces the internal social mutual responsibility culture of Brasil Telecom.

SUSTAINABILITY AS VALUE

Throughout 2007, Brasil Telecom developed initiatives aiming to incorporate sustainability and responsible management concepts into its business values and business strategy. In addition to its strong commitment to supporting community projects in the culture, sports, education, and environmental areas, we also have a long-lasting vision that will infiltrate the entire organization, influencing business decisions as well.

Sustainability at Brasil Telecom is a result of the adoption of values and practices that express Brasil Telecom’s commitment to its shareholders and customers, to the environmental quality of the systems surrounding the Company, and to social equality in the communities inhabiting in the region where it operates.

As a result of the incorporation of these concepts into the Company's management values and principles, Brasil Telecom has called upon its executives to organize a Sustainability Committee, and to perform a diagnosis on Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility. The action plan under preparation will be implemented in the years to come, starting in 2008.

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Acknowledgments

Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.’s Management thanks its shareholders, customers and suppliers, and financial institutions, for their cooperation and trust. In particular, it thanks its employees for their dedication and effort, without which the Company would not be able to present these results.

The Management

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11.01 – NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 

(Convenience Translation into English from the Original Previously Issued in Portuguese)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$)

1. OPERATIONS

Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. (“the Company”) is a publicly-held company, incorporated according to article 189 of Law 9472/97 - General Telecommunications Law, as part of TELEBRÁS’ spin-off process, whose protocol and justification was approved on May 22, 1998.

The Company is engaged in controlling companies that exploit fixed telephony public services in Region II of the PGO (General Concession Plan), approved by Decree 2.534 of April 2, 1998. Such control is exercised through Brasil Telecom S.A., which is a concessionaire responsible for the Switched Fixed Telephone Service (“STFC”) in Region II of PGO. In addition, the Company may also hold equity interests in other companies.

The Company is registered at the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Its shares are traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA), where it also integrates Level 1 of Corporate Governance, and trades its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

The Company is controlled by SOLPART Participações S.A. (“SOLPART”), which holds, at the balance sheet date, 51.00% of its voting capital and 18.78% of its total capital.

Direct subsidiaries

a. Brasil Telecom S.A.

BRASIL TELECOM S.A. is a concessionaire of the STFC (Switched Fixed Telephone Service) in Region II of the PGO, covering the Brazilian states of Acre, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, Goiás, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, in addition to Federal District. In this area, Brasil Telecom S.A. renders, since July 1998, the STFC in the modalities of local and intraregional long distance.

Because of the early compliance of the universal service obligations set forth by the General Universal Service Goals Plan ("PGMU"), required for December 31, 2003, Brasil Telecom S.A. obtained from the ANATEL (National Telecommunications Agency), on January 19, 2004, licenses to exploit STFC services in the following service modalities: (i) Local and Domestic Long Distance calls in Regions I and III, and Sectors 20, 22 and 25 of Region II of the PGO (General Concession Plan); and (ii) International Long Distance calls in Regions I, II and III of PGO. As a result of these authorizations, this subsidiary began to exploit the Domestic and International Long Distance services in all Regions starting January 22, 2004. For Local Service in the new regions and PGO sectors, the service offering started on January 19, 2005.

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The concession agreements in effect under the local and long distance services modalities, came into effect on January 1, 2006 and are effective until December 31, 2025. Additional information about these agreements is mentioned in note 5.i.

Information related to the quality and universal service goals of the Switched Fixed Telephone Service are available to interested parties on ANATEL’s homepage, on the website www. anatel.gov. br.

b. Nova Tarrafa Participações Ltda. and Nova Tarrafa Inc.

The Company also holds the control of Nova Tarrafa Participações Ltda. (“NTP”) and Nova Tarrafa Inc. ("NTI"). These subsidiaries are engaged in holding interest in Internet Group (Cayman) Limited (“iG Cayman”), which is engaged in providing Internet access. iG Cayman is subsidiary of Brasil Telecom Serviços de Internet S.A, a company that is also an indirect subsidiary and operates in the internet segment.

NTP’s and NTI’s interest in iG Cayman at the balance sheet date represented 9.25% and 0.16%, respectively, and together with Brasil Telecom Serviços de Internet S.A. total interest was 98.2% .

Indirect subsidiaries

On August 1, 2006, Board of Directors of Brasil Telecom S.A. approved the corporate restructuring of its subsidiaries. This restructuring, whose purpose is to optimize the controlling structure through company downsizing, concentration of similar activities, simplification of intercompany shareholdings, started in the second half of 2006. The changes made in 2007 are mentioned in the comments on the companies’ below, when applicable. The corporate changes made in 2006 and 2007, carried out at book value, did not have material impacts on the costs structure.

Brasil Telecom S.A. has the following subsidiaries:

a. 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A.

14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. ("BrT Celular") is a wholly-owned subsidiary which is operating since the fourth quarter of 2004 to provide Personal Mobile Services (SMP), with authorization to serve Region II of the PGO.

b. BrT Serviços de Internet S.A.

BrT Serviços de Internet S.A. (“BrTI”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary whose main product is providing broadband internet services. It also provides a series of value-added services both residential and corporate customers, including wireless internet access.

In turn, BrTI holds the control of the following companies:

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(i) iBest companies

iBest concentrates its operations in providing dialup Internet access, selling advertising space in its portal and value-added services, and one of its main services is its internet connection accelerator. iBest activities are fully represented by Freelance S.A., established in Brazil. It also includes iBest Holding Corporation, established in the Cayman Islands, which has no operations and holds no investments in other companies.

(ii) iG companies

iG operates as an internet service provider of both dialup and broadband access. It also provides value-added services focused on the residential and corporate markets. In addition, iG also sells advertising space in its portal.

BrTI’s control over the iG Companies is attributed to its 88.81% share in the capital stock of Internet Group (Cayman) Limited (“iG Cayman”), established in the Cayman Islands.

iG Cayman is a holding company which, in its turn, holds the control of Internet Group do Brasil Ltda. (“iG Brasil”) and Central de Serviços Internet Ltda. (“CSI”), both established in Brazil.

Agência O Jornal da Internet Ltda. ("Jornal Internet")

BrTI holds 30 percent interest in the capital stock of Jornal Internet, which is engaged in the on-line sale of goods and services, issue of daily newspapers or magazines, and gathering, generating and disclosing news on selected events. Seventy percent of the capital stock of Jornal Internet is held by Caio Túlio Vieira Costa, executive vice president of the Company’s subsidiaries related to internet businesses.

c. Brasil Telecom Cabos Submarinos Ltda.

Brasil Telecom Cabos Submarinos Ltda. ("BrT CS") was a subsidiary of BrTI up to January 2, 2007. On this date BrTI reduced the portion of its capital held by Brasil Telecom S.A., using the investment held in BrT CS, in the amount of R$132,678 to settle part of de reduction. Thus, Brasil Telecom S.A. is now the parent of BrT CS, holding practically all of the latter’s capital. BrTI still holds a share of the capital of BrT CS, corresponding to an interest lower than 0.01% .

BrT CS and its subsidiaries operate through a system of submarine optic fiber cables, with connection points in the United States, Bermuda, Venezuela and Brazil, allowing data traffic through integrated service packages, offered to local and international corporate clients.

BrT CS holds 100% of the capital of Brasil Telecom Subsea Cable Systems (Bermuda) Ltd. (“BrT SCS Bermuda”), which, in turn holds the total shares of Brasil Telecom of America Inc. (“BrT of America”) and Brasil Telecom de Venezuela, S.A. (“BrT Venezuela”).

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d. BrT Comunicação Multimídia Ltda.

Brasil Telecom S.A. held 100% of MTH Ventures do Brasil Ltda. (“MTH”), a holding company that controlled the capital of Brasil Telecom Comunicação Multimídia Ltda, and Brasil Telecom S.A. and BrTI holding the remaining ownership interest. The Extraordinary General Meeting held on this date decided for the merger of MTH into Brasil Telecom S.A.

Currently Brasil Telecom S.A. holds 89.8% of BrT Multimídia’s capital, and the remaining 10.2% capital is held by BrTI.

BrT Multimídia is a service provider of a private telecommunications network through local optical fiber digital networks in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, and a long distance network connecting these major metropolitan business centers. It operates nationwide through commercial agreements with other telecommunication companies to offer services to other regions in Brazil. It also has web solution centers in São Paulo, Brasília, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro e Fortaleza, which offer co-location and hosting, and other value added services.

e. Vant Telecomunicações S.A. (“VANT”)

Company whose total capital stock is practically held by Brasil Telecom S.A. BrTI holds only one share in VANT’s capital, representing less than 0.01% interest.

VANT is engaged in rendering multimedia communication services, acquisition and onerous assignment of capabilities and other means, operating in the main Brazilian state capitals.

f. Brasil Telecom Call Center S.A. (“BrT Call Center”)

Previously named Santa Bárbara dos Pinhais S.A, BrT Call Center, changed together with the of its corporate name, as decided in the shareholders’ meeting held on August 21, 2007, its corporate purpose to be engaged in providing call center services to third parties, including customer service, outbound and inbound telemarketing, training, support, consulting services and related activities, etc. Its operations started in November 2007 with rendering call center services to Brasil Telecom S.A. and its subsidiaries that demand this type of service. Previously, the call center services were outsourced.

Change in the Management

During the third quarter of 2005, there were changes in the management of the Company and Brasil Telecom S.A. The process for replacing the former management, related to the former manager Opportunity, was litigious, as disclosed in various material events issued by the Companies during 2005 and several lawsuits still in progress, filed by the former manager, aiming at retaking the Companies’ management.

Agreements of April 28, 2005 under the Previous Management

On April 28, 2005, still under previous management, Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. and Brasil Telecom S.A. entered into various agreements involving the Opportunity Group and Telecom Italia (“April 28 Agreements”).

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Among such agreements, Brasil Telecom S.A. and its subsidiary 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. entered into with TIM International N.V. (“TIMI”) and TIM Brasil Serviços e Participações S.A. (“TIMB”) an agreement named “Merger Agreement” and a “Protocol” related thereto.

As disclosed in material events issued, the merger was forbidden by injunctions issued by the Brazilian and U.S. courts. It was also the subject-matter of a discussion under arbitration involving the controlling shareholders.

The current management of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. and of the Company understood that the Merger Agreement, the related Protocol, and other April 28 agreements, which included the withdrawal and termination of lawsuits involving the Companies, were entered into with conflict of interests, breaching the Law and the Bylaws of the Companies, and also, are contrary to shareholders’ agreements and do not have the required corporate approvals. In addition, the current management deemed that such agreements were contrary to the best interests of the Companies, especially regarding their mobile telephony business.

As regards the “Merger Agreement” above, the subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. and BrT Celular started on March 15, 2006 an arbitration proceeding against TIMI and TIMB to annul it. The Company released a material event on this matter on March 16, 2006.

TIMI and TIMB sent to Brasil Telecom S.A. and BrT Celular a letter dated May 2, 2006, unilaterally terminating said “Merger Agreement”, setting a reserve for the alleged right to indemnity for damage, which was being discussed in said arbitration proceeding. According to analyses of the Company’s legal advisors, the risk of losses referring to the supposed right to indemnification has been considered remote and its amount were not possible to be measured. Also in May 2006, TIMI filed with ANATEL and CADE, petitions requesting to file the operation related to the Merger Agreement due to lack of grounds.

On July 18, 2007, Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. and Brasil Telecom S.A., jointly with 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A., Zain Participações S.A., Invitel S.A., Solpart Participações S.A. (“Solpart”), Techold Participações S.A. (“Techold”), Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil – Previ (“Previ”), Petros – Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social, Fundação dos Economiários Federais – Funcef, Investidores Institucionais Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada, Fundação Vale do Rio Doce de Seguridade Social – Valia, Citigroup Venture Capital International Brazil, L.P., Citigroup Venture Capital International Brazil, Ltd., International Equity Investments Inc., Citibank, N.A., Priv Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Tele Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Angra Partners Consultoria Empresarial e Participações Ltda., on the one hand, and Telecom Italia S.p.A., Brasilco S.R.L., Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, TIMB and TIMI (Telecom Itália Companies), on the other hand, signed a Mutual Release Agreement, by means of which the signatory parties undertake, provided that they are granted prior authorization of the proper corporate bodies and upon the effective acquisition by Previ, Petros and Funcef, or by Techold, as the case may be, of the entire shareholding represented by shares issued by Solpart held by Brasilco (“Brasilco Shares”) to waive pleadings and dismiss ongoing disputes at the Judiciary Branch and at international Arbitration Courts, involving the Companies and its shareholders, direct or indirect, on the one hand, and Telecom Italia Companies, on the other hand.

The Mutual Release Agreement terminates, among others, the potential demands involving the Companies and their subsidiaries and the companies, and the Telecom Italia Group companies, including the termination of arbitrations mentioned in the Note issued by the Companies on March 16, 2006.

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The actual acquisition of Brasilco Shares, which under regulations in effect is subject to approval of the ANATEL (National Telecommunications Agency) and other conditions, would permit to terminate the existing administrative proceedings regarding the overlapping of telephony licenses (STFC, SMP, LDN and LDI) among Brasil Telecom Group companies and Telecom Italia Group companies and, thus, permanently removing the possibility of material adverse impact on the businesses and interests of the Brasil Telecom Group companies.

The National Telecommunications Agency – ANATEL granted its prior consent, through Act 68899, of December 3, 2007, published on December 5, 2007, to the acquisition, by Techold, of the entire ownership interest held by Brasilco S.r.l. (“Brasilco”) in the capital of Solpart (“Brasilco Shares”). Therefore, the last condition precedent set forth in the Share Purchase Agreement and Letter Agreement entered into on July 18, 2007 was fulfilled and the transaction was completed.

On December 5, 2007, Brasilco transferred Brasilco Shares to Techold through annotation and signature of the Solpart Share Transfer Book and the related Registered Shares Registry Book, after the payment by Techold of the total amount of US$515 million provided for by the Share Purchase Agreement and Letter Agreement. Due to such transfer, Techold has become the holder of approximately 99.98% of the voting and total capital of Solpart.

With the effective transfer of Brasilco Shares to Techold, the Mutual Release Agreement entered into on July 18 became effective, terminating definitely the litigation among the signatory parties thereto, including the Companies, Brasilco, Telecom Italia S.p.A., and their subsidiaries and the other parties mentioned at the Material Event published on July 18, 2007.

2. PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Preparation Criteria

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Brazilian accounting practices as set forth by Corporate Law, Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) standards, and the standards applicable to telephony service concessionaires.

As the Company is a SEC registrant, it is subject to SEC’s standards and it must prepare financial statements and other information using criteria that comply with this agency’s requirements. To comply with these requirements and aiming at meeting the market’s information requirements’, the Company adopts as a principle the disclosure of information in both markets in their respective languages.

The notes to the financial statements are presented in thousands of reais, unless otherwise indicated. According to each situation, they present information related to the Company and the consolidated statements, identified as “COMPANY” and “CONSOLIDATED”, respectively. When the information is common to both situations, it is indentified as “COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED”.

The amounts of escrow deposits tied to the Accrued liabilities for contingencies are presented as a deduction from the recognized liabilities.

Accounting estimates were based on objective and subjective factors and Management’s judgment for determining the adequate amount to be recorded in the financial statements. Significant items subject to these

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estimates and assumptions are the net book value of property, plant and equipment, the allowance for doubtful accounts, inventories, deferred income and social contribution taxes, the reserve for contingencies, measurement of financial instruments, and assets and liabilities related to benefits to employees. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company’s management reviews these estimates at least quarterly.

Consolidated financial statements

The consolidation was prepared in accordance with CVM Instruction No. 247/96 and includes the companies listed in note 1.

Some of the main consolidation procedures are:

The reconciliation of the net income and the shareholders’ equity belonging to the Company and Consolidated is as follows:

  NET INCOME  SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY 
2007  2006  2007  2006 
COMPANY  675,906  473,654  5,246,513  5,278,184 
Recordings in the subsidiary’s Shareholders’ Equity         
   Prescribed dividends  (5,198) (6,778)
   Capitalized interest in the subsidiary  582  3,492  (582)
CONSOLIDATED  671,290  470,368  5,246,513  5,277,602 

Supplemental information

The Company also submits the following statements as supplemental information:

Statements of Cash Flows

These statements have been prepared in accordance with the Accounting Standard and Procedure 20 (NPC 20) issued by the Brazilian Institute of Independent Auditors (IBRACON). For a better presentation and maintenance of comparability with FY 2007, reclassifications regarding FY 2006 have been made, basically related to escrow deposits, which started to be presented under investment activities. In order to form such balances, the escrow deposits tied to contingencies were reclassified – note 7, indirect taxes – note 34 and accounts payable and accrued expenses.

Statements of Value Added

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Prepared in prepared in accordance with the Brazilian Accounting Standard 3.7 (NBC T 3.7), approved by Federal Accounting Council Resolution No. 1010/05.

Segment Reporting

The Company is presenting, as supplement to note 43, the report by business segment. A segment is an identifiable component of a company, engaged in providing services (business segment) or supplying products and providing services which are subject to different risks and consideration.

3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING PRACTICES

The criteria mentioned below refer to significant accounting practices adopted by the Company and its subsidiaries that are reflected in the consolidated financial statements.

a. Cash, banks and temporary cash investments: Cash investments are temporary high-liquidity investments, with immediate maturity. They are stated at cost, plus income earned through the balance sheet date and do not exceed their fair value. Shares in fixed-income investment funds are stated at cost plus income earned through the balance sheet date.

b. Trade accounts receivable: Receivables from users of telecommunications services are recorded at the amount of the tariff or service on the date the service is provided. Accounts receivable from services include credits for services rendered and not billed until the balance sheet date. Receivables resulting from sales of cell phones and accessories are recorded at the amount of sales made when the goods are delivered and accepted by customers. The criterion adopted for recognizing the allowance for doubtful accounts takes into account the calculation of the actual percentage of losses incurred on each maturity of receivables. Future losses on the current receivables balance are estimated based on these loss percentages, which include accounts falling due and also the portion of unbilled services, thus forming the amount that could become a future loss, which is recognized as an allowance.

c. Material inventories: Stated at the average acquisition cost, which does not exceed replacement cost. Inventories are segregated into plant expansion and plant maintenance, and inventories of goods for resale, consisting mainly of cell phones, accessories and electronic cards. The plant expansion inventories are classified into property, plant and equipment (construction in progress), and maintenance inventories are classified into current and long-term assets, in accordance with the period in which they will be used, and the resale inventories are classified into current assets. Obsolete inventories are recorded as provisions for losses. As regards cell phones and accessories, the subsidiary BrT Celular records adjustments, in those cases where purchases were made at higher prices, conforming them to their realization value.

d. Investments: Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for under the equity method. Goodwill is calculated based on based on estimated future results and its amortization is based on the expected realization amount and period, not exceeding ten years. Other investments are stated at acquisition cost, less a provision for losses, when applicable. Investments resulting from income tax incentives are recognized on the date of investment, and result in shares of companies with tax incentives or investment funds. During the period between the investment date and receiving of shares or fund shares, they are recognized in long-term assets. These investments are periodically measured and the result of the comparison between their original and market costs, when lower, is recognized in provisions for probable losses.

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e. Property, plant and equipment: Stated at acquisition and/or construction cost, less accumulated depreciation. Financial charges related to obligations from assets and construction in progress financing are capitalized.

Expenses incurred are capitalized when they represent improvements (increase in installed capacity or useful life). Maintenance and repair expenses are recorded in the statement of income, on the accrual basis.

Depreciation is calculated under the straight-line method. Depreciation rates used are based on expected useful lives of the assets and in accordance with the standards of the Public Telecommunications Service. The main rates used are stated in note 29.

f. Intangible assets: Refer mainly to licenses and software and regulatory licenses. The amortization of software licenses is calculated under the straight-line method over a five-year period, while regulatory licenses are amortized according to the terms determined by the regulatory agency. When benefits are not expected from a license or right related such asset, the asset is written off against the nonoperating income.

g. Deferred charges: Refer mainly to implementation and reorganization expenses. Amortization is calculated under the straight-line method over a period of 5 years. When benefits are not expected from such asset, the asset is written off against the nonoperating income.

h. Income and social contribution taxes: Income and social contribution taxes are accounted for on an accrual basis. These taxes levied on temporary differences and tax loss carryforwards are recorded under assets or liabilities, as applicable, according to the assumption of future realization or payment, within the criteria set forth by CVM Instruction No. 371/02.

i. Loans and financing: Restated based on monetary and exchange variations, plus interest incurred through the balance sheet dates. The same adjustment is applied to the guarantee contracts to hedge the debt.

j. Reserve for contingencies: The reserve for contingency are recognized based on an assessment of their risks and are quantified based on economic grounds and legal opinions on the lawsuits and other events known on the balance sheet date, according to the criteria of CVM Deliberation No. 489/05. The basis and nature of the reserve for contingencies are described in note 7.

k. Provision recognition: Service revenue is recognized when services are provided. Local and long distance calls are charged based on time measurement according to the legislation in effect. Revenue from sales of payphone cards [Public Use Telephony (TUP)], cell phones and accessories is recognized when delivered and accepted by customers. For prepaid services linked to mobile telephony, revenue is recognized in accordance with services utilization. Revenue is not recognized when there is significant uncertainty as to its realization.

l. Expense recognition: Expenses are recognized on an accrual basis, considering their relation with revenue realization. Expenses related to future periods are deferred.

m. Financial income (expenses), net: Financial income is recognized on an accrual basis and comprises interest earned on overdue bills settled after maturity, gains on cash investments and hedges. Financial expenses comprise interest incurred and other charges on loans, financing, hedging and other financial transactions.

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Interest on Shareholders’ Equity, when credited, is included in financial expenses, and for financial statements presentation purposes, the amounts are reversed against income for the year and reclassified as a deduction from retained earnings, in the shareholders’ equity.

n. Employee benefits: Private pension plans and other retirement benefits sponsored by the Company and its subsidiaries for their employees are managed by three foundations. Contributions are determined on an actuarial basis, when applicable, and accounted for on an accrual basis.

As of December 31, 2001, Brasil Telecom S.A. recorded the existing actuarial deficit against shareholders’ equity, excluding the corresponding tax effects. Starting 2002, as new actuarial evaluations show the need for adjustments to the provision, they are recognized in the statement of income. Additional information on pension plans is described in note 6.

o. Profit sharing: The provision for employee and management profit sharing is recognized on an accrual basis, and is accounted as an operating expense. The calculation of the amount, which is paid in the year subsequent to the year the provision is recognized, is based on the goals program established with the labor union through the collective bargaining agreement, in accordance with Law No. 10101/00 and the Company’s bylaws.

p. Earnings per share: Calculated based on the number of shares outstanding at the balance sheet date. Outstanding shares are represented by the totality of shares issued less treasury shares.

4. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related-party transactions refer to Company transactions with the subsidiaries Brasil Telecom S.A., Nova Tarrafa Participações Ltda. and Nova Tarrafa Inc.

Intercompany transactions are carried out under regular market prices and conditions. The main transactions are:

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Brasil Telecom S.A.

Guarantees and sureties: (i) The Company pledges sureties as guarantee of loans and financing owed by the subsidiary to the lending financial institutions. In 2007, the Company recorded income related to the guarantee pledged amounting to R$ 3,401 (R$ 3,562 in 2006); and (ii) the Company pledged surety to its subsidiary related to the contracting of insurance policies, guarantee of contractual obligations (GOC), which amounted to R$97,457 (R$155,294 in 2006). In 2007, the Company recorded as consideration for such surety, an operating income of R$117 (R$214 in 2006).

5. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES (FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS)
AND RISK ANALYSIS

The Company and its subsidiaries evaluated of its assets and liabilities at their book value as compared to market or realizable values (fair value), based on information available and evaluation methodologies applicable to each case. The interpretation of market data regarding the choice of methodologies requires considerable judgment and determination of estimates to obtain an amount considered appropriate for each case. Accordingly, the estimates presented may not necessarily indicate the amounts that can be obtained in the current market. The use of different assumptions for calculation of market value or fair value may have material effect on the obtained amounts. The selection of assets and liabilities presented in this note was based on their materiality. Instruments whose amounts approximate their fair values, for example, cash, bank and temporary cash investments, accounts receivable, assets and liabilities of taxes, pension funds, etc., and whose risk assessment is immaterial, are not mentioned.

According to their nature, financial instruments may involve known or unknown risks and the Company’s judgment is important for the risk assessment. Thus, there may exist risks with guarantees or without guarantees depending on circumstantial or legal aspects. Some of the main market risk factors affecting the Company’s and its subsidiaries business are as follows:

a. Credit risk

Most of the services provided by subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. are related to the Concession Agreement, and a significant portion of these services is subject to the determination of tariffs by the regulatory agency. The credit policy, in turn, in case of telecommunications public services, is subject to legal standards established by the concession grantor. The risk exists because Brasil Telecom S.A. and its subsidiaries may incur in losses arising from the difficulty in receiving amounts billed to its customers. Consolidated default for 2007 was 2.18% (2.54% in 2006), taking into account total losses on accounts receivable in relation to gross revenue. The level of accounts receivable is constantly monitored through internal controls, thus limiting the risk of default, and cuts off access to the service (outbound phone traffic) if the bill is overdue for more than thirty days. Exceptions are made for telephone services, which should be maintained for national security or defense reasons.

Subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. operates in co-billing related to long distance calls with the use of its CSP (Operator Selection Code) originated by subscribers of other fixed and mobile telephony operators. Co-billing receivables are managed by these operators, based on the operational agreements entered into with them and according to the rules set forth by ANATEL. The blocking rules set forth by the regulatory agency are the same for the fixed and mobile telephony companies, which are co-billing suppliers. This subsidiary controls

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separately this type of receivables and maintains an allowance for losses that may occur, due to risks of not receiving such amounts.

As regards mobile telephony, the credit risk in cell phones sales and services provide under the post-paid category is minimized by a credit pre-analysis. Also regarding post-paid services, whose customer base at the end of the year was 20.1% of the total portfolio (29.4% in 2006), accounts receivable are also monitored in order to limit the default rate and service is blocked (outbound phone traffic) when the bill is overdue for more than 15 days.

b. Exchange rate risk

Liabilities

Brasil Telecom S.A. has loans and financing contracted in foreign currency. The risk associated with these liabilities arises from the possibility that exchange rate changes may increase the balance of these liabilities. Loans subject to this risk represent approximately 16.0% (17.0% as of December 31, 2006) of total liabilities of consolidated loans and financing, less the foreign exchange hedge transactions contracted. In order to minimize this kind of risk, exchange hedge contracts have been entering into with financial institutions. Of the debt installment consolidated in foreign currency, 92.6% (61.6% as of December 31, 2006) is hedged with exchange rate swap and dollar options transactions and foreign currency-denominated cash investments. The unrealized positive or adverse effects in hedge transactions, using exchange rate swaps and dollar options, are recorded in the statement of income as earnings or losses, according to the status of each instrument.

Net exposure to exchange rate risk prevailing, at carrying and fair values, was as follows:

  2007  2006 
Carrying  
value 
Fair value  Carrying 
value
 
Market 
value
 
Liabilities         
Loans and financing  636,912  655,533  840,177  880,803 
Hedge contracts  398,112  397,832  398,518  395,612 
Total  1,035,024  1,053,365  1,238,695  1,276,415 
Current  213,050  213,528  203,824  204,938 
Long term  821,974  839,837  1,034,871  1,071,477 

The method used for calculating the fair value of swap instruments was future cash flows associated to each instrument contracted, discounted at market rates prevailing at balance sheet date. For securities tradable in organized markets, the fair value is equivalent to the value of the last closing quotation available at balance sheet date multiplied by the number of outstanding securities. For contracts in which the current contracting terms and conditions are similar to those in which they have been originated, or that do not present parameters for quotation or contracting, fair values are equal to carrying values.

In the case of US dollar options, the fair value adopted for accounting recognition has been calculated based on the Black&Scholes model adapted by Garman Kohlhagen to consider specific features of exchange options. Such transactions, which have been contracted with maturity up to February, 2009, recorded, at the balance sheet date, a net loss of R$2,465 represented by R$761 for call options and R$1,704 for put options.

c. Interest rate risk

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Assets

Consolidated arise from loans bearing interest at the rates below and CDBs (bank certificates of deposit) with Banco de Brasília S.A. related to the guarantee to credit benefit granted by the Federal District Government under a program called PRO-DF (Economic and Sustained Development Support Program of the Federal District), which bear interest equivalent to 95% and of the SELIC rate (Central Bank overnight rate).

  CONSOLIDATED 
  Carrying and fair values 
2007  2006 
Assets     
Loans, tied to:     
 Loans tied to IPA-OG Column 27 (FGV) and IGP-DI  7,973  8,409 
Fixed-income securities, tied to:     
 SELIC rate  3,709  3,280 
Total  11,682  11,689 
Current  1,797  5,557 
Long term  9,885  6,132 

Carrying values match fair values because the current contract terms and conditions for these types of financial instruments are similar to the ones in which those were originated or do not presented parameters for quotation or contracting.

Liabilities

Brasil Telecom S.A. has loans and financing contracted in Brazilian currency subordinated to interest rates indexed to following indices: TJLP (long-term interest rate), UMBNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development monetary unit), CDI (Interbank Deposit Rate), and IGP-DI. The risk inherent to these liabilities arises from possible fluctuations in these rates. The market rates are continuously monitored to assess the need to contract instruments to hedge against the fluctuations in these rates.

In addition to loans and financing, the subsidiary issued public debentures, nonconvertible into or exchangeable for shares. This liability has been contracted at an interest rate tied to CDI and the risk on this liability arises from possible rate increases.

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These liabilities are represented in the balance sheet as follows:

  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006 
Carrying 
value 
Fair value  Carrying 
value 
Market 
value 
Liabilities         
Loans indexed to TJLP  2,112,204  2,123,308  2,240,615  2,261,198 
Debentures - CDI  1,088,956  1,088,956  1,625,939  1,628,510 
Loans indexed to UMBNDES  94,713  94,713  185,881  185,990 
Hedge contracts subject to UMBNDES  22,087  21,197 
Loans indexed to IGP-DI  26,599  26,599  25,501  25,501 
Other loans (fixed rate) 25,907  25,907  36,472  36,472 
Total  3,348,379  3,359,483  4,136,495  4,158,868 
Current  283,725  287,264  905,740  913,887 
Long term  3,064,654  3,072,219  3,230,755  3,244,981 

The method used for calculating the fair value of swap instruments was future cash flows associated to each instrument contracted, discounted at market rates prevailing at balance sheet date. For securities tradable in organized markets, the fair value is equivalent to the value of the last closing quotation available at balance sheet date multiplied by the number of outstanding securities. For contracts in which the current contracting terms and conditions are similar to those in which they have been originated, or that do not present parameters for quotation or contracting, fair values are equal to carrying values.

d. Risk of failure to tie loans and financing monetary adjustment indexes to accounts receivable

Loan and financing rates contracted by subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. are not tied to receivables. Thus, there is a risk because the adjustments of telephone tariffs do not necessarily follow increases in local interest rates, which affect this subsidiary.

e. Contingencies

Contingencies are assessed according to probable, possible or remote loss. Contingencies considered as of probable risk are recorded in liabilities. Details on these risks are shown in note 7.

f. Investment-related risks

The Company has investments measured under the equity method of accounting and the acquisition cost. Brasil Telecom S.A., Nova Tarrafa Participações Ltda. and Nova Tarrafa Inc. are subsidiaries, whose investments are measured under the equity method of accounting.

Investments measured at cost are immaterial in relation to total assets. The risks associated to them would not produce significant impacts for the Company in case of significant losses on these investments.

The amounts related to the investments are as follows:

  2007  2006 
Carrying 
value
 
Fair value  Carrying 
value
 
Fair
value
 

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Investments  3,779,118  9,925,609  3,756,338  8,247,697 
 Investments in subsidiaries  3,771,114  9,917,605  3,748,789  8,240,148 
   Listed in the stock market  3,751,699  9,898,190  3,719,264  8,210,623 
   Not listed in the stock market  19,415  19,415  29,525  29,525 
 Other investments  8,004  8,004  7,549  7,549 

The investment listed in the stock market refers to the interest held in Brasil Telecom S.A. and its fair value was measured based on the market quotation used for trading among minority shareholders.

g. Cash investment risks

Temporary cash equivalents in local currency are made in financial investment funds (FIFs) and investments in its own portfolio of private securities (floating rate bank certificates of deposit) issued by prime financial institutions. The FIFs portfolios consist mainly of federal-government securities (floating, fixed, and foreign exchange rate securities) and CDBs issued by prime financial institutions (floating rate securities). Funds may carry out non-leveraged derivative transactions to hedge their portfolios and complying with the goals established in their corresponding investment policies. The exposure to market risks is monitored on a daily basis based on the VaR (Value at Risk) methodology, which qualifies the loss risk on these investments.

Foreign currency-denominated temporary cash investments are represented by overnight operations backed by securities issued by foreign financial institutions, with low credit risk.

Short-term investments, classified as temporary cash investments, are represented by investments in securities issued by the Republic of Austria, with remuneration subject to CDI variation, and the Official Credit Institute (ICO), Spanish government entity, bearing fixed interest.

BrT Celular holds short-term investments in federal government securities to ensure its participation in bids conducted by ANATEL. These investments are represented by LTN (National Treasury Bills), bearing fixed interest rate. The Company has contracted hedge transactions under the exchange rate swap modality to hedge against these securities’ market rates fluctuations, the yield of which is tied to the percentage variation of CDI.

Investments in CDBs and overnight transactions are subject to the credit risk of financial institutions, and foreign currency-denominated investments are subject to the exchange rate risk.

The balances of cash investments, short–term investments – temporary cash investments, and government securities – are shown in notes 17, 18 and 19, respectively.

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h. Risk of Early Maturity of Loans and Financing

Liabilities derived from financing mentioned in note 37, related to BNDES agreements, public debentures and most referring to financial institutions, have covenants that prescribe the early maturity of obligations or retention of amounts pegged to debt portions in the cases where certain levels for certain indicators, such as indebtedness ratios and leverage (financial covenants), are not met.

For the financing agreements maintained with BNDES, subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. must comply with a set of financial ratios and in the event of noncompliance with some of these ratios, the Bank is allowed to request the temporary blocking of values deposited in collection accounts tied to the agreements.

All indicators set forth in agreements are being complied with and thus no sanctions or penalties set forth in the agreement clauses entered into are being enforced upon the Company.

i. Regulatory risk

Concession agreements

Brasil Telecom S.A. entered into with ANATEL local and domestic long distance concession agreements, effective for the period January 1, 2006 - December 31, 2025. These new concession agreements, which provide for reviews on a five-year basis, in general have a higher intervention level in the management of the business and several provisions defending consumer’s interests, as noticed by the regulatory agency. The main highlights are:

Interconnection tariffs are defined as a percentage public local and domestic long distance tariff until the effective implementation of cost model by service/modality, scheduled for 2008, as defined in the Regulation for Separation and Accounting Allocation Regulations (Resolution No. 396/05).

The amendment to the tariff method applicable to the STFC Basic Plan in the Modality Local Service Provided under Public Concession (PBS) – Conversion from Pulses to Minutes, and the implementation of the PASOO (Alternative Mandatory Offer Service Plan) was completed in all areas of operations of the Company on July 31, 2007, in accordance with the regulatory requirements defined by ANATEL in Rules

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No. 423/05, 432/06 and 450/06. This change permits customers to select one of two mandatory service offer plans (PBS and PASOO), as well as exercising the right to request the detailing on their local calls in the telephone bills.

Bill No. 103/2007 and Bill No. 1.481/2007, in progress as priority bills, to amend Law No. 9394/96 and Law No. 9998/00, provide for the access to digital information networks in educational institutions and permit the use of funds raised by the FUST (Telecommunications Universal Service Fund) by all the telecommunication operators, or even on a decentralized basis, under agreements of the federal government with the States. On the date of the preparation of these financial statements is not possible to assess the future impacts of these Bills under discussion on the Company’s results.

The Executive Board of ANATEL approved on December 21, 2007, the Draft Decree for amending the PGMU (General Plan of Universal Goals Service for the Switched Fixed Telephone Service), and the Draft Amendment to the Concession Agreements. The amendment aims at deploying a support network infrastructure for the Switched Fixed Telephone Service for use of the general public (STFC), for broadband connection via high-speed IP protocol in the cities where such infrastructure is not yet available, taking into account the effectiveness of government policies on the needs of the Brazilian society. It aims at replacing the current universal service goals related to the deployment of PSTs (Telecommunications Services Centers) by backhaul. The replacement of PGMU obligations has been sent to the Ministry of Communications, which will prepare the presidential draft decree to be sent to the President of the Republic. The draft decree prescribes that 20% of the cities will be served by June 2008, 40% by December 2008, 80% by December, 2009, with full service provided by December 2010. On the date of the preparation of these financial statements is not possible to assess the future impacts of the intended replacement of universal service goals, still in progress, on the results of the Company.

Third–generation personal mobile services (3G) licenses

In the bidding process organized by ANATEL for the licenses to exploit Personal Mobile Service (SMP) concurrently with the radiofrequency licenses, 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. won the auction conducted in the second half of December 2007 for the acquisition of licenses to operate in subbands that will allow this to offer products related to third generation mobile services network (3G) in its services area. The amount paid for these licenses, effective for a period of fifteen years, extendable once for an equal period, was R$488,235. The execution of the License Terms is scheduled for February 2008, pursuant to the regulatory procedures of ANATEL. The new and the existing will SMP licenses be unified within a maximum period of eighteen months as of the publication of the extract of the Radiofrequency Use License Agreement in the Federal Official Gazette, and the distinction of the radiofrequency blocks will be maintained according to the respective original agreements and their effective periods.

The deployment of the new 3G network will allow offering SMP customers data communication services at speeds higher than those made available by the current network 2.5G in addition to the mobile voice services. Additionally, the 3G network will operate complementarily to the 2.5G network, allowing the extension and update of BrT Celular’s coverage network and meeting the growth of the customer base.

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6. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The benefits described herein are offered to employees of the Company, and its subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. and its direct or indirect subsidiaries, except for BrT Call Center, as regards supplementary pension plans. These companies can be better jointly referred to as “Brasil Telecom Companies” and also as “Sponsor” or “Sponsors” for purposes of the supplementary pension plan mentioned in this note.

a. Supplementary pension plan

The Company sponsors supplementary pension plans related to retirement for its employees and assisted participants, and, in the case of the latter, medical assistance in some cases. These plans are managed by the following foundations: (i) Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada (“Fundação 14”); (ii) Fundação BrTPREV (“FBrTPREV”) former CRT, a company merged into Brasil Telecom S.A. on December 28, 2000; and (iii) Fundação SISTEL de Seguridade Social (“SISTEL”), originated from certain companies of the former Telebrás System.

Bylaws establish the approval of the supplementary pension plan policy, and the joint liability attributed to the defined benefit plans is ruled by the agreements entered into with the foundations, with the agreement of the SPC (Secretariat for Pension Plans), as regards the specific plans.

The sponsored plans are valued by independent actuaries at the balance sheet date. As regards the defined benefit plans described in this note, immediate recognition of the actuarial gains and losses is adopted, and therefore the full liabilities are recognized for the plans presenting a deficit. This measure has been applied since the 2001 fiscal year, when the regulations of CVM Resolution No. 371/00 were adopted. In cases that show a positive actuarial situation, assets are recorded in case of express authorization for offsetting with future employer contributions.

The characteristics of the sponsored supplementary pension plans are as follows:

FUNDAÇÃO 14

Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada was created in 2004 and since March 10, 2005 has been in charge of managing and operating the TCSPREV pension plan. On that date, it entered into a management agreement with SISTEL so that the latter provides management and operating services to the TCSPREV and PAMEC-BrT plans until September 30, 2006. Staring this date, Fundação 14 took over the management and operation services of its plans. As of October 31, 2007, Fundação 14 ceased to manage the assistance plan PAMEC-BrT because it is an entity engaged in the management of private pension plans. In November, 2007, the assets and liabilities of PAMEC-BrT were transferred to the Company which, in addition to sponsoring the plan, started to manage it.

Plans

TCSPREV (Defined Contribution, Settled Benefit and Defined Benefit)
This defined contribution and settled benefit plan was introduced on February 28, 2000. On December 31, 2001, all pension plans sponsored by the Company together with SISTEL were merged, and the SPC exceptionally and provisionally approved the document sent to that Agency, due to the need for adjustments to

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the regulations. Thus, TCSPREV consists of defined contribution groups with settled and defined benefits. The plans added to the TCSPREV were the PBS-TCS, PBT-BrT, BrT Management Agreement, and the Unusual Contractual Relationship Instrument, and the terms and conditions set out in the original plans were maintained. In March 2003, this plan was no longer offered to the sponsors’ new hires. However, this plan started to be offered starting March 2005 to the defined contribution group. TCSPREV currently serves nearly 66.9% of the staff.

Contributions to this plan, by group of participants, are established based on actuarial studies prepared by independent actuaries according to regulations in force in Brazil, using the capitalization system to determine the costs. Currently, contributions are made by the participants and the sponsor only for the internal groups PBS-TCS (defined benefit) and TCSPREV (defined contribution). In the TCSPREV group, the contributions are credited in individual accounts of each participant, equally by employee and sponsor, and the basic contribution percentages vary between 3% and 8% of the participant’s salary, according to participant’s age and limited to R$20,070.00 for 2007. Participants have the option to make additional contributions to the plan but without parity of the Company. In the PBS-TCS group, the sponsor’s contribution corresponds to 12% of the participants’ payroll, while the employees’ contribution varies according to the age, time of service and salary. An entry fee may also be payable depending on the age a participant joined the plan. The sponsors are responsible for defraying all administrative expenses and fund risk benefits.

FUNDAÇÃO SISTEL DE SEGURIDADE SOCIAL

The supplementary pension plan - PBS-A, which remains under SISTEL’s management, comes from the period before the Telebrás’ Spin-off and serves participants who had the status of beneficiaries in January 2000. SISTEL also manages the PAMA/PAMA-PCE pension plan, formed by participants assisted by the PBS-A Plan, the PBS’s plans segregated by sponsor in January 2000 and PBS-TCS’ Internal Group, merged into the TCSPREV plan in December 2001.

Plans

PBS-A (Defined Benefit)
Maintained jointly with other sponsors associated to the provision of telecommunications services and intended for participants that had the status of beneficiaries on January 31, 2000.

Contributions to the PBS-A are contingent to the determination of an accumulated deficit. As of December 31, 2007, actuarial appraisal date, the plan presented a surplus.

PAMA - Retirees Health Care Plan/PCE – Special Coverage Plan (Defined Contribution)
Maintained jointly with other sponsors subject to the provision of telecommunications services and destined for participants that had the status of beneficiaries on January 31, 2000, for the beneficiaries of the PBS-TCS Group, merged on December 31, 2001 into TCSPREV (plan currently managed by Fundação 14) and for the participants of PBS’s defined benefit plans sponsored by other companies, together with SISTEL and other foundations. According to a legal and actuarial appraisal, the Sponsor’s responsibility is exclusively limited to future contributions. In March-July 2004 and December 2005-April 2006, there was an incentive to the migration of PAMA pensioners for the new coverage conditions (PCE). Participants who opted for the migration began to contribute to PAMA/PCE.

The contributions to this plan correspond to 1.5% of payroll of active participants subject to PBS plans, segregated and sponsored by the several sponsoring company. In the case of Brasil Telecom, the PBS-TCS

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was merged into the TCSPREV plan on December 31, 2001, and began to constitute an internal group of the plan. Pensioners who migrated to the PAMA/PCE also made contributions.

FUNDAÇÃO BrTPREV

It is the manager originated from the plans sponsored by former CRT, company merged into Brasil Telecom S.A. at the end of 2000. The main purpose of the Company sponsoring FBrTPREV is to maintain the pensions supplementary to the benefits survival pensions and other benefits provided by the official social security system to participants.

Plans

BrTPREV
Defined contribution and settled benefits plan, launched in October 2002, intended to grant pension plan benefits supplementary to those of the official social security benefits and that initially served only employees of the Rio Grande do Sul Branch. This pension plan started to be offered to new employees of the Company and its subsidiaries in March 2003-February 2005, when its offering was suspended. BrTPREV currently serves nearly 23.6% of the staff.

Contributions to this plan are determined based on actuarial studies prepared by independent actuaries according to the regulations in force in Brazil, using the capitalization system to determine funding. Contributions are credited in individual accounts of each participant, equally by employee and sponsor, and the basic contribution percentages vary between 3% and 8% of the participant’s salary, according to participant’s age and limited to R$20,761.00 for 2007. Participants have the option to make additional contributions to the plan but without parity of the Company. The Company is responsible for defraying all administrative expenses and fund risk benefits.

Fundador – Brasil Telecom and Alternativo - Brasil Telecom
Defined benefits plans intended to provide pension benefits supplementary in addition to the benefits of official social security, closed to the entry of new participants. These plans currently serve approximately 0.15% of the staff.

The regular contribution by the sponsor is equal to the regular contribution of the participant, the rates of which vary according to age, time of service and salary. In the Alternativo Plan – Brasil Telecom, the contributions are limited to three times the ceiling benefit of INSS and the participant also pays an entry fee depending on the age he or she joins the plan.

ASSISTANCE PLAN ADMINISTERED BY THE COMPANY

PAMEC-BrT – Health Care Plan for Supplementary Pension Beneficiaries (Defined Benefit)
Intended to provide health care to retirees and pensioners linked to the PBT-BrT Group, pension plan administered by Fundação 14.

The contributions for PAMEC-BrT were fully paid in July 1998, through a single payment. However, as that plan is now managed by the Company after the transfer of management by Fundação 14 in November 2007, there are no assets recognized to cover current expenses, and the actuarial obligation is fully recognized in the Company’s liabilities.

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Status of sponsored plans, reassessed at balance sheet date

The data below refers to the sponsored pension plans that hold obligations of defined benefit:

 
    FBrTPREV – BrTPREV, 
Alternativo and Fundador
 
  Fundação 14 -
TCSPREV 
               
  2007     2006    2007     2006 
 
 
 
RECONCILIATION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES                 
 
Actuarial obligations with benefits granted    1,377,917    1,320,851    248,428    227,007 
Actuarial obligations with benefits to be granted    121,125    84,750    216,011    193,199 
(=) Total present value of actuarial obligations    1,499,042    1,405,601    464,439    420,206 
Fair value of plan assets    (813,374)   (757,034)   (791,362)   (717,764)
 
(=) Net actuarial liability (asset)   685,668    648,567    (326,923)   (297,558)
 
 
 
CHANGE IN NET ACTUARIAL LIABILITY (ASSET)                
 
Present value of actuarial obligation at beginning of year    1,405,601    1,362,809    420,206    337,173 
 Cost of interest    152,349    147,861    46,226    37,097 
 Cost of current service    5,017    8,030    3,424    5,285 
 Paid benefits, net    (113,102)   (106,759)   (19,887)   (18,072)
 Actuarial gains (losses) on the actuarial obligation    49,177    (6,340)   14,470    58,723 
 
Present value of actuarial obligation at end of year    1,499,042    1,405,601    464,439    420,206 
 
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year    757,034    634,894    717,764    645,051 
 Return on plan assets    53,544    101,017    92,228    89,457 
 Regular contributions received by the plan    3,081    4,614    1,257    1,328 
     Sponsor    3,081    4,505    772    893 
     Participants      109    485    435 
 Contributions for amortization received from the sponsor    112,817    123,268     
 Payment of benefits    (113,102)   (106,759)   (19,887)   (18,072)
 
Fair value of plan assets at end of year         813,374    757,034    791,362    717,764 
 
 
 
(=) Net actuarial liability (asset) (1)   685,668    648,567    (326,923)   (297,558)
 

(1) Due to the approvals from the Board of Fundação 14 on December 18, 2007, which decided for the allocation of surpluses to a reserve for contingencies, a special reserve in favor of participants, beneficiaries and the sponsor, and sponsor's contributions surplus, consolidated assets amounting to R$81,209 were recognized to be offset against future employer's contributions. Accordingly, Fundação 14 also made amendments to the Regulations of the TCSPREV Plan, which were filed with the SPC on October 24, 2007. At the balance sheet data, the consolidated balance of this asset was R$74,476, consisting of R$18,743 and R$55,733 recorded in current and long-term assets, respectively.

 
    FBrTPREV – BrTPREV, 
Alternativo and Fundador
 
  Fundação 14 -
TCSPREV 
               
  2007     2006    2007     2006 
 
 
 
EXPENSE RECOGNIZED IN THE STATEMENT OF INCOME OF BRASIL TELECOM 
 
Cost of current service    5,017    8,030    3,424    5,285 
Participants' contributions      (109)   (485)   (435)
Cost of interest    152,349    147,861     
Return on plan assets    (53,544)   (101,017)    
Recognized actuarial losses (gains)   49,177    (6,340)    
 

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Total recognized expense  152,999  48,425  2,939  4,850 

  FBrTPREV – BrTPREV, 
Alternativo and Fundador
 
Fundação 14 - 
TCSPREV 
2007  2006  2007  2006 
 
SIGNIFICANT ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS 
Actuarial obligation discount rate (6% + Inflation) 10.77%  11.30%  11.30%  11.30% 
Estimated inflation rate  4.50%  5.00%  5.00%  5.00% 
Estimated salary increase rate  2%  2%  2%  2% 
Estimated rate of nominal benefit increase  4.50%  5.00%  5.00%  5.00% 
Expected total rate of return on plan assets  10.70%  13.22%  12.86%  12.86% 
General mortality biometric table  UP94  UP94 + 1  UP94  UP94 + 1 
Disability biometric table  Mercer 
Disability 
Álvaro Vindas,
- 20% up to 40; 
and +30% over 
40. 
Mercer 
Disability 
Álvaro Vindas,
-20% up to 40;
and +30% over
 40. 
Disabled mortality biometric table  IAPB-57  IAPB-57 
Turnover rate  Null  Null 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – 2007 
a) Plans’ assets and liabilities are stated as of December 31, 2007. 
b) The registry data used is from August 31, 2007, projected for December 31, 2007. 

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    SISTEL - PBS-A    PAMEC 
               
  2007     2006    2007     2006 
 
 
 
RECONCILIATION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 
 
 Actuarial obligations with benefits granted    604,572    580,506    2,077    1,471 
 Actuarial obligations with benefits to be granted          58 
 (=) Total present value of actuarial obligations    604,572    580,506    2,077    1,529 
 Fair value of plan assets    (1,006,475)   (895,205)   -    (883)
 
 (=) Net actuarial liability (asset)   (401,903)   (314,699)   2,077    646 
 
 
 
CHANGE IN NET ACTUARIAL LIABILITY (ASSET)
 
Present value of actuarial obligation at end of year    580,506    570,260    1,529    1,099 
   Cost of interest    62,984    61,684    170    122 
   Cost of current service         
   Paid benefits, net    (50,072)   (49,096)   (52)   (19)
   Actuarial gains (losses) on the actuarial obligation    11,154    (2,342)   423    322 
 
 Present value of actuarial obligation at end of year    604,572    580,506    2,077    1,529 
 
 Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year    895,205    738,735    883    925 
   Return (loss) on plan assets    161,342    205,566    36    (23)
   Payment of benefits    (50,072)   (49,096)   (52)   (19)
 Plan assets transferred to the Sponsor        (867)  
 
 Fair value of plan assets at end of year    1,006,475    895,205    -    883 
 
 
 
 (=) Net actuarial liability (asset) (1)   (401,903)   (314,699)   2,077    646 
 

(1) In the case of the net actuarial assets of the PBS-A Plan there is no accounting recognition at the Sponsor.

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    SISTEL - PBS-A    PAMEC 
               
  2007     2006    2007     2006 
 
 
 
EXPENSE RECOGNIZED IN THE STATEMENT OF INCOME OF BRASIL TELECOM     
 
 Cost of current service         
 Cost of interest        170    122 
 Return (loss) on plan assets        (36)   23 
 Recognized actuarial losses (gains)       423    322 
 
 Total recognized expense    -    -    564    472 
 
 
 
SIGNIFICANT ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS 
 
Actuarial obligation discount rate (6% + Inflation)   10.77%    11.30%    10.77%    11.30% 
 
Estimated inflation rate    4.50%    5.00%    4.50%    5.00% 
 
Estimated rate of nominal benefit increase    4.50%    5.00%    4.50%    5.00% 
 
Expected total rate of return on plan assets    10.82%    13.18%    N/A    13,75% 
 
General mortality biometric table    UP94    UP94 + 1    UP94    UP94 + 1 
 
 
Disability biometric table    N/A    N/A    Mercer 
        Disability 
 
    N/A    2007: N/A     
Initial age of benefits      2006: 5% at the age of 52; 3% at 
      each subsequent year; 100% at the 
      eligibility for retirement 
 
N/A = Not applicable                 

 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – 2007 
 
a) Plans’ assets and liabilities are stated as of December 31, 2007. 
b) The registry used for PBS-A and PAMEC are from September 30, 2007 and August 31, 2007, respectively, both projected for December 31, 2007. 
 

b. Stock options plan for management and employees

The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of Brasil Telecom S.A. held on November 6, 2007, approved a new general plan for granting stock options to officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries; the plans described were in effect at the balance sheet date, in accordance to the respective approval dates.

Plan Approved on April 28, 2000

The rights vested through stock options agreements while this previously approved plan was effective remain valid and effective according to the respective terms agreed. The plan is divided into two separate programs:

Program A

This program prescribed that stock options were granted as the performance goals, established by the Board of Directors for a five-year period, were attained. No option was granted for this program.

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Program B

The exercise price is established by the managing committee based on the market price of one thousand shares on option granting date and will be monetarily adjusted based on the IGP-M variation between the agreement execution date and payment date.

The stock options are vested as follows:

Granting  Adjusted exercise
 price 
(In Brazilian reais)
Options 
(in shares)
Grant date  Lot  Exercise as 
from
 
Exercise 
deadline 
1st  12/20/02  33%  01/01/04  12/31/08  15.69  9,345 
33%  01/01/05  12/31/08  15.69  9,345 
34%  01/01/06  12/31/08  15.69  9,346 
2nd  12/19/03  33%  12/19/05  12/31/10  15.89  15,060 
33%  12/19/06  12/31/10  15.89  15,060 
34%  12/19/07  12/31/10  15.89  15,060 
3rd  12/22/04  33%  12/22/05  12/31/11  17.30  61,213 
33%  12/22/06  12/31/11  17.30  61,213 
34%  12/22/07  12/31/11  17.30  61,213 

These vesting periods can be anticipated as a result of special events or conditions established in the option granting agreement. Since December, 2004 until the balance sheet date, no options were granted for Program B.

The information on the general stock options plan is summarized below:

  2007  2006 
Preferred 
shares options 
Average 
exercise price - 
R$ 
Preferred 
shares options 
Average 
exercise price - 
R$ 
Balance at beginning of year  270,802  13.00  410,737   13.00 
Extinguished options  (13,947)  17.30  (139,935) 13.00 
Balance at end of year  256,855  16.88  270,802  13.00 

Stock options represent 0.05% of total outstanding shares of subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. (0.05% as of December 31, 2006).

Assuming that the options will be fully exercised, the premiums on the related options, calculated based on the Black&Scholes method, payable by the subsidiary, would total R$1,761 (R$532 in 2006).

Plan approved on November 06, 2007

The new plan authorizes granting stock options, allowing plan participants, under certain conditions, to purchase or subscribe, in the future, shares that are part of a basket of shares defined as UP (Performance Unity), at a preestablished price. The amount corresponding to the number of UPs granted cannot exceed the maximum amount of 10% of the book value of the shares of each type of share of the subsidiary.

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The shares derived from the exercise of options entitle beneficiaries to the same rights granted to the subsidiary’s other shareholders.

The Board of Directors is responsible for managing of this plan and is vested with full powers for establishing stock options programs, which can be delegated to a compensation committee formed by up to three Board members.

At the Meeting held on December 14, 2007, the Board of Directors of Brasil Telecom S.A. approved two programs related to the new stock options plan, with retroactive effects to July 1, 2007, which consist of the following:

Program 1

Options are granted as a one-time concession and do not allow new grants for a period of up to four years. The exercise price of the UP has been set up by the Board of Directors, under the terms defined in the plan and it is subject to indexation by the IGP-M, plus 6% p.a., to be discounted from the amounts paid as dividends and/or interest on capital in the period.

Program 2

Stock options under this program are granted annually, on July 1 of every year. Stock options for Program 2 were granted on July 1, 2007 and the exercise price of the UP has been set up by the Board of Directors, under the terms defined in the plan, to be discounted from the amounts paid as dividends and/or interest on capital in the period.

The stock options for programs 1 and 3 are vested as follows:

Program  Granting  Adjusted exercise 
price
 
(In Brazilian 
reais)
Options 
(in UPs)
Grant date  Lot  Exercise as 
from
 
Exercise 
deadline
 
07/01/07  25%  07/01/08  06/30/11  28.91  791,259 
25%  07/01/09  06/30/12  28.91  791,259 
25%  07/01/10  06/30/13  28.91  791,259 
25%  07/01/11  06/30/14  28.91  791,258 
07/01/07  25%  07/01/08  06/30/11  26.41  217,851 
25%  07/01/09  06/30/12  26.41  217,851 
25%  07/01/10  06/30/13  26.41  217,851 
25%  07/01/11  06/30/14  26.41  217,852 

The vesting periods set out in programs 1 and 2 can be anticipated as a result of special events or conditions established in the option granting agreement.

The stock options balance (UPs) as of December 31, 2007 represents 2.23% of Brasil Telecom S.Ashareholders' equity.

Assuming that the options included in programs 1 and 2 will be fully exercised, the amount of the premiums on the related options, calculated according to the Binomial stock options pricing model, for this subsidiary would be R$53,462.

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c. Other employee benefits

Other benefits are granted to employees, such as: health/dental care, meal allowance, group life insurance, occupational accident allowance, sick pay, transportation allowance, and others.

7. PROVISION FOR CONTINGENCIES

a. Contingent liabilities

The Company and its subsidiaries periodically assess their contingency risks, and also review their lawsuits taking into consideration the legal, economic, tax and accounting aspects. The assessment of these risks aims at classifying them according to the chances of unfavorable outcome as probable, possible or remote, taking into account the opinion of its legal counsel.

Contingencies whose risks are classified as probable are accrued. Contingencies classified as possible are discussed in this note. These proceedings are under discussion at the administrative or judicial level, in all the court levels, from the lower to the extraordinary courts.

In a number of situations, due to legal requirement or as a caution measure, escrow deposits are made to ensure the continuity of the proceedings in discussion. The escrow deposits related to contingencies with possible and remote likelihood of loss are shown in note 25.

Note that in some cases similar matters may be ranked in different risk degree ratings, which is justified by the facts and the particular status of each proceeding.

Labor

The provisions for labor lawsuits include an estimate made by the Company’s management, supported by the opinion of its legal counsel, of the losses related to lawsuits filed by employees and former employees of the Company and service providers related to labor matters.

Tax

Provisions for tax contingencies refers specially to issues related to the tax collection arisen from disagreements between the management’s understanding, supported by the opinion of the Company’s legal advisors and the Tax Authorities regarding the interpretation, enforcement, legality and constitutionality of tax legislation.

Civil lawsuits

The reserves for civil contingencies refer to an estimate of lawsuits related to contractual adjustments arising from Federal Government economic plans, and other cases related to community telephony plans and suit for damages and consumer lawsuits.

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Classification by risk level

Probable risk contingencies

Contingencies classified as probable loss risk, which are accrued in liabilities and have the following balances:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Nature  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Provisions  5,026  4,260  1,193,554  1,012,280 
 Labor  421,759  487,266 
 Tax  4,974  4,208  372,896  178,710 
 Civil  52  52  398,899  346,304 
Related escrow deposits  -  -  (295,843) (279,491)
 Labor  (220,679) (244,579)
 Tax  (22,046) (1,882)
 Civil  (53,118) (33,030)
Total provisions, net of escrow deposits  5,026  4,260  897,711  732,789 
Current  15  13  197,472  175,603 
Long term  5,011  4,247  700,239  557,186 

Labor

Changes in 2007:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Provisions as of December 31, 2006  -  487,266 
Changes allocated to income  449  92,119 
   Monetary adjustment  49,266 
   Reassessment of contingent risks  (18,158)
   Provisions of new lawsuits  449  61,011 
Payments  (449) (157,626)
Subtotal I (provisions) -  421,759 
Related escrow deposits as of December 31, 2006  -  (244,579)
Changes in escrow deposits  23,900 
Subtotal II (escrow deposits) -  (220,679)
Balance as of December 31, 2007, net of escrow deposits  -  201,080 

The main matters affecting the accrued labor contingencies are as follows:

(i)     
Hazardous duty premium - refers to the claim of hazardous duty premium, based on Law No.7369/85, regulated by Decree No. 93412/86, due to the alleged risk of contact by the employee with the electric power system;
 
(ii)     
Salary differences and related effects - refer mainly to claims for salary increases due to alleged noncompliance with agreements with trade union. The effects relate to the impact of the salary increase allegedly due on the other amounts calculated based on the employee’s salary.
 

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(iii)     
Career plan - refers to the claim for enforcement of the career and salaries plan for employees of Brasil Telecom S.A., Santa Catarina Branch (formerly Telesc), with promotions for seniority and merit, allegedly not granted by the former Telesc;
 
(iv)     
Joint/vicarious liability - refers to the claim to assign liability to Brasil Telecom S.A., filed by outsourced personnel, due to alleged noncompliance with this personnel’s labor rights by their direct employers;
 
(v)     
Overtime - refers to the claim for the payment of salary and allowances derived form alleged overtime worked;
 
(vi)     
Job reinstatement – claim due to alleged noncompliance of an employee’s special condition which would prevent the termination of the employment contract without cause;
 
(vii)     
Claim for the application of regulation that established the payment of a percentage on the income of Brasil Telecom S.A., specifically attributed to the Santa Catarina Branch; and
 
(viii)     
Supplement to FGTS (severance pay fund) fine arising from understated inflation - refers to claims to increase the FGTS indemnity fine due to the adjustment of accounts of this fund because of inflation effects.
 
 
Brasil Telecom S.A. filed a lawsuit against Caixa Econômica Federal to assure the reimbursement of all amounts paid for this purpose.

Tax

Changes in 2007:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Provisions as of December 31, 2006  4,208  178,710 
Changes allocated to income  766  226,979 
   Monetary adjustment  458  16,943 
   Reassessment of contingent risks  300  82,176 
   Provisions of new lawsuits  127,860 
Payments  -  (32,793)
Subtotal I (provisions) 4,974  372,896 
Related escrow deposits as of December 31, 2006  -  (1,882)
Changes in escrow deposits  (20,164)
Subtotal II (escrow deposits) -  (22,046)
Balance as of December 31, 2007, net of escrow deposits  4,974  350,850 

The main accrued lawsuits provisioned refer to the following disputes:

(i)     
Federal Taxes – several tax deficiency assessments that require the payment of federal taxes on events qualified in a allegedly inadequate way or on differences in the calculation of these taxes; and
 
(ii)     
State Taxes – claim for payment of ICMS (State value added tax) on transactions that, according to the Company, are not subject to this tax, and discussions on ICMS credits taken, the validity or legality of which is questioned by the State Tax Authorities.
 

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Civil

Changes in 2007:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Provisions as of December 31, 2006  52  346,304 
Changes allocated to income  -  331,800 
   Monetary adjustment  27,611 
   Reassessment of contingent risks  230,958 
   Provisions of new lawsuits  73,231 
Payments  -  (279,205)
Subtotal I (provisions) 52  398,899 
Related escrow deposits as of December 31, 2006  -  (33,030)
Changes in escrow deposits  (20,088)
Subtotal II (escrow deposits) -  (53,118)
Balance as of December 31, 2007, net of escrow deposits  52  345,781 

The accrued lawsuits are as follows:

(i)     
Review of contractual terms and conditions – lawsuit filed by an equipment supplier against the subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. to claim the revision of contractual terms and conditions due to changes introduced by an economic stabilization plan;
 
(ii)     
Financial Participation Agreements - the TJ/RS (Court of Appeals of Rio Grande do Sul) has issued decisions against the procedure previously adopted by the former CRT, a company merged into Brasil Telecom S.A. in lawsuits related to the application of a rule issued by the Ministry of the Communications. These lawsuits are in various stages: lower courts, Court of Appeals and Superior Court of Justice;
 
(iii)     
Customer service centers – public civil actions related to the closing of customer services centers;
 
(iv)     
Free Mandatory Telephone Directories (LTOGs) - lawsuits questioning the non-delivery of printed residential telephone directories; and
 
(v)     
Other lawsuits - refer to various ongoing lawsuits, comprising civil liability suits, indemnities for contract termination and consumer matters in progress in the Special Courts, Courts of Law and Federal Courts throughout the country.
 

Possible risk contingencies

Contingencies with risk level considered possible, and therefore not recorded in the books, are broken down as follows:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Nature  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Labor  1,737  8,866  542,427  488,474 
Tax  51,558  30,666  2,113,653  2,176,063 
Civil  416  1,129,591  606,938 
Total  53,711  39,532  3,785,671  3,271,475 

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Labor

Changes in 2007:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Amount estimated as of December 31, 2006  8,866  488,474 
Monetary adjustment  1,179  68,943 
Reassessment of contingent risks  (8,308) (114,069)
New lawsuits  99,079 
Amount estimated as of December 31, 2007  1,737  542,427 

The main matters involving possible losses in labor lawsuits are related to joint/vicarious responsibility, supplement of FGTS indemnity fine resulting from understated inflation, hazardous duty premium, promotions and claim of payment of alleged overtime worked.

Tax

Changes in 2007:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Amount estimated as of December 31, 2006  30,666  2,176,063 
Monetary adjustment  4,288  236,555 
Reassessment of contingent risks  3,077  (478,949)
New lawsuits  13,527  179,984 
Amount estimated as of December 31, 2007  51,558  2,113,653 

The main existing lawsuits are represented by the matters below:

(i)     
Social Security (INSS) infraction notices on the addition of captions to the contribution salary allegedly due by the company;
 
(ii)     
Tax infraction notices issued by the Federal Revenue Service due to differences in amounts reported in the DCTF (Declaration of Federal Tax Debits and Credits) and the DIPJ (Corporate Income Tax Return);
 
(iii)     
Public civil lawsuits questioning the alleged pass-through of PIS and COFINS (taxes on revenues) to end consumers;
 
(iv)     
ICMS levied on international calls, whose tax liability for the collection is assigned to another operator;
 
(v)     
ICMS – credit and related tax rate difference on interstate purchases made by the Company;
 
(vi)     
ICMS – tax infraction notices on the alleged levy of the tax on the activities described in Agreement No. 69/98;
 
(vii)     
ICMS – tax credit on cancelled invoices;
 

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(viii)     
Withholding Income Tax - on hedge transactions for debt coverage;
 
(ix)     
FUST (Telecommunications Universal Service Fund) – due to the illegal retroactivity, according to the Company, of the effects generated by the change in interpretation of its calculation basis by ANATEL.
 
(x)     
ISS (Service Tax) – alleged levy on communications auxiliary services and discussion on the classification of services taxed by the cities listed in the Supplementary Law No. 116/2003.
 

Civil

Changes in 2007:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Amount estimated as of December 31, 2006  -  606,938 
Monetary adjustment  34  80,711 
Reassessment of contingent risks  (51,671)
New lawsuits  381  493,613 
Amount estimated as of December 31, 2007  416  1,129,591 

The main existing lawsuits are represented by the matters below:

(i)     
Payments made in lawsuits related to the PCT (Community Telephony Program) – the plaintiffs claim from Brasil Telecom S.A. payment in lawsuits related to the contracts resulting from the Community Telephony Program. These lawsuits are in various stages: lower courts, Court of Appeals and Superior Court of Justice.
 
(ii)     
Lawsuit for damages and consumers; and
 
(iii)     
Contractual – lawsuits related to the claim of a percentage resulting from the Real Plan, to be applied on a service agreement, review of conversion of installments into URV (units of account) and later into reais, related to equipment supply and service provision.
 

Letters of guarantee

As for contingent liabilities, the Company has contracts for letters of guarantee entered into with financial institutions, as supplementary guarantees for lawsuits in provisional foreclosure and guarantees for attending bidding processes with ANATEL. The total amount of guarantees contracted and in force at the balance sheet date is R$21,483 (R$13,740 as of December 31, 2006) and R$1,381,488 (R$747,754 as of December 31, 2006) for consolidated purposes. The commission charges on these contracts are based on market rates.

b. Contingent assets

The tax lawsuits below have been by to claim the refund of taxes paid.

PIS/COFINS: tax lawsuits challenging the enforcement of Law No. 9718/98, which increased the PIS and COFINS tax basis. The period comprised by the Law was February 1999-November 2002 for PIS and February 1999-January 2004 for COFINS. In November 2005, the STF (Federal Supreme Court) concluded the judgment of certain lawsuits on the same matter and considered the increase of tax basis introduced by said Law unconstitutional. Part of the lawsuits filed by the Company and the STFC concessionaires from Region II

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of the Granting Plan, merged into Brasil Telecom S.A. in February 2000, became final and unappealable in as regards the increase in PIS and COFINS tax basis. The Company is awaiting the judgments of the lawsuits filed by the other merged companies, whose likelihood of a favorable outcome in future filing of appeals is considered as probable by the Company’s legal counsel. At balance sheet date, these lawsuits represented unrecognized contingent assets totaling R$17,445 in consolidated (R$996 of COFINS and R$16,449 of PIS).

8. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

a. Capital

The Shareholders' Meeting held on April 27, 2007 approved the reverse split of shares of the Company’s capital stock. Accordingly, the shares will be grouped at the ratio of one thousand (1,000) shares per one (1) share, and capital will be represented by 134,031,688 common shares and 229,937,525 preferred shares, totaling 363,969,213 shares issued. From the total amount of shares, 1,480,800 common shares are held in treasury.

The reverse stock split aims at bringing the unit price for quotation of shares to a more appropriate level from the market point of view, reducing operating costs for the Company and its shareholders, and increasing the efficiency of the systems for registration, controls and information disclosure to shareholders. After the approval of the reverse stock split, shareholders had a period of 30 days to adjust their share positions in lots of one thousand (1,000) shares by type, through trading on BOVESPA or an over-the-counter market. After that period, the shares are trade in groups with unit quotation. The remaining shares fractions were separated and grouped into full numbers and sold at an auction held on BOVESPA. The amounts resulting from such auction, after final settlement of the sale, were made available on behalf of the respective shareholders.

The Company is authorized to increase its capital, according to a resolution of the Board of Directors, up to the total limit of 700,000,000 common or preferred shares, in compliance with the legal limit of two thirds (2/3) for the issue of new preferred shares without voting rights.

By means of a resolution of the Shareholders' Meeting or the Board of Directors, the Company’s capital may be increased by the capitalization of retained earnings or prior reserves allocated by the Shareholders’ Meeting. Under these conditions, the capitalization may be carried out without changing the number of shares.

Capital is represented by common and preferred stocks, with no par value, and it is not mandatory to maintain the proportion between the shares in the case of capital increases.

By resolution of the Shareholders’ Meeting or the Shareholders' Meeting, the preemptive right on the issue of shares, warrants or debentures convertible into shares may be excluded, in the cases stipulated in article 172 of Corporate Law.

The preferred shares do not have voting rights, except in the cases specified in sole paragraphs of Articles 11 and 14 of the Bylaws, but are assured priority in receiving the minimum noncumulative dividend equal to the higher of 6% per year, calculated on the amount resulting from dividing the capital by the total number of the Company’s shares or 3% per year, calculated on the amount resulting from dividing shareholders’ equity by the total number of the Company’s shares, whichever is greater.

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Subscribed and paid-up capital at the balance sheet date is R$2,596,272 (R$2,596,272 as of December 31, 2006), represented by the following shares with no par value:

Share type  Total  Treasury Shares  Outstanding Shares 
2007  2006  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Common  134,031,688  134,031,688,203  1,480,800  1,480,800,000  132,550,888  132,550,888,203 
Preferred  229,937,525  229,937,525,684  229,937,525  229,937,525,684 
Total  363,969,213  363,969,213,887  1,480,800  1,480,800,000  362,488,413  362,488,413,887 


  2007  2006(1)
Book value per outstanding share (R$) 14.47  14.56 

(1) Per thousand shares.

Common shares maintained in treasury are deducted when determining the net book value per thousand shares.

b. Treasury Shares

Treasury shares derive from Stock Buyback Programs carried out in 2002 to 2004. On September 13, 2004, a material event was disclosed on the last proposal approved by the Company’s Board of Directors for the buyback of preferred and common shares issued by the Company to be held in treasury or cancellation, or subsequent sale.

The number of treasury shares is as follows:

  2007  2006 
Common
shares 
Amount  Common
shares 
Amount 
         
Balance at beginning of year   1,480,800  20,846  1,480,800,000  20,846 
Balance at end of year   1,480,800  20,846  1,480,800,000  20,846 


History cost of the purchase of treasury shares in (R$ per shares) 2007  2006(1)
     Weighted average cost  14.08  14.08 
     Minimum  12.40  12.40 
     Maximum  17.00  17.00 

(1) Per thousand shares.

The unit purchase cost considers all the share stock buyback programs.

By balance sheet date, no common shares purchased had been sold.

Market value of treasury shares

The market value of treasury shares at the balance sheet date was the following:

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  2007  2006(1)
Number of common shares  1,480,800  1,480,800 
Quotation per share on BOVESPA (R$) 46.50  35.00 
Fair value  68,857  51,828 

(1) Per thousand shares.

The Company maintains the balance of treasury shares in a separate caption in books. For presentation purposes, the balance of retained earnings used to buy back these shares is as follows:

  2007  2006 
Book balance  2,095,945  2,087,231 
Treasury shares  (20,846) (20,846)
Retained earnings, net of treasury shares  2,075,099  2,066,385 

c. Capital reserves

Capital reserves are recognized in accordance with the following practices:

Reserve for share subscription premium: results from the difference between the amount paid on subscription and the portion allocated to capital.

Other capital reserves: formed by the contra entry of funds invested in income tax incentives.

d. Profit reserves

The profit reserves are recognized in accordance with the following practices:

Legal reserve: allocation of five percent of the annual net income up to twenty percent of paid-up capital or thirty percent of capital plus capital reserves. The legal reserve is used only to increase capital or absorb losses.

Unrealized profit reserve: recognized in the years in which the mandatory dividend amount, calculated pursuant to the bylaws or article 202 of Law no. 6404/76, exceeded the realized portion of the net income for the year. The reserve may absorb losses in subsequent years or, when realized, is included in tax basis of adjusted net income calculation for dividend payment purposes. Under the amendments introduced by Law no. 10303/01, net income recorded in the unrealized profits reserve as from 2002 are considered at the amount of the postponed dividend itself. However, while this rule is in effect the unrealized profits reserve will be included, when realized, in the calculation basis of the dividends, which is the case of the unrealized profits reserve that was recognized by the Company.

Retained earnings: and consist of the remaining balances of net income or loss for the year, adjusted according to the terms of article 202 of Law No. 6404/76, or by the recording of prior years’ adjustments, if applicable.

e. Dividends and Interest on Shareholders’ Equity

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The dividends are calculated according to the Company’s Bylaws and in compliance with the Corporate Law. Mandatory minimum dividends are calculated in accordance with article 202 of Law No. 6404/76, and the preferred or priority dividends are calculated in accordance with the Company’s Bylaws.

By decision of the Board of Directors, the Company may pay or credit, as dividends, on shareholders’ equity (“JSCP”), under article 9, paragraph 7, of Law No. 9249, of December 26, 1995. The interest paid or credited will be offset with the minimum mandatory annual dividend amount, in accordance with article 44 of the Company’s Bylaws.

Mandatory minimum dividends calculated in accordance with article 202 of Law No. 6404/76.

  2007  2006 
Net income  675,906  473,654 
Realization of unrealized profits reserve  74,180 
Allocation to legal reserve  (33,795) (23,682)
Adjusted net income  716,291  449,972 
Mandatory dividends (25% of adjusted net income) 179,073  112,493 

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Dividends and Interest on Shareholders´ Equity – JSCP Credited

The Company credited Interest on Shareholders’ Equity to its shareholders during the year, according to the share position on the date of each credit was made. At the balance sheet date, interest on capital credited, net of withholding income tax, was attributed to dividends and is part of the net income allocation proposal to be submitted to the approval at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting (A.G.O.).

  2007  2006 
Interest on Shareholder’s Equity – JSCP – Credited  336,300  413,400 
IRRF (withholding income tax) (50,445) (62,010)
Net JSCP  285,855  351,390 
Dividends Provisioned, supplementing JSCP  379,991  36,572 
Total shareholders’ compensation  665,846  387,962 
     Common shares  243,479  141,866 
     Preferred shares  422,367  246,096 
 
Total compensation per share (in Brazilian reais) (1) 2007  2006(2)
     Common  1.836875  1.070272 
     Preferred  1.836875  1.070272 
     Total shares  1.836875  1.070272 

(1) The calculation of dividends/JSCP per share takes into account shares outstanding at the balance sheet date.
(2) Per thousand shares.

Shareholders’ compensation in 2007 and 2006 exceeded the value of mandatory dividends and it is also higher than the value of priority dividends and dividends for common shares, calculated under the same conditions.

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9. OPERATING REVENUE FROM TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006 
Fixed telephone service     
 Local service  6,566,256  6,928,969 
   Activation fees  16,352  27,443 
   Subscription  3,541,429  3,517,369 
   Measured service  1,101,419  1,374,012 
   Fixed Mobile – VC1  1,876,132  1,963,497 
   Rental  1,157  1,680 
   Other  29,767  44,968 
 Long distance service  2,947,454  2,770,089 
   Intra-sector fixed  863,484  878,880 
   Intraregional (inter-sector) fixed  264,243  302,432 
   Interregional fixed  241,077  260,402 
   VC2  788,455  713,095 
         Fixed origin  292,343  283,802 
         Mobile origin  496,112  429,293 
   VC3  746,316  569,980 
         Fixed origin  365,588  244,433 
         Mobile origin  380,728  325,547 
   International  43,879  45,300 
 Interconnection  357,674  442,148 
   Fixed x Fixed  243,236  298,203 
   Mobile x Fixed  114,438  143,945 
 Cession of means  357,893  328,431 
 Public telephony  546,007  540,610 
 Supplementary services, smart network and advanced telephony  393,980  367,559 
 Other  35,168  43,459 
Total fixed telephone service  11,204,432  11,421,265 
Mobile telephone service     
 Telephony  1,753,231  1,140,055 
   Subscription  433,555  305,376 
   Use  547,050  388,231 
   Charge per call  6,810  5,658 
   Roaming  16,070  13,319 
   Interconnection  624,691  300,089 
   Value added services  104,415  102,983 
   Other services  20,640  24,399 
 Sale of products  270,515  286,198 
   Cell phones  263,982  274,295 
   Electronic cards - Brasil Chip, accessories and other goods  6,533  11,903 
Total of mobile telephony service  2,023,746  1,426,253 

Continues

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... continued

  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006 
Data transmission services and others     
 Data communication  2,310,959  1,897,542 
 Other services of core activities  458,251  366,258 
Total data transmission services and others  2,769,210  2,263,800 
Gross operating revenue  15,997,388  15,111,318 
Deductions from gross revenue  (4,938,842) (4,814,659)
 Taxes on gross revenue  (4,353,809) (4,285,952)
 Other deductions from gross income  (585,033) (528,707)
Net operating revenue  11,058,546  10,296,659 

10. COST OF SERVICES AND SALES

Costs incurred on services and sales are as follows:

  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006 
Depreciation and amortization  (2,032,963) (2,301,262)
Interconnection  (2,318,884) (2,114,865)
Third-Party Services  (934,023) (911,059)
Rental, leases and insurance  (313,925) (348,238)
Products sold  (255,429) (294,727)
Personnel  (162,494) (169,260)
Connection means  (135,532) (105,996)
Materials  (69,951) (72,394)
Price of the public service concession  (69,406) (67,363)
FISTEL(Telecommunications Inspection Fund) FEE  (64,820) (48,551)
Employee profit sharing  (20,959) (22,519)
Other  (3,815) (3,695)
Total  (6,382,201) (6,459,929)

11. SALES OF SERVICES
(Selling expenses)

The expenses related to selling activities are detailed as follows:

  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006 
Third-Party Services  (735,592) (747,202)
Losses on accounts receivables  (348,001) (384,320)
Personnel  (229,004) (235,745)
Rental, leases and insurance  (56,801) (9,449)
Materials  (50,753) (23,798)
Employee and management profit sharing  (21,149) (22,229)
Depreciation and amortization  (19,080) (16,504)
Other  (24,972) (31,385)
Total  (1,485,352) (1,470,632)

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12. GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

The expenses related to administrative activities, which include information technology expenses, are detailed as follows:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Third-Party Services  (6,208) (7,030) (763,084) (722,972)
Depreciation and amortization  (256) (312) (327,380) (325,273)
Personnel  (3,212) (3,114) (166,462) (172,728)
Rental, leases and insurance  (7,275) (4,745) (48,329) (43,747)
Employee and management profit sharing  (38,340) (34,674)
Materials  (4,058) (21,097)
Other  (6) (9) (1,225) (1,773)
Total  (16,957) (15,210) (1,348,878) (1,322,264)

13. OTHER OPERATING INCOME (EXPENSES)

Other revenues and expenses attributed to operating activities are shown as follows:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Refunded taxes and recovered expenses  102  2,811  95,857  199,941 
Rental of operating infrastructure and others  87,439  78,796 
Recovery of expenses on pension plans – surplus  81,209 
Fines  (3) (79) 77,984  67,494 
Technical and administrative services  2,315  4,165  59,600  62,134 
Reversal of other provisions  47  32,390  15,587 
Subsidies and grants received  16,889  13,856 
Settlement of litigation with telecommunications companies  16,610  53,838 
Dividends from investments stated at acquisition cost  329  712  265 
Provision for contingencies(1) (1,215) (921) (650,898) (488,078)
Amortization of goodwill on acquisition of investments  (91,408) (80,382)
Provision Pension plans  (89,675) (28,709)
Taxes (other than on gross revenue, and income and social contribution tax) (389) (714) (87,243) (106,620)
Court fees  (51,060) (32,870)
Donations and sponsoring  (10) (11,499) (9,902)
Results on write-off of maintenance/resale inventories  (1,923) 1,996 
Indemnities – labor, telephony and others  (157) (103)
Other income (expenses) (217) (193) 9,794  (11,173)
Total  922  5,109  (505,379) (263,930)
    Other operating income  2,746  7,027  561,147  572,703 
    Other operating expenses  (1,824) (1,918) (1,066,526) (836,633)

Revenues and expenses of the same nature are presented at their net amount.
(1) Accrued contingencies are described in note 7.

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14. FINANCIAL EXPENSES, NET

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Financial income  341,366  286,669  773,796  803,387 
Local currency  341,362  265,764  769,481  791,898 
On foreign currency-denominated rights  20,905  4,315  11,489 
Financial expenses  (450,968) (491,459) (1,263,117) (1,413,379)
Local currency  (114,537) (55,117) (727,303) (728,300)
On foreign currency-denominated liabilities  (131) (22,942) (84,860) (157,508)
Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  (336,300) (413,400) (450,954) (527,571)
Total  (109,602) (204,790) (489,321) (609,992)

15. NON-OPERATING (EXPENSES) INCOME

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006   2007  2006 
Allowance for losses on tax incentives  (14,473)
Allowance for/reversal of investment losses  454  480  (25,714) 8,026 
Losses on write-off of fixed assets and deferred charges  14  (22,759) (9,283)
Gains (losses) on investments  (970) 60  (974) 99 
Amortization of goodwill on merger  (126) (7,811)
Gain on investment write-off  26,216 
Provision for/reversal of realization amount and losses of property,  20,384  51,522 
plan and equipment         
Other nonoperating expenses  (1) 3,339 
Total  (516) 554  (2,974) 31,419 

16. INCOME AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION TAXES

The Company records a provision for income and social contribution taxes on an accrual basis, and recognizes deferred taxes for temporary differences. The provision for income and social contribution taxes recognized in the statement of income is as follows:

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  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006   2007  2006 
Income before taxes and profit sharing  403,918  71,500  833,895  191,943 
Income of companies not subject to the calculation of         
income and social contribution taxes(1) -  -  12,221  62,862 
Total of taxable income  403,918  71,500  846,116  254,805 
IRPJ (Corporate Income Tax)        
IRPJ on taxable income (10%+15%=25%) (100,980) (17,875) (211,529) (63,701)
Permanent additions  (21,883) (487) (77,008) (40,177)
 Goodwill amortization  (22,754) (11,516)
 Exchange variation on investments  (59) (44) (3,510) (5,520)
 Nonoperating equity in subsidiaries  (243) (50)
 Other additions  (21,581) (443) (50,694) (23,141)
Permanent deductions  75,556  13,308  17,043  25,091 
 Equity in subsidiaries  74,003  13,187 
   Dividends from investments stated at acquisition cost  82  178  89 
 Recovery of federal taxes  1,387 
 Other deductions  1,471  120  16,865  23,615 
Offset of tax loss carryforwards  3,411  1,634 
Recognition of deferred income tax on tax loss carryforwards  5,817 
Other  24  (4,506) 2,244  (3,539)
Effect of IRPJ on the Statement of Income  (47,283) (9,560) (260,022) (80,692)
CSLL (social contribution on net profit)        
CSLL on taxable income (9%) (36,353) (6,435) (76,150) (22,932)
Permanent additions  (7,877) (175) (26,231) (12,938)
 Goodwill amortization  (8,191) (4,146)
 Exchange variation on investments  (21) (16) (1,264) (1,987)
 Nonoperating equity in subsidiaries  (87) (266)
 Other additions  (7,769) (159) (16,510) (6,805)
Permanent deductions  27,201  4,791  6,293  7,906 
 Equity in subsidiaries  26,641  4,748 
   Dividends from investments stated at acquisition cost  30  64  32 
 Recovery of federal taxes  499 
 Other deductions  530  43  6,229  7,375 
Offset of tax loss carryforwards  1,220  587 
Recognition of social contribution tax on tax loss         
carryforwards  2,094 
Other  133  (107) (12)
Effect of CSLL on the Statement of Income  (17,029) (1,686) (92,881) (27,389)
Effect of IRPJ and CSLL on the Statement of Income  (64,312) (11,246) (352,903) (108,081)

(1) Negative result of subsidiaries which do not recognize income and social contribution taxes on tax loss carryforwards because they do not expect their realization.

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17. CASH, BANKS AND TEMPORARY CASH INVESTMENTS

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Cash and banks  702  740  315,032  127,900 
Temporary cash investments  986,812  1,431,604  3,049,514  3,846,052 
Total  987,514  1,432,344  3,364,546  3,973,952 

The breakdown of the temporary cash investments portfolio is as follows:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Exclusive investment funds         
 Government securities  682,337  1,411,169  2,235,356  3,530,380 
 Private-sector securities  252,080  16,105  606,804  93,570 
 Cash and repos– Overnight  56,316  10,527  187,046  89,922 
 Derivatives  38  440 
 Provision for income tax – amending  (3,926) (6,197) (11,366) (15,803)
Total exclusive investment funds  986,845  1,431,604  3,018,280  3,698,069 
Overnight fund  -  -  -  120,377 
CDB  -  -  3,583  5,670 
Open investments funds  -  -  27,579  21,870 
Investments abroad – certificates of deposit  -  -  377  466 
Total investments  986,845  1,431,604  3,049,819  3,846,452 
 
Partial block by court order  (33) (305) (400)
Total temporary cash investments  986,812  1,431,604  3,049,514  3,846,052 

Exclusive investment funds are subject to obligation associated to the payment of services provided for the asset management, attributed to investment transactions, such as custody and audit fees, and other related expenses, and there are no relevant financial liabilities not Company’s assets to guarantee those liabilities.

Statement of Cash Flows

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Net Income  675,906  473,654  671,290  470,368 
Minority interests  -  -  260,656  141,065 
Items not affecting cash  (600,950) (315,662) 3,221,448  3,474,604 
Depreciation and amortization  256  312  2,470,957  2,731,232 
Losses on accounts receivable  348,001  384,320 
Provision for contingencies  1,215  921  650,898  488,078 
Provision for pension plans  89,675  28,709 
Recovery of expenses on pension plans - surplus  (81,209)
Deferred taxes  (1,660) (29,096) (206,343) (120,108)
Tax Recovery  (69,758)   (69,758)  
Loss (gain) on disposal of permanent assets  (454) (494) 18,253  (37,528)
Equity in subsidiaries  (531,519) (287,245)
Loss (gain) on Investments  970  (60) 974  (99)

To be continued

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... continued.

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
 Changes in balance sheet accounts  98,521  60,553  (872,216) (1,424,123)
   Trade accounts receivable  (410,050) (359,161)
   Inventories  31,453  18,871 
   Personnel, payroll charges and benefits  (53) 11,812  292 
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses  (11,612) (19,892) (44,807) (344,216)
   Taxes  41,993  55,008  261,502  (71,447)
   Financial Charges  45,936  (175,998) (47,449)
   Services exploitation licenses  (101,905) 47,591 
   Provisions for contingencies  (450) (1,116) (469,624) (483,379)
   Provisions for pension plans  (51,143) (107,585)
   Other assets and liabilities accounts  68,588  (19,330) 76,544  (77,640)
 Cash flow from operating activities  173,477  218,545  3,281,178  2,661,914 
 
 Investment activities         
   Temporary investments in Fixed Income Securities  (475,389) 666,495  (439,615) 11,883 
   Funds obtained in the sale of permanent assets  15  47,708  15,272 
   Escrow Deposits  (372) 11,246  (871,807) (277,552)
   Investments in permanent assets  (1,385) (68) (1,317,712) (1,504,903)
   Dividends/JSCP received from Subsidiaries  241,145  220,708 
 Cash flow from investment activities  (236,001) 898,396  (2,581,426) (1,755,300)
 
 Financing activities         
   Dividends/Interest on Shareholders’ Equity paid in the year  (382,306) (296,098) (493,180) (399,872)
   Loans and financing  (272,189) (815,978) 853,437 
      Obtained loans  601,028  1,915,937 
      Repayment loans  (272,189) (1,417,006) (1,062,500)
 Cash flow from investment activities  (382,306) (568,287) (1,309,158) 453,565 
 
 Cash flow for the period  (444,830) 548,654  (609,406) 1,360,179 
 
Cash, bank and temporary cash investments:         
 Ending balance  987,514  1,432,344  3,364,546  3,973,952 
 Beginning Balance  1,432,344  883,690  3,973,952  2,613,773 
Changes in the year  (444,830) 548,654  (609,406) 1,360,179 

(1) Reclassification in some lines of cash flows of 2006 took place, aiming at the adequacy to the way presented in the current year.

Supplementary cash flow information

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Income tax and social contribution paid   359,016  49,072 
Interest paid from loans and financing (includes debentures) 13,507   472,133  494,313 

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18. TEMPORARY INVESTMENTS

The Company holds securities issued by the Austrian Republic, bearing interest equal to a given percentage of CDI variation, and by the Official Credit Institute (ICO), a Spanish government entity, with fixed interest. The maturity of these securities is on December 19, 2008 and June 2, 2008, respectively, and the adjusted amount at the balance sheet date was R$ 475,389.

19. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES

Investments made by BrT in fixed rate federal securities represented by LTN (National Treasury Bills), maintained as guarantee for the participation in a bidding process of ANATEL, totaling the consolidated amount of R$53,573 at the balance sheet date, for which there is the reduction amount of R$17, resulting from the hedge transactions under interest rate swap modality, resulting in the net amount of R$53,556. Such securities are released for immediate availability of the Subsidiary with the completion of the bidding process associated thereto.

20. TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

The amounts related to trade accounts receivable are as follows:

  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006 
Billed services  1,597,040  1,476,842 
Unbilled services  892,448  916,672 
Sale of products  75,603  91,775 
Subtotal  2,565,091  2,485,289 
Allowance for loan losses  (375,390) (357,635)
   Services  (370,799) (353,203)
   Sale of products  (4,591) (4,432)
Total  2,189,701  2,127,654 
Current  1,681,551  1,632,138 
Past-due     
 From 01 to 30 days  390,471  415,040 
 From 31 to 60 days  125,924  124,393 
 From 61 to 90 days  87,161  76,947 
 From 91 to 120 days  61,219  61,490 
 120 days  218,765  175,281 

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21. INVENTORIES

Maintenance and resale inventories, for which provisions for losses or adjustments to their estimated realization are recognized, are as follows:

  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006 
Resale inventories (cell phones and accessories) 53,532  96,476 
Maintenance inventories  7,158  9,175 
Provision for adjustment to realization value  (27,554) (39,062)
Provision for probable losses  (425) (2,425)
Total  32,711  64,164 

22. LOANS AND FINANCING - ASSETS

  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006 
Loans  7,973  8,409 
Total  7,973  8,409 
Current  1,797  5,557 
Long term  6,176  2,852 

Loans and financing receivable refer to the transfer of funds to the company responsible for the production of phone directories, and result from the sale of fixed assets to other telephony companies. Loans and financing bear interest equal to the IGP-DI and IPA-OG/Industrial Products of Column 27 issued by Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV).

23. DEFERRED AND RECOVERABLE TAXES

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006   2007  2006 
Deferred taxes  22,324  17,735  1,608,083  1,407,142 
Other recoverable taxes  332,550  304,835  989,635  1,186,436 
Total  354,874  322,570  2,597,718  2,593,578 
Current  13,683  42,915  804,500  944,115 
Long term  341,191  279,655  1,793,218  1,649,463 

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Deferred taxes related to income and social contribution taxes

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006   2007   2006 
Corporate income tax         
Deferred income tax on:         
   Income tax loss carryforwards  498,803  433,124 
   Provision for contingencies  1,256  1,065  298,809  245,966 
   Provision for covering actuarial deficiency of pension plans  171,936  162,303 
   Allowance for loan losses  93,548  89,245 
   ICMS - Agreement No. 69/98 and 78/01  39,820  58,480 
   Provision for suspended payment - COFINS/CPMF  20,615  16,287  40,770  17,341 
   Provision for profit sharing  16,092  15,922 
   Provision for inventory losses  10,606  10,288 
   Provision for suspended payment - FUST  19,027  10,246 
   Allowance for losses – BIA  71  1,285 
   Unearned income  221 
   Other provisions  16,358  11,100 
Subtotal  21,871  17,352  1,205,840  1,055,521 
Social contribution tax         
Deferred social contribution tax on:         
   Tax loss carryforwards  181,382  156,388 
   Provision for contingencies  453  383  109,082  90,014 
   Provision for covering actuarial deficiency of pension plans  61,897  58,429 
   Allowance for loan losses  33,677  32,128 
   Provision for profit sharing  6,476  6,421 
   Provision for inventory losses  3,818  3,704 
   Allowance for losses - BIA  25  463 
   Unearned income  79 
   Other provisions  5,886  3,995 
Subtotal  453  383  402,243  351,621 
Total  22,324  17,735  1,608,083  1,407,142 
Current  336,513  270,782 
Long term  22,318  17,731  1,271,570  1,136,360 

The following table shows the periods in which the deferred tax assets related to income and social contribution taxes are expected to be realized, which are derived from temporary differences between book income on the accrual basis and taxable income, as well as in the tax loss carryforwards, if any. The realization periods are based on a technical study that used expected future taxable income generated as from the years when the temporary differences become deductible expenses for tax purposes. These assets are recorded in accordance with the requirements in the CVM Instruction No. 371/02 and the technical study submitted to the approval of the executive board and the Board of Directors, and the examination of the supervisory board.

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  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
2008  336,512 
2009  1,704  139,354 
2010  20,615  182,624 
2011  162,798 
1012  186,602 
2013 to 2015  232,865 
2016 to 2017  181,442 
2018 and following years  185,886 
Total  22,324  1,608,083 
Current  336,513 
Long term  22,318  1,271,570 

The recoverable amount expected after 2017 is a result of a provision to cover the actuarial deficiency of pension plans that is being settled by subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. according to the maximum remaining period of 14 years, in line with the period established by the SPC (Secretariat for Pension Plans). Despite the time limit stipulated by the SPC and according to the estimated future taxable income, this subsidiary is in a position to fully offset the deferred taxes within a period lower than ten years, if it opts to fully anticipate the repayment of the debt. The Company did not recognize tax credits in the amount of R$26,384, and R$161,879 in Consolidated, because of the lack of the necessary requirements in terms of history and/or history future taxable income. The indirect subsidiaries that did not recognize these tax credits were VANT, BrT Multimídia and BrT CS.

Other recoverable taxes

Consist of federal withholding taxes, credits for offset, and payments made, calculated based on legal estimates, which will be offset against future taxes payable. ICMS recoverable arises mostly from credits recorded upon the purchase of fixed assets, whose offset against ICMS payable may occur within up to 48 months, according to Supplementary Law No. 102/00.

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
ICMS (State VAT) 500,994  632,227 
Corporate income tax  253,040  268,157  309,533  322,848 
PIS and COFINS  147,358  237,768  183,307 
Social contribution tax  9,752  36,678  14,164  44,269 
FUST (Telecommunications Universal Service Fund) 724  720 
Other  4,052  3,065 
Subtotal  410,150  304,835  1,067,235  1,186,436 
Provision to recoverable amount  (77,600) (77,600)
Total  332,550  304,835  989,635  1,186,436 
Current  13,677  42,911  467,987  673,333 
Long term  318,873  261,924  521,648  513,103 

The provision to recoverable amount corresponds to the tax credits portion which can be offset in a period that exceeds the next ten years.

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24. FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES

Represented by CDB (bank certificates of deposit) of Banco de Brasília S.A. - BRB, bearing interest of 94%, 95% and 97% of the SELIC rate, maintained as guarantee for the financing obtained through the PRÓ-DF (Economic and Sustained Development Support Program of the Federal District) by Brasil Telecom S.A. and 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. These fixed-income securities will be maintained during the period of utilization and repayment of the financing (liability), whose grace period establishes the first payment for year 2019, repayable in 180 monthly, consecutive installments. This asset may be used to repay the final installments of that financing.

  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006
Banco de Brasília S.A. – BRB – Bank Certificates of Deposit  3,709  3,280 
Total  3,709  3,280 

25. ESCROW DEPOSITS

Balances of escrow deposits related to contingencies with possible and remote risk of loss.

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Restriction by nature of contingencies  2007  2006   2007  2006 
Labor  250,564  198,343 
Tax  5,552  5,284  103,705  133,656 
Civil lawsuits  103  1,044,254  216,984 
Total  5,655  5,284  1,398,523  548,983 
Current  40  329,396  119,058 
Long term  5,615  5,284  1,069,127  429,925 

Escrow deposits tied to provisions for liabilities are shown as a deduction from such provisions. Refer to notes 7 and 34.

26. RECEIVABLE DIVIDENDS/INTEREST ON SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Refer to the interest on shareholders’ equity, net of withholding income tax and dividends credited by the subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. in 2007, the amount receivable of which is R$ 474,247 (R$ 241,145 as of December 31, 2006).

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27. OTHER ASSETS

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Pension funds – future recoverable contributions(1) 74,476 
Tax credits acquired(2) 46,543 
Advances to suppliers  450  19,038  59,183 
Advances to employees  36,541  33,610 
Amounts receivable from telecommunications companies  8,807  9,501 
Prepaid expenses  8,424  8,900  65,830  100,207 
Compulsory deposits  1,562  1,750 
Assets for sale  1,280  1,016 
Other  131  25,182  11,759 
Total  8,874  9,031  279,259  217,026 
Current  8,874  8,436  184,403  174,189 
Long term  595  94,856  42,837 

(1)     
Asset recognized to be used on the offset of future employer contributions to the supplementary pension – TCSPREV plan, as mentioned in note 6.
(2)     
State Letters of Credit, acquired for the full payment of ICMS Infraction notices issued against the Company.
 

28. INVESTMENTS

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Investments accounted for under the equity method  3,771,093  3,748,768  -  - 
     Brasil Telecom S.A.  3,751,699  3,719,264 
     Nova Tarrafa Participações Ltda.  18,620  28,123 
     Nova Tarrafa Inc.  774  1,381 
Advances for future capital increase  21  21  -  - 
     Nova Tarrafa Participações Ltda.  21  21 
Goodwill on acquisition of investments  -  -  169,288  260,852 
     iG Cayman Ltd  107,464  161,019 
     MTH Ventures do Brasil Ltda.  29,431  51,504 
     iBEST companies  31,452  45,508 
     BRT Cabos Submarinos companies  941  2,821 
Investments accounted for at cost  6,911  6,911  11,924  46,059 
Tax incentives, net of provisions for losses  1,093  638  20,259  22,774 
Other investments  -  -  39  389 
Total  3,779,118  3,756,338  201,510  330,074 

Advances for future capital increase in favor of the subsidiary were considered in the evaluation of investments, since the allocated contributions are only waiting for the formalization of the corporate documentation to complete the related capital increases.

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Investments accounted for under the equity method: comprise the Company’s ownership interest held in its subsidiaries Brasil Telecom S.A., Nova Tarrafa Participações Ltda. and Nova Tarrafa Inc., the main data of which is as follows:

  BT S.A.  NTP (Ltda.) NTI 
Shareholders’ equity  5,575,891  18,620  774 
Capital  3,470,758  32,625  1,776 
Book value per share (R$) 10.19  0.57  771.68 
Net income (loss) 797,287  (9,503) (370)
Number of shares held       
       Common shares  247,317,180  1,003 
       Preferred shares  120,911,021 
       Shares  32,624,928 
Ownership interest - % (1)      
       In total capital  67.28%  99.99%  100% 
       In voting capital  99.09%  99.99%  100% 

(1) Considers outstanding capital.

The equity in subsidiaries result consists of the following:

  Operating  Nonoperating 
2007  2006  2007  2006 
Brasil Telecom S.A.  541,629  297,677  (970) 60 
Nova Tarrafa Participações Ltda.  (9,503) (9,803) (3)
Nova Tarrafa Inc.(1) (607) (629)
Total  531,519  287,245  (970) 57 

(1) Includes exchange variation related to investment abroad.

Investments accounted for at cost: represented by shareholdings obtained by converting shares from tax incentive investments in the FINOR/FINAM regional programs, the Incentive Law for Information Technology Companies, and the Audiovisual Law. The amount is predominantly composed of shares of other telecommunications companies located in the regions covered by these regional incentives.

Tax incentives: arise from investments in FINOR/FINAM and audiovisual programs and result from allocated amount of income tax payable.

Other investments: related to cultural assets.

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29. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

  COMPANY
Type    2007  2006 
Annual 
depreciation

 rates 
Cost  Accumulated
depreciation
 
Net book
 value 
Net book 
value
Assets for general use  5% - 20%  52,283  (51,543) 740  952 
Other assets  19.9%(1) 188  (150) 38  52 
Total    52,471  (51,693) 778  1,004 

(1) Weighed annual average rate

  CONSOLIDATED
Type    2007  2006 
Annual 
depreciation

 rates 
Cost  Accumulated
depreciation
 
Net book
 value 
Net book 
value
Construction in progress  460,353  460,353  322,712 
Public switching equipment  20%  5,156,451  (4,929,268) 227,183  371,709 
Transmission equipment and means  16.9%(1) 12,521,489  (10,449,717) 2,071,772  2,661,538 
Termination  20%  513,909  (469,381) 44,528  37,219 
Data communication equipment  20%  2,169,375  (1,436,307) 733,068  824,318 
Buildings  4.2%  957,334  (565,294) 392,040  412,638 
Infrastructure  8.7%(1) 3,893,938  (2,582,980) 1,310,958  1,450,335 
Assets for general use  18.5%(1) 1,217,013  (877,398) 339,615  369,982 
Land  84,613  84,613  84,830 
Other assets  66  66  66 
Total    26,974,541  (21,310,345) 5,664,196  6,535,347 

(1) Weighed annual average rate

According to the STFC concession agreements, the assets of subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A. that are indispensable to providing the service and qualified as “returnable assets” will be automatically returned to ANATEL when the concession ends, and the Company will be entitled to the indemnities established in the legislation and the related agreements. The amount of returnable assets at the balance sheet was R$21,636,432 for cost, with residual value of R$3,288,196.

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Leasing

Financial lease agreements are entered into for IT equipment. The position of the long-term payables related to those contracts at the balance sheet date is as follows, per year of outlay.

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
2007  20,953 
2008  30,395  19,643 
2009  11,601  7,614 
Total minimum payments  41,996  48,210 

Lease agreements bear charges subject to the DI-Over rate variation.

Insurance

The Company has an insurance policy program for covering returnable assets, loss of profits and contractual guarantees, as established in the Concession Agreement entered into with the government, and civil liability for telephony service operations.

The assets, liabilities and interests covered by insurance are as follows (unaudited):

Type  Coverage  Insured amount 
    2007  2006 
Operating risks  Buildings, machinery and equipment, premises, call centers, towers, infrastructure and IT equipment  12,705,368  12,046,261 
Loss of profits  Fixed expenses and net income  8,669,400  9,015,211 
Contractual guarantees  Compliance with contractual obligations  89,405  143,648 
Civil liability  Telephony service operations  12,000  12,000 

The Company contracted also insurance coverage related to civil liability of management, which also provides coverage for subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A., whose total approximate amount is equivalent to US$90,000,000.00.

There is no insurance coverage for the optional civil liability, related to casualties with Company vehicles involving third parties.

30. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

  COMPANY
  2007  2006 
Cost  Accumulated 
amortization
 
Net book
 value 
Net book
 value 
Data processing systems  148  (148) 30 
Trademarks and patents  36  (26) 10  10 
Other  3,702  (3,702)
Total  3,886  (3,876) 10  40 

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  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
Cost  Accumulated 
amortization
 
Net book
 value 
Net book
 value 
Data processing systems  2,166,965  (1,420,783) 746,182  861,197 
Regulatory licenses  325,368  (78,075) 247,293  272,022 
Trademarks and patents  687  (76) 611  1,112 
Other  72,111  (16,627) 55,484  29,101 
Total  2,565,131  (1,515,561) 1,049,570  1,163,432 

31. DEFERRED CHARGES

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
Cost  Accumulated 
amortization
 
Net book
 value 
Net book
 value 
Installation and reorganization costs  302,054  (194,397) 107,657  133,825 
Goodwill from merger  126 
Other  14,251  (10,955) 3,296  4,516 
Total  316,305  (205,352) 110,953  138,467 

32. PAYROLL AND RELATED ACCRUALS

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Salaries and fees  6,010  4,402 
Payroll charges  21  19  72,854  61,083 
Social benefits  3,837  6,447 
Other  7,691  6,648 
Total  21  19  90,392  78,580 

33. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Suppliers  437  140  1,496,446  1,481,376 
Consignment in favor of third parties  22,349  34,258  154,198  138,423 
Total  22,786  34,398  1,650,644  1,619,799 
Current  22,786  34,398  1,637,188  1,613,090 
Long term  13,456  6,709 

The amounts recorded in long-term liabilities are derived from obligations as consideration for the use of third-party networks, the settlement of which depends on verification between the operators, such as the reconciliation of traffic.

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34. INDIRECT TAXES

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006   2007  2006 
ICMS, net of escrow deposits of Agreement No. 69/98  108  621,601  775,579 
   ICMS (State VAT) 108  811,743  993,117 
   Escrow deposits related to Agreement No. 69/98  (190,142) (217,538)
PIS and COFINS (taxes on revenue) 6,569  6,499  168,156  83,612 
Other  23  60,720  54,474 
Total  6,578  6,630  850,477  913,665 
Current  18  165  746,234  851,399 
Long term  6,560  6,465  104,243  62,266 

The balance of ICMS comprises amounts resulting from Agreement no. 69/98, which has been questioned in Courts and is deposited in an escrow deposited on a monthly basis. It also includes the ICMS deferral, based on incentives by the State Government of Paraná.

35. TAXES ON INCOME

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Corporate income tax         
Payable  4,161  1,254  103,940  61,443 
Law No. 8200/91 – Special monetary adjustment  5,491  6,171 
Subtotal  4,161  1,254  109,431  67,614 
Social contribution tax         
Payable  65  44  30,080  18,698 
Law No. 8200/91 – Special monetary adjustment  1,977  2,222 
Subtotal  65  44  32,057  20,920 
Total  4,226  1,298  141,488  88,534 
Current  74,628  37,050 
Long term  4,226  1,298  66,860  51,484 

36. DIVIDENDS/INTEREST ON SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND PROFIT SHARING

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006   2007  2006 
Controlling shareholders  125,562  73,160  125,562  73,160 
 Dividends/ Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  135,075  84,853  135,075  84,853 
 IRRF Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  (9,513) (11,693) (9,513) (11,693)
Minority interest  600,360  369,521  890,954  541,251 
 Dividends/ Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  581,216  365,118  829,031  499,536 
 IRRF Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  (40,932) (50,317) (58,130) (67,443)
 Unclaimed prior years’ dividends  60,076  54,720  120,053  109,158 
Total shareholders  725,922  442,681  1,016,516  614,411 
Employees and management profit sharing  -  -  81,328  76,334 
Total  725,922  442,681  1,097,844  690,745 

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37. LOANS AND FINANCING 
(Includes debentures)

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
Financing  4,284,543  5,129,237 
Accrued interest and other charges on financing  98,860  242,496 
Loans  3,457 
Total  4,383,403  5,375,190 
Current  496,775  1,109,564 
Long term  3,886,628  4,265,626 

Financing

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development) 2,206,917  2,448,583 
   Local currency  2,112,204  2,240,615 
   Basket of currencies, including US dollar  94,713  207,968 
Loans and financing  1,086,153  1,295,034 
   Local currency  52,506  61,973 
   Foreign currency  1,033,647  1,233,061 
Public debentures  1,088,956  1,625,939 
Suppliers– foreign currency  1,377  2,177 
Total  4,383,403  5,371,733 
Current  496,775  1,106,107 
Long term  3,886,628  4,265,626 

Financing in local currency: bear (i) fixed interest ranging from 2.4% p.a. to 11.5% p.a., resulting in a weighted average rate of 6.90% p.a.; and (ii) variable interest based on TJLP plus 2.3% to 5.5% p.a., UMBNDES plus 5.5% p.a., 104% of CDI, resulting in a weighted average rate of 11.13% p.a.

Financing in foreign currency: bear (i) fixed interest ranging from 1.75% p.a. to 9.38% p.a., resulting in a weighted average rate of 9.35% p.a.; and (ii) variable interest based on LIBOR and 1.92% p.a. above the YEN LIBOR, resulting in a weighted average rate of 3.28 p.a. LIBOR and YEN LIBOR rates as of December 31, 2007, for half-yearly payments, were 5.4% p.a. and 1.0825% p.a., respectively.

Public debentures issued by subsidiary Brasil Telecom S.A.

Forth public issue: 108,000 non-convertible debentures without renegotiation clause, with unit face value of R$10, amounting to R$1,080,000, carried out on June 1, 2006. Repayment term is seven years, maturing on June 1, 2013. Yield corresponds to an interest rate of 104.0% of CDI and its payment periodicity is semiannual. Repayment, which shall indistinctly consider all debentures, will occur annually as from June 1, 2011, in three installments of 33.3%, 33.3% and 33.4% of the unit face value, respectively. At the balance sheet date there were no debentures from this issue in treasury.

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Loans

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
Foreign currency loans  3,457 
Total  -  3,457 

Loans refer to a debt of VANT to its former controlling shareholder. This liability was settled on February 5, 2007.

Payment schedule

Long-term debt payment is scheduled for the following years:

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
2008  437,569 
2009  608,463  1,026,792 
2010  719,714  588,426 
2011  778,469  651,880 
2012  640,969  520,459 
2013  641,720  521,143 
2014 and following years  497,293  519,357 
Total  3,886,628  4,265,626 

Breakdown of financing by currency/index

  CONSOLIDATED
Adjusted by  2007  2006 
TJLP  2,112,204  2,240,615 
CDI  1,088,956  1,625,939 
US dollar  394,979  488,391 
Yen  241,933  351,786 
Hedge of yen-denominated debt  398,112  398,518 
UMBNDES – BNDES currency basket  94,713  185,881 
Hedge of UMBNDES debt  22,087 
IGP-DI  26,599  25,501 
Other (fixed rate) 25,907  36,472 
Total  4,383,403  5,375,190 

Guarantees

Certain loans and financing raised are guaranteed by collateral of receivables from the provision of telephony services and the Parent Company’s surety.

For consolidated loans and financing, the Company maintains hedging contracts on 60.1% of these US dollar- and yen-denominated loans and financing entered into with third parties to hedge against significant fluctuations in quotations of these debt adjustment indices. As of December 31, 2007, considering the hedging

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transactions and foreign currency cash investments, the actual exposure was 3.6% (9.7% as of December 31, 2006). The gains and losses on these contracts are recognized on the accrual basis.

The debentures issued by Brasil Telecom S.A. are collateralized by a surety granted by the Company. Under the indenture, the Company, as intervening guarantor, undertakes before the debenture holders as primary obligor and guarantor, to be jointly liable for all obligations assumed by the subsidiary related to its debentures.

38. SERVICE EXPLOITATION LICENSES

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
Personal mobile service  242,162  275,985 
STFC concession  67,363 
Other licenses  11,314  12,033 
Total  253,476  355,381 
Current  78,844  135,848 
Long term  174,632  219,533 

The licenses for Personal Mobile Services are represented by the agreements entered into in 2002 and 2004 by 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. with ANATEL, to exploit SMP services during a fifteen-year period in the same area of operation where Brasil Telecom S.A. has a concession for fixed telephony. Out of the contracted value, 10% was paid on execution date and the remaining balance was fully recognized in the BrT Celular’s liabilities to be paid in equal, consecutive annual installments, with maturities scheduled for 2008-2010 (balance of three installments), and 2008-2012 (balance of five installments), depending on the year the agreements were executed. The remaining balance is adjusted based on the variation of IGP-DI, plus 1% per month.

The STFC concession as of December 31, 2006 refers to the provision recognized by Brasil Telecom S.A. on an accrual basis, based on the application of 1% upon the taxes net revenue. According to the concession agreement in effect, the payment in favor of ANATEL becomes due at each two-year period, set up for April of odd years and equivalent to 2% of net revenue verified in the previous year. The first payment was made in April 2007.

The amount of other licenses relates to BrT Multimídia and refers to the license granted to the use of radiofrequency blocks associated with the exploitation of multimedia communication services. Initially, such granting was obtained from ANATEL by VANT and on April 2006 the transfer registration to BrTMultimídia took place, which assumed the outstanding balance, with a variation of the IGP-M, plus 1% a month. The settlement of the balance of such obligation will be paid in four equal, consecutive and annual installments, falling due in May.

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39. PROVISIONS FOR PENSION PLANS

Refer to the recognition by Brasil Telecom S.A. of the actuarial deficit of the pension plans of defined benefit managed by FBrTPREV and the pension plan managed by this subsidiary appraised by independent actuaries in accordance with CVM Resolution No.371/00. Such sponsored plans are detailed in note 6.

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
FBrTPREV – BrTPREV, Alternativo and Fundador plans  685,668  648,567 
PAMEC plan  2,077  646 
Total  687,745  649,213 
Current  101,467  43,238 
Long term  586,278  605,975 

40. ADVANCES FROM CUSTOMERS

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
Assignment of telecommunications means  91,273  92,630 
Prepaid services  42,877  28,969 
Other advances from customers  940  1,709 
Total  135,090  123,308 
Current  62,957  52,643 
Long term  72,133  70,665 

The long-term balance refers to the assignment agreements of telecommunications means, for which the customers made advances aimed at obtaining benefits for a more extensive period, and realization is estimated for the following years:

  CONSOLIDATED
  2007  2006 
2008  7,063 
2009  7,920  6,976 
2010  7,770  6,826 
2011  7,718  6,774 
2012  7,496  6,774 
2013  7,238  6,766 
2014  6,589  6,766 
2015 and following year  27,402  22,720 
Total  72,133  70,665 

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41. OTHER LIABILITIES

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Obligations from reverse stock split  75,387  81,230 
Self-financing funds  24,143  24,143 
Bank credits and repeater receivables under processing  12,293  12,226 
Other taxes  11,332  4,835 
Obligations from acquisition of tax credits  7,053  15,086 
Bonuses and premiums – subsequent periods  3,249 
CPMF (tax on banking transactions) – suspended payment  2,421  2,286 
Obligations with other telecommunications companies  1,616  1,616 
Return of self–financing funds  607  737 
Other  286  16,846  8,996 
Total  75,387  286  160,790  69,925 
Current  75,387  286  143,570  64,643 
Long term  17,220  5,282 

Self-financing funds

Correspond to the financial participation credits, paid by committed subscribers, for the purchase of the right of use of switched fixed telephone service, still under the discontinued self-financing modality. It happened that, as the shareholders of Brasil Telecom S.A. – Rio Grande do Sul branch (former CRT) had fully subscribed the capital increase made to repay in shares the credits for capital participation, there were no unsold shares to be delivered to the committed subscribers. Part of these committed subscribers, who did not accept this subsidiary’s Public Offering to return the referred credits in cash, as established in article 171, paragraph 2, of Law No. 6.404/76, are awaiting the termination of the ongoing lawsuit, filed by the Public Prosecution Office and Others, aiming at reimbursement in shares.

42. CAPITALIZABLE FUNDS

The expansion plans (self-financing) were the means by which the telecommunications companies financed part of the network investments. With the issue of Administrative Rule No. 261/97 by the Ministry of Communications, this fund raising mechanism was discontinued and the existing consolidated amount of R$7,974 (R$7,974 as of December 31, 2006) derives from plans sold prior to the issue of said Administrative Rule, the corresponding assets to which are already incorporated to fixed assets through the PCT (Community Telephony Plant). For reimbursement in shares, it is necessary to await a court decision on the suits filed by the interested parties.

43. INFORMATION BY BUSINESS SEGMENT - CONSOLIDATED

The information by segment refers to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and has been identified based on their operating and management structure, as well as internal management information.

The transactions of the business segments have been carried out under market terms and conditions.

Results by segment, and balance sheet account presented, consider revenues, costs, and expenses directly linked to each segment and those that can be reasonably allocated.

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  2007 
Fixed
 telephony and
data
 
transmission
Mobile
telephony 
Internet Call
center
Adminis-
tration
Eliminations
between
segments
Consolidated
Gross operating revenue  13,911,298  2,445,806  445,820  22,151  -  (827,687) 15,997,388 
Deductions from gross revenue  (4,178,153) (699,872) (66,305) (1,252) -  6,740  (4,938,842)
Net operating revenue  9,733,145  1,745,934  379,515  20,899  -  (820,947) 11,058,546 
Cost of services and sales  (5,487,894) (1,531,692) (55,203) (20,517) -  713,105  (6,382,201)
Gross profit  4,245,251  214,242  324,312  382  -  (107,842) 4,676,345 
               
Operating expenses, net  (2,487,461) (546,325) (400,630) (617) (23,981) 108,859  (3,350,155)
 Sales of services  (898,192) (453,909) (274,212) 140,961  (1,485,352)
 General and administrative expenses  (1,158,241) (128,803) (68,475) (617) (16,957) 24,215  (1,348,878)
 Management compensation  (8,290) (808) (1,448) (10,546)
 Other operating income (expenses) (422,738) 36,387  (57,135) (5,576) (56,317) (505,379)
               
Income (loss) from operations before financial expenses (income) 1,757,790  (332,083) (76,318) (235) (23,981) 1,017  1,326,190 
               
Trade accounts receivable  2,033,133  194,556  110,223  22,151  -  (170,362) 2,189,701 
Inventories  6,165  26,546  -  -  -  -  32,711 
Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, net  5,254,440  1,399,206  59,332  -  788  -  6,713,766 



  2006
Fixed
 telephony and
data
 
transmission
Mobile
telephony 
Internet Adminis-
tration
Eliminations
between
segments
Consolidated
Gross operating revenue  13,653,447  1,788,972  342,050  -  (673,151) 15,111,318 
Deductions from gross revenue  (4,234,182) (541,595) (42,508) -  3,626  (4,814,659)
Net operating revenue  9,419,265  1,247,377  299,542  -  (669,525) 10,296,659 
Cost of services and sales  (5,769,433) (1,176,083) (145,564) -  631,151  (6,459,929)
Gross profit  3,649,832  71,294  153,978  -  (38,374) 3,836,730 
             
Operating expenses, net  (2,328,060) (548,647) (215,156) (18,077) 43,726  (3,066,214)
 Sales of services  (986,621) (432,432) (135,687) 84,108  (1,470,632)
 General and administrative expenses  (1,123,975) (125,930) (76,576) (15,210) 19,427  (1,322,264)
 Management compensation  (7,767) (213) (1,408) (9,388)
 Other operating income (expenses) (209,697) 9,715  (2,680) (1,459) (59,809) (263,930)
             
Income (loss) from operations before financial expenses (income) 1,321,772  (477,353) (61,178) (18,077) 5,352  770,516 
 
Trade accounts receivable  1,966,744  196,266  69,383  -  (104,739) 2,127,654 
Inventories  5,674  58,490  -  -  -  64,164 
Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, net  6,129,360  1,472,857  96,400  1,044  (882) 7,698,779 

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44. STATEMENTS OF VALUE ADDED – DVA

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
         
REVENUES  1,900  4,826  15,432,778  14,528,845 
Sales of goods and services  15,997,388  15,111,318 
Voluntary discounts and cancelations  (585,034) (528,706)
Losses on accounts receivable  (348,001) (384,320)
Other revenues  1,900  4,826  368,425  330,553 
         
INPUTS ACQUIRED FROM THIRD PARTIES  (6,426) (7,221) (5,452,871) (5,193,179)
Materials  (380,219) (412,016)
Third parties services  (6,208) (7,030) (4,951,888) (4,681,795)
Other third parties designations  (218) (191) (120,764) (99,368)
         
RETENTIONS  (1,471) (1,233) (3,121,855) (3,219,310)
Depreciation and amortization  (256) (312) (2,470,957) (2,731,232)
Provisions for contingencies  (1,215) (921) (650,898) (488,078)
         
NET ADDED VALUE PRODUCED  (5,997) (3,628) 6,858,052  6,116,356 
         
VALUE ADDED RECEIVED IN TRANSFER  873,214  573,917  861,947  882,448 
Equity in subsidiaries  531,519  287,245 
Dividends (investment stated at acquisition cost) 329  712  265 
Financial income  341,366  286,669  773,796  803,387 
Rental income  87,439  78,796 
         
TOTAL VALUE ADDED FOR DISTRIBUTION  867,217  570,289  7,719,999  6,998,804 
         
DISTRIBUTION OF THE VALUE ADDED         
         
Work compensation  4,422  4,288  657,456  614,105 
Payroll charges, benefits and profit sharing  4,422  4,286  310,404  311,232 
Charges, social benefits and interests  257,377  274,164 
Provisions for pension plans  89,675  28,709 
         
Government - taxes  90,350  35,421  5,049,506  4,651,701 
         
Donations and Sponsoring  -  10  11,499  9,902 
         
Renters  96,539  56,916  1,069,595  1,111,663 
Rentals, Leases and insurances  7,273  4,745  354,281  321,733 
Financial expenses  89,266  52,171  715,314  789,930 

To be continued ...

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... continued,

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  2007  2006  2007  2006 
Shareholders  675,906  473,654  790,560  587,825 
Interest on Shareholder’s Equity  336,300  413,400  450,954  527,571 
Dividends  305,811  36,572  305,811  36,572 
Allocation to Legal Reserve  33,795  23,682  33,795  23,682 
         
Minority Interests  -  -  145,999  26,894 
         
Insufficiency of Amount Withheld  -  -  (4,616) (3,286)
         
VALUE ADDED DISTRIBUTED  867,217  570,289  7,719,999  6,998,804 
 
Other Information:         
     Dividends/JSCP Distributed with Added Value from         
     Previous Fiscal Years  74,180  74,180 

45. LAW 11638/07 – AMENDMENTS TO THE BRAZILIAN CORPORATE LAW

Law No. 11638 was issued on December 28, 2007 and amends the provisions of the Brazilian Corporate Law – Law No. 6.404/76. Said law sets forth several amendments on the preparation of financial statements, aiming at aligning them with the international accounting standards and grants to the CVM (Brazilian Securities Commission) the power to issue standards for publicly traded companies. The main amendments introduced by said Law are effective from 2008 and refer to: (i) replacement of the DOAR (Statements of Changes in Financial Position) for the Statement of Cash Flows; (ii) mandatory preparation of the DVA (Statement of Value Added); (iii) possible inclusion of tax bookkeeping in the commercial bookkeeping, with segregation between the commercial and tax statements; (iv) creation of subgroup Asset Appraisal Adjustment in shareholders' equity; (v) standardization of financial instruments measurement and classification criteria; (vi) mandatory evaluation the noncurrent assets recovery level; (vii) change on subsidiaries’ measurement parameters under the equity method of accounting; (viii) possible recognition of the Tax Incentive Reserve; and (ix) mandatory recognition of new assets at fair value, in cases of merger, consolidation or spin-off.

The Company already issues the Statement of Cash Flows and the Statement of Value Added, and the segregation of Intangible assets in permanent assets. On the date of preparation of these financial statements it was not possible to estimate the possible effects from adopting the other changes set forth by said law, applicable to the Company, which might impact its financial statements.

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46. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

Establishment of the company IG Participações S.A. and assignment of investments among subsidiaries

On January 7, 2008, the company iG Participações S.A. (“iG Part”) was established with a capital contribution in the amount of R$5, represented by the issue of five thousand registered common shares with no par value. Subscription and payment were carried out by BrTI and Freelance at the ratio of 98% and 2%, respectively. This company, headquartered in Brasília, DF, is engaged in holding capital in other companies, whether commercial or civil, and other entities, including consortiums, funds, foundations or associations, domestic or foreign, as partner or shareholder, whether a subsidiary or not, which are engaged in activities related to the telecommunications industry or the provisions of internet and similar services

On January 10, 2008, iG Cayman assigned its investment held in iG Brasil to iG Part in the amount of R$76,867, which represents a capital contribution corresponding to the issue of 76,866,991 registered common shares with no par value.

BNDES Financing for BrT Celular

On January 9, 2008 BNDES communicated the approval of a financing in the amount of R$259,100 to 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A., to be invested in the expansion and modernization of the mobile phone network (personal mobile service) by 2009. The financing shall have the total term of nine years and six months, with a thirty months grace period, as from which period the payment in eighty four installments shall begin. This financing bears charges based on the TJLP variation, plus 3.52% a year. Funding for this financing, which is already approved by the administrative bodies, is expected to occur in the periods of 2008 and 2009, after executing the contract and according to the procedures of the financing body.

Communication

We reproduced below the joint communication from the Company and Brasil Telecom S.A., disclosed after the balance sheet date:

Communication disclosed on January 9, 2008:

Brasil Telecom Clarifies CVM Consultation

In response to the Official Letters CVM/SEP/GEA-2/No. 003/08 and CVM/SEP/GEA-4/No. 004/08, sent, respectively, on January 08 and 09, 2008, regarding news that are being published by the press, such as Valor Econômico newspaper, under the heading “BrT prepares corporate restructuring” and “Oi buys back shares with an eye on possible consolidation”, comments of the “De olho na bolsa (An eye on the Stock market)”, as well as due to the today’s notes published on Radar On-Line (“Telemar Buys Brasil Telecom”), Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. and Brasil Telecom S.A. (jointly, the “Companies”) clarify that they have no participation on a occasional negotiation regarding the pledging of shares companies in its corporate structure by their controlling shareholders. In addition, the Companies reinforce that they have not entered into any agreement, even preliminary, regarding merge or purchase or sale with Oi/Telemar or with any other company or investment vehicle.

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The Companies also communicate that the group companies belonging to Brasil Telecom control network group (Solpart Participações S.A., Techold Participações S.A., Invitel S.A. and Zain Participações S.A., herein referred to as “Parent Companies”) were questioned and expressed themselves as follows:

 
“As is widely known by the Companies shareholders and by the market in general, the Parent Companies have been evaluating, with the assistance of specialized companies, several strategic alternatives for their participation on the Companies. 
 
 
The Parent Companies clarify that, regarding rumors in contrary, and notwithstanding the fact that there are discussion on the matter, they did not take any decision as to carry out a corporate reorganization of the Companies, nor have they celebrated any agreement, even preliminary, regarding merge or purchase or sale with Oi/Telemar or with any other company or investment vehicle. 
 
 
The Parent Companies inform that, under the applicable laws and regulations, they will promptly disclose any material act or event which takes place. 

Brasília, January 9, 2008

Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
Investor Relations Officer
Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.

Brasil Telecom S.A.”

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47. AUTHORIZATION FOR COMPLETION OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The meeting held by the Company’s Board of Directors on January 29, 2008, authorized the completion of these financial statements, which comprise the subsequent events to the closing date of the financial year 2007, and are therefore approved for disclosure.

Brasília (DF), January 29, 2008

 

Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral  Célio José Godinho 
Financial Officer  Accountant 

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SIGNATURE
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 03, 2008

 
BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
By:
/SPaulo Narcélio Simões Amaral

 
Name:  Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
Title:     Chief Financial Officer
 

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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