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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.

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BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Corporate Taxpayer Registration 02.570.688/0001 -70
Board of Trade 53.3.0000581 -8
Publicly Held Company
CVM 01768-0

Minutes of the Board of Directors’ Meeting,
Held on August 30, 2005

Date, Time and Place:

On the 30th of August, 2005, at 4:00 p.m., in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro, at Rua Lauro Muller, 116, sala 2201, parte.

Summons:

Summons dismissed, since all the members of the Board of Directors were present.

Presence:

The following effective members of the Company’s Board of Directors were present: Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior, Pedro Paulo Elejalde de Campos, Elemér André Surányi, Kevin Michael Altit, Lênin Florentino de Faria and Fábio de Oliveira Moser.

Meeting’s Board:

The meeting was presided by the chairman of the Board of Directors, who invited Mr. Hiram Bandeira Pagano Filho to act as secretary for the matters of the meeting.

Day’s Agenda:

(i) Responding to the request made by Solpart Participações S.A., according to art. 123, sole paragraph, line “c” of Law 6,404/76, to deliberate on the summons of Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting of the Company to make a resolution on the replacement of the following effective and alternate members of the Fiscal Council, elected by Solpart Participações S.A.: Mr. Luiz Otavio Gomes West, Augusto Cezar Calazans Lopes, Gilberto Braga, Raimundo José do Prado Vieira, Luiz Fernando Cavalcanti Trocoli and Genivaldo Almeida Bonfim.

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(ii) To assign the Fiscal Council with the functions of “Audit Committee” to be in conformity with the disposition of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, according to the proposal of the Senior Management.

Resolutions:

At the beginning of the meeting, the President put to vote item (i) of the Day’s Agenda. Responding to the request made by Solpart Participações S.A., according to art. 123, sole paragraph, line “c” of Law 6,404/76, the members of the Board of Directors decided, by unanimous decision, to approve the summons for the Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting, to be held on September 29, 2005, at noon, to make a resolution on the following matter:

• Replacement of the following effective and alternate members of the Fiscal Council, elected by Solpart Participações S.A.: Mr. Luiz Otavio Gomes West, Augusto Cezar Calazans Lopes, Gilberto Braga, Raimundo José do Prado Vieira, Luiz Fernando Cavalcanti Trocoli and Genivaldo Almeida Bonfim.

Following, the President put to vote item (ii) of the Day’s Agenda, when the Senior Management’s proposal to assign the Fiscal Council with the functions of “Audit Committee” to be in conformity with the disposition of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, according to documents filed at the Company’s headquarters (doc. 01), was approved by unanimous decision.

Closing:

With nothing further to be discussed, the meeting was closed and these Minutes were drafted, which, once read and approved, unanimously, were signed by the present Board’s Members.

Rio de Janeiro, August 30, 2005.

Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior	Hiram Bandeira Pagano Filho
President	Secretary

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