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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 August 20, 2008

(Commission File No. 1-15256)
 
 
BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
BRAZIL TELECOM 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)__.

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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)
ITR – QUARTERLY INFORMATION  Corporate Law 
TRADE COMPANY, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHERS  Reference Date - 06/30/2008 

 
01131-2 BRASIL TELECOM S.A.  76.535.764/0001-43 
 

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

01.01 - IDENTIFICATION

1 - CVM CODE 
01131-2
 
2 - COMPANY NAME 
BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
 
3 - CORPORATE TAXPAYER ID (CNPJ)
76.535.764/0001-43
 
4 - NIRE 
5.330.000.622.9
 

01.02 - ADDRESS OF COMPANY’S HEADQUARTERS

1 - COMPLETE ADDRESS: 
SIA/SUL - LOTE D - BL B - 1° ANDAR 
2 – DISTRICT 
SIA 
3 - ZIP code 
71215-000 
4 - CITY 
BRASÍLIA 
5 - STATE
DF 
6 - AREA CODE (DDD)
61 
7 - TELEPHONE
3415-1010 
8 - TELEPHONE 
3415-1256 
9 - TELEPHONE 
3415-1119 

10 - TELEX 
-

11 - AREA CODE (DDD)
61
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 - LOTE D - BL A - 2° ANDAR 
3 – DISTRICT 
SIA 
4 - ZIP code 
71215-000 
5 - CITY 
BRASÍLIA 
6 - STATE 
DF 
7 - AREA CODE (DDD)
61 

3 - TELEPHONE 
3415-1010 

9 - TELEPHONE 
3415-1140 
10 - TELEPHONE
11 - TELEX 
12 - AREA CODE (DDD)
61 
13 - FAX 
3415-1593 
14 - FAX 15 - FAX 
 
16 - E-MAIL 
ri@brasiltelecom.com.br 

01.04 - REFERENCE / AUDITOR

ACCOUNTING PERIOD IN 
PROGRESS 
CURRENT QUARTER  PREVIOUS QUARTER 
1 - START  2 - END  3 - NUMBER  4 - START  5 - END  6 - NUMBER  7 - START  8 - END 
01/01/2008  12/31/2008  04/01/2008  06/30/2008  01/01/2008  03/31/2008 
9 - AUDITOR NAME/COMPANY NAME 
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes 
10 - CVM CODE 
00385-9 
11 - NAME OF THE TECHNICAL RESPONSIBLE 
Marco Antonio Brandão Simurro 
12 -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)
1 - CURRENT QUARTER 
06/30/2008 
2 - PREVIOUS QUARTER 
03/31/2008 
3 - EQUAL QUARTER PREVIOUS 
06/30/2007 
Issued Capital       
         1 - Common shares  249,597,049  249,597,049  249,597,049 
         2 - Preferred shares  311,353,240  311,353,240  311,353,240 
         3 - Total  560,950,289  560,950,289  560,950,289 
Treasury Shares       
         4 - Common shares 
         5 - Preferred shares  13,516,016  13,572,523  13,678,100 
         6 - Total  13,516,016  13,572,523  13,678,100 

01.06 - COMPANY’S CHARACTERISTICS

1 - COMPANY TYPE 
Trade, Industrial and Other Companies 
2 - SITUATION TYPE 
Operating 
3 - SHAREHOLDING NATURE 
National Private 
4 - ACTIVITY CODE 
1130 - Telecommunications 
5 - MAIN ACTIVITY 
SWITCHED FIXED TELEPHONE SERVICE EXPLOITATION 
6 - CONSOLIDATED TYPE 
Total 
7 - AUDITORS’ REPORT TYPE 
No Exceptions 

01.07 - SUBSIDIARIES EXCLUDED FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1 ITEM  2 – CNPJ  3 COMPANY NAME 

01.08 - DIVIDENDS APPROVED AND/OR PAID DURING AND AFTER THE QUARTER

1- ITEM  2 - EVENT  3 – APPROVAL  4 - INCOME  5 - PAYM. 
START 
6 - SHARE TYPE 
AND CLASS 
7 - INCOME VALUE PER 
SHARE 
01  RD  01/31/2007  Interest on Shareholder’s 
Equity 
04/16/2008  ON  0.0003805236 
02  RD  01/31/2007  Interest on Shareholder’s 
Equity 
04/16/2008  PN  0.0003805236 
03  RD  12/28/2007  Interest on Shareholder’s 
Equity 
04/16/2008  ON  0.1637028188 
04  RD  04/16/2008  Interest on Shareholder’s
Equity 
04/16/2008  PN  0.1637028188 
05  AGO  03/18/2008  Dividend  04/16/2008  ON  0.7437302894 
06  AGO  03/18/2008  Dividend  04/16/2008  PN  0.7437302894 

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01.09 - ISSUED CAPITAL AND CHANGES IN CURRENT YEAR

1- ITEM  2 - CHANGE 
DATE 
3 - CAPITAL STOCK VALUE 
(in thousands of reais)
4 - CHANGE VALUE
(in thousands of reais)
5 - CHANGE ORIGIN  7 – NUMBER OF SHARES ISSUED
(Units)
8 - SHARE PRICE UPON ISSUANCE
(Reais)

01.10 - INVESTOR RELATIONS OFFICER

1 - DATE 
14/07/2008 
2 - SIGNATURE 

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

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 06/30/2008  4 - 03/31/2008 
Total Assets  15,050,985  14,682,517 
1.01  Current Assets  3,953,685  3,788,147 
1.01.01  Cash, Bank and Temporary Cash Investments  164,619  289,038 
1.01.01.01  Cash and Bank  101,287  52,255 
1.01.01.02  Temporary Cash Investments  63,332  236,783 
1.01.02  Credits  1,993,667  1,970,672 
1.01.02.01  Clients  1,993,667  1,970,672 
1.01.02.02  Sundry Credits 
1.01.03  Inventories  5,979  5,727 
1.01.04  Others  1,789,420  1,522,710 
1.01.04.01  Loans and Financing  1,690  1,655 
1.01.04.02  Deferred and Recoverable Taxes  932,988  764,642 
1.01.04.03  Escrow Deposits  449,041  381,929 
1.01.04.04  Short Term Investments  205,577  201,232 
1.01.04.05  Other Assets  200,124  173,252 
1.02  Non-Current Assets  11,097,300  10,894,370 
1.02.01  Long-Term Assets  2,538,889  2,114,585 
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  2,538,889  2,114,585 
1.02.01.03.01  Loans and Financing  5,781  5,979 
1.02.01.03.02  Deferred and Recoverable Taxes  825,022  736,417 
1.02.01.03.03  Fixed-Income Securities  941  911 
1.02.01.03.04  Escrow Deposits  1,617,361  1,286,102 
1.02.01.03.05  Other Assets  89,784  85,176 
1.02.02  Permanent Assets  8,558,411  8,779,785 
1.02.02.01  Investments  4,002,502  4,092,925 
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  3,980,382  4,051,811 
1.02.02.01.04  Subsidiaries - Goodwill  18,394  23,913 
1.02.02.01.05  Other Investments  3,722  17,197 
1.02.02.02  Property, Plant and Equipment  4,064,618  4,145,388 
1.02.02.03  Intangible Assets  471,307  514,893 
1.02.02.04  Deferred Charges  19,984  26,579 

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

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 06/30/2008  4 - 03/31/2008 
Total Liabilities  15,050,985  14,682,517 
2.01  Current Liabilities  3,909,008  3,833,878 
2.01.01  Loans and Financing  1,034,394  475,532 
2.01.02  Debentures  10,139  38,158 
2.01.03  Suppliers  1,106,758  1,117,513 
2.01.04  Taxes, Duties and Contributions  845,647  702,235 
2.01.04.01  Indirect Taxes  497,308  562,858 
2.01.04.02  Taxes on Income  348,339  139,377 
2.01.05  Dividends  270,384  974,314 
2.01.06  Provisions  291,927  238,428 
2.01.06.01  Provisions for Contingencies  212,676  182,174 
2.01.06.02  Provisions for Pension Plans  79,251  56,254 
2.01.07  Debts with Related Parties 
2.01.08  Others  349,759  287,698 
2.01.08.01  Payroll, Social Charges and Benefits  81,366  64,571 
2.01.08.02  Consignment in Favor of Third Parties  114,657  105,870 
2.01.08.03  Profit Sharing  37,310  18,361 
2.01.08.04  Advances from Customers  1,743  1,432 
2.01.08.05  Authorization for Telecom Serv. Exploitation  32,845  16,421 
2.01.08.06  Other Liabilities  81,838  81,043 
2.02  Non-Current Liabilities  5,145,205  5,194,639 
2.02.01  Long-Term Liabilities  5,145,205  5,194,639 
2.02.01.01  Loans and Financing  2,515,176  2,630,243 
2.02.01.02  Debentures  1,080,000  1,080,000 
2.02.01.03  Provisions  1,263,153  1,258,083 
2.02.01.03.01  Provisions for Contingencies  673,211  670,767 
2.02.01.03.02  Provisions for Pension Plans  586,498  586,384 
2.02.01.03.03  Provisions for Losses with Subsidiaries  3,444  932 
2.02.01.04  Debts with Related Parties 
2.02.01.05  Advance for Future Capital Increase 
2.02.01.06  Others  286,876  226,313 
2.02.01.06.01  Suppliers  21,385  17,602 
2.02.01.06.02  Indirect Taxes  149,323  117,726 
2.02.01.06.03  Taxes on Income  74,191  63,049 
2.02.01.06.04  Advances from Customers  28,839  5,249 
2.02.01.06.05  Other Liabilities  5,164  14,713 
2.02.01.06.06  Funds for Capitalization  7,974  7,974 
2.02.02  Deferred Income 
2.04  Shareholders’ Equity  5,996,772  5,654,000 
2.04.01  Paid Up Capital Stock  3,470,758  3,470,758 
2.04.02  Capital Reserves  1,330,683  1,329,671 

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

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 -06/30/2008  4 -03/31/2008 
2.04.02.01  Goodwill on Share Subscription  358,862  358,862 
2.04.02.02  Investment Grants  123,558  123,558 
2.04.02.03  Interest on Works in Progress  745,756  745,756 
2.04.02.04  Special Monetary Correction - Law 8200/91  31,287  31,287 
2.04.02.05  Other Capital Reserves  71,220  70,208 
2.04.03  Revaluation Reserves 
2.04.03.01  Owned Assets 
2.04.03.02  Subsidiaries/Direct and Indirect Associated 
2.04.04  Revenue Reserves  349,155  349,155 
2.04.04.01  Legal  349,155  349,155 
2.04.04.02  Statutory 
2.04.04.03  For Contingencies 
2.04.04.04  From Profits to Realize 
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  846,176  504,416 
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 - 04/01/08 to 06/30/08  4 - 01/01/08 to 06/30/08  5 - 04/01/07 to 06/30/07  6 - 01/01/07 to 06/30/07 
3.01  Gross Revenue from Sales and/or Services  3,528,244  6,986,614  3,359,909  6,745,313 
3.02  Deductions from Gross Revenue  (1,153,317) (2,239,251) (1,020,955) (2,045,479)
3.03  Net Revenue from Sales and/or Services  2,374,927  4,747,363  2,338,954  4,699,834 
3.04  Cost of Goods and/or Services Sold  (1,211,824) (2,475,157) (1,321,257) (2,694,641)
3.05  Gross Profit  1,163,103  2,272,206  1,017,697  2,005,193 
3.06  Operating Expenses/Revenues  (640,308) (1,612,744) (706,144) (1,701,976)
3.06.01  Selling Expenses  (221,731) (486,604) (236,021) (468,970)
3.06.02  General and Administrative Expenses  (306,908) (599,020) (280,886) (551,792)
3.06.03  Financial  (81,853) (357,431) (80,146) (436,966)
3.06.03.01  Financial Income  81,643  206,959  70,050  142,003 
3.06.03.02  Financial Expenses  (163,496) (564,390) (150,196) (578,969)
3.06.04  Other Operating Income  249,179  389,320  124,508  224,607 
3.06.05  Other Operating Expenses  (205,053) (441,659) (180,619) (347,244)
3.06.06  Equity Income  (73,942) (117,350) (52,980) (121,611)
3.07  Operating Income  522,795  659,462  311,553  303,217 
3.08  Non-Operating Income  (787) 423  (4,503) (4,784)
3.08.01  Revenues  57,069  89,698  5,381  10,080 
3.08.02  Expenses  (57,856) (89,275) (9,884) (14,864)
3.09  Income Before Tax and Minority Interests  522,008  659,885  307,050  298,433 
3.10  Provision for Income and Social Contribution  (205,761) (324,782) (81,373) (150,156)
3.11  Deferred Income Tax  5,029  62,538  (49,571) (3,165)
3.12  Statutory Interest/Contributions 
3.12.01  Interests 
3.12.02  Contributions 
3.13  Reversal of Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  245,000  245,000 
3.15  Income (Loss) for the Period  321,276  642,641  176,106  390,112 

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03.01 - STATEMENT OF INCOME (IN THOUSAND OF REAIS)

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 04/01/08 to 06/30/08  4 - 01/01/08 to 06/30/08  5 - 04/01/07 to 06/30/07  6 - 01/01/07 to 06/30/07 
  NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING SHARES, EX-  547,434,273  547,434,273  547,272,189  547,272,189 
  TREASURY (UNITS)        
  EARNINGS PER SHARE (REAIS) 0.58688  1.17391  0.32179  0.71283 
  LOSS PER SHARE (REAIS)        

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04.01 – NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
 

NOTES TO THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF 06/30/08
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$)

1. OPERATIONS

BRASIL TELECOM S.A. ("Company") is a concessionaire of the Switched Fixed Telephone Service ("STFC") and operates since July of 1998 in the Region II of the General Concession Plan, 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 Distrito Federal. As of January 22, 2004 the Company started developing national and international long distance calls services in all Regions and under the local modality the service outside Region II started to be offered as of January 19, 2005.

The Company businesses, as well as the services rendered and the fees charged are regulated by ANATEL.

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.

The Company is controlled by Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. ("BTP"), which was established on May 22, 1998 as a result of privatization of the Telebrás System.

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).

Subsidiaries

In the second semester of 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors 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. The corporate changes already performed, carried out at book values, did not have material impacts on the costs structure. The changes occurred in the quarters or fiscal years referred to in the present interim financial statements are mentioned in the comments of the companies below, when attributed to them.

a) 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. ("BrT Celular"): 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. (“BrTI”): 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:

iG Companies

iG operates as a dialup and broadband internet access provider also delivering added value services targeted for home and corporate markets, including the internet connection accelerator. In addition, iG also sells advertising space on its portal.

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BrTI’s control over the iG Companies up to April 25, 2008 was attributed to its 88.81% share in the capital stock of Internet Group (Cayman) Limited (“iG Cayman”), established in the Cayman Islands. On that date, iG Cayman reported dividends to shareholders holding A Series Convertible Preferred Shares in the amount of R$ 76.5 million, of which R$ 51.2 million to the shareholder BrTI and R$ 25.3 million to the non-controlling shareholders outside Brasil Telecom companies. Thereafter, iG Cayman accomplished the repurchase of shares held by non-controlling shareholders outside Brasil Telecom companies, in the amount of R$ 19.6 million (equity value). After repurchasing shares, BrTI´s interest in iG Cayman was equivalent to 90.42% .

iG Cayman, in its turn, is the holding company of iG Participações S.A. (“iG Part”) and Internet Group do Brasil Ltda. (“iG Brasil”), subsidiaries established in Brazil.

On June 2, 2008, iG Brasil company incorporated Freelance S.A. ("Freelance"), which held iBest´s operations, targeted for the Internet segment and, accordingly, compatible to iG´s operations. The report at merger prepared based on Freelance´s liquidation financial statements as of May 31, 2008, valued net assets at R$ 102,917. With absorption of such assets, BrTI became holder of 62.33% of shares in iG Brasil. BrTI was the holder of 100% of Freelance´s capital stock.

Concerning the former ownership structure of the companies composing iBest´s operations, iBest Holding Corporation, incorporated at Cayman Islands discontinued operations and was dissolved. The company’s dissolution certificate, issued at Cayman Islands on May 23, 2008 resulted in the write-off of investments in the amount of R$ 34, recorded in BrTI, its sole shareholder.

On June 2, 2008, iG Brasil also incorporated Central de Serviços Internet Ltda. (“CSI”), company that held 99.99% of capital stock. CSI was an exclusive services provider for iG Brasil and the net assets incorporated, included in the report dated May 31, 2008, corresponded to the amount of R$ 1,367.

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, vice president executive of the Company’s subsidiaries related to internet businesses.

c) Brasil Telecom Cabos Submarinos Ltda. ("BrT CS"): 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”).

d) Brasil Telecom Comunicação Multimídia Ltda. ("BrT Multimídia"): until April 10, 2007 the Company held 100% of MTH Ventures do Brasil Ltda. (“MTH”), a holding company that controlled the capital of Brasil Telecom Comunicação Multimídia Ltda, and the Company and BrTI holding the remaining ownership interest. The Extraordinary General Meeting held on this date decided for the merger of MTH into the Company. Since then, the Company holds interest corresponding to 89.8% at BrT Multimídia capital stock, with the remaining 10.2% 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 others value added services.

e) Vant Telecomunicações S.A. ("VANT"): it is a company whose total capital stock is practically held by the Company. BrTI holds only one share in VANT’s capital, representing less than 0.01% interest.

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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.

Stock Purchase Agreement

According to a significant event issued on April 25, 2008, the Company and its parent company – Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., in aggregate referred to as “Brasil Telecom”, transcribed the significant event issued on April 25, 2008 by its direct and indirect shareholders, which refers to the Acquisition of Brasil Telecom´s Control.

As disclosed in the significant event issued by INVITEL S.A. (“Invitel”), shareholder and direct controller, informed that on April 25, 2008, the Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) was concluded into between Investidores Institucionais Fundo de Investimento em Participações, Citigroup Venture Capital Internacional Brazil L.P., Priv Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Tele Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil – PREVI, Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada, Fundação Petrobrás de Seguridade Social – PETROS, Telos – Fundação Embratel de Assistência e Seguridade Social, Fundação dos Economiários Federais – FUNCEF, Opportunity Fund, Opportunity Lógica Rio Consultoria e Participações S.A., Opportunity Asset Administradora de Recursos de Terceiros Ltda., Opportunity Invest II Ltda., Opportunity Investimentos Ltda., Opp I Fundo de Investimentos em Ações, Opportunity Lógica II Fundo de Investimento em Ações, International Markets Investments, C.V., Luxor Fundo de Investimento Multimercado, Timepart Participações Ltda., collectivelly referred to as “Sellers”, and Banco de Investimentos Credit Suisse (Brazil) S.A. (“Purchaser”), with the mediation of Telemar Norte Leste S.A. (“TNL”), Invitel and Solpart Participações S.A. (“Solpart”).

According to the Agreement, the Purchaser, as the commission agent of TNL, contracted, subjected to the conditions below, the acquisition of 100% of shares issued by Invitel and held by the Sellers (the “Shares”), for the total amount of R$ 4,982,389, to be monetary adjusted based on the cumulative variation of daily average rates of Interbank Deposits – DI, from which Invitel’s net debt is to be deducted. The final sale amount will be determined when the conditions preceding the transaction are fulfilled. Also, the Purchaser contracted the acquisition of common shares of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. (“BrT Part”), all attached to an agreement of shareholders of the controlling group of BrT Part, held directly by some Sellers, by the total amount of R$ 881,107, equivalent to the price per share of R$ 72.3058316215.

Invitel holds 99.99% of shares in Solpart, a privately-held company that holds 51.41% of the voting capital and 18.93% of the total capital stock in BrT Part. BrT Part, in its turn, a publicly-traded company holding 99.09% of common shares and 38.33% of preferred shares in Brasil Telecom S.A. (“BrT”), corresponding to 65.64% of BrT´s capital stock, in its turn, is a publicly-traded switched fixed telephony concessionaire, for use of general public, publicly rendered, operating in Area II, as defined by the General Concession Plan (PGO), established by Decree 2.534, of 04/02/98.

The agreed-upon transfer of Shares is subject to: (i) fulfillment of a precedent condition represented by prior approval from the National Telecommunications Agency – ANATEL, as provided in Article 97 of Law no. 9.472, of 7/16/97 (General Telecommunications Act – LGT); and (ii) condition subsequent consisting of the placement, by the Purchaser, of public offering for acquisition of shares with voting right issued by BrT Part and BrT, as provided in Article 254-A, of Law no. 6.404, of 12/15/76. Telecommunications industry regulations restricts the acquisition of control of a STFC by another STFC operating in a different region outlined by PGO, a restriction that may be removed at ANATEL´s discretion, as provided by article 202, paragraph 1, of Law no. 9.472, of 07/16/97 (General Telecommunications Act – “LGT”, as amended), in case ANATEL understands that such restriction no longer meets the objectives of the PGO.

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The Brazilian Association of Switched Fixed Telephony Concessionaires – ABRAFIX requested ANATEL to revise such restrictive rules, also proposing an amendment to PGO, so that the acquisition of one concessionaire by another operating in different region may be expressly permitted.

The Ministry of Communications sent to ANATEL Official Letter no. 11/2008/MC, with guidelines on the National Telecommunications Policy, recommending, among other initiatives for developing to the industry and fostering competition, suppression of the restrictions in articles 7 and 14 of PGO, that prohibit the transfer of control or concession that results in direct or indirect control of a single shareholder or group of shareholders, of concessionaires operating in different Regions of the PGO, allowing integration of STFC networks and geographic consolidation among Regions.

In view of the aforementioned restrictions, the agreed-upon transfer of Shares is subject to precedent condition, represented by the prior approval from ANATEL, as provided in Article 97 of Law no. 9.472, of 7/16/97 (General Telecommunications Act – LGT), within the minimum term of 240 days as of the Agreement date.

The Purchaser and/or TNL will not exercise, until the contracted purchase and sale transaction is completed, any kind of interference or influence upon the administration of corporate activities of Invitel, Solpart, BrT Part, BrT or any other of its respective direct or indirect subsidiaries.

Under the agreement, the Purchase acts as TNL´s commission agent for share acquisition purposes of TNL, in conformity with articles 693 and 709 of the Civil Code. The Purchase´s rights, obligations and liabilities will be transferred to TNL as soon as changes commented above are introduced to PGO.

The above-mentioned operation is subject to approval by agencies that compose the Brazilian System for Defense of Competition within the term and in the form set forth by the prevailing legislation.

Brasil Telecom´s management will keep the market and shareholders informed about the implementation of the conditions above and any new significant events that may occur.

Litigation Release and Settlement Instrument

Transaction Agreement

When the Stock Purchase Agreement was signed, pending litigation that resulted in several lawsuits derived from the change in Brasil Telecom’s Management, occurred in the third quarter of 2005, were resolved. In a significant event notice of April 25, 2008, the Company and Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., in conjunction with 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A., collectively referred to as Brasil Telecom Parties, the terms and conditions that resulted in the transaction agreement were disclosed as follows:

1 – On April 25, 2008, Brasil Telecom Parties (on their behalf and on behalf of their Affiliated companies), Opportunity Fund and other Opportunity Parties/Banco Opportunity (on their behalf and on behalf of their Affiliated companies) entered into, in conjunction with Telemar Norte Leste S.A. (“Telemar”), a “Waiver, Transaction and Release Public Instrument” (“Transaction Agreement”), by means of which Brasil Telecom Parties and Opportunity Parties/Banco Opportunity have established the terms and conditions for resolving their current claims among the Parties and prevent new ones from being filed.

2 – According to item 1 above, Telemar also published on April 25, 2008, significant event notice expressing its interest in acquiring the control of Brasil Telecom Parties and their direct and indirect Affiliated Parties, since Telemar is not party and is not involved, whether directly or indirectly, in litigations of any nature between Opportunity Parties/Banco Opportunity and Brasil Telecom Parties (and their respective Affiliated Companies).

3 – It is publicly known that Brasil Telecom Parties and Opportunity Parties/Banco Opportunity (and their respective Subsidiaries) are involved in disputes and litigations in Brazil and abroad. Such Parties, without acknowledging the history or undertaking any responsibility related with the mutual litigations that they have decided to serve their mutual interests, avoiding further expenditures of time, efforts and resources in current and future litigations.

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4 – Under the Transaction Agreement and to dismiss the litigation between Brasil Telecom Parties and Opportunity Parties/Banco Opportunity so as to make the objective in item 2 above feasible, Telemar undertook the obligation to pay a total amount of R$ 175,730 to Brasil Telecom Parties.

5 – That indicated amount shall be pay in two installments. The first one, in the amount of R$ 80,814 for prompt payment in favor of Brasil Telecom S.A., therefore dismissing the litigation between Brasil Telecom S.A. and Opportunity Parties/Banco Opportunity, that was pending abroad. The remaining one in the amount of R$ 94,916, divided as follows: (i) R$ 89,071 in favor of Brasil Telecom S.A. and (ii) R$ 5,845 in favor of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., to be settled after transactions in litigation pending in Brazil are approved by an Extraordinary Shareholders´ Meeting of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. and Brasil Telecom S.A.

6 – Under the Transaction Agreement, the agreement among Brasil Telecom Parties and Opportunity Parties/Banco Opportunity (and respective Affiliates) to definitively solve any existing claims and prevent any other from being filed, as well as payments under Telemar´s responsibility, do not depend on the completion of the transaction for acquiring the control of Brasil Telecom Parties by Telemar.

7 – The Transaction Agreement was signed independently from any other legal businesses or agreements entered into by and between Opportunity Parties/Banco Opportunity and Telemar and/or their respective affiliated Companies, parent companies and companies under common control and the validity and effectiveness of the Transaction Agreement have not been conditioned or bound by the validity, effectiveness, fulfillment, satisfaction of any conditions or any other events or circumstances related to any other legal businesses or agreements entered into by and between such Parties and/or respective affiliated companies, parent companies and companies under common control.

Transaction Agreement Approval

The Company and Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. in their respective Extraordinary Shareholders´ Meeting held on May 29, 2008, unanimously approved the releases and transactions under the Transaction Agreement entered into by Telemar Norte Leste S.A., Opportunity Fund and Others, which depended on Shareholders´ approval. As a result, the amounts mentioned in the Transaction Agreement have been fully settled by Telemar and received by BrT and BrT Part.

2. PRESENTATION OF INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Preparation Criteria

The interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the rules issued by CVM, applicable to the preparation of interim financial statements, including the CVM Instruction no. 469/08.

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 interim 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 interim financial statements. Significant items subject to these 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.

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Amendment to Brazilian Corporate Law

On December 28, 2007, Law no. 11.638 was enacted, altering the provisions of the Brazilian Corporate Law – Law no. 6.404/76. The aforementioned law was designed primarily to update accounting practices as contemplated in Brazilian Corporate Law, so as to enable the convergence of Brazilian accounting practices with the international financial reporting standards (IFRS), and allow the Brazilian Securities Commission – CVM to issue new accounting standards and procedures, applicable to public companies in Brazil. The main changes introduced by the Law are effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2008 and refers to:

On May 2, 2008, CVM issued the Instruction no. 469 has permitted the application of provisions of Law no. 11638/07 in the preparation of interim financial statements during 2008 or the disclosure of the effects thereof in the notes to the interim financial statements, containing information on changes that may materially impact the interim financial statements for fiscal year 2008, represented by an estimate of any possible changes in shareholders’ equity and income for the period.

The Company opted to disclose the accounting effects of changes introduced by Law no. 11.638/07 on these interim financial statements and record in the interim financial statements those items deemed material and that are mandatory under CVM Instruction no. 469. Accordingly, amounts payable in connection with authorizations for the 3G network exploitation have been adjusted to present value, as disclosed in note 36.

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In addition to the provisions in CVM Instruction no. 469/08, the Company estimates that, although many of the changes introduced by the new Law still depend on regulation by CVM, material matters that may significantly impact the preparation of the interim financial statements have already been adopted or disclosed and refer to the segregation of Intangible Assets in permanent assets, presentation of the statement of cash flows (as disclosed in note 17) and the statement of added value, this latter as part of the annual financial statements, and valuation of financial instruments at fair value disclosed comparatively to book value in note 5.

Below are the effects resulting from: (i) financial trade leasing contracts, whose leased assets should be active in line with the international reporting financial standards; and (ii) share-based compensation for officers and employees (Article 7 of CVM Instruction no. 469/08).

  COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED 
Shareholders’ Equity  06/30/08  03/31/08 
 Presentation in accordance with Law no. 6.404/76  5,996,772  5,654,000 
 Effects of changes introduced by law no. 11.638/07  (20,887) (16,731)
 Pro-forma in accordance with Law no. 11.638/07  5,975,885  5,637,269 
 
Net Income for the Period     
 Presentation in accordance with Law no. 6.404/76  642,641  321,365 
 (Accumulated) effects of adjustment  (6,295) (2,139)
 Pro-forma in accordance with Law no. 11.638/07  636,346  319,226 

Consolidated interim financial statements

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

Some of the main consolidation procedures are:

Statements of Cash Flows

The Company presents, on a regular basis, the statement of cash flows, which was prepared in accordance with Accounting Standard and Procedures - NPC 20 of the Brazilian Institute of Independent Auditors – (“IBRACON”). For a better presentation and maintenance of comparison to the current quarter, reclassifications regarding the equivalent quarter of 2007 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 32 and accounts payable and accrued expenses.

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Segment Reporting

The Company is presenting, as supplement to note 41, 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 interim 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 quarters closing dates and do not exceed their fair value. Shares in f investment funds are stated at cost plus income earned through the quarters 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 quarters 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, as regards the consolidated interim financial statements, 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.

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.

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.

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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 quarter closing dates. The same adjustment is applied to the guarantee contracts to hedge the debt.

j. Provision 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 quarter closing 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. Revenue 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.

Interest on Shareholders’ Equity, when credited, is included in financial expenses, and for interim 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. 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. 10.101/00 and the Company’s bylaws.

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

4. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Related-party transactions refer to transactions with Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., the Company’s parent company, and are carried out under regular market prices and conditions. The main transactions are: Guarantees and sureties: (i) The parent company pledges sureties as guarantee of loans and financing owed by the Company to the lending financial institutions. In the current fiscal year, up to the quarter closing date and related to the guarantee benefit, the Company recorded expenses in favor of the parent company amounting to R$ 6,302 (R$ 2,003 in 2007); and (ii) the parent company pledges surety to the Company related to the contracting of insurance policies, guarantee of contractual obligations (GOC), which amounted to R$ 104,847 (R$ 101,502 in 2007). Up to the quarter, in return to such surety, the Company registered an operating expense of R$ 125 (R$ 58 in 2007).

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Payable Due: resulting from transactions related share of resources. The balance Payable is R$ 4,619 (R$ 192 to receive on 03/31/08).

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 business are as follows:

a. Credit risk

Most of the services provided by the Company 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 the Company may incur in losses arising from the difficulty in receiving amounts billed to its customers. The Company’s default up to the quarter was 2.48% (2.49% in 2007), taking into account total losses on accounts receivable in relation to gross revenue. In Consolidated it was 2.63% (2.65% in 2007). The Company constantly monitors the level of its accounts receivable 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.

The Company 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. The Company controls 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 quarter was 16.6% of the total portfolio (18.1% as of 03/31/08), 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.

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b. Exchange rate risk

Liabilities

The Company 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. Consolidated loans subject to this risk represent approximately 14.2% (15.0% on 03/31/08) of total liabilities of consolidated loans and financing, less the foreign exchange hedge transactions contracted. In order to minimize this kind of risk, the Company has been entering into exchange hedge contracts with financial institutions. Of the debt installment consolidated in foreign currency, 59.2% (61.6% on 03/31/08) 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 quarter closing date, at carrying and fair values, was as follows:

  COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Carrying 
Value
Fair Value  Carrying 
Value
Fair Value 
Liabilities         
Loans and Financing  547,032  566,922  603,591  630,515 
Hedge Contracts  371,407  372,931  326,205  326,497 
Total  918,439  939,853  929,796  957,012 
Current  215,499  216,073  201,744  201,894 
Long-term  702,940  723,780  728,052  755,118 

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 quarter closing date. For securities tradable in organized markets, the fair value is equivalent to the value of the last closing quotation available at quarter closing 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.

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For the US dollar options, the fair value adopted for accounting recognition purposes has been calculated based on the Black&Scholes model, as adapted by Garman Kohlhagen to consider specific exchange options´ features. Such operations, which have been contracted with maturity up to February, 2009, registered, as of the quarter closing date, net loss of R$ 13,994 (R$ 2,918 on 03/31/08) represented by R$ 5,245 for call options and R$ 8,749 for put options (R$ 2,212 and R$ 706 on 03/31/08, respectively).

c. Interest rate risk

Assets

The Company has a loan granted to the phone directory company bearing interest indexed to the IGP-DI (general price index – domestic supply), as well as loans resulting from the sale of property, plant and equipment to other telephony companies, bearing interest indexed to the IPA-OG (wholesales price index – general supply)/Industrial Products of Column 27 (FGV). The Company also has 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 94% and 97% of the SELIC rate (Central Bank overnight rate).

These assets are represented in the balance sheet as follows:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  Carrying and Fair Value  Carrying and Fair Value 
06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Assets         
Loans subject to:         
 IGP-DI  7,367  7,459  7,367  7,459 
 IPA-OG Column 27 (FGV) 104  175  104  175 
Fixed-income securities, tied to:         
 SELIC rate  941  911  4,167  3,969 
Total  8,412  8,545  11,638  11,603 
Current  1,690  1,655  1,690  1,655 
Long-term  6,722  6,890  9,948  9,948 

Liabilities

The Company has loans and financing contracted in Brazilian currency subordinated to interest rates indexed to following indexes: TJLP (long-term interest rate), UMBNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development monetary unit), CDI (Interbank Deposit Rate), and INPC. 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 Company 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.

These liabilities are represented in the balance sheet as follows:

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  COMPANY 
  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Carrying 
Value
 
Fair
Value
 
Carrying 
Value
 
Fair
Value
 
Liabilities         
Loans bound to CDI rate  523,765  523,765 
Financings bound to rates         
   TJLP (Long-Term Interest Rate) 2,006,385  2,048,281  2,059,445  2,105,499 
   UMBNDES  73,336  73,336  87,029  87,029 
   INPC  6,210  6,210  6,172  6,172 
    Other Indexes  21,435  21,435  23,333  23,333 
Debentures - CDI  1,090,139  1,087,523  1,118,158  1,117,711 
Total  3,721,270  3,760,550  3,294,137  3,339,744 
Current  829,034  834,901  311,946  317,787 
Long-term  2,892,236  2,925,649  2,982,191  3,021,957 

 

  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Carrying 
Value
 
Fair Value  Carrying 
Value
 
Fair Value 
Liabilities         
Financings bound to rates         
 TJLP (Long-Term Interest Rate) 2,106,808  2,148,705  2,159,809  2,205,863 
   UMBNDES  73,336  73,336  87,029  87,029 
   INPC  26,297  26,297  26,138  26,138 
   Other Indexes  21,435  21,435  23,333  23,333 
Debentures - CDI  1,090,139  1,087,522  1,118,158  1,117,711 
Total  3,318,015  3,357,295  3,414,467  3,460,074 
Current  305,862  311,730  312,419  318,260 
Long-term  3,012,153  3,045,565  3,102,048  3,141,814 

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 the quarter closing date. For securities tradable in organized markets, the fair value is equivalent to the value of the last closing quotation available at the quarter closing 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 the Company 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 the Company’s debts.

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. The Company recognizes provisions for losses when the expected future cash flows from an investment create prospects of losses.

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The investments measured under the equity method are represented by limited liability or private companies, for which there is no market value.

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 losses on these investments.

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.

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 and short-term investments – government securities – are shown in notes 17 and 18, respectively.

h. Risk of Early Maturity of Loans and Financing

Liabilities derived from financing mentioned in note 35, 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, the Company 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:

(i) The burden of the concession defined as 2% of revenue net of taxes, calculated every two years, started in 2006, and the initial payment was made on April 30, 2007. This will occur successively until concession termination. This calculation method, as regards its accrual, corresponds to 1% for each financial year;
(ii) The definition of new universal service goals, particularly AICE (Special Class Individual Access) with mandatory installation of network infrastructure for interconnection to high-capacity access networks;

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(iii) Possibility of the Regulatory Agency imposing alternative mandatory offer plans;

(iv) Introduction of Regulatory Agency’s right to be involved in and change agreements of the concessionaire with third parties;

(v) Inclusion of the parent company’s, subsidiary’s, affiliated companies’ and third parties’ assets, indispensable to the concession, as returnable assets;

(vi) Creation of the users’ council in each concession.

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 2009, as defined in the Regulation for Separation and Accounting Allocation Regulations (Resolution no. 396/05).

Authorizations for Third Generation Mobile Services – 3G

On April 29, 2008, 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. obtained from ANATEL a Concession of Authorization for the Use of Radiofrequency Blocks, linked to the exploitation of Personal Mobile Services – SMP, to operate in sub-bands that allow offering products linked to the network of third generation mobile services – 3G – in its operational area. The value of these authorizations, valid for a period of fifteen years, extendable for an additional 15 years, for valuable consideration, is R$ 488,235. As a requirement for signing the term, BrT Celular paid 10% of the contracted amount, and the remaining amount shall be paid by December of the current year. SMP authorizations serving BrT Celular´s operational region will be unified within a maximum of eighteen months, beginning April 30, 2008 – date on which the Concession of Authorization was published in the Federal Official Gazette. However, a distinction between radiofrequencies blocks will be maintained according to the respective original contracts and effective terms.

The new 3G network started operations on April 30, 2008 and, besides mobile voice services, allows providing SMP customer with data communication services at speeds higher than those made available by the current network 2.5G. In addition, the 3G network supplements the 2.5G network, allowing to expand and update of BrT Celular’s network coverage and meet the customer base growth.

Public Consultation no. 23 – Proposal for Reviewing the General Grating Plans for Services Rendered under Public Regulations

On June 17, 2008 ANATEL published Public Consultation no. 23 on the Proposal for Reviewing the General Grating Plan (“PGO”) for Services Rendered under Public Regulations. The company may express its opinion on the content thereof through July 17, 2008. After analyzing the input received, ANATEL will submit the proposal to the Ministry of Communications, which, in its turn, will analyze and then forwarded for approval by a Federal Decree. The proposal now under public consultation adopts the following action lines:

(i) Maintenance of PGO´s current Regions;

(ii) Inclusion of the Group concept, as the individual Telecommunications Services Carrier or the group of Telecommunications Services Carrier that have controlling relationship as parent companies, subsidiaries or associated companies, applying the concepts of Regulation for Verification of Control and Transfer of Control at Companies that Provide Telecommunications Services, approved by Resolution no. 101, of February 4, 1999;

(iii) Elimination of restrictions rules so that the acquisition of one concessionaire by another operating in a different region is permitted, in such a way that the controlling group’s capital stock remains publicly traded to ensure transparency in monitoring concessions;

(iv) Guarantee that there are different Groups with concessionaires that render Switched Fixed Telephony Concessionaires – STFC in local mode, operating in appropriate levels of competition in the rendering of services in all Regions of the PGO;

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(v) Restriction as for holding more than one concession of the same STFC modality in the same Area of the PGO or part of it by a single Group;

(vi) Obligation that Switched Fixed Telephony Concessionaires – STFC exploit the various types of this service exclusively, as an action to ensure fair competition and provide transparency in monitoring concessions;

(vii) Establishment and expansion of obligation for massive access to telecommunications services by the Group that includes the concessionaire, including as for broadband access (example: expansion of Broadband-supported STFC networks – Backhaul);

(viii) Guarantee of non-discriminatory access to Switched Fixed Telephony Service – STFC support networks by third parties under equal and non-discriminatory conditions consistent with prevailing market practices;

(ix) Compulsory actuation in the other areas of PGO for Groups that control concessions in more than one Area as provided in the General Plan for Competition Goals – PGMC, as well as obligation to meet other conditions imposed by the Agency, to ensure competition, prevent economic concentration and ensure that concession agreements may be executed;

(x) Maintenance of the regional contiguity concept;

(xi) Transfer of all grants of telecommunications services of the parent company, subsidiary or associated company of the Group when transferring concession to any third parties.

As of the date of preparation of this financial interim statements, it is not possible to assess the impact the proposal for reviewing the PGO, under public consultation, could bring to the Company´s business and results.

6. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The benefits described herein are offered to employees of the Company 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 by the Company on 12/28/00; 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, according with regulations of CVM Resolution no. 371/00. 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:

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FUNDAÇÃO 14

Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada was created in 2004 and since 03/10/05 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 09/30/06. 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 02/28/00. On 12/31/01, 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 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 66.1% 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$ 21,104.40 for 2008. 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.

Assets Constituted for Compensation of Future Employer Dues

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, the Company recognized assets amounting to R$ 81,209 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.

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The balance of such assets, recognized in other assets, is represented below:

  COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Future Contributions to be Compensated – TCSPREV Pension Plan  69,528  71,476 
Total  69,528  71,476 
Current  11,697  15,208 
Long-term  57,831  56,268 

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 01/31/00.

Contributions to the PBS-A are contingent to the determination of an accumulated deficit. As 12/31/07, actuarial last 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 intended for participants that had the status of beneficiaries on 01/31/00, for the beneficiaries of the PBS-TCS Group, merged on 12/31/01 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. From March to July 2004 and from December 2005 to April 2006, an incentive optional migration of retirees and PAMA pensioners took place for new coverage conditions (PCE), whose current contingent of migrated people is of 84%. A new period for optional migration has been opened in June/2008 and should go until 08/31/08. The optional of participants for migration results in contribution to PAMA/PCE.

The contributions for this plan correspond to 1.5% on payroll of active participants subject to PBS plans, segregated and sponsored by the several sponsors company. In Brasil Telecom´s case, the PBS-TCS was merged into the TCSPREV plan on 12/31/01, and began to constitute an internal group of the plan. Due to the utilization of PAMA, the participants share a portion of its individual costs used in the plan. Contributions by retirees and pensioners who migrated to PAMA/PCE are also carried out. For sponsors, the option of participants to migrate to PAMA/PCE does not change the employer dues of 1.5% mentioned.

FUNDAÇÃO BrTPREV

It is the manager originated from the plans sponsored by former CRT, company merged into the Company 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.

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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 21.8% 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$21,831.00 for 2008. 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 0.16% 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.

Actuarial Insufficiency of the Plans

The mathematical reserve to amortize, corresponding to the current value of the Company’s supplementary contribution, as a result of the actuarial deficit of the plans managed by FBrTPREV, have the settlement within the maximum established period of twenty years, as of January 2002, according to Circular 66/SPC/GAB/COA from the Supplementary Pension Department dated 01/25/02. From this maximum term, remains thirteen years and nine months for total liquidation, and in the current period to the quarter closing, an amount of R$ 101,350 (R$ 117,330 in 2007) has been already amortized.

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, in the amount of R$ 2,290 (R$ 2,183 on 03/31/08).

b. Stock options plan for management and employees

The Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting 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 quarter closing date, in accordance to the respective approval dates.

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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, and no new concessions through this plan are allowed.

On the quarter closing date, there were options for circulation as described in the program below:

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.

In the current quarter, 56,507 options (162,084 options accumulated in the current fiscal year) have been exercised, settled by means of delivery of preferred shares in treasury of the Company, at the total year price of R$ 1,102 and market value of such shares totaling R$ 1,156.

The movements occurred in the balance of options related with this plan are summarized below:

  06/30/08 
Preferred Share Options  Average Exercise Price R$ 
Initial balance in the quarter  139,820  17.71 
Options Exercised  (56,507) 17.91 
Final balance in the quarter  83,313  18.52 

The right to exercise the option is given in the way and terms presented as follows:

Granting  Adjusted exercise 
price
 
(In Brazilian
 
reais)
Options 
(In shares)
Grant date  Lot  Exercise as 
from 
Exercise 
deadline
 
3rd  12/22/04  33%   12/22/05  12/31/11  18.52  27,771 
33%   12/22/06  12/31/11  18.52  27,771 
34%   12/22/07  12/31/11  18.52  27,771 

The representativeness of the options balance in view of the total outstanding shares is 0.02% (0.03% on 03/31/08).

Assuming that the options will be fully exercised, the premiums on the related options, calculated based on the Black&Scholes method on the concession date to the Company, would total R$ 230 (R$ 1,047 on 03/31/08).

The options ensured by this plan are characterized as options settled in shares according to international rules addressing the matter – IFRS 2 – Share-based payment. Therefore, if shares were counted out, there should not be effect over on the net equity balance of the Company, once such options would have been directly recorded in net equity, annuling the effect of the expense accrued. There are no effects on the result of the quarter as the period to exercise options- vesting period – has elapsed.

Plan approved on November 6, 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), which comprises preferred shares of the Company and common and preferred shares of its Parent Company. 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 Company.

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The shares derived from the exercise of options entitle beneficiaries to the same rights granted to the other shareholders of the Company and Company.

According to the Plan, the Company is forced to repurchase the shares acquired by the employees and officers through the exercise of the option, at the weighed closing average market price in the last thirty trading floors.

The Board of Directors is responsible for managing 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 Company’s Board of Directors ratified the approval of 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. 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 Shareholders’ Equity in the period.

The stock options for programs 1 and 2 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  30.88  704,331 
25%  07/01/09  06/30/12  30.88  704,331 
25%  07/01/10  06/30/13  30.88  704,331 
25%  07/01/11  06/30/14  30.88  704,331 
 
07/01/07  25%  07/01/08  06/30/11  25.47  219,124 
25%  07/01/09  06/30/12  25.47  219,124 
25%  07/01/10  06/30/13  25.47  219,124 
25%  07/01/11  06/30/14  25.47  219,123 

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, particularly due to the alteration in the direct or indirect control of the Company and of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.

There were no transactions in the balance of options regarding this plan in the quarter.

The representativeness of the balance of options (UPs) before the equity value of common and preferred shares of Brasil Telecom S.A. is of 4.33% and 3.63%, respectively (4.41% and 3.69% on 03/31/08).

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 on the quarter closing date, for the Company would be R$ 52,640 (R$ 49,488 on 03/31/08).

In case the options were counted, the reducing effect on the result of the quarter would be of R$ 4,961 (R$ 7,730 accumulated in the current fiscal year) and on the shareholders’ equity it would be R$ 16,944 (R$ 11,983 on 03/31/08).

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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 24.

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 lawsuits

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 lawsuits

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.

Classification by risk level

Probable risk contingencies

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

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  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Nature  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Provisions  1,304,356  1,234,542  1,365,664  1,291,896 
 Labor  409,804  412,459  417,873  420,044 
 Tax  374,078  369,837  407,244  402,893 
 Civil  520,474  452,246  540,547  468,959 
Related escrow deposits  (418,469) (381,601) (426,797) (389,220)
 Labor  (216,930) (216,949) (221,264) (221,163)
 Tax  (22,018) (21,497) (22,669) (22,139)
 Civil  (179,521) (143,155) (182,864) (145,918)
Total provisions, net of escrow deposits  885,887  852,941  938,867  902,676 
Current  212,676  182,174  232,668  201,308 
Long term  673,211  670,767  706,199  701,368 

Labor

Changes in 2008:

  COMPANY CONSOLIDATED
Provisions as of 12/31/07  414,393  421,759 
Changes allocated to income  39,076  39,895 
   Monetary adjustment  24,187  24,671 
   Reassessment of contingent risks  10,482  10,347 
   Provisions of new lawsuits  4,407  4,877 
Payments  (43,665) (43,781)
Subtotal I (provisions) 409,804  417,873 
Related escrow deposits as of 12/31/07  (216,761) (220,679)
Changes in escrow deposits  (169) (585)
Subtotal II (escrow deposits) (216,930) (221,264)
Balance as of 06/30/08, net of escrow deposits  192,874  196,609 

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.7.369/85, regulated by Decree no. 93.412/86, 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;

(iii) Career plan - refers to the claim for enforcement of the career and salaries plan for employees of the 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 the Company, 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., attributed to the Santa Catarina Branch; and

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(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 2008:

  COMPANY CONSOLIDATED
Provisions as of 12/31/07  335,754  367,923 
Changes allocated to income  45,568  49,209 
   Monetary adjustment  10,997  12,630 
   Reassessment of contingent risks  6,152  5,064 
   Provisions of new lawsuits  28,419  31,515 
Payments  (7,244) (9,888)
Subtotal I (provisions) 374,078  407,244 
Related escrow deposits as of 12/31/07  (21,414) (22,046)
Changes in escrow deposits  (604) (623)
Subtotal II (escrow deposits) (22,018) (22,669)
Balance as of 06/30/08, net of escrow deposits  352,060  384,575 

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 by the Company 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 by the Company, the validity or legality of which is questioned by the State Tax Authorities.

Civil

Changes in 2008:

  COMPANY CONSOLIDATED
Provisions as of 12/31/07  384,024  398,846 
Changes allocated to income  204,356  212,864 
   Monetary adjustment  25,367  26,453 
   Reassessment of contingent risks  155,242  158,129 
   Provisions of new lawsuits  23,747  28,282 
Payments  (67,906) (71,163)
Subtotal I (provisions) 520,474  540.547 
Related escrow deposits as of 12/31/07  (50.874) (53,118)
Changes in escrow deposits  (128,647) (129,746)
Subtotal II (escrow deposits) (179,521) (182,864)
Balance as of 06/30/08, net of escrow deposits  340,953  357,683 

The accrued lawsuits are as follows:

(i) Review of contractual terms and conditions - lawsuit filed by an equipment supplier against the Company 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 in lawsuits related to the application of a rule issued by the

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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 - 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  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Labor  605,257  560,061  629,290  566,880 
Tax  1,859,989  1,975,416  1,942,184  2,044,693 
Civil  1,111,202  1,146,082  1,167,116  1,196,278 
Total  3,576,448  3,681,559  3,738,590  3,807,851 

Labor

Changes in 2008:

  COMPANY CONSOLIDATED
Amount estimated as of 12/31/07  535,459  540,690 
Monetary adjustment  35,347  35,950 
Reassessment of contingent risks  (40,147) (24,388)
New lawsuits  74,598  77,038 
Amount estimated as of 06/30/08  605,257  629,290 

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 2008:

  COMPANY CONSOLIDATED
Amount estimated as of 12/31/07  1,994,196  2,062,095 
Monetary adjustment  74,734  78,134 
Reassessment of contingent risks  (306,133) (308,500)
New lawsuits  97,192  110,455 
Amount estimated as of 06/30/08  1,859,989  1,942,184 

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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;

(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 2008:

  COMPANY CONSOLIDATED
Amount estimated as of 12/31/07  1,081,376  1,129,175 
Monetary adjustment  80,386  84,439 
Reassessment of contingent risks  (146,742) (150,259)
New lawsuits  96,182  103,761 
Amount estimated as of 06/30/08  1,111,202  1,167,116 

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 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 quarter closing date is R$ 2,090,723 (R$ 1,777,604 on 03/31/08) and R$ 2,307,051 (R$ 1,993,904 on 03/31/08) for consolidated purposes. The commission charges on these contracts are based on market rates.

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b. Contingent assets

The tax lawsuit below was filed by the Company to claim the refund of taxes paid.

PIS/COFINS: tax lawsuits challenging the enforcement of Law no. 9.718/98, 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 of the Concession Plan, merged into the Company in February 2000, became final and unappealable in 2006 as regards the increase in 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. The amount attributed to these lawsuits representing unrecognized contingent assets, is R$ 17,837 (R$ 17,632 on 03/31/08).

8. SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

a. Capital

The Shareholders' Meeting held on April 10, 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 249,597,049 common shares and 311,353,240 preferred shares, totaling 560,950,289 shares issued. From the total amount of shares, 13,516,016 preferred shares are held in treasury.

The Company is authorized to increase its capital, according to a resolution of the Board of Directors, up to the total limit of 800,000,000 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 paragraphs 1 to 3 of article 12 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.

Subscribed and paid-up capital at the quarter closing date is R$ 3,470,758 (R$ 3,470,758 on 03/31/08), represented by the following shares with no par value:

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Share type  Total Shares  Treasury Shares  Outstanding Shares 
06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Common  249,597,049  249,597,049  -  -  249,597,049  249,597,049 
Preferred  311,353,240  311,353,240  13,516,016  13,572,523  297,837,224  297,780,717 
Total  560,950,289  560,950,289  13,516,016  13,572,523  547,434,273  547,377,766 

 

  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Book value per outstanding share (R$) 10.95  10.33 

Preferred shares maintained in treasury are deducted when determining the net book value.

b. Treasury shares

Treasury shares derive from Stock Repurchase Programs carried out in 2002 to 2004. On 09/13/04, a material event was disclosed on the last proposal approved by the Company’s Board of Directors for the repurchase of preferred shares issued by the Company to be held in treasury or cancellation, or subsequent sale.

The number of treasury shares is as follows:

  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Preferred 
 Shares 
Amount  Preferred 
 Shares 
Amount 
Balance at beginning of the quarter  13,572,523  153,499  13,678,100  154,692 
Transferred shares  (56,507) (640)(1) (105,577) (1,193)(1)
Balance at end of year  13,516,016  152,859  13,572,523  153,499 

(1) Equivalent to the cost of transferred shares

History cost of the purchase of treasury shares in (R$ per share) 06/30/08  03/31/08 
   Weighted average cost  11.31  11.31 
   Minimum  10.31  10.31 
   Maximum  13.80  13.80 

The unit cost in the acquisition considers the totality of stock repurchase programs.

The shares sold in the quarter complied with the Shares Call Option Plan for Officers and Employees of the Company. The amount corresponding to the transfer represented R$ 1,012 (R$ 2,756 accumulated in the current fiscal year) and resulted in a net profit of R$ 372 (R$ 923 accumulated in the current fiscal year), which was recorded in capital reserve.

Market value of treasury shares

The market value of treasury shares at the quarter closing date was the following:

  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Number of preferred shares in treasury  13,516,016  13,572,523 
Quotation per share on BOVESPA (R$) 17.28  19.30 
Market value  233,557  261,950 

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The Company maintains the balance of treasury shares in a separate caption in books.

For presentation purposes, the values of treasury shares are deducted from the reserves that originated the repurchase, and are stated as follows.

  Share subscription premium  Other Capital Reserves 
06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Account balance of reserves  458,684  458,684  124,257  123,885 
Treasury shares  (99,822) (99,822) (53,037) (53,677)
Balance, net of treasury shares  358,862  358,862  71,220  70,208 

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.

Reserve for investment grants: recognized as a result of the investment grants received before the beginning of the fiscal year 2008, whose contra entry represents an asset received by the Company.

Special monetary restatement reserve of Law no. 8.200/91: recognized as a result of special monetary restatement adjustments of permanent assets to offset distortions in the monetary adjustment indices prior to 1991.

Other capital reserves: formed by the contra entry of the interest on construction in progress incurred up to 12/31/98 and funds invested in income tax incentives, before the beginning of the fiscal year 2008.

d. Profit reserve

The profit reserve is 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.

Retained earnings: recognized at the end of each financial year 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. 6.404/76, or by the recording of prior years’ adjustments, if applicable. The balance that composes the account of accumulated profits was totally directed as profits withheld by the respective shareholders’ general assemblies, according to the Stock Corporation Act. This account balance also comprises the profit in formation in the current year.

e. Dividends and Interest on Shareholders’ Equity

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. 6.404/76, 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. 9.249, of December 26, 1995. The interest paid or credited will be offset with the minimum mandatory annual dividend amount, in accordance with article 43 of the Company’s Bylaws.

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The interest on shareholders’ equity credited to shareholders and which shall be attributed to dividends, net of income tax, as part of the proposal to allocate results for the fiscal year to close at 2008 year-end, to be submitted for approval of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, was the following:

  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Interest on Shareholder’s Equity – JSCP – Credited  245,000  245,000 
   Common shares  111,717  111,738 
   Preferred shares  133,283  133,262 
Withholding Income Tax (IRRF) (36,750) (36,750)
Net Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  208,250  208,250 

9. OPERATING REVENUE FROM SERVICES AND SALES

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
         
Fixed Telephone Service         
         
 Local Service  3,204,016  3,285,331  3,202,421  3,282,473 
   Activation fees  5,529  10,289  5,529  10,289 
   Subscription  1,791,555  1,735,854  1,791,302  1,735,691 
   Fixed  467,941  586,092  466,630  583,624 
   Fixed x Mobile - VC1  930,331  933,127  930,304  932,905 
   Rental  578  587  575  583 
   Other  8,082  19,382  8,081  19,381 
         
 Long distance service  1,481,975  1,488,944  1,476,578  1,483,915 
   Intra-sector fixed  427,525  426,258  427,507  426,198 
   Intraregional (inter-sector) Fixed  125,385  134,832  125,330  134,614 
   Interregional fixed  116,752  121,920  116,751  121,872 
   VC2  405,602  395,921  402,520  393,348 
         Fixed origin  147,442  144,561  147,442  144,483 
         Mobile origin  258,160  251,360  255,078  248,865 
   VC3  384,981  386,981  382,741  384,854 
         Fixed origin  181,103  193,106  181,070  192,854 
         Mobile origin  203,878  193,875  201,671  192,000 
   International  21,730  23,032  21,729  23,029 
         
 Interconnection  209,370  195,926  173,613  167,368 
   Fixed x Fixed  103,804  111,522  103,789  111,506 
   Mobile x Fixed  105,566  84,404  69,824  55,862 
         
 Cession of means  251,047  229,596  208,599  175,760 
 Public telephony  254,482  269,423  254,482  269,423 
 Supplementary services, smart network and advanced telephony  201,346  203,361  201,107  202,198 
 Other  16,812  20,467  15,892  18,608 
         
Total fixed telephone service  5,619,048  5,693,048  5,532,692  5,599,745 

To be continued ...

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... continued

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Mobile telephone service         
         
 Telephony  -  -  893,318  806,336 
   Subscription  -  -  195,454  215,093 
   Use  -  -  285,513  237,607 
   Charge per call  -  -  3,189  2,955 
   Roaming  -  -  9,758  8,939 
   Interconnection  -    324,424  289,075 
   Value added services  -  -  69,519  43,412 
   Other services      5,461  9,255 
         
 Sale of products  -  -  98,773  134,882 
   Cell phones  -  -  97,156  130,263 
   Electronic cards - Brasil chip, accessories and other goods  -    1,617  4,619 
         
Total of mobile telephony service  -  -  992,091  941,218 
         
Data transmission services and others         
         
 Data communication  1,363,437  1,048,960  1,441,706  1,114,049 
 Other services of core activities  4,129  3,305  248,707  214,933 
         
Total data transmission services and others  1,367,566  1,052,265  1,690,413  1,328,982 
         
Gross operating revenue  6,986,614  6,745,313  8,215,196  7,869,945 
         
Deductions from gross revenue  (2,239,251) (2,045,479) (2,629,896) (2,435,745)
 Taxes on gross revenue  (1,920,817) (1,910,323) (2,191,853) (2,146,211)
 Other deductions from gross income  (318,434) (135,156) (438,043) (289,534)
         
Net operating revenue  4,747,363  4,699,834  5,585,300  5,434,200 

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10. COST OF SERVICES AND SALES

Costs incurred on services and sales are as follows:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Interconnection  (1,074,357) (1,097,444) (1,118,440) (1,146,967)
Depreciation and amortization  (645,802) (863,573) (873,255) (1,063,209)
Third-Party Services  (387,088) (387,111) (480,188) (470,268)
Rental, leases and insurance  (67,854) (62,942) (167,814) (71,860)
Connection means  (115,360) (117,868) (163,757) (157,361)
Personnel  (96,555) (75,879) (66,870) (63,979)
Employee and management profit sharing  (8,777) (9,246) (38,335) (32,782)
Price of the public service concession  (31,684) (33,032) (33,288) (34,700)
Materials  (32,845) (35,214) (32,845) (35,214)
FISTEL(Telecommunications Inspection Fund) fee  (11,549) (9,034) (14,995) (10,076)
Products sold  (108,240) (124,344)
Other  (3,286) (3,298) (3,356) (3,303)
Total  (2,475,157) (2,694,641) (3,101,383) (3,214,063)

11. SALES OF SERVICES
(Selling expenses)

The expenses related to selling activities are detailed as follows:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Third-Party Services  (208,758) (208,885) (261,628) (354,855)
Losses on accounts receivables  (173,101) (168,264) (216,336) (208,162)
Personnel  (79,618) (73,214) (112,774) (111,419)
Employee and management profit sharing  (12,537) (6,744) (26,046) (31,771)
Rental, leases and insurance  (9,935) (8,328) (12,917) (10,419)
Depreciation and amortization  (1,545) (2,095) (9,313) (9,491)
Materials  (686) (1,016) (30,706) (18,182)
Other  (424) (424) (19,734) (11,003)
Total  (486,604) (468,970) (689,454) (755,302)

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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 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Third-Party Services  (361,516) (319,372) (413,055) (359,490)
Depreciation and amortization  (114,702) (132,324) (152,392) (165,102)
Personnel  (77,625) (67,689) (98,967) (83,514)
Employee and management profit sharing  (22,426) (14,636) (25,880) (18,013)
Rental, leases and insurance  (20,552) (15,669) (23,083) (17,704)
Materials  (1,561) (1,514) (1,922) (1,798)
Other  (638) (588) (676) (2,695)
Total  (599,020) (551,792) (715,975) (648,316)

13. OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES, NET

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

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Receivables related with the Settlement of Litigations (1) 169,885  169,885 
Taxes and Expenses Refunded  66,968  47,614  73,468  43,964 
Operational Infrastructure Rental and Others  58,669  59,794  42,296  41,474 
Penalties  49,019  46,031  57,901  50,855 
Technical and Administrative Services  35,938  29,955  34,192  28,559 
Subsidies and Donations Received  1,718  3,322  6,926  7,605 
Contingencies - Provision(2) (289,000) (265,832) (301,968) (281,536)
Taxes (Other than Gross Revenue, Corporate Income Tax and Social Contribution) (53,657) (26,700) (69,264) (33,008)
Pension Funds - Provisions  (32,920) 15,542  (32,920) 15,542 
Court Fees  (27,236) (20,738) (27,532) (20,939)
Goodwill Amortization on the Acquisition of Investments  (11,037) (11,037) (38,316) (36,357)
Donations and Sponsorships  (10,863) (3,429) (11,070) (3,439)
Agreement for Dispute with Telecommunications Companies  (403) 4,652  (399) 4,199 
Provision/Reversion of Other Provisions  (191) 5,949  (3,857) 33,720 
Results on Write-Off of Repair/Resale Inventories  (7) 117  (1,030) (1,136)
Other Revenues (Expenses) (9,222) (7,877) (4,141) (8,437)
Total  (52,339) (122,637) (105,829) (158,934)
Other Operating Income  389,320  224,607  401,376  243,170 
Other Operating Expenses  (441,659) (347,244) (507,205) (402,104)

Revenues and expenses of the same nature are represented by net value.
(1) Refers to the amount received due to the Instrument of Release and Settlement of Litigation entered into by the Company, its subsidiary 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A and its Parent Company, Opportunity Fund/Banco Opportunity and its related companies and Telemar Norte Leste S.A., whose details are mentioned in note 1, highlighted in specific item.
(2) Reserves for contingencies are described in note 7.

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14. FINANCIAL EXPENSES, NET

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Financial Income  206,959  142,003  301,396  202,693 
 Local Currency  205,968  139,867  292,717  200,468 
 On Foreign currency-denominated rights  991  2,136  8,679  2,225 
Financial Expenses  (564,390) (578,969) (610,440) (609,484)
 Local Currency  (305,157) (295,730) (337,101) (323,083)
 On Foreign currency-denominated liabilities  (14,233) (38,239) (28,339) (41,401)
 Interest on Shareholder’s Equity  (245,000) (245,000) (245,000) (245,000)
Total  (357,431) (436,966) (309,044) (406,791)

15. NON-OPERATING (EXPENSES) INCOME

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Provision (Reversal) for Realization Amount and Losses of Property, Plant and Equipment and Properties for Sale  1,939  (3,807) 8,421  6,845 
Result in Fixed Assets and Deferred Write-Off  (1,019) (807) (2,017) (2,910)
Result on Write-off and Reversion of Losses with Investments  (497) 1,810  (497) 1,801 
Amortization of Goodwill on Merger  (126)
Loss with Investments(1) (1,980) (35,010)
Total  423  (4,784) (29,103) 5,610 

(1) The loss consolidated with investments is a result from the change in the corporate participation of the subsidiary BrTI in the capital stock of iG Cayman, occasioned by repurchase of shares held by shareholders outside the companies Brasil Telecom, as mentioned in note 1.b.

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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:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Income before taxes and profit sharing  659,885  298,433  634,512  256,404 
Income of companies not subject to the calculation of income and social contribution taxes(1) -  -  34  18,568 
Total of taxable income  659,885  298,433  634,546  274,972 
IRPJ (corporate income tax)        
IRPJ on taxable income (10%+15%=25%) (164,971) (74,608) (158,637) (68,743)
Permanent additions  (44,675) (40,049) (35,537) (27,539)
 Equity in subsidiaries  (29,338) (30,403)
 Goodwill amortization  (2,759) (2,759) (9,183) (10,119)
 Nonoperating equity in subsidiaries  (495) (8,753) (495)
 Exchange Variation on Investments  (966) (1,279)
 Other additions  (12,578) (6,392) (16,635) (15,646)
Permanent deductions  15,740  1,375  18,909  12,683 
 Dividends from investment at acquisition cost  59  96  59  96 
 Other deductions  15,681  1,279  18,850  12,587 
Offset of tax loss  3,940  834 
Others  89  443  (4,426) 698 
Effect of IRPJ on the Statement of Income  (193,817) (112,839) (175,751) (82,067)
CSLL (social contribution on net profit)        
CSLL on taxable income (9%) (59,390) (26,859) (57,109) (24,747)
Permanent additions  (14,142) (13,821) (11,342) (9,318)
 Equity in subsidiaries  (10,562) (10,945)
 Goodwill amortization  (993) (993) (3,306) (3,643)
 Nonoperating equity in subsidiaries  (178) (3,151) (178)
 Exchange variation on investments  (348) (460)
 Other additions  (2,587) (1,705) (4,537) (5,037)
Permanent deductions  5,130  198  6,802  4,267 
 Dividends from investment at acquisition cost  21  34  21  34 
 Other deductions  5,109  164  6,781  4,233 
Offset of tax loss  1,474  296 
Other  (25) (1,678) 70 
Effect of CSLL on the Statement of Income  (68,427) (40,482) (61,853) (29,432)
Effect of IRPJ and CSLL on the Statement of Income  (262,244) (153,321) (237,604) (111,499)

(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 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Cash and banks  101,287  52,255  106,147  65,421 
Temporary cash investments  63,332  236,783  1,390,710  2,022,236 
Total  164,619  289,038  1,496,857  2,087,657 

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

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Exclusive investment funds         
 Government securities  33,281  153,127  791,212  1,407,827 
 Private-sector securities  28,251  69,539  512,407  365,574 
 Cash and repos– Overnight  2,320  14,695  52,491  230,742 
 Derivatives  404  401 
 Provision for income tax – amending  (274) (329) (5,526) (12,637)
Total exclusive investment funds  63,584  237,035  1,350,988  1,991,907 
CDB  -  -  3,685  3,597 
Open investments funds  -  -  -  26,611 
Investments abroad - certificates of deposit  -  -  36,289  373 
Total investments  63,584  237,035  1,390,962  2,022,488 

Partial block by court order  (252) (252) (252) (252)
Total temporary cash investments  63,332  236,783  1,390,710  2,022,236 

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 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Operating Activities         
Net Income for the Period  642,641  390,112  642,641  390,112 
Minority interest  -  -  (733) (207)
Items not affecting cash  1,325,199  1,554,847  1,545,497  1,693,730 
   Depreciation and amortization  773,086  1,009,029  1,073,276  1,274,285 
   Losses on accounts receivable  173,101  168,264  216,336  208,162 
   Provision for contingencies  289,000  265,832  301,968  281,536 
   Provision for pension plans  32,920  (15,542) 32,920  (15,542)
   Recovery of expenses on pension plans – surplus  (62,538) 3,165  (119,568) (54,837)
   Deferred taxes  1,980  35,010 
   Loss (gain) on disposal of permanent assets  2,280  508  5,555  126 
   Equity in subsidiaries  117,350  121,611 

To be continued ...

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... continued,

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Changes in balance sheet accounts  (653,991) (609,245) (806,292) (626,389)
   Trade accounts receivable  (234,927) (189,665) (276,005) (224,743)
   Inventories  159  1,304  (20,032) 27,496 
   Personnel, payroll charges and benefits  13,627  12,762  23,227  11,583 
   Accounts payable and accrued expenses  45,265  131,397  (46,206) 94,176 
   Taxes  (211,115) (4,878) (207,815) 17,686 
   Financial Charges  (66,768) (100,425) (78,197) (100,773)
   Services exploitation licenses  32,845  (67,363) 53,172  (61,847)
   Provisions for contingencies  (118,815) (204,345) (124,831) (206,016)
   Provisions for pension plans  (54,916) (82,526) (54,916) (82,526)
   Other assets and liabilities accounts  (59,346) (105,506) (74,689) (101,425)
Cash flow from operating activities  1,313,849  1,335,714  1,381,113  1,457,246 

Investment activities         
   Temporary investments in Fixed Income Securities  (205,585) (111,348) (152,462) (111,605)
   Funds obtained in the sale of permanent assets  22,762  900  22,833  2,217 
   Escrow deposits  (777,094) (353,446) (781,479) (356,279)
   Investments in permanent assets  (484,754) (1,177,226) (597,946) (705,371)
       Investments  (18,420) (626,975)
       Fixed assets, Intangible assets and Deferred Charges  (466,334) (550,251) (597,946) (705,371)
Cash flow from investment activities  (1,444,671) (1,641,120) (1,509,054) (1,171,038)

Financing activities         
   Dividends/Interest on Shareholders’ Equity paid in the year  (684,064) (351,311) (684,064) (351,311)
   Loans and financing  344,118  (967,855) (68,169) (971,306)
       Obtained loans  512,287  100,000 
       Repayment loans  (168,169) (967,855) (168,169) (971,306)
Cash flow from investment activities  (339,946) (1,319,166) (752,233) (1,322,617)
 
Cash flow for the period  (470,768) (1,624,572) (880,174) (1,036,409)

Cash, bank and temporary cash investments:         
 Ending balance  164,619  207,793  1,496,857  1,505,199 
 Beginning Balance  635,387  1,832,365  2,377,031  2,541,608 
Changes in the year  (470,768) (1,624,572) (880,174) (1,036,409)

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Supplementary cash flow information

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Income tax and social contribution paid  298,848  105,472  323,099  117,112 
Interest paid from loans and financing (includes debentures) 194,493  277,060  197,298  277,495 
Variation between Economic and Financial Investment (Fixed Assets, Intangible Assets and Deferred Charges) 83,955  179,047  (374,203) 250,003 

18. TEMPORARY INVESTMENTS

The Company has bonds issued by the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO), Spanish public entity, with pre-fixed remuneration. The maturity date of these securities will be 12/22/08, and the updated amount on the closing date of the quarter was R$ 205,577 (R$ 201,232 on 03/31/08).

19. TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

The amounts related to trade accounts receivable are as follows:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Billed services  1,398,910  1,433,882  1,616,490  1,657,502 
Unbilled services  938,725  870,281  975,039  908,847 
Sale of products  1,357  430  54,998  47,354 
Subtotal  2,338,992  2,304,593  2,646,527  2,613,703 
Allowance for loan losses  (345,325) (333,921) (397,157) (392,519)
   Services  (345,325) (333,921) (392,997) (388,147)
   Sale of products  (4,160) (4,372)
Total  1,993,667  1,970,672  2,249,370  2,221,184 
Current  1,634,379  1,495,110  1,847,375  1,694,269 
Past-due         
   From 01 to 30 days  324,929  367,615  355,465  402,866 
   From 31 to 60 days  107,904  118,237  123,731  137,796 
   From 61 to 90 days  59,689  72,634  71,065  85,203 
   From 91 to 120 days  44,057  53,818  52,346  63,136 
   120 days  168,034  197,179  196,545  230,433 

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20. INVENTORIES

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

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Resale inventories (cell phones and accessories) 77,315  58,619 
Maintenance inventories  6,264  6,012  7,048  6,893 
Provision for adjustment to realization value  (31,195) (27,208)
Provision for probable losses  (285) (285) (425) (425)
Total  5,979  5,727  52,743  37,879 

21. LOANS AND FINANCING - ASSETS

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Loans and financing  7,471  7,634  7,471  7,634 
Total  7,471  7,634  7,471  7,634 
Current  1,690  1,655  1,690  1,655 
Long term  5,781  5,979  5,781  5,979 

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).

22. DEFERRED AND RECOVERABLE TAXES

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Deferred taxes  919,901  900,524       1,710,265  1,668,490 
Other recoverable taxes  838,109  600,535       1,077,780  813,890 
Total  1,758,010  1,501,059       2,788,045  2,482,380 
Current  932,988  764,642       1,196,675  1,003,353 
Long term  825,022  736,417       1,591,370  1,479,027 

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Deferred taxes related to income and social contribution taxes

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Corporate income tax         
Deferred income tax on:         
 Income tax loss carryforwards  526,793  513,865 
 Provision for contingencies  326,089  308,635  343,594  324,929 
   Provision for covering actuarial deficiency of pension plans  166,437  160,660  166,437  160,660 
 Allowance for loan losses  86,331  83,480  97,904  97,403 
 Interest on Shareholders’ Equity - Pro-Rata  17,456  39,353  17,456  39,353 
 ICMS – Agreement no. 69/98 and 78/01  24,503  23,625  29,593  28,337 
 Provision for profit sharing  7,443  3,849  8,853  4,705 
 Provision for suspended payment - FUST  17,433  16,081  24,044  21,490 
 Provision for inventory losses  6,922  8,181  11,657  11,344 
   Provision for suspended payment - COFINS/CPMF/INSS  34,793  27,524  34,793  27,525 
 Allowance for losses – BIA  51  71 
 Other provisions  8,927  8,367  16,142  14,590 
 Subtotal  696,334  679,755  1,277,317  1,244,272 
Social contribution tax         
Deferred social contribution tax on:         
 Tax loss carryforwards  192,302  187,209 
 Provisions for Contingencies  117,392  111,109  123,694  116,974 
   Provision for Pension Plan Actuarial Insufficiency Coverage  59,917  57,837  59,917  57,837 
 Provision for Doubtful Receivables  31,079  30,053  35,245  35,065 
 Interest on Shareholders’ Equity - Pro-Rata  6,284  14,167  6,284  14,167 
 Provision for profit sharing  3,187  1,645  3,695  1,953 
 Provision for inventory losses  2,492  2,945  4,196  4,084 
 ICMS – Agreement no. 78/01  1,787  1,651 
 Allowance for losses – BIA  18  25 
 Other provisions  3,216  3,013  5,810  5,253 
 Subtotal  223,567  220,769  432,948  424,218 
Total  919,901  900,524  1,710,265  1,668,490 
Current  326,806  317,607  388,217  376,516 
Long term  593,095  582,917  1,322,048  1,291,974 

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 on fiscal year closing date, the technical study is 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  163,403  194,108 
2009  264,831  329,952 
2010  108,850  166,569 
2011  90,076  202,429 
2012  77,824  214,065 
2013 to 2015  102,750  481,397 
2016 to 2017  24,925  34,503 
2018 and following years  87,242  87,242 
Total  919,901  1,710,265 
Current  326,806  388,217 
Long term  593,095  1,322,048 

The recoverable amount expected after 2017 is a result of a provision to cover the actuarial deficiency of pension plans that is being settled according to the maximum remaining period of 13 years and six months, 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, the Company 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. Tax credits in the amount of R$ 131,711, in Consolidated, have not been recognized because of the lack of the necessary requirements in terms of history and/or history future taxable income in VANT, BrT Multimídia and BrT CS, companies controlled by the Company.

Other recoverable taxes

Consist of federal withholding taxes 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 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
ICMS (state VAT) 490,591  450,030  615,508  575,012 
Corporate income tax  216,241  68,733  283,179  119,715 
PIS and COFINS  62,320  65,312  98,034  98,098 
Social contribution tax  68,314  15,785  76,633  16,116 
Other  643  675  4,426  4,949 
Total  838,109  600,535  1,077,780  813,890 
Current  606,182  447,035  808,458  626,837 
Long term  231,927  153,500  269,322  187,053 

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23. FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES

Represented by CDB (bank certificates of deposit) of Banco de Brasília S.A. – BRB, bearing interest of 94% 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). 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.

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Banco de Brasília S.A. – BRB – Bank Certificates of Deposit  941  911  4,167  3,969 
Total  941  911  4,167  3,969 

24. ESCROW DEPOSITS

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

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Restriction by nature of contingencies  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Labor  271,620  266,956  273,818  269,009 
Tax  89,161  87,701  91,704  90,208 
Civil  1,705,621  1,313,374  1,715,183  1,320,390 
Total  2,066,402  1,668,031  2,080,705  1,679,607 
Current  449,041  381,929  452,515  384,821 
Long term  1,617,361  1,286,102  1,628,190  1,294,786 

Escrow deposits tied to provisions for liabilities are shown as a deduction from such provisions. Refer to notes 7 and 32.

The increase in escrow deposits is related with lawsuits for which the Company´s management, based on its legal counsel´s opinion, considers a possible or remote risk.

25. OTHER ASSETS

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Pension funds – future recoverable contributions(1) 69,528  71,476  69,528  71,476 
Tax credits acquired(2) 45,668  46,543  45,668  46,543 
Advances to employees  35,203  26,425  43,418  31,829 
Advances to suppliers  9,201  14,476  17,498  15,145 
Amounts receivable from telecommunications companies (3) 40,048  8,807  8,807  8,807 
Prepaid expenses  64,538  66,005  109,537  124,172 
Compulsory deposits  1,562  1,562  1,562  1,562 
Assets for sale  1,071  1,333  1,071  1,333 
Other  23,089  21,801  31,679  33,862 
Total  289,908  258,428  328,768  334,729 
Current  200,124  173,252  233,781  244,105 
Long term  89,784  85,176  94,987  90,624 

(1) Asset to be used to offset of future employer contributions to the supplementary pension – TCSPREV plan, as mentioned in note 6.
(2) Letters of Credit, acquired for full payment of ICMS tax assessment notices issued against the Company.
(3) On 06/30/08, it includes R$ 31,242 receivable from BrT Celular, resulting from operational transactions.

26. INVESTMENTS

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  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Investments accounted for under the equity method  3,913,316  3,984,745  - 
     14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A.  3,162,864  3,202,621  - 
     BrT Serviços de Internet S.A.  360,471  407,171  - 
     BrT Comunicação Multimídia Ltda.  205,428  195,541  - 
     Brasil Telecom Cabos Submarinos Ltda.  176,950  171,519  - 
     Vant Telecomunicações S.A.  7,603  7,893  - 
     Brasil Telecom Call Center S.A. (1) - 
Advances for future capital increase  6,696  6,696  - 
     BrT Serviços de Internet S.A.  6,696  6,696  - 
     BrT Comunicação Multimídia Ltda.  27,130  27,130  - 
     Brasil Telecom Call Center S.A.  33,240  33,240  - 
Goodwill on acquisition of investments, net  18,394  23,913  118,518  139,017 
     MTH Ventures do Brasil Ltda.  18,394  23,913  18,394  23,913 
     iG Cayman Ltd.  71,585  83,299 
     IBEST companies  28,539  31,335 
     BRT Cabos Submarinos companies  470 
Interest Valued at Acquisition Cost  3,703  3,718  3,703  3,718 
Tax incentives, net of provisions for losses  13,460  13,460 
Other investments  23  23  39  39 
Total  4,002,502  4,092,925  122,260  156,234 

(1) On 06/30/08 BrT Call Center had a negative net equity in the amount of R$ 3,444 (R$ 932 on 03/31/08), with provision recorded in the amount of unsecured liabilities of the Subsidiary

Advances for future capital increase in favor of the subsidiaries were considered investments, for presentation purposes, since the allocated contributions are waiting for the formalization of the corporate documentation of these companies to complete the related capital increases.

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Investments accounted for under the equity method: the main data related to direct subsidiaries are as follows:

  BrT Celular  BrTI                 BrT CS 
06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Shareholders’ equity  3,162,864  3,202,621  360,471  407,171  176,950  171,519 
Capital  4,473,443  4,473,443  505,149  505,149  272,444  272,444 
Book value per share (R$) 707.03  715.92  533.48  602.59  0.65  0.63 
Number of shares held 
     Common shares  4,473,443  4,473,443  675,703  675,703 
     Shares  272,443,966  272,443,966 
Ownership interest in Subsidiary’s Capital Company - % 
     In total capital  100%  100%  100%  100%  99.99%  99.99% 
     In voting capital  100%  100%  100%  100%  99.99%  99.99% 
             
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Net income (loss) (84,178) (100,361) (62,568) (24,281) 17,309  8,539 

  BrT Multimídia  VANT  BrT Call Center 
06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Shareholders’ equity  228,675  217,669  7,603  7,893  (3,444) (932)
Capital  414,233  414,233  141,512  141,512  400  400 
Book value per share (R$) 0.55  0.53  0.05  0.06  (8,610.18) (2,329.77)
Number of shares held 
   Common shares  141,511,999  141,511,999  134  134 
   Shares  266  266 
   Quotas  372,123,000  372,123,000 
Ownership interest in Subsidiary’s Capital Company - % 
     In total capital  89.83%  89.83%  100%  100%  100%  100% 
     In voting capital  89.83%  89.83%  100%  100%  100%  100% 
 
  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
Net income (loss) 17,517  (1,717) (117) (3,962) (3,532)

On March 31, 2007, MTH had a net profit in the amount of R$ 1,618 relatively to the first quarter of that fiscal year. Later, on April 10, 2007 the Company incorporated MTH.

The equity in subsidiaries result consists of the following:

  Operating  Nonoperating 
06/30/08  06/30/07  06/30/08  06/30/07 
14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A.  (84,178) (100,361)
BrT Serviços de Internet S.A.  (62,568) (24,281) (1,980)
Brasil Telecom Cabos Submarinos Ltda.  17,309  8,539 
MTH Ventures do Brasil Ltda.  1,618 
BrT Comunicação Multimídia Ltda.  15,736  (3,164)
Vant Telecomunicações S.A.  (117) (3,962)
Brasil Telecom Call Center S.A.  (3,532)
Total  (117,350) (121,611) -  (1,980)

Investments accounted for at cost: represented by shareholding 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.

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Other investments: related to cultural assets.

27. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

  COMPANY 
Type  Annual 
depreciation 
rates 
06/30/08  03/31/08 
Cost  Accumulated 
depreciation
 
Net book value  Net book value 
Construction in progress  301,660  301,660  231,493 
Public switching equipment  20%  4,993,516  (4,887,509) 106,007  117,128 
Transmission equipment and means             16.8%(1) 11,274,808  (10,013,218) 1,261,590  1,335,447 
Termination  20%  514,118  (475,055) 39,063  40,963 
Data communication equipment  20%  2,172,501  (1,502,073) 670,428  674,742 
Buildings  4.2%  920,665  (564,380) 356,285  364,082 
Infrastructure               8.6%(1) 3,640,123  (2,592,526) 1,047,597  1,094,758 
Assets for general use             18.4%(1) 923,944  (724,973) 198,971  204,096 
Land  82,951  82,951  82,613 
Other assets  66  66  66 
Total    24,824,352  (20,759,734) 4,064,618  4,145,388 

(1) Weighed annual average rate

According to the STFC concession agreements, the Company’s assets that are indispensable to providing the service and qualified as “revertible assets” will be automatically reverted to ANATEL when the concession ends, and the Company will be entitled to indemnifications established in the legislation and in the respective agreements. The amount of reversible assets on the quarter closing date was R$ 21,745,910 for cost, with residual value of R$ 2,954,591.

  CONSOLIDATED 
Type  Annual 
depreciation 
rates 
06/30/08  03/31/08 
Cost  Accumulated 
depreciation
 
Net book value  Net book value 
Construction in progress  454,138  454,138  325,651 
Public switching equipment  20%  5,196,337  (4,978,709) 217,628  236,021 
Transmission equipment and means  16.8%(1) 12,657,525  (10,828,890) 1,828,635  1,932,074 
Termination  20%  515,682  (475,820) 39,862  41,798 
Data communication equipment  20%  2,271,937  (1,561,910) 710,027  710,105 
Buildings  4.2%  960,547  (581,857) 378,690  386,575 
Infrastructure  8.6%(1) 3,915,705  (2,703,836) 1,211,869  1,259,321 
Assets for general use  18.4%(1) 1,195,936  (876,563) 319,373  327,296 
Land  85,377  85,377  85,078 
Other assets  66  66  66 
Total    27,253,250  (22,007,585) 5,245,665  5,303,985 

(1) Weighed annual average rate

LEASING

Financial leasing contracts are kept for IT equipment, and the amounts paid as commercial lease are recorded in the account of operating expenses.

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Considering the hypothesis of recognition of leased assets in the fixed assets, in consideration to the liabilities of installments payable, the balances calculated on the quarter closing date would be the following:

Property, Plant and Equipment

  COMPANY 
Property, Plant and Equipment Type  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Cost  Accumulated 
Depreciation
 
Net book value  Net book value 
General Use Assets  66,835  (49,408) 17,427  22,100 
  CONSOLIDATED 
Property, Plant and Equipment Type  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Cost  Accumulated 
Depreciation
 
Net book value  Net book value 
General Use Assets  68,582  (51,155) 17,427  22,197 

Obligations in Commercial Lease Agreements

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Financing  23,402  29,247  23,402  29,392 
Total  23,402  29,247  23,402  29,392 
Current  22,120  25,053  22,120  25,198 
Long-term  1,282  4,194  1,282  4,194 

The installments that compose the long-term liability, become due on 2009.

The compensation of trade leasing contracts is bound to the DI-Over rate variation.

Insurances (not reviewed by the independent auditors)

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:

Type  Coverage  Insured amount 
    06/30/08  03/31/08 
Operating risks  Buildings, machinery and equipment, premises, call centers, towers, infrastructure and IT equipment  15,042,706  15,039,478 
Loss of profits  Fixed expenses and net income  8,955,588  8,955,588 
Contractual guarantees  Compliance with contractual obligations  94,601  94,601 
Civil liability  Telephony service operations  12,000  12,000 

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There is also insurance coverage related to civil liability of management, supported by a policy of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., related to the Parent Company and the Company, whose total amount is equivalent to US$ 90,000,000.00 (ninety million American dollars).

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

28. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

  COMPANY 
  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Cost  Accumulated 
Amortization
 
Net book value  Net book value 
Data processing systems  1,758,914  (1,329,736) 429,178  472,246 
Trademarks and patents  392  (46) 346  347 
Other  53,324  (11,541) 41,783  42,300 
Total  1,812,630  (1,341,323) 471,307  514,893 

  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Cost  Accumulated 
Amortization
 
Net book value  Net book value 
Data processing systems  2,279,263  (1,591,581) 687,682  752,179 
Regulatory licenses  745,365  (87,793) 657,572  219,595 
Trademarks and patents  652  (54) 598  600 
Other  106,466  (23,137) 83,329  77,106 
Total  3,131,746  (1,702,565) 1,429,181  1,049,480 

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29. DEFERRED CHARGES

  COMPANY 
  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Cost  Accumulated 
Amortization
 
Net book value  Net book value 
Installation and reorganization costs  32,247  (12,263) 19,984  26,579 
Total  32,247  (12,263) 19,984  26,579 

  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Cost  Accumulated 
Amortization
 
Net book value  Net book value 
Installation and reorganization costs   262,514  (182,059)                      80,455  102,176 
Total   262,514  (182,059)                      80,455  102,176 

30. PERSONNEL, PAYROLL CHARGES AND BENEFITS

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Salaries and fees  174  89  784  5,985 
Payroll charges  71,605  55,795  101,985  80,251 
Social benefits  3,802  3,083  4,307  3,540 
Other  5,785  5,604  6,522  6,156 
Total  81,366  64,571  113,598  95,932 

31. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Suppliers  1,128,143  1,135,115  1,430,402  1,393,745 
Consignment in favor of third parties  114,657  105,870  126,862  116,844 
Total  1,242,800  1,240,985  1,557,264  1,510,589 
Current  1,221,415  1,223,383  1,535,813  1,492,954 
Long term  21,385  17,602  21,451  17,635 

32. INDIRECT TAXES

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
ICMS, net of escrow deposits of Agreement no. 69/98  413,649  479,942  525,266  583,896 
   ICMS  552,863  600,440  664,810  704,718 
   Escrow deposits related to Agreement no. 69/98  (139,214) (120,498) (139,544) (120,822)
Taxes on operating revenue (COFINS and PIS) 192,623  161,042  219,332  184,310 
Others  40,359  39,600  62,883  63,394 
Total  646,631  680,584  807,481  831,600 
Current  497,308  562,858  640,645  699,756 
Long term  149,323  117,726  166,836  131,844 

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.

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33. TAXES ON INCOME

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Corporate income tax         
Payable  311,830  147,137  326,340  152,776 
Law no. 8.200/91 – Special monetary adjustment  5,248  5,368  5,248  5,368 
Subtotal  317,078  152,505  331,588  158,144 
Social contribution tax         
Payable  103,563  47,989  108,483  49,791 
Law no. 8.200/91 – Special monetary adjustment  1,889  1,932  1,889  1,932 
Subtotal  105,452  49,921  110,372  51,723 
Total  422,530  202,426  441,960  209,867 
Current  348,339  139,377  367,219  146,278 
Long term  74,191  63,049  74,741  63,589 

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

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Controlling shareholders  140,093  614,339  140,093  614,339 
 Dividends/interest on Shareholders’ Equity  164,815  674,423  164,815  674,423 
 IRRF interest on Shareholders’ Equity  (24,722) (60,084) (24,722) (60,084)
Minority interest  130,291  359,975  130,291  359,975 
 Dividends/ interest on Shareholders’ Equity  80,185  328,000  80,185  328,000 
 IRRF interest on Shareholders’ Equity  (12,028) (27,386) (12,028) (27,386)
 Unclaimed prior years’ dividends  62,134  59,361  62,134  59,361 
Total shareholders  270,384  974,314  270,384  974,314 
Employees and management profit sharing  37,310  18,361  48,027  24,104 
Total  307,694  992,675  318,411  998,418 

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35. LOANS AND FINANCING (Includes Debentures)

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Loans  512,287 
Accrued interest and other on loans  11,478 
Financing  4,023,154  4,110,732  4,143,070  4,230,589 
Accrued interest and other on financing  92,790  113,201  93,384  113,674 
Total  4,639,709  4,223,933  4,236,454  4,344,263 
Current  1,044,533  513,690  521,361  514,163 
Long term  3,595,176  3,710,243  3,715,093  3,830,100 

Loans

  COMPANY 
  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Loan with Subsidiary – Domestic Currency  523,765 
Total  523,765 
Current  523,765 

On April 16, 2008, the Parent Company concluded with 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. the loan contract in the amount of R$ 800,000. The total term of the loan is 360 days, with payment of the principal and compensatory interest in the end of such term. Charges on such loan correspond to 101.75% of CDI. Out of the amount contracted, up to the closing date of the current quarter, the capitation of R$ 512,287 was carried out.

Financing

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development) 2,079,721  2,146,475  2,180,144  2,246,838 
   Local currency  2,006,385  2,059,446  2,106,808  2,159,809 
   Basket of currencies, including US dollar  73,336  87,029  73,336  87,029 
Loans and financing  945,046  958,143  965,133  978,110 
   Local currency  27,645  29,505  47,732  49,472 
   Foreign currency  917,401  928,638  917,401  928,638 
Public debentures  1,090,139  1,118,158  1,090,139  1,118,158 
Suppliers– foreign currency  1,038  1,157  1,038  1,157 
Total  4,115,944  4,223,933  4,236,454  4,344,263 
Current  520,768  513,690  521,361  514,163 
Long term  3,595,176  3,710,243  3,715,093  3,830,100 

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 5.83% 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 11.36% p.a.

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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 of 0.5% above LIBOR and 1.92% p.a. above YEN LIBOR, resulting in a weighted average rate of 3.02% p.a. LIBOR and YEN LIBOR rates as of 06/30/08, for half-yearly payments, were 3.19% p.a. and 1.03% p.a., respectively.

Public debentures:

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 July 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.

Payment schedule

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

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
2009  364,537  450,558  364,537  450,558 
2010  724,364  723,227  727,938  726,799 
2011  781,292  780,367  795,587  794,654 
2012  641,249  641,130  655,545  655,417 
2013  642,034  641,886  656,329  656,173 
2014  435,565  466,940  449,860  481,227 
2015 and following year  6,135  6,135  65,297  65,272 
Total  3,595,176  3,710,243  3,715,093  3,830,100 

Debt breakdown by currency/index

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
Adjusted by  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
TJLP  2,006,385  2,059,445  2,106,808  2,159,809 
CDI  1,613,904  1,118,158  1,090,139  1,118,158 
US dollar  350,890  375,945  350,890  375,945 
Yen  196,142  227,646  196,142  227,646 
Hedge of yen-denominated debt  371,407  326,205  371,407  326,205 
UMBNDES – BNDES currency basket  73,336  87,029  73,336  87,029 
INPC  6,210  6,172  26,297  26,138 
Others  21,435  23,333  21,435  23,333 
Total  4,639,709  4,223,933  4,236,454  4,344,263 

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Guarantees

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

The Company maintains hedging contracts on 59.0% 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 indexes. On the quarter closing date, considering the hedging transactions and foreign currency cash investments, the Company had an actual exposure of 7.7% (8.0% on 03/31/08). The gains and losses on these contracts are recognized on the accrual basis.

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

BrT Celular Financial Contractual Obligation with BNDES

BrT Celular entered into with Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico – BNDES, on February 19, 2008 the contracting of financing in the amount of R$ 259,100 to be used 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, from which period the payment in eighty four installments shall begin. Charges of that financing are associated to the TJLP (Long-Term Interest Rate) variation added 3.52% per year. From the amount under contract, the captation of R$ 100,000 has been effected in the present quarter, and the supplementary part of financial inputs is expected to occur by the end of the fiscal year of 2009. This obligation is guaranteed by cession and binding of receivables resulting from the revenue of the Parent Company, as well as guarantee from the same.

36. SERVICE EXPLOITATION LICENSES AND CONCESSIONS

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Personal mobile service  664,529  255,012 
STFC concession  32,845  16,421  32,845  16,421 
Other licenses  9,502  11,879 
Total  32,845  16,421  706,876  283,312 
Current  32,845  16,421  522,247  99,967 
Long term  184,629  183,345 

The licenses for Personal Mobile Services are represented by the agreements entered into in 2002 and 2004 by subsidiary 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. with ANATEL, to exploit SMP services during a fifteen-year period in the same area of operation where the Company 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 Subsidiary’s liabilities to be paid in equal, consecutive annual installments, with maturities scheduled for 2008-2010 (balance of three installments), and 2009-2012 (balance of four 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.

On April 29, 2008, BrT Celular acquired new authorizations for development of 3G network, paying at the moment of signature of the terms 10% of the total amount, with a payable balance left to be paid in a one-time installment on 12/11/08, in the amount of R$ 439,412, with no additional charges. The payable balance related with the acquisition of such new authorizations and the corresponding intangible assets were recognized in the amount of R$ 400,229, deducted from the adjustment to the present value. The discount at the current price is based on rates that would be required for financing the obligation (variation of the Telecommunications Sector Rate – IST and compensatory interest of 1% per month).

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The STFC concession refers to the provision recognized 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 next payment to be carried out is expected to occur in 2009.

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. Upon such obligation, variation of IGP-DI added by 1% per month applies. The settlement of the balance of such obligation will be paid in tree equal, consecutive and annual installments, falling due in May.

37. PROVISIONS FOR PENSION PLANS

Refer to the recognition of the actuarial deficit of the pension plans of defined benefit managed by FBrTPREV and the pension plan managed by the Company appraised by independent actuaries in accordance with CVM Resolution no.371/00. Such sponsored plans are detailed in note 6.

  COMPANY AND CONSOLIDATED 
   06/30/08  03/31/08 
FBrTPREV – BrTPREV, Alternativo and Fundador plans  663,459  640,456 
PAMEC plan  2,290  2,182 
Total  665,749  642,638 
Current  79,251  56,254 
Long term  586,498  586,384 

38. ADVANCES FROM CUSTOMERS

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Assignment of telecommunications means  6,140  6,240  91,226  88,604 
Prepaid services  44,188  52,377 
Other advances from customers  24,442  441  57,854  881 
Total  30,582  6,681  193,268  141,862 
Current  1,743  1,432  63,249  71,992 
Long term  28,839  5,249  130,019  69,870 

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:

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
2009  1,621  654  6,986  6,107 
2010  2,220  879  11,902  7,732 
2011  2,220  879  11,316  7,680 
2012  2,220  879  11,092  7,457 
2013  2,220  879  10,771  7,200 
2014  1,572  230  10,111  6,551 
2015  1,505  162  10,044  6,483 
2016 and following year  15,261  687  57,797  20,660 
Total  28,839  5,249  130,019  69,870 

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39. OTHER LIABILITIES

  COMPANY  CONSOLIDATED 
  06/30/08  03/31/08  06/30/08  03/31/08 
Self-financing funds - Rio Grande do Sul branch  24,143  24,143  24,143  24,143 
Bank credits and repeater receivables under processing  14,116  13,859  16,785  16,362 
Obligations from acquisition of tax credits  8,332  6,107  8,332  6,107 
Obligations from reverse stock split (1) 5,888  5,920  5,888  5,920 
Bonuses and premiums - subsequent periods  2,832  3,022  5,948  6,308 
CPMF (tax on banking transactions) - suspended payment  2,482  2,451  2,482  2,451 
Other taxes  1,806  1,783  14,585  12,808 
Obligations with telecommunications companies  1,616  25,792  1,616  2,208 
Return of self-financing funds  603  605  603  605 
Others  25,184  12,074  28,930  15,443 
Total  87,002  95,756  109,312  92,355 
Current  81,838  81,043  98,392  71,900 
Long term  5,164  14,713  10,920  20,455 

(1) Refers to amounts available to the respective shareholders, regarding the shares fractions separated and groups in integers and sold on floor executed at BOVESPA, resulting from grouping of shares mentioned in note 8.a.

Self–financing funds - Rio Grande do Sul branch

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 the Company 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 the Company’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.

40. 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 amount of R$ 7,974 (R$ 7,974 on 03/31/08) derives from plans sold prior to the issue of said Administrative Rule, the corresponding assets to which are already incorporated to the Company’s 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.

41. 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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  06/30/08 
Fixed Telephony 
and Data 
Communications  
Mobile 
Telephony
Internet   Call 
Center 
Inter-Segment 
Eliminations 
Consolidated 
Gross operating revenue  7,197,145  1,203,911  222,444  109,734  (518,038) 8,215,196 
Deductions from gross revenue  (2,275,832) (315,083) (33,032) (7,645) 1,696  (2,629,896)
Net operating revenue  4,921,313  888,828  189,412  102,089  (516,342) 5,585,300 
Cost of services and sales  (2,576,177) (764,636) (26,323) (99,093) 364,846  (3,101,383)
Gross profit  2,345,136  124,192  163,089  2,996  (151,496) 2,483,917 
             
Operating expenses, net  (1,163,275) (301,961) (190,785) (6,959) 151,722  (1,511,258)
 Sales of services  (495,473) (241,648) (130,393) (603) 178,663  (689,454)
 General and administrative expenses  (617,921) (65,520) (37,030) (6,060) 10,556  (715,975)
 Other operating income (expenses) (49,881) 5,207  (23,362) (296) (37,497) (105,829)
             
Income (loss) from operations             
before financial expenses (income) 1,181,861  (177,769) (27,696) (3,963) 226  972,659 
             
Trade accounts receivable  2,116,470  181,111  101,101  39,474  (188,785) 2,249,371 
Inventories  6,005  46,738  -  -  -  52,743 
Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, net  4,851,346  1,804,902  57,780  -  -  6,714,028 

  06/30/07 
Fixed Telephony 
and Data 
Communications  
Mobile 
Telephony
Internet   Call 
Center 
Inter-Segment 
Eliminations 
Consolidated 
Gross operating revenue  6,894,347  1,150,409  209,885  (384,696) 7,869,945 
Deductions from gross revenue  (2,072,698) (335,876) (30,801) 3,630  (2,435,745)
Net operating revenue  4,821,649  814,533  179,084  (381,066) 5,434,200 
Cost of services and sales  (2,787,780) (737,864) (30,366) 341,947  (3,214,063)
Gross profit  2,033,869  76,669  148,718  (39,119) 2,220,137 
             
Operating expenses, net  (1,171,077) (256,838) (173,855) 39,218  (1,562,552)
 Sales of services  (474,471) (218,445) (117,695) 55,309  (755,302)
 General and administrative expenses             
 Other operating income (expenses) (132,996) 24,809  (22,473) (28,274) (158,934)
             
Income (loss) from operations before financial expenses (income) 862,792  (180,169) (25,137) 99  657,585 

  03/31/08 
Fixed Telephony 
and Data 
Communications  
Mobile 
Telephony
Internet   Call 
Center 
Inter-Segment 
Eliminations 
Consolidated 
Trade accounts receivable  2,088,090  161,123  100,386  34,281  (162,696) 2,221,184 
Inventories  5,754  32,125  -  -  -  37,879 
Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, net  4,988,218  1,308,348  56,899  -  -  6,353,465 

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42. RESTATEMENT OF INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The Company, intending to demonstrate more details of the composition of its capital stock, including all classes of shares, has restated this interim financial statements originally filed on July 15, 2008. This modification is exclusively related to Chart “16.01 – OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED AS RELEVANT BY THE COMPANY”, item 2.

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05.01 – COMMENTS ON THE COMPANY PERFORMANCE IN THE QUARTER 
 

See Comments on Consolidated Performance

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

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 06/30/2008  4 - 03/31/2008 
Total Assets  16,091,264  15,723,067 
1.01  Current Assets  5,889,208  6,236,807 
1.01.01  Cash, Bank and Temporary Cash Investments  1,496,857  2,087,657 
1.01.01.01  Cash and Bank  106,147  65,421 
1.01.01.02  Temporary Cash Investments  1,390,710  2,022,236 
1.01.02  Credits  2,249,370  2,221,184 
1.01.02.01  Clients  2,249,370  2,221,184 
1.01.02.02  Sundry Credits 
1.01.03  Inventories  52,743  37,879 
1.01.04  Others  2,090,238  1,890,087 
1.01.04.01  Loans and Financing  1,690  1,655 
1.01.04.02  Deferred and Recoverable Taxes  1,196,675  1,003,353 
1.01.04.03  Escrow Deposits  452,515  384,821 
1.01.04.04  Short Term Investments  205,577  201,232 
1.01.04.05  Government Bonds  54,921 
1.01.04.06  Other Assets  233,781  244,105 
1.02  Non-Current Assets  10,202,056  9,486,260 
1.02.01  Long-Term Assets  3,324,495  2,874,385 
1.02.01.01  Sundry Credits 
1.02.01.02  Credits with Related Parties 
1.02.01.02.01  From Direct and Indirect Associated 
1.02.01.02.02  From Subsidiaries 
1.02.01.02.03  From Other Related Parties 
1.02.01.03  Others  3,324,495  2,874,385 
1.02.01.03.01  Loans and Financing  5,781  5,979 
1.02.01.03.02  Deferred and Recoverable Taxes  1,591,370  1,479,027 
1.02.01.03.03  Fixed-Income Securities  4,167  3,969 
1.02.01.03.04  Escrow Deposits  1,628,190  1,294,786 
1.02.01.03.05  Inventories 
1.02.01.03.06  Other Assets  94,987  90,624 
1.02.02  Permanent Assets  6,877,561  6,611,875 
1.02.02.01  Investments  122,260  156,234 
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  118,518  139,017 
1.02.02.01.05  Other Investments  3,738  17,213 
1.02.02.02  Property, Plant and Equipment  5,245,665  5,303,985 
1.02.02.03  Intangible Assets  1,429,181  1,049,480 
1.02.02.04  Deferred Charges  80,455  102,176 

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

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 - 06/30/2008  4 - 03/31/2008 
Total Liabilities  16,091,264  15,723,067 
2.01  Current Liabilities  4,492,854  4,448,922 
2.01.01  Loans and Financing  511,222  476,005 
2.01.02  Debentures  10,139  38,158 
2.01.03  Suppliers  1,408,951  1,376,110 
2.01.04  Taxes, Duties and Contributions  1,007,864  846,034 
2.01.04.01  Indirect Taxes  640,645  699,756 
2.01.04.02  Taxes on Income  367,219  146,278 
2.01.05  Dividends  270,384  974,314 
2.01.06  Provisions  311,919  257,562 
2.01.06.01  Provisions for Contingencies  232,668  201,308 
2.01.06.02  Provisions for Pension Plans  79,251  56,254 
2.01.07  Debts with Related Parties 
2.01.08  Others  972,375  480,739 
2.01.08.01  Payroll, Social Charges and Benefits  113,598  95,932 
2.01.08.02  Consignment in Favor of Third Parties  126,862  116,844 
2.01.08.03  Profit Sharing  48,027  24,104 
2.01.08.04  Authorization for Serv. Exploitation Telecom.  522,247  99,967 
2.01.08.05  Advances from Customers  63,249  71,992 
2.01.08.06  Other Liabilities  98,392  71,900 
2.02  Non-Current Liabilities  5,604,360  5,612,564 
2.02.01  Long-Term Liabilities  5,604,360  5,612,564 
2.02.01.01  Loans and Financing  2,635,093  2,750,100 
2.02.01.02  Debentures  1,080,000  1,080,000 
2.02.01.03  Provisions  1,292,697  1,287,752 
2.02.01.03.01  Provisions for Contingencies  706,199  701,368 
2.02.01.03.02  Provisions for Pension Plans  586,498  586,384 
2.02.01.04  Debts with Related Parties 
2.02.01.05  Advance for Future Capital Increase 
2.02.01.06  Others  596,570  494,712 
2.02.01.06.01  Suppliers  21,451  17,635 
2.02.01.06.02  Indirect Taxes  166,836  131,844 
2.02.01.06.03  Taxes on Income  74,741  63,589 
2.02.01.06.04  Authorization for Serv. Exploitation Telecom.  184,629  183,345 
2.02.01.06.05  Advances from Customers  130,019  69,870 
2.02.01.06.06  Other Liabilities  10,920  20,455 
2.02.01.06.07  Funds for Capitalization  7,974  7,974 
2.02.02  Deferred Income 
2.03  Minority Interest  (2,722) 7,581 
2.04  Shareholders’ Equity  5,996,772  5,654,000 
2.04.01  Paid Up Capital Stock  3,470,758  3,470,758 

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

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 -06/30/2008  4 -03/31/2008 
2.04.02  Capital Reserves  1,330,683  1,329,671 
2.04.02.01  Goodwill on Share Subscription  358,862  358,862 
2.04.02.02  Investment Grants  123,558  123,558 
2.04.02.03  Interest on Works in Progress  745,756  745,756 
2.04.02.04  Special Monetary Correction - Law 8200/91  31,287  31,287 
2.04.02.05  Other Capital Reserves  71,220  70,208 
2.04.03  Revaluation Reserves 
2.04.03.01  Owned Assets 
2.04.03.02  Subsidiaries/Direct and Indirect Associated 
2.04.04  Revenue Reserves  349,155  349,155 
2.04.04.01  Legal  349,155  349,155 
2.04.04.02  Statutory 
2.04.04.03  For Contingencies 
2.04.04.04  From Profits to Realize 
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  846,176  504,416 
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 – 04/01/08 to 06/30/08  4 – 01/01/08 to 06/30/08  5 – 04/01/07 to 06/30/07  6 – 01/01/07 to 06/30/07 
3.01  Gross Revenue from Sales and/or Services  4,179,138  8,215,196  3,972,871  7,869,945 
3.02  Deductions from Gross Revenue  (1,355,818) (2,629,896) (1,229,528) (2,435,745)
3.03  Net Revenue from Sales and/or Services  2,823,320  5,585,300  2,743,343  5,434,200 
3.04  Cost of Goods and/or Services Sold  (1,545,635) (3,101,383) (1,601,798) (3,214,063)
3.05  Gross Profit  1,277,685  2,483,917  1,141,545  2,220,137 
3.06  Operating Expenses/Revenues  (738,210) (1,820,302) (852,810) (1,969,343)
3.06.01  Selling Expenses  (324,472) (689,454) (386,678) (755,302)
3.06.02  General and Administrative Expenses  (365,590) (715,975) (332,443) (648,316)
3.06.03  Financial  (61,840) (309,044) (61,922) (406,791)
3.06.03.01  Financial Income  126,148  301,396  95,292  202,693 
3.06.03.02  Financial Expenses  (187,988) (610,440) (157,214) (609,484)
3.06.04  Other Operating Income  255,279  401,376  129,397  243,170 
3.06.05  Other Operating Expenses  (241,587) (507,205) (201,164) (402,104)
3.06.06  Equity Income 
3.07  Operating Income  539,475  663,615  288,735  250,794 
3.08  Non-Operating Income  (31,780) (29,103) 2,200  5,610 
3.08.01  Revenues  63,331  108,581  18,079  41,369 
3.08.02  Expenses  (95,111) (137,684) (15,879) (35,759)
3.09  Income Before Tax and Minority Interests  507,695  634,512  290,935  256,404 
3.10  Provision for Income and Social Contribution  (217,811) (357,172) (91,010) (166,336)
3.11  Deferred Income Tax  31,475  119,568  (23,444) 54,837 
3.12  Statutory Interest/Contributions 
3.12.01  Interests 
3.12.02  Contributions 
3.13  Reversal of Interest on Shareholders’ Equity  245,000  245,000 
3.14  Minority Interest  (83) 733  (375) 207 
3.15  Income (Loss) for the Period  321,276  642,641  176,106  390,112 

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

1 - CODE  2 - DESCRIPTION  3 – 04/01/08 to 06/30/08  4 – 01/01/08 to 06/30/08  5 – 04/01/07 to 06/30/07  6 – 01/01/07 to 06/30/07 
  NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING SHARES, EX-TREASURY (UNITS) 547,434,273  547,434,273  547,272,189  547,272,189 
  EARNINGS PER SHARE (REAIS) 0.58688  1.17391  0.32179  0.71283 
  LOSS PER SHARE (REAIS)        

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08.01 – COMMENTS ABOUT CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE IN THE QUARTER 

PERFORMANCE REPORT – 2nd QUARTER 2008
The performance report provides consolidated figures for Brasil Telecom S.A. and its subsidiaries, mentioned in the explanation note 1 of this Interim Financial Statements.

OPERATING PERFORMANCE (not reviewed by the independent auditors)

Fixed Telephony

Plant

       
Dados Operational Data  2Q08  1Q08  2Q08/1Q08(%)
       
Installed Lines (1,000) 10,394  10,380  0.1 
Additional Installed Lines (1,000) 14  4  71.4 
       
Lines in Service - LES (1,000) 8,105  8,036  0.8 
- Home  5,478  5,435  0.8 
- No-Home  1,273  1,237  2.9 
- Public Telephones - TUP  280  280  -0.2 
- Hybrid Terminals  384  412  -6.7 
- Others (includes PABX) 690  672  2.7 
Added Lines in Service (1,000) 68  2  N.A. 
       
Active Lines - LES (-) Blocked Lines  7,932  7,826  1.3 
       
Blocked Lines  172  211  -18.3 
       
Medium Lines in Service - LMES (1,000) 8,070  8,035  0.4 
       
LES/100-inhabitants  18.4  18.2  0.8 
TUP/1,000-inhabitants  6.3  6.3  -0.2 
TUP/100-Installed Lines  2.7  2.7  -0.4 
       
Utilization Rate  78.0%  77.4%  0.6 p.p. 
       

The base of land lines in service (LES) had a net addition of 68.2 thousand lines at 2Q08, reversing the drop trend in the industry for the second consecutive quarter. The stabilization of the number of lines in service results from actions such as:

Services Packages Offer Pluri
Packages that allow clients integrating land line, broadband and mobile services, including “Pluri Amigos” (200 minutes of calls originated from fixed terminals to mobile terminals). After its launching in March 2008, 94.4 thousand clients have adhered to the packages.

Focus on “Controle Total” Plan
Land line pre-paid service. Plan focused on low-consumption segments, whose offer is made by means of directed approach to the areas where there is technical availability. By the end of 2Q08, 218.2 thousand clients have already adhered to “Controle” Plan.

Companies-directed Offers: Brasil Total Negócios
Offer created to leverage convergence of products from Brasil Telecom and increase the range of products per client in the corporate segment. Sales of “Brasil Total Negócios” represent 11% of total sales of converging packages. By the end of 2Q08, 45 thousand of packages will have been sold to the corporate market.

Services to corporate market
Growth of 8.3% in advanced telephony base, with products with greater added-value such as DDR and PABX Virtual.

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Traffic

       
Operational Data  2Q08  1Q08  2Q08/1Q08(%)
       
Exceeding Minutes (million) 2,625  2,434  7.8 
       
VC-1 (million minutes) 686  671  2.2 
       
Minutes Long Distance (million) 1,360  1,358  0.2 
       
    Long Distance  1,084  992  9.3 
       
    VC-2  161  207  -22.4 
       
    VC-3  115  159  -27.2 
       

Mobile Telephony

       
Operational Data  2Q08  1Q08  2Q08/1Q08 (%)
       
Clients (1,000) 5,015  4,578  9.6 
 Post-paid  832  830  0.4 
 Prepaid  4,183  3,748  11.6 
Net Additions (1,000) 438  315  39.0 
 Post-paid  -26  N.A. 
 Prepaid  435  341  27.4 
Gross Additions (1,000) 943  669  41.0 
 Post-paid  96  75  28.8 
 Prepaid  847  594  42.6 
Cancellations  506  354  42.8 
 Post-paid  94  101  -7.8 
 Prepaid  412  253  63.2 
Prepaid Annual Churn  42.20%  32.00%  31.6 
 Post-paid  45.10%  48.20%  -6.5 
 Prepaid  41.60%  28.20%  -47.2 
Client Acquisition Cost (SAC - R$) 77.4  77.6  -0.3 
Assisted Locations  873  873  0,0 
% of Population Cover  88%  88%  0.8 p.p. 
Coverage Cell Sites (ERBs) 3,481  2,645  31.6 
Commutation and Control Centers (CCC) 11  11  0 
Employees  634  629  0.8 
       

Mobile Accesses

In 2Q08, Brasil Telecom overcame an important milestone. It reached 5 million mobile accesses in service. The clients base amounted to 5,015.4 thousand accesses in service, representing an increase of 33.1% when compared to the 2Q07.

The main factor that has allowed such growth is the volume of gross additions: 943.4 thousand, record in the history of mobile operations of Brasil Telecom. The performance of sales is directly connected to: (i) the Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day campaign, with the main motto: “A Volta do Pula-Pula (The Return of the Jumper)”, and (ii) the launch of 3G offers. Additionally, the good performance of sales in May can be proved by the figures disclosed by Anatel, when Brasil Telecom reached 33% of the total of net additions at region II, becoming the leader in net additions within its actuation area.

By the end of the 2Q08, the mobile phone clients base was composed by 832.5 thousand subscribers of post-paid plans (16.6 of the base) and 4,182.9 thousand of pre-paid plans. In comparison to 2007, the decrease in the number of post-paid clients amounted to 6.5%, mainly because of the migration of clients from the hybrid plan to the pre-paid plan. However, in comparison to the 1Q08, we are able to notice a trend reversion, with the number of post-paid accesses presenting a positive variation.

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DATA

Broadband

       
Operational Data  2Q08  1Q08  2Q08/1Q08 (%)
       
ADSL Accesses (1,000) 1,710  1,637  4.4 
Net Additions (1,000) 73  70  4.4 
       
ADSL penetration (%) 21.1%  20.4%  0.7 p.p. 
       

Throughout the 2Q08, Brasil Telecom added 72.6 thousand ADSL accesses to its plant, totaling 1,709.8 thousand accesses by the end of the 1Q08, with an increase of 17.6% when compared to the 2Q07. ADSL (ADSL/LES) penetration in the 2Q08 reached 21.1%, against 17.9% in the 2Q07.

In continuity to the expansion of the broadband network, Brasil Telecom has reached 79.9% of the cities with ADSL coverage, the biggest rate among expressive carriers.

In 2008, Brasil Telecom has increased its focus on sales of speeds from 1Mbps on, serving the growing demand for broader bands placed by Internet users.

Internet Providers

Internet Group, Brasil Telecom’s internet unit, which comprises the activities of iG, iBest and BrTurbo providers, is the top 2nd as a provider of broadband services in the Brazilian market, with 1.3 million clients.

Internet Group also has 4 million clients in dial-up access, in addition to be the 3rd top Brazilian portal in audience, with more than 12.6 million home unique visitors per month (source: IBOPE – May/08).

New Products

By the beginning of the 2Q08, Brasil Telecom has pioneerly launched in the Brazilian market the concept flat flee, unlimited use of mobile phone voice services. Such concept has been materialized in the offer “Pula-Pula Máximo”.

On April 30, 2008 Brasil Telecom started offering third generation mobile phone services. 3GMais in the Cell phone, and 3GMais Broadband in the Computer; therefore, becoming the first carrier able to offer fixed and mobile broadband in a single package. The 3G technology allows a better quality in the voice calls, besides services such as: Video-Calls (calls provided with image and sound), and high-speed access to Internet by personal computers (notebooks and PCs). For purposes of launching 3GMais in the Cell phone, Brasil Telecom has created 5 offers, which go with 4 products adjusting them to the several profiles. They are composed by: Light Bill Plan + Data Package + SMS Package + Video-Call, besides offering discounts in the monthly bill of services. For 3GMais Broadband in the Computer, packages with speeds of up to 3Mbps and unlimited download have been offered.

ECONOMICAL-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Revenue

The consolidated gross revenue of Brasil Telecom reached R$ 4,179.1 million in the 2Q08, 5.2% higher to that of the 2Q07, due to the growth of the participation of services of data transmission and mobile phone in the consolidated revenue, as well as the tariff restatements of 2.14% in the basket of services and 3.29% in the VC’s occurred in July of the last year.

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Local Service

The gross revenue of local services reached R$ 1,613.6 million in the 2Q08, 1.3% lower than that recorded in the 2Q07, mainly because of the drop of 15.2% in the gross revenue of the local traffic, due to the reduction in the number of fixed terminals, partially offset by the increase of 3.0% in the gross revenue of subscriptions. The growth of 12.2% in the number of clients of local alternative plans causes the increase in the revenue from subscriptions; however, the greater adhesion to local minutes franchise plans also occasions part of the reduction of the traffic surplus.

Public Telephony

Public telephony gross revenue reached R$ 120.4 million in the 2Q08; 14.2% less in comparison to the revenue of the 2Q07; once in the 1Q08 resellers stored more cards, which typically happened in the second quarter due to the proximity of tariff restatement.

Interconnection

Interconnection revenue in the 2Q08 was R$ 92.2 million, 11.9% higher than those R$ 82.4 million recorded in the 2Q07, despite the reduction of 18.3% in the average tariff of TU-RL in 2007. Such increase occurred due to the growth in the number of cell phones operating in the area.

VC-1

The gross revenue from VC-1 calls amounted to R$ 467.3 million in the 2Q08, being practically stable when compared to the 2Q07, in view of the reduction of 1.7% on that VC-1 traffic offset by the tariff restatement. The reduction at such traffic has been mainly caused by the fixed-mobile replacement.

Long Distance

Gross revenue from long distance calls (LD) amounted to R$ 712.9 million, 2.0% lower than that recorded in the 2Q07, due to the reduction of 8% and 21% in VC-2 and VC-3 traffics, respectively, which, in turn, occurred due to the decrease in the use of added-value products that encourage such traffic (for example: the partnership with Big Brother Brasil). However, it is important to stress out the increase of revenues from fixed terminal-originated LD calls (intra-sectorial, intra-regional and international); which increased in view of the tariff restatement and the increase of 1.5 and 8.0 in the share of inter-regional and international traffics, respectively.

Data Transmission

In the 2Q08, data communication gross revenue after allowances reached R$ 745.6 million, an increase of 11.1% in comparison to the 2Q07, mainly because of the increment of 16.4% in the ADSL revenue after allowances; in view of the enhancement in the base and migration to plans offering higher speeds.

Mobile Telephony

In the 2Q08, total consolidated gross revenue in mobile telephony totaled R$526.0 million, from which R$59.2 million were related to the sale of handsets and accessories.

Gross revenue consolidated with the 2Q08 mobile telephony totaled R$ 466.8 million and went beyond the 8.9% recorded in the 2Q07, due to the increase of 17.7% in the revenue from utilization and increase of 36.8% from data communication revenue, in view of the enlargement of the clients base, despite the reduction of 13.5% in revenue from subscriptions, which mainly happened as a consequence of the mobile operation plans restructuring (decrease in the franchise prices and reduction of discounts).

Net Revenue

Brasil Telecom's consolidated net revenue was added by 2.9% in the 2Q08 in comparison to the 2Q07, reflecting the increase of 5.2% in the consolidated gross revenue, offset by the increment of 10.3% in deductions. The increase in the deduction of lines occurred because of the unconditional discounts over the revenue from ADSL products that, in the 2Q07, were presented deducted from the consolidated gross revenue.

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ARPU (Monthly average net revenue per user)

Fixed telephony ARPU (excluding data communication) reached R$ 76.8 in the 2Q08, 1.4% below that recorded in the 2Q07, due to the greater adhesion to cheaper alternative plans, such as “Controle Total” Plan.

The ARPU of ADSL recorded in the 2Q08 amounted to R$ 48.6, being practically stable in comparison to the ARPU of R$ 49.0 recorded in the 2Q07.

Total ARPU of mobile telephony recorded in the 2Q08 was of R$ 29.23, a decrease of 13.5% in comparison to the 2Q07, mainly because of pre-paid accesses at the client’s base.

Costs and Expenses

Operating costs and expenses consolidated by Brasil Telecom totaled R$ 2,222.0 million in the 2Q08, a decrease of 7.1% in comparison to the 2Q07, mainly because of the reduction of: R$ 96.3 million in depreciation and amortization, R$ 32.1 in provisions and losses, R$ 28.7 million in outsourced services, and R$ 62.3 million in other expenses, partially offset with the increase of R$ 62.7 million in costs and expenses with personnel. When not considering the effects of non-recurring items occurred in the quarter, the operating costs and expenses would remain practically stable in comparison to the 2Q07, in return to the increase of 5.2% in the gross revenue of the same period.

Personnel

By the end of the 2Q08, the group Brasil Telecom employed a total of 17,828 collaborators, an enhancement of 203.8% in comparison to the 2Q07, due to the internalization of the call center of Brasil Telecom in December, 2007, and the call center of the Internet Group (iG); the internet segment of Brasil Telecom, during the 2Q08. Therefore, in the 2Q08, personnel costs and expenses reached R$ 217.8 million, an increase of 40.4% when compared to the 2Q07.

Materials

The costs and expenses with materials amounted to R$ 98.7 million in the 2Q08, a drop of 3.0% in relation to the 2Q07, due to the lower cost of merchandise sold despite the increase in the quantity of phone sets traded.

Third Parties Services

The costs and expenses with outsourced services, with exception of interconnection, advertising and marketing, amounted to R$ 533.0 million in the 2Q08, 5.1% below that recorded in the 2Q07, mainly reflecting the reduction of R$ 68.2 million in the call center line by the internalization accomplished by the end of 2007. Such reduction was offset with the increase of R$ 21.7 million in legal services, R$ 5.2 million in collection services and R$ 4.5 million in transportation and communications.

The expenses with advertisement and marketing totaled R$ 40.3 million in the 2Q08, an increase of 13.3% when compared to the 2Q07, due to the enhanced number of campaigns for launching new products, such as 3GMais and Pluri, besides greater aggressiveness in campaigns on the Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day.

Provisions for Contingencies

In the 2Q08, the provisions for contingencies amounted to R$ 142.9 million, an increase of R$ 16.1 million in comparison to the 2Q07, basically due to the taxes, civil and labor contingencies.

PCCR/ROB

The proportion of Losses with Receivables (PCCR) to the gross revenue in the 2Q08 was of 2.3% and totaled R$ 96.5 million, 0.5% below hose 2.8% of the 2Q07, mainly because of: (i) the recovery of provisioned amounts in the 1Q08 as a consequence of the postponement of the maturity of invoices in previous periods; and (ii) greater efficiency in the collection processes, mainly in the amounts owed by clients of the mobile telephony retail and corporate segments, besides fixed telephony government clients.

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Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization costs totaled R$528.6 million in the 2Q08, 15.4% less than in the 2Q07, due to the increase of goods totally depreciated.

Other Costs and Expenses/Operating Income

Other operating costs and expenses amounted R$ 9.4 million in the 2Q08, 86.9% lower than in the 2Q07, due to the amount of R$ 175.7 million received from Telemar Norte Leste S.A. in view of a Waiver, Transaction and Release Public Instrument (“Agreement for Settlement of Litigation”), according to the Relevant Fact disclosed on April 25, 2008. Such amount has been partially offset with the negative variation of: (i) R$ 22.5 million due to the reversion of provisions, which includes the reversion of provision for adjustment at market price of merchandise in inventory occurred in the 2Q07; (ii) R$ 27.5 million resulting from the reversion of provision occurred in the 2Q07 due to the revaluation of the assets portfolio at the pension fund; (iii) R$ 14.5 million, regarding the recovery of PIS and COFINS occurred in the 2Q07; and, (iv) R$ 23.7 million, mainly as a consequence of taxes assessing the amount received due to the Agreement for Settlement of Litigation.

Financial Result

In the 2Q08, Brasil Telecom registered negative financial result of R$61.8 million, stable in comparison to the R$ 61.9 million negative in the previous year.

Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses)

Non-operating revenue (expenses) totaled R$ 31.8 million negative in the 2Q08, a negative variation of R$ 34.0 million in relation to the 2Q07, mainly because the reduction of R$ 35.0 million due to the conclusion of the corporate reorganization of the Internet Group.

Net Profit

Brasil Telecom registered net profit of R$ 321.3 million in the 2Q08, equivalent to R$0.58688 per share. The net profit per ADR in the period was R$ 1.0067. In the 2Q07, the Company recorded a profit of R$ 176.1 million, equivalent to R$ 0.32179 per share, while the profit per ADR in the period was US$ 0.5250.

Indebtedness

Net Debt

By the end of the quarter, the consolidated net debt of Brasil Telecom totaled R$ 2,534.0 million, 2.4% lower than that recorded by the end of June 2007, mainly because of the amortizations occurred in the period, the valuation of Real, which reduced the debt in foreign currency, and the generation of cash in the period.

By the end of the 2Q08, the debt bound to the exchange variation, not considering the hedge adjustments, amounted to R$ 620.4 million. On 06/30/08 Brasil Telecom counted on protection to 52.2% of the debt bound to the exchange variation, resulting in an exposure of only 7.7% of the whole debt.

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Investment

       
 CAPEX  2Q08  1Q08  2Q08/1Q08 (%)
       
 Network Expansion  60.4  38.7  56.9 
       
 - Conventional Telephony  0.1  (0.1) N.A. 
       
 - Transmission Backbone  19.6  5.3  269.2 
       
 - Data Network  46.1  30.6  50.5 
       
 - Intelligent Network  4.3  0.7  477.8 
       
 - Network Management Systems  0.4  2.3  (81.6)
       
 - Other Investments in the Expansion of the Network  (10.1) (0.1) 7,516.4 
       
 Network Operation  66.1  46.9  40.9 
       
 Public Telephony  4.4  0.5  705.5 
       
 Information Technology  16.6  3.8  338.3 
       
 Personnel Expansion  22.6  20.9  8.0 
       
 Others  79.6  34.6  129.9 
       
 Financial expenses for Expansion  5.8  5.1  13.9 
       
 Total Fixed Telephony  255.5  150.5  69.9 
       
       
       
       
 BrT Celular  556.9  9.4  5,284.7 
       
 Total Mobile Telephony  556.9  9.4  5,284.7 
       
       
       
 Total Investment  812.4  159.9  408.2 
       
       
Reconciliation with Cash Flow:       
 
       
 Variation between Economical and Financial Investments  (519.7) 145.5  N.A. 
       
 Investment Cash Flow applied to Permanent Assets  292.7  305.4  -4.1 
       

In the 2Q08, permanent assets investments at Brasil Telecom totaled R$812.4 million, from which R$ 255.5 million were invested in fixed telephony, including voice, data, information technology and regulatory, and R$ 556.9 million in mobile telephony. When compared to the 2Q07, investments presented an increase of 168.5% primarily due to the procurement of the 3G license and commissioning of the new network.

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09.01 - EQUITIES IN CONTROLLED AND/OR AFFILIATED COMPANIES

1- ITEM 2 - CONTROLLED/AFFILIATED COMPANY NAME  3 - CORPORATE TAXPAYER ID
(CNPJ) 
4 - CLASSIFICATION  5 -% EQUITY IN CAPITAL
OF INVESTED
6 - % NET EQUITY OF
INVESTOR 
7 - COMPANY TYPE  8 - NUMBER OF SHARES HOLD IN CURRENT QUARTER (Units) 9 - NUMBER OF SHARES HOLD IN PREVIOUS QUARTER (Units)
 
 01   14 BRASIL TELECOM CELULAR S.A.   05.423.963/0001-11  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY  100.00  52.74 
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER COMPANIES  4,473,443  4,473,443 
 
 02   BRTI SERVIÇOS DE INTERNET S.A.   04.714.634/0001-67  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY  100.00  6.01 
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER COMPANIES  675,703  675,703 
 
 03  BRASIL TELECOM CABOS SUBMARINOS LTDA.   02.934.071/0001-97  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY  99.99  2.95 
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER COMPANIES  272,443,966  272,443,966 
 
04  VANT TELECOMUNICAÇÕES S.A.   01.859.295/0001-19  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY  100.00  0.13 
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER COMPANIES  141,511,999  141,511,999 
 
 05   BRASIL TELECOM COMUNICAÇÃO MULTIMÍDIA LT   02.041.460/0001-93  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY  89.83  3.43 
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER COMPANIES  372,123,000  372,123,000 
 
 06   BRASIL TELECOM CALL CENTER S.A.   04.014.081/0001-30  LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY  100.00  -0.06 
COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND OTHER COMPANIES  400  400 

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16.01 – OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED AS RELEVANT BY THE COMPANY 

By fulfilling the Regulation for Differentiated Practices of Corporate Governance, the Company discloses the additional information below, related to the shareholders composition:

1. OUTSTANDING SHARES

Position: 06/30/2008          In share units    
Shareholder Common Shares % Preferred Shares % Total %
Direct and Indirect Controlling  247,319,931  99.09  126,495,450  40.63  373,815,381  66.64 
Managers             
  Board of Executive Officers  0.00  77,402  0.02  77,404  0.01 
Audit Council  328  0.00  11,878  0.00  12,206  0.00 
Treasury Stock  13,516,016  4.34  13,516,016  2.41 
Other Shareholders  2,276,788  0.91  171,252,494  55.01  173,529,282  30.94 
Total  249,597,049  100.00  311,353,240  100.00  560,950,289  100.00 
Outstanding Shares in Market  2,277,116  0.91  171,264,372  55.01  173,541,488  30.94 

Note: For purposes of composition of this chart, all members (effective and deputies) of the Administration Council, Board of directors and Audit Council are considered. The shares held by members of the Audit Council are considered outstanding shares.

Position: 06/30/2007         In share units    
Shareholder Common Shares % Preferred Shares % Total %
Direct and Indirect Controlling Shareholder  247,281,922  99.07  127,110,043  40.83  374,391,965  66.74 
Managers             
  Board of Executive Officers  0.00  80,346  0.03  80,348  0.01 
Treasury Stock  13,678,100  4.39  13,678,100  2.44 
Other Shareholders  2,315,125  0.93  170,484,751  54.75  172,799,876  30.81 
Total  249,597,049  100.00  311,353,240  100.00  560,950,289  100.00 
Outstanding Shares in Market  2,315,125  0.93  170,484,751  54.76  172,799,876  30.80 

Note: The shares held by members of the Audit Council are considered outstanding shares.

2. POSITION OF SHAREHOLDERS WITH MORE THAN 5% OF EACH TYPE AND CLASS OF SHARES OF THE COMPANY UP TO INDIVIDUAL LEVEL (Position on 06/30/2008)

Brasil Telecom S.A.              In share units 
Company Name CPF/CNPJ Nationality Common
Shares
% Preferred
Shares
% Total Shares %
Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.1  02.570.688/0001-70  Brazilian  247,317,180  99.09  120,911,021  38.83  368,228,201  65.64 
Copart 2 – Participações S.A.  09.165.087/0001-21  Brazilian  45,590,300  14.64  45,590,300  8.13 
Treasury Stock  -  -  13,516,016  4.34  13,516,016  2.41 
Others  -  -  2,279,869  0.91  131,335,903  42.19  133,615,772  23.82 
Total  249,597,049  100.00  311,353,240  100.00  560,950,289  100.00 

_____________________________
1 Publicly traded company (details up to individual level available at CVM).

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Copart 2 – Participações S.A.              In share units 
Company Name CPF/CNPJ Nationality Common
Shares
% Preferred
Shares
% Total Shares %
Coari Participações S.A.  04.030.087/0001-09  Brazilian  799  100.00     -  799  100.00 
José Luís Magalhães Salazar  902.518.577-00  Brazilian  0.00     -  0.00 
Total  800  100.00     -  800  100.00 


Coari Participações S.A.             In share units 
Company Name CPF/CNPJ Nationality Common
Shares
% Preferred
Shares
% Total Shares %
Telemar Norte Leste S.A.2  33.000.118/0001-79  Brasileira  5,500,006  100.00  10,999,989  100.00  16,499,995  100.00 
Outros  0.00  0.00  0.00 
Total  5,500,011  100.00  10,999,989  100.00  16,500,000  100.00 

_____________________________
2 Publicly traded company (details up to individual level available at CVM).

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17.01 – REPORT ON SPECIAL REVIEW - NO EXCEPTIONS 

INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS’ REVIEW REPORT

To the Shareholders, Board of Directors and Management of
Brasil Telecom S.A.
Brasília - DF

1.
We have reviewed the accounting information included in the accompanying interim financial statements of Brasil Telecom S.A. (“Company”) and subsidiaries, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008, consisting of the individual (Company) and consolidated balance sheets, the related statements of income and cash flows, the performance report and the related notes, prepared under the responsibility of the Company’s management.
 
2.
Our review was conducted in accordance with specific standards established by the Brazilian Institute of Independent Auditors (IBRACON), together with the Brazilian Federal Accounting Council (CFC), and consisted, principally, of: (a) inquiries of and discussions with certain officials of the Company and its subsidiaries who have responsibility for accounting, financial and operating matters about the criteria adopted in the preparation of the interim financial statements; and (b) review of the information and subsequent events that have, or might have had, material effects on the financial position and results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries.
 
3.
Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accounting information included in the interim financial statements referred to in paragraph 1 for them to be in conformity with standards established by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), specifically applicable to the preparation of the interim financial statements, including CVM Instruction No. 469/08.
 
4.
As mentioned in note 2, on December 28, 2007, Law No. 11,638 was enacted, altering, revoking and adding new provisions to Law No. 6,404/76 (Brazilian Corporate Law). This Law is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2008 and introduced changes in Brazilian accounting practices. Although this Law has already become effective, certain changes introduced by it are subject to regulation by regulatory agencies before being fully applied by companies. Accordingly, during this transition phase, CVM, through the Instruction No. 469/08, has permitted companies not to apply all the provisions of Law No. 11,638/07 in the preparation of the interim financial statements.
 
Thus, the accounting information contained in the interim financial statements for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008 have been prepared in conformity with specific instructions of the CVM and do not include all the changes in accounting practices introduced by Law No. 11,638/07.
 
5.
The accompanying interim financial statements have been translated into English for the convenience of readers outside Brazil.

Brasília, July 14, 2008, except for Note 42, as to which the date is August 4, 2008.

DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU  Marco Antonio Brandão Simurro 
Auditores Independentes  Engagement Partner 
CRC no. 2 SP 011609/O-8 “F” DF  CRC no. 1 RJ 052000/O-0 "S" DF 

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19.01 – DESCRIPTION OF MODIFIED INFORMATION 

The present unbidden re-presentation relates to Chart “16.01 – OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED AS RELEVANT BY THE COMPANY” and aims at demonstrating, in its item 2, the allocation of all types of shares that compose the capital stock of the Company. In the version originally filed of this Interim Financial Statements, such opening was directed to the allocation of common stock.

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CONTENTS

GROUP CHART DESCRIPTION  PAGE 
01  01  IDENTIFICATION  1 
01  02  ADDRESS OF COMPANY’S HEADQUARTERS  1 
01  03  INVESTORS RELATIONS OFFICER (Address for correspondence to Company) 1 
01  04  REFERENCE / AUDITOR  1 
01  05  COMPOSITION OF CAPITAL STOCK  2 
01  06  COMPANY’S CHARACTERISTICS  2 
01  07  SUBSIDIARIES EXCLUDED FROM THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  2 
01  08  DIVIDENDS APPROVED AND/OR PAID DURING AND AFTER THE QUARTER  2 
01  09  ISSUED CAPITAL AND CHANGES IN CURRENT YEAR  3 
01  10  INVESTOR RELATIONS OFFICER  3 
02  01  BALANCE SHEET - ASSETS  4 
02  02  BALANCE SHEET - LIABILITIES  5 
03  01  STATEMENT OF INCOME  7 
04  01  NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  9 
05  01  COMMENTS ON THE COMPANY PERFORMANCE IN THE QUARTER  65 
06  01  BALANCE SHEET - CONSOLIDATED ASSETS  67 
06  02  BALANCE SHEET - CONSOLIDATED LIABILITIES  68 
07  01  CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME  71 
08  01  COMMENTS ABOUT CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE IN THE QUARTER  73 
09  01  EQUITIES IN CONTROLLED AND/OR AFFILIATED COMPANIES  81 
16  01  OTHER INFORMATION CONSIDERED AS RELEVANT BY THE COMPANY  83 
17  01  REPORT ON SPECIAL REVIEW  86 
19  01  DESCRIPTION OF MODIFIED INFORMATION  87 
    14 BRASIL TELECOM CELULAR S.A.   
    BRTI SERVIÇOS DE INTERNET S.A.   
    BRASIL TELECOM CABOS SUBMARINOS LTDA.   
    VANT TELECOMUNICAÇÕES S.A.   
    BRASIL TELECOM COMUNICAÇÃO MULTIMÍDIA LT   
    BRASIL TELECOM CALL CENTER S.A.  /81 

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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: August 20, 2008

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

 
Name:  Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
Title:     Chief Financial Officer
 

 

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