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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 December 17, 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):

  Investor Relations  
  55 (61) 3415-1140  
  ri@brasiltelecom.com.br  
    
  Media and Communication  
  55 (61) 3415-1822  
  diretoriadecomunicacao@brasiltelecom.com.br  

BRASIL TELECOM S.A. 
Publicly Held Company 
CORPORATE TAXPAYER’s ID76.535.764/0001 - 43 
BOARD OF TRADE 53.3.0000622 - 9 

EXTRACT OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF  
BRASIL TELECOM S.A. HELD ON DECEMBER 16, 2008. 

On  December  16,  2008, at  10:15 a.m.,  the  members of  the  Board of  Directors of  Brasil  Telecom S.A.,  Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior, Pedro Paulo Elejalde de Campos, Elemér André Surányi, Ricardo Ferraz Torres, Carlos Alberto Rosa, Henrique Jager and Antonio Cardoso dos Santos, met at the Company’s headquarters, at SIA SUL – ASP, Lote “D”, Bloco “B”, Brasília/DF, and unanimously approved the following matters: (i) Additional Credit of Interest on Equity  for  the  fiscal  year of  2008  and  (ii)  the  Budget  and  Business  Plan  for  2009. I  hereby  certify  that  the aforementioned  resolution  was  extracted  from  the  minutes  registered in  the  Company’s  Minute  Book of  the Board of Directors’ Meetings. 

Brasília, December 16, 2008. 

Filipe Laudo de Camargo 
Secretary 


 
 
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: December 17, 2008

 
BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
By:
/S/ Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
 
Name:  Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
Title:     Chief Financial Officer
 

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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