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BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
CORPORATE TAXPAYER REGISTRATION 02.570.688/0001 -70
BOARD OF TRADE 53.3.0000581 -8
PUBLICLY HELD COMPANY

Minutes of the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting,
Held on May 29, 2008 at 12:00 p.m.

(Minutes drawn up in summarized form, pursuant to § 1 of article 130 of Law 6,404/76)

Date, time and place:

On May 29, 2008, at 12:00 p.m., at the headquarters of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. (“Company”) in the city of Brasilia - DF, at SIA SUL, ASP, Lote D, Bloco B.

Summons:

Summons notice published pursuant to article 124 of Law 6,404/76 in the following newspapers: “Correio Braziliense”, “Valor Econômico” and “Diário Oficial da União” (Federal Gazette), in the editions of April 29 and 30 and May 02, 2008

Presence:

Shareholders representing the majority of the Company’s voting capital were present, according to records and signatures existent in the Book of Registration of Present Shareholders. Messrs. Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral, Company´s Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer, Fábio de Oliveira Moser, Corporate Governance and Corporate Business Officer, José Arthur Escodro, Fiscal Council’s Chairman, and Darwin Corrêa, Company’s Legal Director.

Meeting’s Board:

Once the legal quorum was confirmed, and pursuant to article 16 of the Company’s Bylaws, the meeting was established and Messrs. Darwin Corrêa and Filipe Laudo de Camargo were elected to preside over the meeting and act as secretary, respectively.

Day’s Agenda:

1. To approve the settlements and transactions in the “Public Instrument of Transaction, Resignation and Settlement” (“Transaction Instrument”) entered into by Telemar Norte Leste S.A., Opportunity Fund and Others, which depend on a resolution of the Shareholders’ Meeting, pursuant to the Company’s Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of April 28, 2006.

2. To define and instruct the Company’s vote at the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Brasil Telecom S.A., to be held on May 29, 2008, at 2.00 pm, pursuant to the respective Call Notice.

Resolutions

As per the President’s proposal, the shareholders attending the meeting resolved, by unanimity, that the minutes in connection with this Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting be drafted in summarized form, as well that they be published without the signatures of the shareholders that were present thereat, pursuant to article 130 of Law 6,404/76.

Also by unanimity, the reading of the matters included in the day’s agenda was exempted.

Initially, the shareholder Citigroup Venture Capital International Brazil L.P. requested the floor and declared that it was prevented from voting on the issues of this Meeting’s agenda.

The shareholders of OPP I FIA, Opportunity Lógica II FIA, Opportunity Lógica II Institucional FIA, Luxor Fundo de Investimento Multimercado and Timepart Participações LTDA. similarly declared that they were prevented from voting on the issues of this Meeting’s agenda.

Regarding item 1 of the day’s agenda, the Transaction Instrument was approved by unanimous vote, with the abstention of Solpart Participações S.A. (the aforementioned shareholders not having taken part in the vote). The Company is authorized to take all necessary measures to negotiate and terminate all the lawsuits approved pursuant to the Minutes of the Extraordinary and General Shareholders Meeting of April 28, 2006.

Regarding item 2 of the agenda, the Company was authorizes to approve the sole item of the agenda of the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Brasil Telecom S.A., to be held on May 29, 2008, at 2.00 pm, pursuant to the respective Call Notice, by unanimous vote, with Solpart Participações S.A. abstaining from voting and the aforementioned shareholders being impeded from voting.

The shareholders in attendance recognize for all legal purposes that the items of this Meeting’s agenda were approved without the participation of the controlling shareholders.

Notice to Shareholders:

The Company informed that the publications provided for in Law 6,404/76 will be made in the following newspapers: “Correio Braziliense”, “Valor Econômico” and “Diário Oficial da União” (Federal Gazette).

Closing:

With nothing further to be discussed, the meeting was closed and these Minutes were drafted and, once read were approved by the shareholders who formed the quorum required for the approval of the resolutions made above.

Brasília, May 29, 2008.

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