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

Yes ______ No ___X___

 

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BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
CORPORATE TAXPAYERS’ REGISTRY 76.535.764/0001 -43
BOARD OF TRADE 53 3 0000622 - 9
PUBLICLY HELD COMPANY

Minutes of the Board of Directors’ Meeting,
Held on October 5^th, 2005.

Date, Time and Place:

On the 5^th of October, 2005, at 4:30 p.m., in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro, at Av. Presidente Wilson, 231, 26° andar (parte).

Summons:

Summons made pursuant to the provisions of the sole paragraph of article 27 of Brasil Telecom S.A. (“BT” or “Company”)’s By-laws, as a result of the Board Members' resolution made during the Company’s Board of Directors Meeting held on September 30, 2005 and mail forwarded in an urgent basis on October 04, 2005, by the Chairman of BT’s Board of Directors (Doc. 01).

Presence:

The following effective members of the Company’s Board of Directors were present: Messrs. Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior, Pedro Paulo Elejalde de Campos, Fábio de Oliveira Moser, Antônio Cardoso dos Santos, Mmes. Carmen Sylvia Motta Parkinson and Célia Beatriz P. Pacheco. Mr. Elemér André Surányi has participated in the Meeting via conference call.

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Meeting’s board:

Mr. Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior., as Chairman of the Board of Directors, assumed the position of President of the Meeting’s Board, inviting Mr. Hiram Bandeira Pagano Filho to be the Secretary.

Day’s Agenda:

1.	To ratify the deliberations made in the Board of Directors Meeting, held on September 30, 2005 (Doc. 02); and
2.	To ratify the appointment of Mrs. Leda Maria Deiró Hahn for the position of Chairman of the Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada.

Deliberations

Initially, the Board of Directors’ members resolved, by unanimous decision, that this minutes shall be drafted in the summaryzed form, pursuant to the provisions of the law.

Next, the Chairman recorded the receipt of the Minutes of Invitel S.A.’s (“Invitel”) Previous Shareholders’ Meeting, held on September 05, 2005 (“Invitel’s Previous Meeting”), that contains the vote instructions for the members of the Company’s Board of Directors appointed by Invitel (Doc. 03).

The Chairman of the Board presented mail from Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. (“BTP”), forwarding BTP’s Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting, held on September 14, 2005 and guiding all the members of the Company’s Board of Directors to vote in favor of the appointment of Mrs. Leda Maria Deiró Hahn as Chairman of the Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada.

After all preliminary issues were recorded, the Chairman put to the vote item (i) of the Day’s Agenda, which was approved by unanimity of the votes rendered, to ratify in its totality, the resolutions made on the Company’s Board of Directors Meeting, held on September 30, 2005 (Doc. 02). The Chairman registered the receipt of the abstentions of the Board members

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Carmen Sylvia Motta Parkinson and Célia Beatriz P. Pacheco (Doc. 04), as was established in the minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting, held on September 30, 2005.

Regarding item (ii) of the Day’s Agenda, it was approved by unanimity of the votes rendered, registering the abstention of Mr. Antônio Cardoso dos Santos and Mmes. Carmen Sylvia Motta Parkinson and Célia Beatriz P. Pacheco, to ratify the appointment of Mrs. Leda Maria Deiró Hahn, Brazilian, married, investment analyst, bearer of the identity card 3578754, issued by IFP/RJ, registered before the Federal Revenue Service under CPF/MF 664.501.287 -04, resident and domiciled in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro, at Rua Engenheiro Cortes Sigaud 11, bloco 2, apto. 502, for the position of Chairman of Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada. The Chairman requested to record that copies of Mrs. Leda Hahn’s résumés were distributed to all members of the Board of Directors who were present and that one copy will be filed at the Company’s headquarters (Doc. 05).

Closing

With nothing further to be discussed, the Meeting was closed and these Minutes were drafted, and once read and approved, were signed by all the present Board members.

Rio de Janeiro, October 05, 2005.

Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior		Hiram Bandeira Pagano Filho
President		Secretary

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