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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 March 09, 2007

(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)



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  Investor Relations
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  ri@brasiltelecom.com.br
   
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BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
Publicly Traded Company
Corporate Taxpayer Registration: 76.535.764/0001 -43
Board of Trade: 53 3 0000622 9


Minutes of the Board of Directors’ Meeting,
Held on March 7, 2007

Date, Time and Place: 
On the 7th of March, 2007, at 10:15 a.m., in Brasil Telecom S.A.’s (“BT” or “Company”) headquarters, in the city of Brasília, Federal District, at SIA SUL – ASP, Lote D, Bloco B. 

Summons: 
Summons made in compliance with article 27, sole paragraph of the Company’s bylaws, according to letter signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior (Doc. 01). 

Presence: 
The following effective members of the Company’s Board of Directors were present, via conference call: Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior, Pedro Paulo Elejalde de Campos, Elemér André Suranyi, Antonio Cardoso dos Santos and Ricardo Ferraz Torres. 

Meeting’s Board: 
President:           Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior 
Secretary:           Hiram Bandeira Pagano Filho 

Day’s Agenda: 
1. To make a resolution regarding the Company’s share grouping, according to the Management’s Proposal. 

Resolutions: 
Initially, the Board of Directors approved unanimously that the Minutes of this Board of Directors’ Meeting be drafted in summarized form, in compliance with article 130, 1st paragraph of Law 6,404/76, being authorized the submission of protests and manifestations, which shall be received by the Meeting’s board and filed at the Company’s headquarters. 

Next, the Chairman put to the vote the sole item of the day’s agenda, the Management’s Proposal related to the Company’s share grouping (Doc. 2) and the inclusion of the matter in the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting agenda, to be held on April 10, 2007, at 12:00 p.m., which was approved unanimously by the Board members. 

Closing: 
With nothing further to be discussed, the Minutes for this Board of Directors’ Meeting were drafted. 

Brasília, March 7, 2007


Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior Hiram Bandeira Pagano Filho 
President Secretary

 

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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: March 09, 2007

 
BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
By:
/SCharles Laganá Putz

 
Name:   Charles Laganá Putz
Title:     Chief Financial Officer
 

 

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