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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.

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	Investor Relations
	(55 61) 3415-1140
	ri@brasiltelecom.com.br
	Media Relations
	(55 61) 3415-1378
	cesarb@brasiltelecom.com.br

 

BRASIL TELECOM S.A.		BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly Held Company		Publicly Held Company
Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF:		Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF:
76.535.764/0001-43		02.570.688/0001-70
Board of Trade 53 3 0000622-9		Board of Trade 53 3 0000581- 8

MATERIAL FACT

BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. and BRASIL TELECOM S.A. (referred to herein, jointly, as “Brasil Telecom”), in compliance with article 157 of Law number 6.404/76 and CVM Instruction 358/02, and amendments thereto, transcribe below the Material Fact released by their shareholders on December 5^th, 2007, with pertinent clarifications relating to the conclusion of the transaction and the respective conditions for the acquisition by Techold of the total shareholding interest held by Brasilco S.r.l., as follows:

“ZAIN PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.		INVITEL S.A
PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY		PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY
Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF:		Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF:
02.363.918/0001-20		02.465.782/0001-60
Board of Trade 33.3.0027822-2		Board of Trade 33.3.0016765-0
TECHOLD PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.		SOLPART PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY		Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF:
Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF:		02.607.736/0001-58
02.605.028/0001-88		Board of Trade 33.3.0026036-6
Board of Trade 33.3.0026046-3

MATERIAL FACT

ZAIN PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“Zain”), INVITEL S.A. (“Invitel”), TECHOLD PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“Techold”) and SOLPART PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“Solpart”, and, when referring to the four entities together, the “Companies”), pursuant to paragraph 4 of article 157 of Law 6.404/76 and CVM Instruction 358/02, and amendments thereto, consequent to the Material Facts published by the Companies and Techold on July 18^th and October 15^th, 2007, respectively, hereby inform their shareholders and the market that:

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1.	On December 3rd, 2007, the Brazilian Telecommunications Agency – ANATEL approved the acquisition by Techold of the entire stake held by Brasilco S.r.l. (“Brasilco”) in the capital of Solpart (“Brasilco Shares”), through Act 68,889, published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Journal of the Union) on December 5th, 2007, pending compliance with all the conditions subsequent stipulated in the Share Purchase Agreement and the Letter Agreement signed on July 18th, 2007 to finalize the transaction.
2.	On this date, Brasilco transferred Brasilco shares to Techold through annotation and signature in the Record of Transfer of Solpart Shares and the corresponding Record of Registered Shares.
	Techold paid the total amount of US$515 million stipulated in the Share Purchase Agreement and the Letter Agreement. As a consequence of this transfer, Techold holds approximately 99.98% of the total and voting capital of Solpart.
3.	With the transfer of Brasilco Shares to Techold, the Mutual Release Agreement, also signed on July 18th has come into effect, effectively putting an end to the existing disputes among the signatories to said agreement, including the Companies, Brasilco, Telecom Italia S.p.A., their subsidiaries and other parties mentioned in the Material Fact published by the Companies on July 18th, 2007.

Rio de Janeiro, December 5^th, 2007

ZAIN PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.		INVITEL S.A
Mariana Sarmento Meneghetti		Mariana Sarmento Meneghetti
Investor Relations Officer		Investor Relations Officer
TECHOLD PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.		SOLPART PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Mariana Sarmento Meneghetti		Kevin Michael Altit
Investor Relations Officer		Board Member”

Note that Brasil Telecom and Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada are also signatories party to the said Mutual Release Agreement.

Brasília, December 5^th, 2007

Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
 Investor Relations Officer
Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.
Brasil Telecom S.A.

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