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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 July 23, 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)


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

BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
CORPORATE TAXPAYER REGISTRATION 76.535.764/0001 -43
BOARD OF TRADE 53.3.0000622 -9
PUBLICLY HELD COMPANY

BRASIL TELECOM S.A. ANNOUNCES TARIFF READJUSTMENT

BRASIL TELECOM S.A. (BOVESPA: BRTO3/BRTO4; NYSE: BTM) informs that, as described in the terms of the Concession Contracts and authorized by Anatel, it has readjusted its tariffs for the Local Service and Domestic Long Distance (DLD) Plans, as well as the Alternative Plan for the Obligatory Offer of Local Service (“Plano Alternativo de Serviço de Oferta Obrigatória na modalidade Local – PASOO”). The average readjustment applied will be of 3.011%, made up of the variation of the IST (telecommunications index) from May/07 to May/08, deducted from the productivity factor in the same period.

Presented below are the readjustment percentage for each item of the Local Service and DLD Plans, as well as for the tariffs of Network Usage (TU-RL and TU-RIU), for Brasil Telecom, which will become effective on July 24, 2008.

Table 1: Local Service

   
Local Service Readjustment
  applied
   
Installation Fee 3.011%
Residential Monthly Fee 3.011%
Non-Residential Monthly Fee 3.028%
PBX Monthly Fee 3.032%
Local Minute 3.011%
Address Change 3.011%
Public Telephone Credit 2.532%
   
Local Basket 3.011%
   


Table 2: Domestic Long Distance Service

 
DLD Service1   Readjustment Percentage  
  Normal Differentiated Reduced Super Reduced
 
D1 -1.478% -1.483% -1.462% -1.328%
D2 -8.900% 3.481% -1.475% -1.458%
D3 5.143% 4.592% -1.289% -1.467%
D4 5.573% 5.335% 3.579% -1.417%
 
1The average readjustment for DLD was 3.011% 

Table 3: Network Usage

 
Network Usage Readjustment
applied
 
TU-RL 3.011%
TU_RIU 4.910%
 

Brasília, July 23, 2008.


Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
Investor Relations Officer


 
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: July 23, 2008

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

 

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