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

CALL NOTICE

ANNUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

Brasil Telecom S.A. (“Company”), pursuant to the legal and statutory provisions, hereby invites shareholders to attend the Annual and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on April 8^th 2009, at 11:00 a.m., at the Company’s headquarters located at SIA SUL, ASP, LOTE D, BLOCO B, in the city of Brasília, Federal District, to deliberate on the following agenda:

ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

1. To acknowledge the Management Accounts, examine, discuss and vote on the Financial Statements and the Management Report for the year ended December 31, 2008;

2. To decide on the allocation of net income, payment of dividends and the imputation of interest on equity to dividends;

3. To decide on the Company’s 2009 capital budget; and

4. To elect the members of the Fiscal Council and their alternates, and determine their individual remuneration.

EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

1. To determine the total remuneration of the Company’s managers;

GENERAL INFORMATION

All documents related to the items on the agenda are available to the Company’s shareholders at the Company’s headquarters.

Proxies should be filed with the Company’s Legal Affairs Department at the Company’s headquarters located at SIA SUL, ASP, LOTE D, BLOCO B – 2º andar, in the city of Brasília, Federal District, at least 2 (two) business days prior to the Meeting.

Shareholders whose shares are registered with a custodian who wish to attend the Annual and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting should present a statement of share ownership issued by the custodian at least 2 (two) business days prior to the Meeting.

Brasília, March 6, 2009.

José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha
Chairman of the Board of Directors

 

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