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	Investor Relations
	(55 61) 415-1140
	ri@brasiltelecom.com.br
	Media Relations
	(1 212) 983-1702
	cesarb@brasiltelecom.com.br

 

Free Translation

BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
Publicly Traded Company
Corporate Taxpayer Registration: 76.535.764/0001 -43
Board of Trade: 53 3 0000622 9

INTEREST ON EQUITY AND ADDITIONAL DIVIDEND FOR FISCAL YEAR OF 2007

In accordance with the Board of Director’s Meeting held on 01/29/2007, Brasil Telecom S.A. (“Company”) announces that the management will submit to the Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting of 2008, to be called, a resolution to declare additional dividends to the interest on equity previously appropriated, relative to the fiscal year 2007, as follows:

Interest on Equity amounts declared in the fiscal year of 2007:

Date of  Credit	Record Date Of  Shareholding  Position	Brazilian  Ex-Date	Total  Appropriated  (R$)	Gross Amount Per  1,000 Shares (R$)	Amount Net Of  Income Tax Per  1,000 Shares (R$)	Payment Date
01/31/2007	02/09/2007	02/12/2007	245,000,000.00	0.447674858	0.380523629	To be defined
12/28/2007	12/26/2007	12/27/2007	105,400,000.00	0.192591552	0.163702819	To be defined

The additional dividend to be declared for fiscal year 2007 in the amount of R$ 407,022,903.51 (Four hundred and seven million, twenty two thousand, nine hundred and three reais and fifty one cents of reais), equivalent to R$ 0.743730289 per 1,000 shares, common or preferred, to be declared referring to the fiscal year of 2007, was calculated based on the net income registered for the fiscal year of 2007.

Shareholders as of the record date will be entitled to the additional dividend, in compliance with art. 205 of Brazilian Law 6,404/76. The proposal for additional dividends will be submitted by management for approval at the Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting, to be called for such purpose.

Brazil, Brasília, January 29, 2008.

Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
Investor Relations Officer

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