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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 APRIL 24^th, 2008.

Date, Time and Venue:

On the 24^th of April, 2008, at 10:30 a.m., at the offices of Brasil Telecom S.A. (“BT” or “Company”) located at Av. Presidente Wilson, 231 – 26^th floor, in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro.

Call Notice:

Call notice issued pursuant to Article 27, sole paragraph of the Company’s Bylaws, through the resolutions of the last Board of Directors Meeting (Doc. 01).

Attendance:

The following members of the Company’s Board of Directors were present: Messrs. Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior, Pedro Paulo Elejalde de Campos, Renato Carvalho do Nascimento, Ricardo Ferraz Torres, Carlos Alberto Rosa, Henrique Jager and Antonio Cardoso dos Santos. Also present was Mr. Darwin Corrêa, Legal Officer.

Presiding Board:

Chairman: Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior Secretary: Darwin Corrêa

Agenda:

1. Authorize the execution of the “Public Instrument of Transaction, Renunciation, and Settlement” (“Instrument of Settlement”), to be executed by the Company, Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., and other Parties;

2. Approve the transaction related to the Highlake case, contemplated by the Instrument of settlement;

3. Deliberate on the convening of an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to be held by the Company to approve the Instrument of Settlement within its scope of attributions.

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Resolutions:

Prior to the initial analysis of the Agenda, the Board Members present unanimously approved the drawing up of the Minutes of this Board of Directors’ Meeting in the summarized form, by operation of law, permitting the presentation of votes and protests, which will be received by the Presiding Board and filed in the Company’s headquarters.

Next, the Chairman declared that he has received Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.’s Previous General Shareholders’ Meeting Minutes and Invitel S.A.’s (“Invitel”) Previous General Shareholders’ Meeting Minutes, held on April 23^rd and 24^th 2008 (Docs. 02 and 03), which contain the voting instruction to be followed at this meeting by the members of the Company’s Board of Directors elected on the nomination of Invitel.

The Legal Affairs Director, Darwin Corrêa, reiterated the terms of the presentation made at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on April 22^nd 2008, also referring to the contents of the Minutes of the Company’s Executive Board Meeting held on the same day, which recommended the approval of the Instrument of Settlement (Doc. 04), which is in the Company’s best interest. He added his understanding that the beneficial compensations agreed on behalf of the Company in the Instrument of Settlement, inclusive those relative to Highlake case, are reasonable and sufficient in view of the current stage of the lawsuits in progress, the legal risks involved in the merit of the claims and the litigations’ maintenance costs. He also mentioned the legal opinions of external consultancies, which also support the favorable recommendations with respect to the Instrument of Settlement (Docs. 05 to 09).

The Legal Affairs Director Mr. Darwin Corrêa also mentioned that the subject matter contained in item 2 of the Agenda of this Meeting is within the competence of the Board of Directors, therefore the legal claims referring to the Highlake case extrapolate the area of authority of the Company’s Executive Board, pursuant to the Areas of Authority approved by this Board. The meeting also documented that the subject matter is not among those that depend on the previous authorization of the Meeting pursuant to the General and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 28^th 2006.

The Board Member Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior clarified that he is impeded from voting the Agenda items, due to the fact that shareholder Citigroup Venture Capital International Brazil L.P. is simultaneously executing a settlement agreement with Opportunity shareholders, involving, among others, the Highlake case.

As for item 1 of the Agenda, the Meeting unanimously approved the Company’s Executive Board to execute the Instrument of Settlement, documenting the vote impediment of the Board Member Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior.

Next, as for item 2, the meeting unanimously approved that the Company’s Executive Board carry out the transaction related to the Highlake case, contemplated by the Instrument of Settlement, documenting the voting impediment of the Board Member Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior.

At last, with respect to item 3, the meeting unanimously discussed and approved, documenting the voting impediment of the Board Member Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior, the convening of an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to be held within the legal term, to deliberate on the following items:

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a) Approve the settlements and transactions contemplated by the “Public Instrument of Transaction, Renunciation, and Settlement” (“Instrument of Settlement”), executed with Telemar Norte Leste S.A., Opportunity Fund, and Others, which depend on the approval of a General Meeting, also in compliance with the provisions contained in the Minutes of the Company’s General and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, held on April 28^th 2006.

Closure:

With no further business to discuss, the minutes of this Board of Directors Meeting were drafted, which were approved and signed by all present.

Rio de Janeiro, April 24^th, 2008.

Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior		Darwin Corrêa
Chairman		Secretary

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