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CTBC Telecom, Telecommunications Company of Central Brazil, belongs to the brazilian group Algar and has as acting base the region of triângulo mineiro where controls the fixed telephony concessionaire and the cellular operator of Band A. CTBC Telecom also controls ACS (Contact Center) and other companies Cable TV, Internet, data Center and Network's Engineering.

CTBC Telecom- Operational Performance

	2003	2004	2005	2006	1Q07	2Q07	3Q07
Installed Accesses (thousand)	854	854	861	858	859	858	861
Accesses in Service		675	656	653	653	651	659
Broad Band	-	22	60	131	153	161	176
Cellulars	326	329	384	373	355	346	345
% Pre-Pay	63%	63.8%	70.1%	68.9%	66.2%	65%	64.1%
Contact Center (PAs)	2,574	3,800	5,000	5,000	5,000	3,623	3,919

* the base of fixed telephones in service had a reduction of 17 thousand terminals in 2005.

CTBC Telecom- Financial Economic Performance

(R$ millions)	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	1Q07	2Q07	3Q07
Total Gross Revenue	-	-	1,368	1,550	1,448	359	370	384
Total Net Revenue	788	913	1,037	1,179	1,094	274	282	295
EBITDA	252	342	369	430	329	83	79	78
EBITDA Margin	32.0%	37.5%	35.6%	36.4%	30.1%	30.2%	27.9%	26.5%
Income	-	-12	59	48	20	4	5	7
Total Investments	116	43	112	136	126	22	39	28
Debt			514	472	561	554	558	550

Contact Center

CTBC Telecom started its Contact Center in 1998, Uberlândia (MG). In 2005 was opened a new office in Campinas (SP).

R$ millions	2004	2005	2006	1Q07	2Q07	3Q07
Gross Revenue	117	131.2	157.7	34.2	33.8	35
Net Revenue	110.2	122.7	148.9	32.2	-	-
Investments	11.9	36.3	12.4	0.3	0,3	4.4
Employed	6,513	6,255	6,739	6,233	-	-

Outros Serviços

R$ millions	2004	2005	2006	1Q07	2Q07	3Q07
Gross Revenue	113.7	122.3	144.4	36.6	43.6	47.0
Multimedia Network	28.5	31.4	54.4	17.5	19	22.2
Pay TV	15.8	17.9	18.6	4.8	5	5
Data Center	2.6	5.4	11.9	2.4	3.1	3.3
Internet Provider	17.9	17.5	18.7	5.5	5.9	5.8
Lists and Telephones Guides	39.4	32.2	27.5	2.8	6.3	6.5
Telecommunication Network Maintenance	9.5	17.9	13.3	3.6	4.3	4.2
Net Revenue	99.4	106	123.6	31	-	-
Investments	11.9	14.1	29.6	3.8	4.1	-
Employed		1,309	1,360	1,405	-	-

Important Facts

April 2004	Local Service Authorization. LDN and LDI in whole Brazil
Dec 2004	Launch GSM
Dec 2005	CTBC acquired Iqara Telecom from Comgás-Britsh Gas. Iqara is an SCM provider that has optical network from 170 Km in the metropolitan region of São Paulo and had net revenue of R$ 13 million in 2004.