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

For the month of September 2009

(Commission File No. 1-14477)

 

 

BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

BRAZIL TELECOM HOLDING 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 Registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file

annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F     X            Form 40-F             

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K

in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)    .

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K

in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)    .

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.

Yes                      No     X    

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the

registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

 

 

 

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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

This report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the prospectus that forms part of the Registration Statement on Form F-4 of Brasil Telecom S.A., File No. 333-161310, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 13, 2009, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement, filed with the Commission on August 31, 2009, and shall be deemed to be a part thereof from the date on which this report is furnished to the SEC, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.

 

 

TELE NORTE LESTE PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. Publicly-held Company Corporate Taxpayers’ Registry No. (CNPJ/MF) 02.558.134/0001-58 Board of Trade (NIRE) No. 3330026253-9   BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. Publicly-held Company Corporate Taxpayers’ Registry (CNPJ/MF) No. 02.570.688/0001-70 Board of Trade (NIRE) No. 53.3.0000581-8		TELEMAR NORTE LESTE S.A. Publicly-held Company Corporate Taxpayers’ Registry No. (CNPJ/MF) 33.000.118/0001-79 Board of Trade (NIRE) No. 33300152580   BRASIL TELECOM S.A. Publicly-held Company Corporate Taxpayers’ Registry (CNPJ/MF) No. 76.535.764/0001-43 Board of Trade (NIRE) No. 53.3.0000622-9

Notice to the Market

Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A. and Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. inform their shareholders and the market, that pursuant to the applicable concession agreements and the validation by the National Telecommunications Agency (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações—ANATEL), their subsidiaries, Telemar Norte Leste S.A. (“Telemar”) and Brasil Telecom S.A. (“Brasil Telecom”) will increase their local fixed-line service tariffs (subscription and transmission tariffs) by 0.98%.

The provisions of the applicable concession agreements that govern the readjustment of these tariffs permit a maximum tariff increase of 0.98% by Telemar and Brasil Telecom, calculated taking into account the increase in the Telecommunication Services Index (Índice de Serviços de Telecomunicações) of 5.07% from May 2008 to June 2009, and the average Factor-X for 2008 and 2009, of 3.90%, which acts to reduce the tariff increase.

Local fixed-line interconnection tariffs (TU-RL) will be increased by 0.98% to R$0.02834 (Telemar) and R$0.03112 (Brasil Telecom), net of taxes.

The new local service tariffs, which will be in effect as of September 14, 2009, are set forth below:

 

Local Fixed-Line Service – Gross Tariffs (R$ - Rio de Janeiro)		Current Tariff		Adjusted Tariff
Installation Fee		57.07		57.61
Residential Subscription Fee		42.92		43.33
Non-Residential Subscription Fee and Trunk Lines		76.30		77.04
AICE Subscription Fee		25.74		25.99
Local Minute (Basic Plan per Minute)		0.10577		0.10679
VCA (Basic Plan per Minute)		0.21154		0.21359
AICE Call Completion Tariff		0.21154		0.21359
Local Minute (Mandatory Alternative Service Plan)		0.04107		0.04146
VCA (Mandatory Alternative Service Plan)		0.16428		0.16584
Call Completion Tariff (Mandatory Alternative Service Plan)		0.16428		0.16584

The amount of credit to use pay phones will be increased by 0.82% to R$ 0.12250, including taxes.

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The VC1, VC2, VC3 and VU-M tariffs will not be adjusted.

The new long-distance service tariffs, which will be in effect as of September 14, 2009, are set forth below:

Long Distance*

 

Fixed-to-Fixed Long Distance (Km) – R$		Current Tariff		Adjusted Tariff
0 – 50		0.29344		0.24941
50 -100		0.50830		0.48287
100 - 300		0.58527		0.61365
+ 300		0.64204		0.67415

 

*	Tariffs per minute of long-distance calls in Brazil, from 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., and from 2:00 p.m. to 06:00 p.m., during weekdays (gross fees – in the State of Rio de Janeiro – non-peak hours).

Rio de Janeiro, September 14, 2009

Alex Waldemar Zornig

Investor Relations Officer

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SIGNATURES

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: September 15, 2009