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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.

Yes ______ No ___X___

 

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	Investors Relations
	(55 61) 415-1140
	ri@brasiltelecom.com.br
	Media Relations
	(1 212) 983-1702
	ivette.almeida@annemcbride.com

Free Translation

BRASIL TELECOM S.A.

Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF 76.535.764/0001 - 43
Board of Trade NIRE 533 0000 622 - 9
Publicly Traded Company

SUMMONS NOTICE

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

The shareholders of Brasil Telecom S.A. (“Company”) are being summoned to the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting to be held at 02:00 p.m., on January 16, 2004, at the Company’s headquarters located in the city of Brasilia, Federal District, at SIA Sul, ASP, Lote D, Bloco B, to deliberate over the following Order of the Day:

1.

To approve a change in the limits of the article 24 articulate VIII of the Company’s Bylaws, as follows:

“VIII. authorizing the sale or burden of goods which integrate the fixed assets of the Company, involving an amount equal or above R$ 500.000,00 (five hundred thousand reals), adjusted, as of September 30, 1999, based on the variation of the IGP-DI (General Price Index - Internal Availability) or, in the absence of the latter, by the index that comes to substitute it.

Sole Paragraph: The Board of Directors may delegate to any member of the executive management the ability to deliberate on this item, defining or not limits to the exercise of such functions.”

2.

To elect a member to the Fiscal Council, due to the CVM’s decision part of the letter “Ofício /CVM/SEP/GEA-2 n° 461/03”.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

All powers of attorney must be delivered to the attention of the Company’s Legal Department at the Company’s headquarters located in the city of Brasília, Federal District, at SIA Sul, ASP, Lote D, Bloco B, at least 2 (two) business days prior to the date of the Shareholders’ Meeting.

Shareholders whose shares are registered with a custodian agent, who wish to vote their shares at the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting, must present a statement issued by the custodian agent no more than 2 (two) business days prior to the date of the Meeting, indicating the amount of shares of the Company held by such shareholders.

Brasilia, Brazil, December 17, 2003.

Eduardo Seabra Fagundes
Chairman of the Board of Directors

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