SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

                  REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
                RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
                                   ACT OF 1934

                           FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2002

                         (Commission File No. 001-14489)

                  TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                   TELE CENTRO OESTE CELLULAR HOLDING COMPANY
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                  (Translation of registrant's name in English)

           SCS-QUADRA 2, BLOCO C, EDIFICIO ANEXO-TELEBRASILIA CELULAR
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                            -7 ANDAR, BRASILIA, D.F.
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                          FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL
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                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


        (Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
             annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

                            Form 20-F X    Form 40-F
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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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                                                          BRASILIA, JULY 5, 2002


INVESTOR RELATIONS:                                                WEB SITE
ARTHUR FONSECA - ARTHUR.FONSECA@TCO.NET.BR                 HTTP://WWW.TCO.NET.BR


               PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AT JULY 30, 2002


                       FINANCIAL AND OPERATING PERFORMANCE

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CONSOLIDATED DATA (R$ THOUSANDS)                  2Q02*       1Q02       2Q01
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Net Service Operating Revenue                     324,447     294,543    259,371
Net Merchandise Operating Revenue                  59,298      33,114     45,023
Realized Investments                               34,466      41,088     28,078
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* Non-audited


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TCO (AREA 7) - OPERATING DATA                     2Q02        1Q02       2Q01
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CLIENTS                                         2,216,507   2,081,882  1,728,202
   Post-paid                                      624,894     589,366    551,304
   Pre-paid                                     1,574,901   1,475,788  1,160,177
   Rural                                           16,712      16,728     16,721
ESTIMATED MARKET SHARE (%)                           76,0        76,4       77,9
Municipalities served                                 295         285        259
WORKFORCE                                           2,343       2,414      2,376
Radio Base Stations                                   663         653        618
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NBT (AREA 8) - OPERATING DATA                     2Q02        1Q02       2Q01
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CLIENTS                                           500,666     451,390    341,828
   Post-paid                                      123,366     111,051    114,374
   Pre-paid                                       377,300     340,339    227,454
ESTIMATED MARKET SHARE (%)                           35,5        33,3       29,3
Municipalities Served                                  91          86         61
WORKFORCE                                             456         476        667
Radio Base Stations                                   149         146        121
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TCO ALSO INFORMS:

1.    Our client base has significantly  increased.  TCO's client base increased
      by 6.5% in the second quarter and NBT's increased by 10.9%. NBT BECAME THE
      1ST AND ONLY BAND B COMPANY TO MAKE A PROFIT, REACHING 500,000 SUBSCRIBERS
      IN LESS THAN 3 YEARS OF OPERATION.

2.    TCO Celular strictly follows its investment plan and has been ahead of its
      contractual  requirements in offering services, while also generating cash
      surplus.

3.    It is important  to mention that the results  obtained by TCO Celular have
      caused the company to be granted  several  major  awards in the  Brazilian
      telecommunications  sector.  In the first months of 2002,  TCO was awarded
      the following honors:

      o  REVISTA  EXAME - "The Best & The  Biggest"  - THE BEST  COMPANY  IN THE
         TELECOMMUNICATIONS  AREA,  THROUGH ITS SUBSIDIARY COMPANY TCO CELULAR -
         GOIAS;

      o  TOP  SOCIAL -  "Hunger-Free  Christmas"  and  "Your  School at 2000 Per
         Hour";

      o  REVISTA INFO EXAME - 1st prize in B2B in the telecommunications sector;

      o  REVISTA   FORBES   BRASIL   -  TCO   Celular   -  1st   prize   in  the
         telecommunications  sector and 6th place  among the 200 best  Brazilian
         companies in 2001 on the Platinum List;

      o  ANUARIO TELECOM - COMPANY OF THE YEAR IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR,
         and Outstanding  Company of the Year in the wireless  cellular carriers
         segment.

4.    The Splice Group,  through  Fixcel S.A.,  has  refinanced  its  commercial
      papers by issuing R$500 million  non-convertible  private  debentures with
      maturity  dates set for 360 (three hundred and sixty) days. The debentures
      were issued based on a yield  consonant  with the current market rates and
      have the floating  guarantee of Fixcel  S.A.'s  assets and  collateral  by
      Splice do Brasil  Telecomunicacoes  e Eletronica  S.A. Among other assets,
      Fixcel S.A., holds BID S.A.'s capital stock, the direct controller of TCO,
      whose market value exceeds the issue price.

5.    TCO  Celular's  Board of Directors  has approved  the  acquisition  by the
      company of R$470 million in debentures  issued by Fixcel S.A., in the form
      established under Article 17 sub-item XIV of its bylaws.

6.    TCO will publish its quarterly  financial  information on August 14, 2002,
      prior to the opening of the stock exchange.



THIS  RELEASE  CONTAINS  FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS.  STATEMENTS  THAT  ARE NOT
STATEMENTS  OF  HISTORICAL  FACT,  INCLUDING  STATEMENTS  ABOUT THE  BELIEFS AND
EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMPANY'S MANAGEMENT,  ARE FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS.  THE
WORDS "ANTICIPATES," "BELIEVES," "ESTIMATES," "EXPECTS," "FORECASTS," "INTENDS,"
"PLANS," "PREDICTS,"  "PROJECTS" AND "TARGETS" AND SIMILAR WORDS ARE INTENDED TO
IDENTIFY THESE STATEMENTS, WHICH NECESSARILY INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS AND
UNCERTAINTIES.  ACCORDINGLY, THE ACTUAL RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY MAY
BE DIFFERENT FROM THE COMPANY'S CURRENT EXPECTATIONS,  AND THE READER SHOULD NOT
PLACE  UNDUE  RELIANCE  ON  THESE  FORWARD-LOOKING  STATEMENTS.  FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS  SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE THEY ARE MADE,  AND THE  COMPANY  DOES NOT
UNDERTAKE ANY  OBLIGATION TO UPDATE THEM IN LIGHT OF NEW  INFORMATION  OR FUTURE
DEVELOPMENTS.



                                    SIGNATURE

      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.




                                      Tele Centro Oeste Cellular Holding Company


Date: July 8, 2002                By:     /S/ MARIO CESAR PEREIRA DE ARAUJO
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                                      Name:  Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo
                                      Title: President