BRASILIA, Brazil, April 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A. (BOVESPA: BRTP3/BRTP4; NYSE: BRP) registered consolidated net revenue of R$2,762.0 million in the 1Q08, 2.6% up on the 1Q07, and net income of R$ 248.3 million, equivalent to R$ 0.6850 per share. BrT Movel's EBITDA stood at R$ 14.7 million in the 1Q08, 236.3% up on the same period the year before. The EBITDA margin of the mobile operations came to 3.4%, 2.3 p.p. up on the 1Q07. In the 1Q08, Brasil Telecom added 69,500 ADSL users to its network, totaling 1,637,300 users in service at the end of the quarter, up by 18.3% year-on-year. ADSL users represented 20.4% of Brasil Telecom's network in the 1Q08, versus 16.7% in the 1Q07. The Internet Group, responsible for Brasil Telecom's Internet services, recorded 1.3 million broadband clients nationwide at the end of the 1Q08, up by 16.2% on the same period the previous year. Gross revenue from data communication amounted to R$791.0 million in the 1Q08, 23.0% higher than in the 1Q07. BrT Movel reached 4,577,600 mobile users at the end of the 1Q08, with 314,900 net additions in this quarter. In the 1Q08, BrT Movel's client base grew by 25.8% year-on-year. Its market share in Region II came to 13.7%, 0.8 p.p. higher than in the previous year. Mobile telephony net revenue continued increasing, totaling R$426.1 million, 10.7% up year-on-year. Operating costs and expenses totaled R$2,397.6 million, 0.4% lower than the R$2.389.0 million recorded in the 1Q07. In the 1Q08, Brasil Telecom's investments totaled R$159.9 million while net debt stood at R$513.5 million, 55.1% less than in the 1Q07. The full version of the 1Q08 earnings release is available on Brasil Telecom's IR website: http://www.brasiltelecom.com.br/ir. DATASOURCE: Brasil Telecom Participacoes S.A. CONTACT: Brasil Telecom Contacts, Investor Relations, +55-61-3415-1140, , or Media Relations, +55-61-3415-1378, Web site: http://www.brasiltelecom.com.br/ http://www.brasiltelecom.com.br/ir

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