SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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____TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S/A,
Public Company -CVM N. 1761-2
C.N.P.J 02.558.132/0001-69 - N.I.R.E. 53.3.000.058.0-0
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE MARKET
Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participações S.A., hereby informs that it has received from its shareholder CAPITAL GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC., a letter dated March 20, 2006 which is in the transcript bellow:
NOTICE
In accordance with the article 12, paragraph 4, of CVM Ruling No. 358 of January 3, 2002, Capital Group International, Inc., a company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, with its principal place of business at 333, South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071, United States of America (“CGII”), in its capacity as holding company for investment management companies abroad, hereby advises that sold, through certain deals on stock exchange, its ownership interest in preferred registered shares (“PN shares”) issued by Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participações S/A, publicly-held company, registered in CNPJ/MF under the No. 02.558.132/0001-69 (“Company”). CGII held, on behalf of its clients, on 1.9.2006, PN Shares issued by the Company corresponding to 8.96% of this type of share and, as a consequence of the aforementioned sales carried out since then, now holds totals of 3,300,068 PN Shares issued by the Company, corresponding to 3.85% of this type of share. In addition to the Company’s equity interest referred to above, Capital Research and Management Company, a company in the same economic group as CGII, and also in its capacity as manager of an investment company abroad, holds 3,970,465 PN Shares, corresponding to 4.63% of the Company's PN Shares. This is a minority investment that entails no change in the Company’s control or management structure. Currently, there is no number of Company shares envisioned by CGII. There are no convertible debentures already held, directly or indirectly, by CGII or related person, nor any agreement or contract regulating voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by the Company, to which CGII or any related person is a party.
March 20, 2006.
CAPITAL GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Brasília, March 23, 2006
Paulo Cesar Pereira Teixeira,
Investor Relations Officer
Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participações S.A.
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.
Date: March 24, 2006
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