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 APRIL 2003

                         (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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                  TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A.
                            A PUBLICLY-TRADED COMPANY
                          CNPJ/MF NO 02.558.132/0001-69

                                  RELEVANT FACT

Tele Centro Oeste Celular  Participacoes S.A. (the "Company") hereby informs all
of its shareholders  and the general public,  in accordance with CVM Instruction
number 358/02, that on the present date it was informed of the observance of all
of the conditions  precedent defined in the Stock Purchase Agreement between its
controlling  shareholder and Telesp Celular  Participacoes  S.A.,  which was the
subject of the Relevant Facts  published by this Company on January 16, 2003 and
on  March  24,  2003.  The  Company  also  has been  informed  by the  Company's
controlling  shareholder  that the  transfer of control of the Company to Telesp
Celular  Participacoes  S.A.  is  expected  to be effected in the month of April
2003. The Company informs that it shall  thereafter use the brand name "Vivo" as
will the  remaining  carriers in the group of companies to which Telesp  Celular
Participacoes S.A. belongs.


                            Brasilia, April 11, 2003.

                        Sergio Assenco Tavares dos Santos
                    President and Head of Investor Relations


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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: April 14, 2003             By:    /S/ SERGIO ASSENCO TAVARES DOS SANTOS
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                                      Name:  Sergio Assenco Tavares dos Santos
                                      Title: President