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 DECEMBER 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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                  TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A.
               C.N.P.J. 02.558.132/0001-69 N.I.R.E. 53.300.005.800

MINUTES OF THE 181st (ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIRST) EXTRAORDINARY BOARD MEETING

1 - DATE,  TIME,  AND LOCATION OF THE MEETING:  The meeting was held on December
27th  (twenty-seventh)  of 2002 (two thousand and two), at 9:00 AM (nine hundred
hours),  at the Company's  headquarters,  located at SETOR COMERCIAL SUL, QUADRA
02, BLOCO C, N 226, EDIFICIO  TELEBRASILIA  CELULAR, 7 ANDAR, CEP 70302-916,  in
the  city  of  Brasilia,  in the  Federal  District  of  Brazil.  2 -  CALL  FOR
ATTENDANCE:  The meeting was summoned by Mr. ALEXANDRE BELDI NETTO,  chairman of
the Company's Board of Directors.  3 - OPENING:  The meeting was opened with the
presence of the  following  members of the  Company's  Board of  Directors:  Mr.
Alexandre  Beldi Netto,  Mr. Mario Cesar  Pereira de Araujo,  Mr. Marco  Antonio
Beldi,  Mr.  Antonio  Fabio Beldi,  Mr.  Nelson  Guarnieri de Lara,  Mr.  Araldo
Alexandre  Marcondes de Souza,  and Mr. Ricardo de Souza Adenes.  4 - THE BOARD:
Mr.  ALEXANDRE  BELDI  NETTO,  chairman  of the  Company's  Board of  Directors,
conducted  the  proceedings,  and invited  board member  MARIO CESAR  PEREIRA DE
ARAUJO to act as secretary.  5 - ORDER OF THE DAY:  PARTICIPATION OF THE COMPANY
IN  PUBLIC  NOTICE  FOR THE GRANT OF  AUTHORIZATION  TO USE  RADIOFREQUENCY  FOR
EXPANSION OF PERSONAL COMMUNICATION  SERVICE,  ACCORDING TO ACT NUMBER 27740, OF
JULY  30TH,   2002  ("PUBLIC   NOTICE  ACT"),   REGARDING  THE   ACQUISITION  OF
RADIOFREQUENCY   BLOCKS,  AS  DEFINED  IN  ANNEX  I  OF  WRITTEN  NOTICE  NUMBER
494/2002/PVCPR/PVCP/SPV-ANATEL  ("NOTICE"). 6 - DELIBERATIONS: The participation
of the Company in the Public Notice regarding the acquisition of  radiofrequency
blocks, as defined in Annex I of the Notice, was approved.  The President of the
Company, or any person duly authorized by the President of the Company, shall at
his own judgment specify the radiofrequency  blocks. The Board also approved the
performance  of all acts  necessary to the  formalization  of the Company in the
Public  Notice  Act,  including,  but not  limited to,  adapting  the  Company's
instruments  for Concession and  Authorization  of Mobile  Cellular  Service for
Personal Communication Service (PCS), in the terms of Resolution 254, of January
1st,  2001,  and signing the Agreement for Grant of  Authorization  for Usage of
Radio Frequencies (TERMO DE OUTORGA DE AUTORIZACAO DE USO DE  RADIOFREQUENCIAS).
7 - CLOSING:  The  meeting was closed and the  present  minutes  were drawn as a
summary, read, considered appropriate, and signed by the members of the Board of
Directors.  Brasilia-DF, December 27th, 2002. We hereby certify that the present
document is a true copy of its original, drawn in its appropriate minute book.


                              ALEXANDRE BELDI NETTO
                       President of the Board of Directors


    MARIO CESAR PEREIRA DE ARAUJO                       MARCO ANTONIO BELDI
        Member of the Board                             Member of the Board

     NELSON GUARNIERI DE LARA                           ANTONIO FABIO BELDI
        Member of the Board                             Member of the Board

    ARALDO ALEXANDRE M. DE SOUZA                      RICARDO DE SOUZA ADENES
        Member of the Board                             Member of the Board

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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: December 31, 2002             By:    /S/ MARIO CESAR PEREIRA DE ARAUJO
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                                        Name:  Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo
                                        Title: President