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 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.

                             A Publicly-Held Company

                             CNPJ 02.558.132/0001-69


                   GENERAL EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

                               CALL FOR ATTENDANCE


In  conformity  with his legal and statutory  attributions,  the Chairman of the
Board of Tele Centro Oeste Celular  Participacoes  S.A.  hereby  invites all its
shareholders  to attend  the  General  Extraordinary  Meeting  to be held by the
Company at its corporate headquarters, located at SCS, QUADRA 2, BLOCO C, ACESSO
226, 7 ANDAR,  in the city of Brasilia,  DF, at 1:00 PM of the 24th day of April
2002, with the following order of the day:

(1) to approve the First  Amendment to the  Protocol for Merger of  Telebrasilia
Celular S.A. by Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participacoes S.A.; (2) to approve the
valuation  report prepared by Ernst & Young Auditores  Independentes  S/C on the
net  equity of  Telebrasilia  Celular  S.A.;  (3) to  approve  the report on the
valuation of the substitution  ratio used by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu  Auditores
Independentes;  and (4) to approve the merger of Telebrasilia  Celular S.A. into
Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participacoes S.A.


GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

A)    Requests  for  representation  at the  Assembly  should be filed  with the
      Company's Headquarters,  located in the city of Brasilia, Federal District
      of Brazil, at SCS, QUADRA 02, BLOCO C, ACESSO 226 ED. TELEBRASILIA CELULAR
      7 ANDAR CEP 70302-916,  no later than 24 (twenty-four)  hours prior to the
      installation of the Assembly.

B)    The  shareholders  participating  in the  Fungible  Custody  of the  Stock
      Exchanges'  Nominal  Shares  who wish to take  part in this  Assembly  are
      required to provide a statement  issued by the  custodian no later than 02
      (two)  days  prior  to the  date  of the  Assembly  and  containing  their
      respective shareholding.


                            Brasilia, April 08, 2002.

                              ALEXANDRE BELDI NETTO

                              Chairman of the Board

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                  TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A.

                            A Publicly-Held Company

                            CNPJ 02.558.132/0001-69


                   GENERAL EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS MEETING

                           SECOND CALL FOR ATTENDANCE


In  conformity  with his legal and  statutory  attributions  and given  that the
General  Extraordinary  Meeting called for January 31st,  2002 was not installed
due to the lack of  quorum,  the  Chairman  of the  Board of Tele  Centro  Oeste
Celular  Participacoes  S.A. hereby pronounces the second call for attendance of
all its  shareholders  to the  General  Extraordinary  Meeting to be held by the
Company at its corporate headquarters, located at SCS, QUADRA 2, BLOCO C, ACESSO
226, 7 ANDAR,  in the city of Brasilia,  DF, at 1:00 PM of the 24th day of April
2002, with the following order of the day:

1. to approve the Protocol for Merger of Telebrasilia Celular S/A ("TBS") by the
Company ("Incorporation");  2. to approve the Justification of Incorporation; 3.
to  approve  and to  endorse  the  contracting  of  DELOITTE  & TOUCHE  TOMMATSU
AUDITORES  INDEPENDENTES  S/C for  preparing  the report on the valuation of the
substitution  ratio  used for  purposes  relative  to the  Incorporation;  4. to
approve  and to  endorse  the  contracting  of  SETAPE -  SERVICOS  TECNICOS  DE
AVALIACOES DO PATRIMONIO E ENGENHARIA  S/C LTDA. for  calculating  TBS's and the
Company's  corresponding  fixed assets at market value in order to subsidize the
preparation of the report on the valuation of the  substitution  rate to be used
for  purposes  relative to the  Incorporation;  5. to approve and to endorse the
contracting  of ERNST & YOUNG  AUDITORES  INDEPENDENTES  S/C for  preparing  the
report on the valuation of TBS's net equity based on its accounting  value;  and
6. to approve and to endorse the merger of TBS into the Company,  subject to the
approval of the report on the valuation of TBS's net equity.


GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

C)    Requests  for  representation  at the  Assembly  should be filed  with the
      Company's Headquarters,  located in the city of Brasilia, Federal District
      of Brazil, at SCS, QUADRA 02, BLOCO C, ACESSO 226 ED. TELEBRASILIA CELULAR
      7 ANDAR CEP 70302-916,  no later than 24 (twenty-four)  hours prior to the
      installation of the Assembly.

D)    The  shareholders  participating  in the  Fungible  Custody  of the  Stock
      Exchanges'  Nominal  Shares  who wish to take  part in this  Assembly  are
      required to provide a statement  issued by the  custodian no later than 02
      (two)  days  prior  to the  date  of the  Assembly  and  containing  their
      respective shareholding.

                            Brasilia, April 08, 2002.

                              ALEXANDRE BELDI NETTO

                              Chairman 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: April 9, 2002               By: /S/ MARIO CESAR PEREIRA DE ARAUJO
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                                      Name:  Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo
                                      Title: President