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.
                           CNPJ/MF 02.558.132/0001-69


                             A Publicly-Held Company

                                  RELEVANT FACT

Tele  Centro  Oeste  Celular  Participacoes  S.A.  ("TCO")  hereby  informs  its
shareholders and the general public, according to CVM instruction number 358/02,
that the Company's Board of Directors  decided in a meeting held on December 17,
2002 to revoke the  authorization  for the Company to purchase shares of its own
stock. Such  authorization was the object of a notice to shareholders  published
by TCO on November 11, 2002. The decision was based on the fact that TCO's stock
repurchase program has met its goals.  Therefore,  as of this date and until the
approval of a new  authorization by the Board of Directors,  TCO is forbidden to
buy and/or sell shares of its own stock.


                          Brasilia, December 17, 2002.


                          MARIO CESAR PEREIRA DE ARAUJO

                  President and Director of Investor Relations

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      MINUTES OF THE 178th (ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-EIGHTH)  EXTRAORDINARY BOARD
      MEETING


1. DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION OF THE MEETING:  The meeting was held at 09:00 (nine
hundred hours) on December 17, 2002, 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 called by Mr.  ALEXANDRE BELDI
NETTO,  Chairman of the Company's  Board of Directors.  3. OPENING:  The meeting
opened with the presence of all members of the Board of Directors. 4. THE BOARD:
Mr.  Alexandre  Beldi  Netto,  chairman  of the  Company's  Board  of  Directors
conducted the proceedings,  and invited Mr. Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo to act
as  secretary.  5.  DELIBERATIONS:   The  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors
unanimously and with no restrictions decided to revoke the authorization for the
Company  to  purchase  shares  of its own  stock,  as had been  approved  by the
Extraordinary  Board Meeting held on November 08, 2002, given that the Company's
Stock Repurchase Program has met its goals. Therefore, as of this date and until
the approval of a new  authorization  by the Board of Directors,  the company is
forbidden to buy and/or sell shares of its own stock.  CLOSING:  With no further
issues to address,  the assembly was closed and the present  minutes were drawn,
read  and  considered  appropriate  and  signed  by  all  the  present  members.
Brasilia-DF, December 17, 2002.



                              ALEXANDRE BELDI NETTO
                       CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS



       MARCO ANTONIO BELDI                              ANTONIO FABIO BELDI
          BOARD MEMBER                                      BOARD MEMBER



  MARIO CESAR PEREIRA DE ARAUJO                       NELSON GUARNIERI DE LARA
          BOARD MEMBER                                      BOARD MEMBER



  ARALDO ALEXANDRE M. DE SOUZA                         RICARDO DE SOUZA ADENES
          BOARD MEMBER                                      BOARD MEMBER

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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 18, 2002                By:   /S/ MARIO CESAR PEREIRA DE ARAUJO
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                                           Name:  Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo
                                           Title: President