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 FEBRUARY 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.

              C.N.P.J. 02.558.132/0001-69 / N.I.R.E. 53 3 0000580 0

MINUTES OF THE 186th (ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIXTH) EXTRAORDINARY BOARD MEETING

The Board of Directors of Tele Centro Oeste Celular  Participacoes  S. A. held a
meeting on January 31 (thirty one),  2003 (two thousand and three),  at 10: 00 h
(ten hundred hours), at the Company's  headquarters,  located at SETOR COMERCIAL
SUL, QUADRA 02, BLOCO C, N 226, EDIFICIO TELEBRASILIA CELULAR, 7 ANDAR, ZIP CODE
70302-916,  in the city of  BRASILIA,  in the Federal  District  of Brazil.  The
meeting was summoned by the  Company's  President,  Mr.  Alexandre  Beldi Netto.
CONVENING  AND  ATTENDANCE:  The  meeting  was opened  with the  presence of the
following  members of the Company's  Board of  Directors,  Mr.  Alexandre  Beldi
Netto, 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.
PRESIDING OFFICIALS:  Mr. Alexandre Beldi Netto, chairman of the Company's Board
of Directors,  conducted the  proceedings,  and invited board member  Ricardo de
Souza Adenes to act as secretary. The following issues were to be addressed: (I)
NOTICE OF  RESIGNATION  FROM THE  POSITIONS OF MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
CHAIRMAN  OF THE  BOARD OF  DIRECTORS,  AND HEAD OF  INVESTOR  RELATIONS  OF THE
COMPANY,  MR.  MARIO CESAR  PEREIRA DE ARAUJO;  (II)  ELECTION  OF  REPLACEMENT.
DELIBERATION:  The  Company's  Board  of  Directors,  unanimously  and  with  no
restrictions  whatsoever decided for: (I) the acceptance of the resignation from
the  positions  of Member of the Board of  Directors,  Chairman  of the Board of
Directors, and Head of Investor Relations of the Company, submitted on this date
by Mr.  Mario Cesar  Pereira de Araujo.  The  Members of the Board of  Directors
expressed their gratefulness for the significant  services rendered by Mr. Mario
Cesar Pereira de Araujo during his term in the above-mentioned positions and for
his contribution to the development of corporate  businesses;  (II) electing the
positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors,  and Head of Investor Relations
of the Company,  replacing Mr. Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo, Mr. Sergio Assenco
Tavares dos Santos,  Brazilian,  widowed,  bearer of Brazilian  general registry
number  131.306  SSP-DF,  and  of  Brazilian  taxpayers  registry  number  (CIC)
059.949.471-34,  domiciled in the city of Brasilia,  in the Federal  District of
Brazil,  with  commercial  address at SETOR COMERCIAL SUL, QUADRA 02, BLOCO C, N
226, EDIFICIO TELEBRASILIA CELULAR, 7 ANDAR, ZIP CODE 70302-916,  in the city of
BRASILIA,  in The Federal  District  of Brazil,  who will  temporarily  hold the
positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Head of Investor  Relations,
accumulating these with the position of Engineering Director he currently holds.
Mr.  Sergio  Assenco  Tavares dos Santos will be installed in the  positions for
which he has been elected upon  signature of an  installation  deed drawn in the
Company's  appropriate  book. Mr. Sergio Assenco Tavares dos Santos has declared
to the  members  of the Board of  Directors  that he is in no way  impeded  from
holding the positions to which he was elected, and signed the declaration on the
terms of the Brazilian  Securities  Commission - CVM Instruction  number 367, of
May 29, 2002, which  constitutes an integral part of these minutes,  as Annex I.

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With no further  issues to  address,  the  meeting  was  closed and the  present
minutes were drawn, read and considered  appropriate,  and signed by the members
of the Board of Directors.  Brasilia,  Federal  District of Brazil,  January 31,
2003.


                              ALEXANDRE BELDI NETTO
                       Chairman of the Board of Directors



  MARCO ANTONIO BELDI                                    ANTONIO FABIO BELDI
  Member of the Board                                    Member of the Board


NELSON GUARNIERI DE LARA                            ARALDO ALEXANDRE M. DE SOUZA
  Member of the Board                                    Member of the Board


                             RICARDO DE SOUZA ADENES
                               Member of the Board




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THIS RELEASE MAY CONTAIN 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.

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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: February 5, 2003              By:  /S/ SERGIO ASSENCO TAVARES DOS SANTOS
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                                        Name:  Sergio Assenco Tavares dos Santos
                                        Title: President