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 2001

                         (Commission File No. 001-14489)

                  TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                   Tele Centro Oeste Cellular Holding Company
                  (Translation of registrant's name in English)

           SCS-Quadra 2, Bloco C, Edificio Anexo-Telebrasilia Celular
                         -7o andar, Brasilia, D.F.
                          Federative Republic of Brazil
                    (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 ___

                (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.
                              Publicly Held Company
                   CNPJ 02.558.132/0001-69 / NIRE 5330000580 0

                              CALL TO SHAREHOLDERS


In addition to the Announcement  Call to Shareholders  published on April 12, 16
and 17, 2001 in the local  newspapers  "Diario Oficial do Distrito  Federal" and
"Gazeta Mercantil Nacional," we inform:  According to the Instruction CVM number
165,  December  11, 1991,  with  composition  given by the First  Article of the
Instruction CVM number 282, June 26, 1998, the percentile for the application of
multiple votes will be 5% (five percent) of the voting capital.  The other items
of the referred Announcement are ratified integrally.

                              ALEXANDRE BELDI NETTO
                       Chairman of the Board of Directors



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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.


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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 24, 2001          By:   /s/ Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo
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                                   Name: Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo
                                   Title:   President



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