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TELEMIG CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.		TELE NORTE CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ) 02.558.118/0001-65		Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ) 02.558.154/0001-29
Publicly-held Company		Publicly-held Company

MATERIAL FACT

In compliance with the provisions of paragraph 4 of article 157 of Law 6,404/76 and the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) Instruction 358/02, Telemig Celular Participações S.A. and Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A. (the “Companies”) publicly inform the following:

1. Shareholders Meetings of our controlled companies, Amazônia Celular S.A. (“Amazônia”) and Telemig Celular S.A. (“Telemig”, and jointly, the ”Controlled Companies”) were scheduled to be held on April 19 and 25, 2006, respectively, in order to resolve on the replacement of the members of their Board of Directors, as well as, the nomination of the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of said Boards (the “Meetings”).

2. The Meetings were part of the efforts that have been made by most direct and indirect shareholders of the Companies in order to replace all members of the management appointed by the Opportunity group in the companies that control the Controlled Companies.

3. However, on April 19, 2006, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice decided to suspend the Meetings until the judgment of the Special Appeal filed by the Controlled Companies through Petition 4487/DF, which, among other matters, dealt with the validity of the shareholders meetings that elected the management of the Companies.

4. On September 6, 2006, the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice concluded the judgment of the Special Appeal filed through Petition 4487/DF, denying the request made by the Controlled Companies by 11 votes to 2.

5. Upon this decision, the Companies believe that there are no more obstacles against the holding of the Meetings. Therefore, on September 6, the Companies sent to the Board of Directors of the Controlled Companies a request to immediately summon Shareholders Meetings in order to resolved on (i) the replacement of the members of the Board of Directors of Telemig and Amazônia and the nomination of their successors; and (ii) the nomination of the Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of said Boards, based on the provisions of item “c” of the single paragraph of Article 123 of Law 6,404/76.

6. Finally, the Companies also inform that the decision of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice which removes the obstacles that prevented the holding of Shareholders Meetings of the Controlled Companies is available on the website of the Superior Court of Justice at www.stj.gov.br. The full content of said decision will be filed through the Companies’ IPE System (Periodic and Occasional Information) in the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (www.cvm.gov.br) immediately after its publication.

Brasília, September 8, 2006

Oscar Thompson
Investor Relations Officer
Telemig Celular Participações S.A. and Tele Norte Celular
Participações S.A.

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