MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
TELESP CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A., HELD ON APRIL 16, 2003.

1.    DATE, TIME AND VENUE: April 16, 2003, at 6 p.m., exceptionally at Praia de Botafogo # 501, 7o andar, Rio de Janeiro — RJ, summoned as provided in the Company’s By-laws.

2.    MEETING BOARD: Eduardo Perestrelo Correia de Matos – Chairman of the Meeting; Evandro Luís Pippi Kruel — Secretary.

3.    MEETING START: The meeting started with the presence of the undersigned Members, there being a quorum according to the By-laws.

4.    MEETING AGENDA AND DECISIONS TAKEN:

4.1.    Election of members of the Board of Executive Officers: the following were ELECTED as members of the Company’s Board of Executive Officers: as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Francisco José Azevedo Padinha, Portuguese citizen, married, engineer, bearer of RNE V-248636-O, CPF/MF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 055.063.577-70, resident and domiciled in the Capital of the State of São Paulo and with business address in the State of Rio de Janeiro-RJ, at Praia de Botafogo # 501, 7º andar, Torre Corcovado; as Executive Vice-President for Operations, Mr. Paulo Cesar Pereira Teixeira, Brazilian citizen, married, engineer, bearer of ID Card # 301.540.175-9 SSP/RS, CPF/MF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 284.875.750-72, resident and domiciled in the Capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro and with business address at Praia de Botafogo # 501, 7º andar, Torre Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro-RJ; as Executive Vice-President for Finance, Planning and Control, Mr. Fernando Abella Garcia, Spanish citizen, single, economist, bearer of foreign citizen ID RNE # V275827-Q, issued by MJ-DPF/DELEMAF/SR/RJ and CPF/MF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) sob # 055.017.227-04, resident and domiciled in the Capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro, with business address at Praia de Botafogo # 501, 7º andar, Torre Corcovado, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, who will also hold the position as Investor Relations Officer, as provided for in sub-item “g” of item III of article 21 of the Company By-laws; as Executive Vice-President for Marketing and Innovation, Mr. Gilson Rondinelli Filho, Brazilian citizen, married, engineer, bearer of ID Card RG # 4.347.710 – SSP/SP, CPF/MF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 439.603.328-15, resident and domiciled in the Capital of the State of São Paulo and with business address at Rua Abílio Soares, 409 – 15º andar, São Paulo — SP; as Vice-President for IT and Product and Service Engineering, Mr. Luis Filipe Saraiva Castel-Branco de Avelar, Portuguese citizen, married, engineer, bearer of ID Card RNE V224096-0, CPF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 217.046.958-30, resident and domiciled in the Capital of the State of São Paulo and with business address at Rua Abílio Soares 409, 15º andar, São Paulo – SP; as Vice-President for Customers, Mr. Guilherme Silvério Portela Santos, Portuguese citizen, married, engineer, bearer of RNE V329591-W, CPF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 057.649.617-00, resident and domiciled in the Capital of the State of São Paulo and business address at Praia de Botafogo # 501, 7º andar, Torre Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro-RJ. The following officers were APPOINTED and will be elected and take office as soon as their Working Visas are granted by the Labor Ministry: as Vice-President for Technology and Networks, Mr. Javier Rodríguez García, Spanish citizen, legally unmarried, bearer of RNE V283375-2, CPF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 055.017.127-41, resident and domiciled in the Capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro and with business address at Praia de Botafogo # 501, 7º andar, Torre Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro-RJ and as Vice-President for Regulatory Matters and Institutional Relations, Mr. José Carlos de La Rosa Guardiola, Spanish citizen, divorced, engineer, bearer of foreign citizen ID Card RNE V2715938, issued by SE/DPMAF/DPF and CPF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 802.367.825-68, resident and domiciled in the Capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro and with business address at Praia de Botafogo # 501, 7º andar, Torre Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro-RJ. The following is elected as acting officer, until the above named Vice -Presidents’ visas are issued: as Vice-President for Technology and Networks and as Vice-President for Regulatory Matters and Institutional Relations, Mr. Paulo Cesar Pereira Teixeira; already duly qualified and who will hold the positions cumulatively, as provided for in the Company’s By-laws. The now elected executive officers will have a term of office of three years, starting on the present date. It’s also been registered that the now elected executive officers do hereby declare that they have not committed any of the crimes that may legally prevent them from exercising merchant activities, and that they are ready to sign the declaration required by CVM Instruction # 367/2002 and that they undertake to produce such signed declaration at the moment of signature of their Agreements to take office.

5.    MEETING CLOSING: After the agenda was completed, the minutes were drawn up, then read, approved and signed by the attending Members and by the Secretary, and now are included in the appropriate book.

Signatures: Eduardo Perestrelo Correia de Matos – Chairman of the Meeting; Fernando Xavier Ferreira; Antonio Gonçalves Oliveira – Members; Ernesto Lopez Mozo; Antonio Viana-Baptista; Ignácio Aller Mallo – Members represented by Mr. Fernando Xavier Ferreira and Evandro Luís Pippi Kruel – Secretary.

It is hereby declared for all legal purposes that this is an accurate copy of the minutes drawn up in the appropriate Book.

Evandro Luís Pippi Kruel
Secretary – OAB-RS 18.780

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