ALGAR TELECOM S.A. (Publicly-held company) CNPJ/MF: 71.208.516/0001-74 NIRE: 313.000.117-98 BYLAWS CHAPTER I CORPORATE NAME, HEAD OFFICES, BUSINESS PURPOSE AND DURATION Article 1 – ALGAR TELECOM S.A. (“Company”) is a joint-stock company registered as a publicly- held company before the Brazilian Securities Commission (“CVM”), with head offices and jurisdiction in the City of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, at Rua José Alves Garcia, 415, District Brasil, postal code 38.400-668, governed by Law No. 6.404 of December 15, 1976, as amended (“Corporation Law”), by these Bylaws, and by the trade laws and uses and other applicable legal rules and provisions. Paragraph One – The Company may adopt the assumed name “ALGAR TELECOM”. Paragraph Two – The Company, by collegiate resolution of the statutory Executive Board, may open and close branches, agencies and representation offices in Brazil and abroad. Article 2 – The Company’s business purpose is the exploitation of telecommunication services and activities that are required or useful for the performance of such services, at all times in compliance with the concessions that grant said exploitation rights to it. Paragraph One – In the achievement of its purpose, the Company may incorporate third parties’ assets and rights to its equity, and: I. trade equipment and accessories relating to its activity; II. hold equity interest in the capital of other companies in the telecommunications industry, value- added services to telecommunications or information technology and communication services, with due regard for the provisions of the Brazilian telecommunications policy; III. carry out the import of goods and services required for performance of the activities included in its business purpose; IV. provide technical assistance services to telecommunications companies; V. perform activities of studies and research aiming at the development of the telecommunications market; VI. enter into agreements and conventions with other companies that exploit telecommunication services or any persons or entities aiming at the operation of the services, without prejudice to its duties and liabilities; VII. exercise other activities similar or related to its business purpose; VIII. provision of cable television and satellite subscription television services; IX. provision of cable broadcasting services, providing all services related to the area: projects, planning, facilities, management, operation, production, generation, edition, control of the entire cable television system, and community, collective, parabolic antennas, codified television, closed circuit television, providing full assistance to cable television sets or MMDS and their derivations, in accordance with the legal rules that exist now or may exist in the future; X. sale of commercial space in the provision of cable television service and in the respective programming guide; XI. lease of the network for value-added services; XII. provision of Multimedia Communication Service (SCM); XIII. exploitation of personal mobile service, and sale and distribution of equipment, devices and accessories, at all times in compliance with the concessions that grant said exploitation rights to it; XIV. provision of telecommunications services; XV. provision of services, operation, installation, maintenance relating to telecommunication and value- added services; XVI. representation, distribution, purchase, lease, sale and marketing of equipment relating to the telecommunications industry; XVII. exploitation of telecommunication services, of Internet services provider, and of development, implementation, operation and management of content solutions and connectivity for data access, storage, presentation, movement and retrieving; XVIII. sale, licensing and assignment of use of software, relating to the telecommunications industry; XIX. help-desk and customer support services relating to telecommunication services provision; XX. technical activities relating to engineering and architecture in telecommunications service provision; XXI. activities relating to record data in connection with telecommunications service provision; XXII. intermediation and agency of services and business in general relating to telecommunication services; and XXIII. exploration, network management and granting to third parties, through franchise, licensing, sales agency, distribution or other business partnership agreements, the exploration of business concepts, trademark licensing, dealership or sales agency for products or services; XXIV. provision of any other services directly related to the foregoing. Paragraph Two – Any act entered into on behalf of the Company that exceeds the activities and liabilities set forth in this business purpose shall be null and void by operation of law. Article 3 – The Company shall maintain centers of resolution and implementation of the strategic, management, logistic, commercial, operating and technical decisions involved in the compliance with its concession agreement in the Brazilian territory. Article 4 – The Company shall operate for an indefinite term. CHAPTER II AUTHORIZED CAPITAL STOCK Article 5 – The Company is authorized to increase the capital stock up to the limit of one billion, seven hundred and twenty-one million, four hundred and twenty thousand, six hundred and four Reais and eighty-seven cents (R$1,721,420,604.87). Paragraph One – The authorized capital stock may be increased by resolution of the Shareholders’ Meeting whenever it is fully subscribed or whenever the difference between the subscribed and the authorized capital stock does not allow the capitalization established for the fiscal year. Paragraph Two – Up to the limit of authorized capital stock, the subscribed capital stock may be increased regardless of amendment to the Bylaws, subject to the provisions of the Shareholders’ Agreement on file at the headquarters of the Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, as proposed by the Executive Board and after consultation of the Fiscal Council, if implemented, in which case the Board of Directors shall set the issue conditions, including price, term and payment method. Paragraph Three – At the discretion of the Board of Directors, shares, debenture stocks or subscription warrants may be issued, within the limit of authorized capital stock, without any right of first refusal or with a reduction in the term referred to in paragraph 4 of article 171 of the Corporation Law, for placement by means of sale in stock exchange or public subscription or by means of exchange with shares in public offering of control acquisition, as provided for by law or by any special tax incentive law. CHAPTER III CAPITAL STOCK AND SHARES Article 6 – The Company’s capital stock is seven hundred and twenty-one million, four hundred and twenty thousand, six hundred and four Reais and eighty-seven cents (R$721,420,604.87), fully subscribed and paid-in, divided into two hundred and sixty-seven million, four hundred and sixty-eight thousand and eight hundred (267,468,800) registered, book-entry common shares with no par value. Paragraph One – Capitalizations with reserves and profits shall be made regardless of any increase in the number of shares. Paragraph Two – The shares are indivisible in relation to the Company, and each common share entitles to one vote in resolutions of the Shareholders’ Meetings. Paragraph Three – The Company’s shares are book-entry, held in deposit accounts on behalf of their holders with financial institution authorized by the CVM, with no issue of certificates. Paragraph Four – The transfer and annotation cost, as well as the service cost relating to shares held under custody may be charged directly from the shareholder by the financial institution, as may be defined in the custody agreement. Article 7 – The Company may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, acquire its own shares to be held in treasury and subsequently disposed of or cancelled, including as part of call option or share subscription plans approved at the Shareholders’ Meeting, or cancelled up to the amount of the balance of profits and reserves, except for the legal reserve, without any decrease in the capital stock, with due regard for the applicable legal provisions and for the provisions set forth in the Shareholders’ Agreement on file at the headquarters of the Company. Article 8 – The Board of Directors may authorize the application of profits or reserves to the redemption or amortization of shares, with due regard for the provisions in article 44 of the Corporation Law. CHAPTER IV COMPANY MANAGEMENT SECTION I MANAGEMENT BODIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE BOARD Article 9 – The Company’s management is incumbent upon the Board of Directors and the Executive Board, which shall ensure the vision, mission and values of the Company’s and the compliance with its corporate policies and guidelines and the compliance with these Bylaws and the legal provisions applicable to the Company. Paragraph One – The investiture of the members of the Board of Directors and Executive Board shall be conditioned to previous execution of the instrument of investiture, which, once executed, shall bind the managers to comply with the provisions of these Bylaws, the provisions of the Shareholders’ Agreement on file at the headquarters of the Company and other applicable legal provisions. The members of the Board of Directors and Executive Board shall remain in their positions and in the performance of their duties until their substitutes have been vested