TELE NORTE LESTE PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. Conference Call & Webcast 1 st Quarter 2002

Platform Growth Slide 1 Lines in Service Lines Installed (in million) 20, Utilization Rate (%) 89% 92% 82% 84% ? E 1Q02

Net Revenue (R$ Million) Slide 2 21% yoy

Long Distance - Revenue (R$ Million) Slide 3 32% yoy

Data Transmission - Revenue (R$ Million) Slide 4 36% yoy

Network Usage - Revenue (R$ Million) Slide 5 22% yoy

Local Service - Revenue (R$ Million) Slide 6 24% yoy

Operating Expenses (R$ Million) Slide 7 % 1,230 1,399 2,197 1,838 1,372

Costs and Expenses (R$ Million) Slide 8 * Excluding Bad Debt Provisions

Employee Productivity (Wireline) Slide 9

Full-Time Employees Slide 10

EBITDA Slide 11

Changes in Debt Position Slide

CAPEX (R$ Billion) Slide 13

TNL - PCS (´´Oi´´) – Current Status  Ready to launch  10 Metropolitans Areas- 200cities  Main suppliers: Nokia, Alcatel, Siemens  TechnologyGSM/GPRS  Operating Agreements InfrastructureCo-siting Interconnection Roaming International  Operating Synergies Billing&Credit Infrastructure&BackOffice Data Base Target (12 months) Subs Slide 14  Distribution channel = over 1,000 point of sales

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