We are being sued on a number of legal proceedings, on different grounds. Our management believes that such actions, if decided adversely to us, would have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Some of these legal proceedings include the following categories:

  · legal proceedings with respect to the Breakup of Telebrás;

· foreign source operating income;

· withholding tax on remittances to foreign telecommunications companies;

· COFINS, a federal social contribution charge;

· ICMS tax on international outbound traffic and bundled services;

· legal proceedings against Telebrás; and

· legal proceedings initiated by Anatel against us.

See "Item 8. Financial Information - Legal Proceedings" for a complete description of these proceedings.