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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)

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TELE NORTE CELULAR		AMAZÔNIA CELULAR S.A.
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.		CNPJ nº 02.340.278/0001-33
CNPJ nº 02.558.154/0001-29		NIRE 1530001829-3
NIRE 3130002551-9		A Public Traded Company in Brazil
A Public Traded Company in Brazil

NOTICE TO THE MARKET

TELE NORTE CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“TNCP”) and AMAZÔNIA CELULAR S.A. (“AMAZÔNIA CELULAR”) hereby inform the market that their respective shareholders’ and board of directors meetings held on April 3, 2008 decided that:

(1) TNCP’s shareholders’ meetings accepted the resignation of the following members of their respective board of directors and their corresponding alternates: Messrs. Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior, Alberto Ribeiro Güth, Jacques de Oliveira Pena, Kevin Michael Altit, Elemér André Surányi, José Luiz Rodrigues, Sérgio Francisco da Silva, Pedro Paulo Elejalde de Campos, Jorge da Cunha Fernandes, Susana Hanna Stiphan Jabra. AMAZÔNIA CELULAR’s shareholders’ meetings accepted the resignation of the following members of their respective board of directors and their corresponding alternates: Messrs. Kevin Michael Altit, Mário Sérgio Castanheira, Elemér André Surányi, Henrique Carlos Parra Parra. The following persons were elected members of TNCP’s AMAZÔNIA CELULAR’s board of directors by majority of votes to continue the mandate of the members that resigned: Messrs. (i) José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha, as chairman, and José Augusto da Gama Figueira, as his alternate; (ii) Luiz Eduardo Falco Pires Correa, as board member, and Pedro Jereissati, as his alternate; (iii) José Luís Magalhães Salazar, as board member, and Otávio Marques de Azevedo, as his alternate; and (iv) Júlio César Pinto, as board member, and Rubens Mário Marques de Freitas, as his alternate;

(2) Preferred shareholders of AMAZÔNIA CELULAR elected Mrs. Ana Paula Rocha de Souza to its Board of Directors to replace the alternate member Mrs. Andreia Gomes da Silva, who resigned;

(2) TNCP’s shareholders’ meeting further accepted the resignation of the following members and their corresponding alternates of its fiscal council: Messrs. José Arthur Escodro, Bento do Amaral Peixoto Moreira Franco and Marcos Rocha de Araújo;

(3) AMAZÔNIA CELULAR’s shareholders’ meeting further accepted the resignation of the following members and their corresponding alternates of its fiscal council: Messrs. José Arthur Escodro, Alcinei Cardoso Rodrigues and João Eduardo Tavares de Andrade Lopes; and

(4) Following their election, the new members of the board of directors of each of TNCP and AMAZÔNIA CELULAR held their respective board of directors meetings and decided on the following: (i) to accept the resignation of the executive officers, Messrs. André Machado Mastruobono and Marcus Roger Meireles Martins da Costa; and (ii) to elect as their respective officers: Luiz Eduardo Falco Pires Correa, as Chief Executive Officer; José Luís Magalhães Salazar, as Finance and Investor Relations Officer; and Paulo Altmayer Goncalves, as Officer of TNCP, and as Operations Officer of AMAZÔNIA CELULAR.

Rio de Janeiro, April 3, 2008.

José Luís Magalhães Salazar
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
TELE NORTE CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
AMAZÔNIA CELULAR S.A.

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