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VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
CNPJ/MF nº 02.558.074/0001-73 - NIRE 35.3.001.587.9-2
Public Company

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE MARKET

VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A., hereby informs that it has received from its shareholder, FMR LLC, a letter dated January 6, 2009 which is in the transcript bellow:

Dear Mr. Gardelliano,

1.      We, the undersigned FMR LLC, hereby notify you that funds managed by our investment adviser subsidiaries have acquired, in the name of some of our clients a total of 18,381,712 American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), (an equivalent of 18,381,712 preferred shares) and 177,275 preferred shares, in the aggregate representing a 5.04% interest in the total common and preferred shares issued by Vivo Participações S.A..

2.      Thus, for compliance with Article 12 of Instruction No. 358 issued by the Brazilian Securities Commission on January 3, 2002, as amended by Instructions 369 as of June 11, 2002 and 449 as of March 15, 2007, both issued by the Brazilian Securities Commission, FMR LLC hereby provides the following information:

i.      The registered office of FMR LLC is located at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, United States;

ii.      FMR LLC’s objective for the participation in the company is as a passive investment. We do not have the objective of changing the controlling group or the administrative structure of Vivo Participações SA.;

iii.      As indicated in tem 1 above, we acquired these 18,381,712 ADRs and 177,275 preferred shares of Vivo Participações S.A.;

iv.      None of our funds hold any convertible debentures issued by Vivo Participações SA.; and

v.      FMR LLC has not entered Into agreements or undertakings governing the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by Vivo Participações S.A., other than agreements usually executed for purposes of asset management, pursuant to which certain of our clients may exercise voting rights in respect of their investment portfolio.

3.      Should any further clarification or commentary be required concerning the matter, please contact Mr. Charles Austin at phone number +01 603 791-1425, or e-mail charles.austin@fmr.com.

Yours sincerely,

FMR LLC
Scott C. Goebel
Duly authorized under Power of Attorney effective
June 1, 2008 by and on behalf on FMR LLC and its direct
and indirect subsidiaries

São Paulo, January 09, 2009.

Ernesto Gardelliano
Investor Relations Officer