VIVO, Southern Hemisphere's Largest Wireless Group Announces Fourth Quarter 2003 Consolidated Earnings Of Tele Sudeste Celular Participacoes S.A. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tele Sudeste Celular Participacoes S.A. ("TSD"), (NYSE: TSD; BOVESPA: TSEP3 (ON); TSEP4 (PN)), discloses its consolidated results for the fourth quarter 2003 (4Q03). The closing rates for February 13, 2004 were: TSEP3: R$ 4.75 / 1,000 shares, TSEP4: R$ 6.55 / 1,000 shares and TSD: US$ 11,49 / ADR(1:5.000 PN shares). TSD is a holding company controlling 100% of Telerj Celular S.A. (Telerj) and Telest Celular S.A. (Telest), leading wireless telecommunications service providers in Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo respectively. It provides services in an area that covers approximately 1% of the Brazilian territory and 10% of the total population of the country. VIVO TSD is one of the companies that together with Telesp Celular Participacoes S.A., Tele Leste Celular Participacoes S.A., Tele Sudeste Celular Participacoes S.A. and Celular CRT Participacoes S.A., comprises the assets of the Joint Venture between Telefonica Moviles and Portugal Telecom. On April 13, 2003, the "VIVO" brand was launched to create one single image for the Group's operations, thus evincing its coverage and capillarity in the country and its business strategy. The brand is now Top of Mind in the Brazilian market. Please click the link below to access the respective pdf file. 2003 Results in English: http://www.mediagroup.com.br/VIVO/PDF/4Q03_TSD_engl.pdf DATASOURCE: Tele Sudeste Celular Participacoes S.A. CONTACT: Ronald Aitken, +55-11-5105-1172, or , or Fabiola Michalski, +55-11-5105-1207, or , both for Tele Sudeste Celular Participacoes S.A. Web site: http://www.telespcelular.com.br/

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