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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-03-004129
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030507
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030509

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TELECOM ARGENTINA STET FRANCE TELECOM SA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000932470
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13464
		FILM NUMBER:		03690299

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MAIPU 1210
		STREET 2:		PISO 9
		CITY:			BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA
		STATE:			C1
		ZIP:			1006
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5419684000
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>FORM 6-K </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3"
COLOR="#000000"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Report of Foreign Issuer </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">For the month of May 9, 2003 </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Commission File Number: 001-13464 </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000"><B>Telecom Argentina STET-France Telecom S.A. </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Alicia Moreau de Justo, No. 50, 1107 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000"><B>Buenos
Aires, Argentina </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">(Address of principal executive offices) </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or
Form 40-F: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>X</B></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" WIDTH="22%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Form 40-F</B></FONT></P></TD>
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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</TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Indicate
by check mark whether 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: </FONT></P><P
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&#147;Yes&#148; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): <U>N/A</U> </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR SIZE="2" NOSHADE
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Telecom Argentina STET-France Telecom S.A. </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">TABLE OF CONTENTS </FONT></P><P
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="95%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Letter to the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange dated May 7th, 2003 in reference to the Committee of
Disclosure.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<IMG SRC="g59894image002.gif" ALT="LOGO"> </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><U>FREE
TRANSLATION</U> </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B><U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</U> </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">May 7, 2003 </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">BUENOS AIRES STOCK EXCHANGE </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Dear Sirs, </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">RE.: <U>COMMITTEE OF DISCLOSURE</U> </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">I am writing you as Responsible for Market Relations of <B>Telecom</B> <B>Argentina </B><B>STET- </B><B>France Telecom</B> <B>S.A. </B>(&#147;the Company&#148;) to inform that the Company has implemented a &#147;Committee of
Disclosure&#148; as a permanent internal body. Its aim will be verifying that the notorial information related to the Company and its controlled companies is gathered, processed and adequately controlled in order to prepare the 20-F Form to be
submitted to the Securities &amp; Exchange Commission as well as other reports containing notorial information that must be subject to public disclosure in Argentina and abroad. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Committee of Disclosure is conformed by senior officials and their activity is subject to rules tending to ensure that
the processing of the information to be disclosed has complied with the internal controls as well as the information procedures designed by the Company, prior to submitting it to the Chief Executive Officer to submit it in turn to the pertaining
authorities and subsequent disclosure. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Considering that the
regulations recently enforced in the country and in the United States of America regarding transparency of the public offer and corporate governance have particularly emphasized on the duty of public companies to provide accurate, complete and
timely information as well as easily understandable, the Company has created the Committee of Disclosure as an additional body of control, in search for more safety and transparency in dealing with notorial information to its shareholders, to the
markets, and to the regulatory entities. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Sincerely,
</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><I>Pedro Insussarry </I></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><I>Responsible for Market Relations </I></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:65%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Telecom Argentina STET - France Telecom S.A. </FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:65%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Alicia Moreau de Justo 50 </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:65%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">C1107AAB Buenos Aires - Argentina </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:65%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Telefono:
(54-11)4968-4000 </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:65%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">http://www.telecom.com.ar </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">SIGNATURES </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="44%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>T<SMALL>ELECOM</SMALL> A<SMALL>RGENTINA</SMALL>
STET-F<SMALL>RANCE</SMALL> T<SMALL>ELECOM</SMALL> S.A.</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" WIDTH="44%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Date: May 9, 2003</FONT></P></TD>
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C<SMALL>HAUVIN&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SMALL></FONT></P><HR SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="44%"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000"><B>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp; Christian Chauvin</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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