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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-04-129904
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040802
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040803

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TELECOM ARGENTINA 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:		04947013

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MAIPU 1210
		STREET 2:		PISO 9
		CITY:			BUENOS AIRES
		STATE:			C1
		ZIP:			1006
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5419684000

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TELECOM ARGENTINA STET FRANCE TELECOM SA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950809
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<HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM 6-K </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <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="5"><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"><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="3"><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"><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"><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"><B>For the month of August, 2004 </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"><B>Commission File Number: 001-13464 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1"
NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <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="6"><B>Telecom Argentina S.A. </B></FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR
WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <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"><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="2"><B>Buenos Aires, Argentina </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Address of principal executive offices) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR WIDTH="21%" SIZE="1" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000"> <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">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> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form 20-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT
FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form 40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> </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">Indicate 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> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> </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">Indicate 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> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2"
COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> </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">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 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">Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT FACE="WINGDINGS" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">&#168;</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT FACE="WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT> </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">If &#147;Yes&#148; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><HR SIZE="3" NOSHADE COLOR="#000000" ALIGN="left">

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<A NAME="toc"></A>Telecom Argentina 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">TABLE OF CONTENTS
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.</FONT></TD>
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<A HREF="#tx59599_1">Press release dated August 2, 2004, titled, &#147;Telecom Argentina Announces That it has Comfortably Surpassed the Requisite Majorities and Minimum Participation Amounts and Announces Extension of APE Solicitation Expiration
Date to August 6, 2004&#148;. </A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<A NAME="tx59599_1"></A><U>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</U> </B></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="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B><U>Market Cap: Pesos 5.5 billion</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>August 2, 2004</U> </B></FONT></P> <P
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>Contacts:</U></B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Pablo Caride</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:9.60em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Marlene Wechselblatt</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Pedro Insussarry</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:9.60em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Golin/Harris International</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Telecom Argentina</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:9.60em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(212) 373-6037</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(54-11) 4968-3627/3743</B></FONT></TD>
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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; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2"><B><U>TELECOM ARGENTINA ANNOUNCES THAT IT HAS COMFORTABLY</U></B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>SURPASSED THE REQUISITE MAJORITIES AND MINIMUM</U>
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>PARTICIPATION AMOUNTS AND ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF APE</U> </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B><U>SOLICITATION EXPIRATION DATE TO AUGUST 6, 2004</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"><B>Buenos Aires, August 2, 2004 &#150; Telecom Argentina S.A. (BASE: TECO2, </B><B>NYSE:</B> <B>TEO) (&#147;Telecom&#148;) </B>announced today that it has received from
its creditors a number of powers of attorney and commitments to sign its <I>Acuerdo Preventivo Extrajudicial </I>(&#147;<B>APE</B>&#148;) that comfortably surpasses the requisite majorities and minimum required participation in Option A, each of
which is a condition to the execution of the <B>APE</B> Agreement. </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">Despite
having achieved the requisite majorities and minimum required participation in Option A, <B>Telecom </B>announced that it is extending the expiration date for its <B>APE</B> solicitation period to <B>August 6, 2004. </B>The extension of the
<B>APE</B> solicitation expiration date is to process the significant number of new submissions of letters of transmittal and for the receipt of the letters of transmittal to be delivered pursuant to notices of guaranteed delivery that were received
on <B>July 30, 2004. </B>Since <B>Telecom </B>has surpassed the requisite majorities, it will not extend the solicitation period beyond <B>August 6, 2004.</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">&#147;We are very pleased with the result of the <B>APE</B> solicitation, which reflects strong support from <B>Telecom</B>&#146;s creditors, and we look forward to
completing <B>Telecom</B>&#146;s APE process as soon as possible,&#148; said Carlos Felices, Chief Executive Officer of <B>Telecom.</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">The <B>APE</B> solicitation period outside Italy will now expire <B>at 3:00 p.m., </B><B>New</B> <B>York City time, 4:00 p.m., Buenos Aires Time, on August 6, 2004.
</B>In Italy, as the applicable regulations do not provide for the possibility of a further extension of the solicitation period, the solicitation period for the Italian retail offer expired on <B>July 30, 2004 </B>and will not be extended. However,
<B>Telecom </B>announced that it will allow an extension of the deadline applicable to Italian intermediaries for the delivery of the letters of transmittal pursuant to the notices of guaranteed delivery sent by such intermediaries on <B>July 30,
</B><B>2004.</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">The terms of <B>Telecom</B>&#146;s debt restructuring
proposal are contained in <B>Telecom</B>&#146;s Solicitation Statement dated <B>June 22, 2004, </B>and as amended on <B>July 9, 2004. </B>The terms of the <B>APE</B> solicitation directed at holders of <B>Telecom&#146;</B>s outstanding notes in
Italy are set out in an Offer Document dated <B>June 22</B><B>,</B> <B>2004 </B>and in a supplement to the Offer Document. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Telecom </B>also announced today that the <B>FX Reference Date </B>for purposes of calculating exchange rates, CER
adjustments and other calculations described in <B>Telecom</B>&#146;s Solicitation Statement will be <B>August 4, 2004.</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">In addition, <B>Telecom Personal</B>, <B>Telecom</B>&#146;s mobile communications subsidiary, last week notified its creditors that in response to requests received for
additional time to properly complete their letters of transmittal, the expiration date of the <B>Telecom Personal </B>solicitation has been extended to <B>3:00 p.m., </B><B>New</B> <B>York City time, 4:00 p.m., Buenos </B><B>Aires time, on August
13, 2004.</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">A registration statement containing the prospectus relating to
the <B>Telecom </B>notes being issued to U.S. holders has been declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;). The prospectus included in the registration statement, as amended, contains detailed information
about <B>Telecom </B>and its management, as well as its financial statements. </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">Notes issued outside the United States to non-U.S. persons will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), in reliance on the exemption from registration under Regulation S of the
Securities Act, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. </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">This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any issuance of any of
these notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or issuance would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Such offer is only made by the Solicitation Statement as
amended on <B>July 9, 2004, </B>which has been filed with the SEC. </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">A copy of
the <B>APE</B> Solicitation Statement dated <B>July 9, 2004 </B>is available in Luxembourg at the offices of BNP Paribas Securities Services, Luxembourg Branch, 23 Avenue de la Port Neuve, L 2085, Luxembourg. </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">For additional information please contact: </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Telecom Argentina S.A. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Pedro Insussarry </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Moira Colombo </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">Gast&oacute;n Urbina </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(54-11) 4968-3743 </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(54-11) 4968-3627 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">(54-11) 4968-3628 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Morgan&nbsp;Stanley&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Co.&nbsp;Incorporated</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>MBA Banco de Inversiones S.A.</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Carlos Medina</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Diego Steverlynck</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1-212) 761-6520</FONT></P></TD>
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50, Piso 10, C1107AAB, Buenos Aires, Argentina. <B>Telecom </B>is one of Argentina&#146;s largest telecommunications operators. It provides local and long-distance telephony, mobile communications (through its subsidiary <B>Telecom Personal),
</B>data and Internet access services in Argentina. It also operates a mobile license in Paraguay through one of its subsidiaries. <B>Telecom </B>common stock is listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange under the ticker <B>&#147;TECO2&#148;</B> and
<B>Telecom</B> ADSs are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker &#147;<B>TEO</B>&#148;. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
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significantly affect <B>Telecom</B>&#146;s expected results. The risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties disclosed under the caption &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in the registration statement on Form F-1
(File No. 333-111790) in Amendment No. 2 to the registration statement (filed with the SEC on June 21, 2004), and in any additional amendments to such registration statement. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking
statements, which speak only as of the date of this document. <B>Telecom </B>undertakes no obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to forward looking statements which may be made to reflect events and circumstances after the date
of this press release, including, without limitation, changes in <B>Telecom</B>&#146;s business or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. Readers are encouraged to consult <B>Telecom</B>&#146;s registration statement on Form F-1 as well
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STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">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
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