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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950103-07-002522
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20071016

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:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALICIA MOREAU DE JUSTO 50
		CITY:			BUENOS AIRES
		STATE:			C1
		ZIP:			C1107AAB
		BUSINESS PHONE:		54-11-4968-4000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALICIA MOREAU DE JUSTO 50
		CITY:			BUENOS AIRES
		STATE:			C1
		ZIP:			C1107AAB

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TELECOM ARGENTINA STET FRANCE TELECOM SA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950809
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    <div><br><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Dear
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      &#8220;<strong>Staff</strong>&#8221;) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#8220;<strong>SEC</strong>&#8221;) with respect to Telecom Argentina S.A.&#8217;s
      (&#8220;<strong>Telecom</strong>&#8221; or the &#8220;<strong>Company</strong>&#8221;) annual report on
      Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (&#8220;<strong>Form
      20-F</strong>&#8221;). In response to your comments and on behalf of the Company, we
      have provided responses to those comments and supplementary information as
      indicated below. The text set forth below in bold-faced type, immediately
      following each paragraph number, is a verbatim reproduction of the comments
      included in your letter and appears in the order set forth therein.</font></div>
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                flows
                provided by operating activities and disclose the
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                manner in which you use the free cash flow to conduct or evaluate
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      will disclose that free cash flow data, if any<font style="DISPLAY: inline;"> is
      included</font>, is a non-GAAP measure and reconcile the free cash flow data to
      the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, which is cash flows
      provided by operating activities. Below is the wording that will be added in
      future filings:</font></div>
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      this measure<font style="DISPLAY: inline;"> is used in connection with the
      assessment of</font> Telecom's ability to cover its financial costs, reduce its
      indebtedness and make other strategic decisions. Net financial debt is defined
      by Telecom&#8217;s management as total financial debt less cash and banks, financial
      investments and other financial receivables, such as derivatives, in each case
      as set forth in the consolidated financial statements figures. In the process
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      without external financing, <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">reflecting
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      of its debt
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      (without collected interest on investments) less net cash outflows for fixed
      and
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      calculation of this measure by other companies. Free cash flow should be
      considered in addition to, and not in lieu of, cash flow provided by operating
      activities. Management does not intend the presentation of free cash flow to
      be
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      performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Telecom&#180;s management does not
      believe there are any other material limitations related to the use of free
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      Argentine GAAP measure, which is cash flows provided by operating activities
      for
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                tell us how you will be accounting for the sale of Publicom under
                US GAAP.
                We note that Telecom Argentina has entered into publishing and
                distribution of the directories agreement with the buyer. We also
                note
                that Telecom Argentina has control over the publication and distribution
                of the directories and if the buyer does not comply with the terms
                of the
                publication and distribution provisions, Telecom Argentina may exercise
                the remedy provisions. Refer to your basis in the accounting
                literature.</strong></font></div>
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      response to the Staff&#8217;s comment, we believe that clarifying certain terms of the
      publishing and distribution provisions and analyzing their legal and operating
      implications<font style="DISPLAY: inline;">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline;">will</font>
      provide the Staff with useful information to
      better understand our accounting for the sale of Publicom under US
      GAAP.</font></div>
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      core business is the printing, editing and
      distribution of <em>yellow pages</em> directories. Complementarily, Publicom
      also prints and edits <em>white pages</em> directories and distributes them
      together with <em>yellow pages </em>directories. <em>White pages</em>
      directories are not material compared to the total volume of Publicom
      business.</font></div>
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</font>distribute
      its <em>white pages</em>
      directories to its fixed-line customers. Since the sale of its share
      participation in Publicom and to fulfill <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">this</font> obligation, the Company has elected
      to enter
      into an agreement with Publicom, under which the Company <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">has engaged</font> Publicom to edit, print and
      distribute Telecom&#8217;s <em>white pages</em> directories. The terms and conditions
      of <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">the</font> agreement include usual provisions
      that allow Telecom to apply economic sanctions in <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">the </font>case of non-compliance, and in<font style="DISPLAY: inline;"> the</font>
      case of serious non-compliance<font style="DISPLAY: inline;">,</font> allow Telecom to require an early termination.
      In the <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">latter</font> case, the Company could enter
      into an agreement with other providers and therefore, the client-provider
      relationship is not guaranteed.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">Currently,
      Telecom only supervises certain matters that are associated specifically <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">wi</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline;">th</font>
      the
<em>white pages</em> publishing and distribution activities that allow Telecom
      to assure the</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">fulfillment
      of its regulatory obligations. For instance, although Telecom reserves the
<font style="DISPLAY: inline;">right</font> to supervise some aspects of <em>white
      pages</em> directories<font style="DISPLAY: inline;">, such</font> as content,
      edition layout or timing of distribution, Publicom<font style="DISPLAY: inline;">&#8217;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline;">s</font>
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      business is the handling of <em>yellow pages</em>,<font style="DISPLAY: inline;">
      a</font> matter that is out of the control of Telecom. Consequently, Telecom
      <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">assumes</font> no risks and obtains no benefits
      from Publicom<font style="DISPLAY: inline;">&#8217;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline;">s</font>
      core business.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
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      determined for the six-month period ended June 30, 2007 <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">by </font>deducting the carrying value of the Company
      share participation in Publicom as of March 31, <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">2007 from the net sale price.</font> It should be noted
      that <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">this would be calcul</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline;">ated the
      same under</font> Argentine GAAP and US GAAP.
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      the</font> disposal of Publicom under Argentine GAAP and US GAAP is as
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            <td align="right" valign="top" width="8%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black">
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      mentioned decision tree are met because continuing cash flows are expected
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      considers that such continuing cash flows are not significant compared to those
      that would have been generated by Publicom absent the sale transaction (step
      3)
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      business of Publicom (step 4). As a consequence, the Company believes that
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                assets, with a discussion of the GAAP measure of the Wireless reportable
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      measure, operating income before SAC and depreciation of fixed assets and
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      2005.&#160;&#160;The increase <font style="DISPLAY: inline;">was</font> mainly
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      in years 2006 and 2005, its percentage of net sales in each year and changes
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      mainly due to a 54.4% increase in net sales, partially offset by a higher level
      of operating costs including a 59.0% increase in tax-related expense, a 79.7%
      increase in fees for services, an 88.2% increase in distribution of prepaid
      cards commissions and a 50.8% increase in cost of roaming and
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      4(b). Data transmission and Internet services, page
      F-18</u></strong></font></div>
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                billed basic fees but not yet earned, please disclose the balance
                classification under US GAAP in Note 14(g) on page
                F-57.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>Response</u></strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;">As
      mentioned in page F-17, basic fees billed but not yet earned are deducted from
      corresponding accounts receivable under Argentine GAAP. Because the service
      has
      not been rendered and no amounts have been collected at the time of billing,
      we
      understand that neither party in the services agreements has completed its
      obligations under the contract. As a consequence, management understands that
      accounts receivable under Argentine GAAP and US GAAP should be reduced by the
      amounts of deferred revenue to reflect the fact that at the time of billing
      no
      receivable should be recorded since such receivables do not meet the definition
      of an asset (CON 6 definition for US GAAP purposes). In addition, no liability
      should be recorded until any amounts are collected. Based on this analysis,
      we
      understand that there is no balance classification difference related to this
      matter to be disclosed in Note 14(g) to our consolidated financial
      statements.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;"><strong><u>I.
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                were not
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                in
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      Activities</em>&#8221; (&#8220;SFAS 133&#8221;), although a debt contract does not in its entirety
      meet the definition of a derivative instrument, as provided in paragraph 12,
      it
      may contain embedded derivative instruments. Therefore, the Company has analyzed
      all the criteria required in paragraph 12 to conclude whether the embedded
      derivatives are required to be separated or not from the host contract and
      accounted for as a derivative instrument in accordance with SFAS
      133.</font></div>
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      accounting literature considered:</font></div>
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                &#8211; indexed interest in Argentine Pesos &#8211; CER:</em> Based on paragraph 61.b.
                of SFAS 133, we concluded that our inflation-indexed interest is
                considered to be clearly and closely related to the host contract
                (Notes
                denominated in Argentine pesos) because the CER reflects the inflation
                of
                Argentina.</font></div>
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                interest on overdue interest and principal:</em> Under paragraph 61.c.(1)
                of SFAS 133, we concluded that the penalty interest on overdue interest
                and principal, being as a result of an event of default, is considered
                to
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                redemption:</em> Provided certain conditions are met, we may redeem the
                notes at our option. We analyzed the provisions of paragraph 61.d.
                of SFAS
                133 which stipulates that a call option that can accelerate the repayment
                of principal on a debt instrument is considered to be clearly and
                closely
                related to the debt instrument unless both (1) the debt involves
                a
                substantial premium or discount and (2) the call option is only
                contingently exercisable, provided the call option is also considered
                to
                be clearly and closely related to the debt host contract under paragraph
                13 of SFAS 133. We also considered the provisions of DIG B16, B5
                and B39.
                We concluded that neither condition 1 nor condition 2 of paragraph
                61.d.
                is met because: (1) the optional redemption does not involve a substantial
                premium or discount and (2) the redemption is not considered contingently
                exercisable because Telecom has the right of redemption. As such,
                the
                optional redemption is considered to be clearly and closely related.
                In
                addition, we analyzed paragraph 13(a) and 13(b) of SFAS 133 and concluded
                that neither 13(a) nor 13(b) is met because (1) the instrument can
                not
                contractually be settled in such a way that the investor would not
                recover
                substantially all of its initial recorded investment (i.e. the notes
                are
                redeemed at par plus accrued interest) and (2) DIG B39 establishes
                that
                paragraph 13(b) of SFAS 133 does not apply to an embedded call option
                in a
                hybrid instrument containing a debt host contract if the right to
                accelerate the settlement of the debt can be exercised only by the
                issuer
                (debtor). Consequently, the call option is also clearly and closely
                related to the host contract under paragraph 13 of SFAS
                133.</font></div>
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                mandatory prepayments of Notes that consist of the repayment of principal
                at par together with any unpaid accrued interest. We conducted an
                analysis
                of this provision in a manner similar to the analysis performed on
                item c)
                above. We concluded that condition 1 of paragraph 61.d. is not met
                because
                the Notes do not involve a substantial premium or discount. Therefore,
                the
                embedded instrument is considered clearly and closely related to
                the host
                instrument. In addition, we analyzed paragraph 13(a) and 13(b) of
                SFAS 133
                and concluded that neither 13(a) nor 13(b) is met because (1) there
                is no
                contractual clause which would cause the investor not to recover
                substantially all of its initial recorded investment and (2) there
                is not
                a possible future scenario (even remote) under which this feature
                would at
                least double the investor's initial rate of return on the host contract.
                Consequently the mandatory prepayment feature is also clearly and
                closely
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                133.</font></div>
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                and 13(b) of SFAS 133. We also considered the provisions of DIG B16,
                B5,
                B14 and B39. Paragraph 61.f. of SFAS No. 133 indicates that floors
                and
                caps, or collars, on interest rates and the interest rate on a debt
                instrument are considered to be clearly and closely related unless
                the
                conditions in either paragraph 13(a) or 13(b) are met, in which case
                the
                floors or the caps are not considered to be clearly and closely related.
                We analyzed the provisions of paragraph 13 and concluded that the
                embedded
                derivative is clearly and closely related because (1) there is no
                contractual clause which would cause the investor not to recover
                substantially all of its initial recorded investment and
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                note that you utilized independent appraisers to assist in the
                determination of the useful lives of certain fixed assets. While
                you are
                not required to make reference to these appraisers, when you do you
                should
                also disclose the name of the experts and confirm to us in your response
                letter that the experts are aware of being named in the filing. If
                you
                decide to delete your reference to the independent appraisers, you
                should
                revise to provide disclosures that explain the method and assumptions
                used
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      have
      extracted note 14. II. l) &#8220;<em>Differences Between Argentine GAAP and U.S. GAAP
&#8211; Additional Disclosure Requirements &#8211; Change in the Estimated Useful Lives of
      Certain of Fixed Assets</em>&#8221; from our Form 20-F and we have underlined the
      wording that will be added in future filings. When we make reference to
      independent appraisers in future filings, we will disclose their names. We
      confirm to you that Organizaci&#243;n Levin de Argentina S.A. is aware of their being
      named in this response letter and in future Form 20-F filings.</font></div>
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      the year 2005, <u>Organizaci&#243;n Levin de Argentina S.A.</u>, independent
      apprais<u>ers</u>, helped Telecom Argentina&#8217;s subsidiaries, Personal and Nucleo,
      to reassess the appropriateness of the useful lives of certain of their fixed
      assets. As a result of the work, Personal and Nucleo changed the useful lives
      of
      their TDMA and GSM networks and certain other network-related assets
      prospectively as from January 1, 2005. Accordingly, Personal and Nucleo
      recognized accelerated depreciation of $31 related to these
      assets.&#8221;</em></font></div>
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