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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-17-043157
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170703
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170703
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170703

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:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13464
		FILM NUMBER:		17944047

	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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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Report of Foreign Private Issuer</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13a-16 or 15d-16</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For the month of July&nbsp;2017</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Telecom </font></b><b><font size="5" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Argentina S.A.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Alicia Moreau de Justo, No.&nbsp;50, 1107</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Buenos Aires, Argentina</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form&nbsp;20-F or Form&nbsp;40-F:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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&nbsp;12g3-2(b)&nbsp;under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Form&nbsp;6-K for Telecom Argentina S.A. contains:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;3, 2017</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Pedro G. Insussarry</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Buenos Aires, June&nbsp;30, 2017</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Comisi&#243;n Nacional de Valores</font></u></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lic. Marcos Ayerra</font></u></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Sir,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">RE.: Merger by absorption between Telecom Argentina S.A. (the Surviving Company) and Cablevisi&#243;n S.A. (the Absorbed Company)</font></u></i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">I am writing you as Chairman of <b>Telecom Argentina S.A</b>., to inform you that today the Boards of Directors of <b><u style="font-weight:bold;">Telecom Argentina S.A.</u></b> (&#147;Telecom Argentina&#148;) and <b><u style="font-weight:bold;">Cablevisi&#243;n S.A.</u></b> (&#147;Cablevisi&#243;n&#148;) (altogether, Telecom Argentina and Cablevisi&#243;n, the &#147;Companies&#148;) approved the <u>&#147;<b>Preliminary Merger Agreement</b>&#148;</u> by which they agree that Telecom Argentina will absorb by merger Cablevisi&#243;n, in accordance with the terms of Sections 82 and 83 of the General Corporate Law, and ad referendum of the corporate and regulatory approvals (among others, those necessary from the <i>Ente Nacional de Comunicaciones</i> &#151; ENACOM) established in said Agreement (the &#147;Merger&#148;).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the purpose of this Merger, the Board of Directors of Telecom Argentina and the Board of Directors of Cablevisi&#243;n approved their respective Special Merger Individual Financial Statements and the Special Merger Consolidated Financial Statements, all of them as of March&nbsp;31, 2017, with the respective reports issued by their Supervisory Committees and of the Independent Auditor Price Waterhouse&nbsp;&amp; Co.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Preliminary Merger Agreement foresees:</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>A distribution ratio of 9,871.07005 new ordinary shares of Telecom Argentina with nominal value of $1.- each to be issued, for every ordinary share of Cablevisi&#243;n with nominal value of $10,000.- each (the &#147;Distribution Ratio&#148;).</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>That as a result of the Merger, Telecom Argentina will issue on the Effective Merger Date, which is to be determined, 1,184,528,406 new ordinary book-entry shares with nominal value of $1.- and one vote per share to be delivered to Cablevisi&#243;n&#146;s shareholders, in form of Class&nbsp;&#147;A&#148; Shares of Telecom Argentina or Class&nbsp;&#147;D&#148; Shares of Telecom Argentina, as applicable, and in accordance with the Distribution Ratio, or the number of new shares resulting from the adjustments to the Distribution Ratio that could be exercised according to the Preliminary Merger Agreement.</p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The determined Distribution Ratio was considered fair from a financial perspective by the independent valuation experts JPMorgan Securities LLC (hired by Telecom Argentina) and Lion Tree Advisors LLC (hired by Cablevisi&#243;n).</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finally, The Board of Directors of Telecom Argentina, resolved to summon a General Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders&#146; Meeting of Telecom Argentina to be held on August&nbsp;31, 2017 at 10 a.m.&nbsp;on the first call, in order to consider the Merger described herein and the documentation approved by the Board of Directors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Within the regulatory timelines we will submit to this <i>Comisi&#243;n Nacional de Valores</i> the Merger Prospectus in which the relevant aspects of the proposed Merger by absorption will be disclosed. Once this <i>Comisi&#243;n Nacional de Valores</i> gives its authorization, the documentation will be published in the <i>Autopista de la Informaci&#243;n Financiera</i>.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sincerely,</font></p>
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