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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-17-061604
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171010

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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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">October&nbsp;10,   2017</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 264.25pt;text-indent:-264.25pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION</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;">Mr.&nbsp;Courtney Lindsay<br> Staff Attorney<br> Division of Corporate Finance<br> U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission<br> 100 F. Street, N.E.<br> Washington, D.C. 20549</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 81.0pt;text-indent:-27.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Re:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Telecom Argentina S.A.<br>  <u>Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-4 (File No.&nbsp;333-218046)</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 Mr.&nbsp;Lindsay:</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;">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<u>Securities Act</u>&#148;), Telecom Argentina&nbsp;S.A. (the &#147;<u>Company</u>&#148;) hereby requests that the effectiveness of the above-referenced Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;F-4, as amended (the &#147;<u>Registration Statement</u>&#148;), be accelerated so that it will be declared effective by 5:00&nbsp;p.m., Eastern Time, on October&nbsp;12, 2017, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable (the &#147;<u>Effective Date</u>&#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;">If you have any questions or require any additional information with respect to the above, please do not hesitate to contact Adam Brenneman, of Cleary Gottlieb Steen&nbsp;&amp; Hamilton&nbsp;LLP, at (212)&nbsp;225-2704.</font></p>
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