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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AND INVESTMENTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
Schedule of cash and cash equivalents and investments |
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  |  |
Cash and Banks |  | 1,878 |  | 5,121
Time deposits |  | 4,953 |  | 32
Mutual funds |  | 60 |  | 1,354
Other investments at fair value |  | — |  | 10
Total cash and cash equivalents |  | 6,891 |  | 6,517
Investments |  |  |  |
Current |  |  |  |
Government bonds at fair value |  | 727 |  | 50
Government bonds at amortized cost |  | 519 |  | 3
Mutual funds |  | 2 |  | 109
Other investments at amortized cost |  | 123 |  | —
Total current investments |  | 1,371 |  | 162
Non- current |  |  |  |
Government bonds at amortized cost |  | 4,627 |  | —
Investments in associates (*) |  | 967 |  | 735
2003 Telecommunications Fund |  | 1 |  | —
Total non-current investments |  | 5,595 |  | 735
(*) Information on Investments in associates is detailed below:
Schedule of information of investments in associates (*) |
|  |  |  |  |  | Percentage of capital |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | stock owned and |  | Valuation as of |  | Valuation as of
Companies |  | Main activity | Country | voting rights |  | 12.31.2018 |  | 12.31.2017
Ver T.V. S.A. (1) |  | Cable televisión station |  | Argentina |  | 49.00 |  | 592 |  | 428
Teledifusora San Miguel Arcángel S.A. (1) (2) (3) |  | Cable televisión station |  | Argentina |  | 50.10 |  | 226 |  | 161
La Capital Cable S.A. (2) |  | Closed-circuit television |  | Argentina |  | 50.00 |  | 143 |  | 137
Other minor investments in associates at equity method |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |  | 9
Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 967 |  | 735
| (1) |  | Data about the issuer arise from extra-accounting information.
| (2) |  | Direct and indirect interest.
| (3) |  | Despite owning a percentage higher than a 50% of interest, the Company does not have the control in accordance with the requirements of IFRS.
Schedule of earnings information in associates |
|  | Years ended December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Ver T.V. S.A. |  | 142 |  | 247 |  | 120
Teledifusora San Miguel Arcángel S.A. |  | 72 |  | 68 |  | 55
La Capital Cable S.A. |  | 22 |  | 38 |  | 46
Total |  | 236 |  | 353 |  | 221
Schedule of changes in assets/liabilities components |
|  | December 31,
|  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Net decrease (increase) in assets |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade receivables |  | (4,092) |  | (406) |  | (164)
Other receivables |  | (894) |  | (737) |  | 346
Inventories |  | (11) |  | 30 |  | 15
|  | (4,997) |  | (1,113) |  | 197
Net increase (decrease) in liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |
Trade payables |  | 885 |  | 363 |  | 598
Salaries and social security payables |  | 283 |  | 362 |  | (98)
Taxes payables |  | (2,030) |  | (1,425) |  | (1,606)
Other liabilities and Provisions |  | (2,329) |  | (735) |  | (248)
|  | (3,191) |  | (1,435) |  | (1,354)
Schedule of main non-cash operating transactions |
Offsetting of dividends receivable with financial debt |  | 5 |  | 12 |  | —
Schedule of main financing activities components |
Bank overdrafts |  | 2,176 |  | — |  | —
Bank loans |  | 25,593 |  | 1,229 |  | 15,305
By purchase of equipment |  | — |  | — |  | —
Companies under section 33 - Law No. 19,550 and related parties |  | — |  | 35 |  | —
Total financial debt proceeds |  | 27,769 |  | 1,264 |  | 15,305
Notes |  | (3,905) |  | — |  | —
Bank loans |  | (335) |  | (1,622) |  | (12,679)
By purchase of equipment |  | (272) |  | — |  | —
Companies under section 33 - Law No. 19,550 and related parties |  | — |  | (1) |  | —
Total payment of debt |  | (4,512) |  | (1,623) |  | (12,679)
Bank overdrafts |  | (94) |  | — |  | —
Notes - Interests and related expenses |  | (1,509) |  | — |  | —
Bank loans - Interests and related expenses |  | (2,388) |  | (1,264) |  | (1,890)
By NDF, purchase of equipment and others |  | 267 |  | (27) |  | 56
Companies under section 33 - Law No. 19,550 and related parties |  | — |  | (1) |  | —
Total payment of interest and related expenses |  | (3,724) |  | (1,292) |  | (1,834)
Schedule of additional information required by IAS 7 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Exchange |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | differences |  |
|  | Balances |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | and currency |  | Balances
|  | as of |  | Incorporation by |  |  |  |  |  | translation |  | as of
|  | December 31, |  | merger |  | Cash |  |  |  | adjustments and |  | December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | (Note 4.a) |  | Flows (a) |  | Accrued interests |  | Others (b) |  | 2018
Bank overdrafts |  | — |  | 199 |  | 2,176 |  | — |  | (99) |  | 2,276
Bank loans - principal |  | 287 |  | 12,097 |  | 25,258 |  | — |  | 9,563 |  | 47,205
Notes - principal |  | 13,767 |  | 3,186 |  | (3,905) |  | — |  | 5,783 |  | 18,831
NDF |  | — |  | 25 |  | (44) |  | 119 |  | — |  | 100
By purchase of equipment |  | 1,943 |  | — |  | (256) |  | 35 |  | 357 |  | 2,079
Companies under section 33 - Law No. 19,550 and related parties |  | 6 |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (6) |  | —
Accrued interests and related expenses |  | 6 |  | 2,597 |  | (4,100) |  | 4,395 |  | 5,923 |  | 8,821
Total current and non-current financial debt (Note 13) |  | 16,009 |  | 18,104 |  | 19,129 |  | 4,549 |  | 21,521 |  | 79,312
| (a) |  | Correspond to $27,769 of debt proceeds, $4,512 of principal payments, $3,724 of interest and related expenses payments and (404) that were reclassified to Other receivables.
| (b) |  | Includes (5) that were offset with dividends receivable.

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