Telecom Argentina SA ADR TEO

Telecom Argentina SA , one of Argentina's top telephone companies, reported on Friday a first-quarter net profit of 708 million pesos ($162 million), compared with a 628 million peso profit a year before.

Telecom Argentina announced it will pay cash dividends to shareholders totaling 807 million pesos ($183 million), despite government pressure on companies to reduce dividend payments and reinvest their profits.

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Telecom Argentina will bend to government pressure to withhold 2011 dividend payments, Argentine newspaper ..... meeting, would affect Telecom Italia, which holds a 22.7 percent indirect stake in Telecom Argentina . Argentina's cente

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Telecom Argentina SA , one of Argentina's top telephone companies, reported an 18 percent jump in fourth quarter net profit on Friday, boosted by its mobile phone and broadband businesses but trailing analysts' expectations.

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Telecom Argentina SA , one of Argentina's top telephone companies, reported on Friday a fourth-quarter net profit of 604 million pesos ($140.3 million), up 18 percent from the same period a year earlier.