Vodafone's confidence increases after return to growth in third quarter
Chief Executive Nick Read said there was momentum across the business, including in its largest market Germany. "Our good trading performance underscores our confidence in the outlook for the full year," he said on Wednesday. The world's second largest mobile operator reiterated its guidance for adjusted earnings for the year to end-March of 14.4 billion to 14.6 billion euros, compared with 14.5 billion for the previous year, and to generate at least 5 billion euros in free cash flow. Vodafone's organic service revenue was down 0.4% in the second quarter and down 1.3% in the first quarter...