Vodafone says European recovery will hasten earnings growth

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Vodafone said its recovery would accelerate this year after investment in faster networks boosted demand in Europe and helped the group return to underlying revenue and core earnings growth for the first time since 2008. Chief Executive Vittorio Colao said a strong year for the world's second mobile operator had been capped by a recovery in the final quarter in Europe, its largest region which has taken more than five years to nurse back to health. "We achieved