** Vodafone second-top faller on Britain's sharplyhigher FTSE 100 index as Nomura turns more bearish onthe company, seeing scope for its competition to increase.
** Vodafone sheds 0.7 pct, one of only five blue-chipdecliners, as Nomura cuts its rating for the company to "reduce"from "neutral". UK benchmark index up 0.7 pct.
** Nomura said it expects new entrants into markets in theUK, the Netherlands and India.
** Highlights tougher competition is taking hold in SouthAfrica and Turkey for the second successive quarter, asunderlying growth rates are slipping. (RM://tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)