** Vodafone shares up 2 pct higher followingquarterly results that showed improvements across major marketsGermany and Britain
** Stock 2nd best performer on the FTSE 100 andgains coming on relatively healthy volumes with more than a 10thof a full-day's volume changing hands in the first 15 minutes
** Citi says Vodafone's 0.8 pct increase in organic servicerev helped by better-than-expected performance in Europe as wellas Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific ahead of broker'sforecasts
** Vodafone shares stuck in a narrow range over past 6 weeksas investors await details of tie-up with Liberty Global, likelythe focus of co's conf call scheduled for 9am BST
(RM: vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)