[Study says operators need to provide mobile data roaming to encourage customer interest in 2.5 services.]

London -- "The number of always-on mobile Internet users in Western Europe will grow to 110 million in 2006, from just a few million this year, a survey by Analysys found on Wednesday.

"One in three Western Europeans will use the latest mobile phone services technology, which will generate a total 23 billion euros of additional data revenues for wireless telecoms operators such as Vodafone (VOD.L), Orange (ORA.PA)(OGE.L) and Telefonica Movile (NYSE:TEM -news)(TEM.MC).

"Business travelers will be the first to use the faster always-on connections that are offered by GPRS packet-switched technology, which is an upgrade of the current GSM network, in order to securely access corporate computer networks and email.

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