Infoworld reports: India nearly doubles mobile phone use in 2006

Sure makes me drool.

And whose devices do you think they are picking up the most, and with what functionalities? Nokia. Nokia Nseries, too. Quite interesting.

Link: India nearly doubles mobile phone use in 2006 | InfoWorld | News | 2007-01-16 | By John Ribeiro, IDG News Service

India added close to 74 million new mobile telephone subscribers last year, making it one of the most attractive markets for mobile telephone operators and wireless equipment vendors. 

The number of wireless subscribers grew 97 percent from 75.94 million at the end of December 2005 to 149.5 million subscribers at the end of December last year, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in Delhi.