India expects 650 mln mobile phone users by 2012: PM

December 11, 2008 An Indian labourer talks on his cellular phone while waiting for customers

An Indian labourer talks on his cellular phone while waiting for customers at a wholesale grain market in New Delhi in April 2008. India could double its number of mobile subscribers by 2012 to 650 million, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh forecast Thursday.

India could double its number of mobile subscribers by 2012 to 650 million, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh forecast Thursday.

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LOL, I thought they had just put a typo in the title and the ment 812pm this evening. Hah.
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