India to have over 500 Million Mobile Phone Users

India will soon have over 500 million mobile phone users - second largest in the world after China. While only the number of mobile subscribers will touch the 500 million mark, it will be much higher, if we take into account the number of fixed line subscribers.

The overall mobile phone and fixed line connections have gone up to over 550 million in India till date. While 97 percent in urban India have mobile phone subscriptions, just 18 percent people in rural India have the access to mobile phones India was at 488.40 million (wireless) subscribers at the end of October 2009. Ironically, only 7.5 million people in India have access to broadband Internet connectivity.