India has more than 200 Million Telephone subscribers

According to Infoworld  India has now more than 200 miliion telephone subscribers.  In 2006 the number increased 47.6% — yes that is right.

So India must now be the third largest — after China and US — and may soon overtake US also in number of subscribers.  A great opportunity for interesting businesses.  But one also needs interesting business models because more than 50% (if not 70%) subscribers are prepaid.