BILLIONTH Indian mobile subscriber due in 2015 Growth of India's mobile phone using population has stalled, but the nation looks on track to notch up its billionth subscriber during 2015. India's Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRAI) helpfully pops out monthly counts of subscriber numbers. The most recent data, for says India had 937.06 million mobile phone subscriptions as …
More than 95% of Indian villages get electricity now. Things have changed dramatically in the past decade. The only laggards are rugged and sparsely populated border states or islands. The reference to "many villages don't yet have electricity" is outdated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_electrification#India
Both electricity and cellphones are ubiquitous in India today.
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