India could pass the United Statesin the number of Internet usersin less than two years.A new report says India reached one hundredtwelve million users in September.That makes India the third largest Internet marketafter China and the United States.China reported four hundred eighty-five millionInternet users in June,and there are more than two hundred seventy millionInternet users in the United States.The Internet and Mobile Association of India saysInternet growth was especially strongamong people in smaller towns and cities.There was also a large increase in Internet useamong school-aged children and college students.This is partly because of the growing numberof e-learning services and educational websites.Subho Roy is president of the Internetand Mobile Association of India.He says another big change this year is that moreand more people are using the Internet from home.SUBHO ROY: "Last year the old pattern was still there-- cyber cafes being top, then office, and then home.So this dramatic change has come about this year-- a very, very great movement in the home-use segment.People are probably buying their own broadband connectionsand accessing it from their own devicesrather than going to common service points."This growth in Internet use has also ledto an increase in online businesses.Deepinder Goyal owns Zomato.com.His website provides information about restaurantsand nightlife activities across India.Mr. Goyal got the idea for Zomato while workingat a consulting firm three years ago.He and his coworkers kept restaurant menus in their officeso they could order lunch from different places.DEEPINDER GOYAL: "We scanned these menu cards and put them online.So starting an Internet venture was actually an experimentand it worked out really welland currently we are getting around two million peoplejust looking up menu cards on our website every month."Zomato now provides information on more thanseventeen thousand restaurants across India.It covers areas from the Dehli national capital region to Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.Deepinder Goyal says the growth in Internet useat home has been good for business.Zomato used to depend mostly on business people-- or "corporates" -- going online at work.DEEPINDER GOYAL: "So earlier we used to seethat around fifty to sixty percent of our trafficused to spike at lunches on weekdays.That was due to corporates accessing our websitewhen they used to order lunch.And right now, weekends are also very heavy traffic for us."In a separate report, GSMA,the global trade group for the mobile industry, saysAfrica is the world's fastest growing mobile phone market.Africa has the second largest numberof mobile phone connections after Asia.And that's the VOA Special English Technology Report,Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts are at 51voa.com.