An unknown Qatar national has paid 2.8 million dollars for an Easy-To-Remember mobile phone number 6666666, at an auction held by Qatar Telecom (QTel). If you shocked to hear the amount, read this - After winning the action, the bidders said the offered number was worth much more.
Now that the whole world is aware of this mobile phone number (+974-6666666), I doubt if the owner would have any private moments left.
Qatar has the world's third largest gas reserves, and is currently enjoying an unprecedented economic boom thanks to record energy prices.
Source: Qatar mobile number sells for nearly three million dollars