World's most expensive mobile number is 666 6666

Gigacore · 20-04-2007, 08:33 PM

The world's most expensive phone number was auctioned for charity yesterday in Qatar.

The number, 666 6666, sold for 10m Qatari riyals or £1.5m.

The previous record holder was Chinese number 8888 8888, which sold for £270,000. The Cantonese word for eight sounds very similar to the word for rich. It was bought by Sichuan Airlines.

The auction started at a million riyals and interest quickly narrowed from eight bidders to just two, according to Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA).

The auction was organised by national telco Qtel, which has run two previous auctions and plans to run another in September. More details here. We tried phoning Qtel for more details, but they'd all gone home because it was 6pm...

Having seven sixes as your mobile number might seem devilish to some, but interpretations vary. A brief dip into the weird world of numerology shows 666 is seen as holy in Judaism because it represents six directions - up, down, north, south, east and west. Others equate it with the Arabic word "ellah" meaning God.

On a techy note, the first Apple Computer sold for $666.66, the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is w - so www. shows how evil the internet is. And finally, Viagra has a molecular weight of 666.7g/mol. More nuttiness here. ®

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05...e_number_sold/

Third Eye · 20-04-2007, 09:00 PM

Nice info

Josan · 20-04-2007, 09:06 PM

thats kools stuff man,

iMav · 20-04-2007, 09:24 PM

nice info ... but its very old ... remmber reading it in the papers months ago

faraaz · 20-04-2007, 10:22 PM

^^ Iron MAIDEN are teh AWESOME!!

And yeah...people only attach 666 to devil after seeing Omen...otherwise why would any non-christian give a fsck?

deepak.krishnan · 20-04-2007, 11:12 PM

i wonder what would have been the price of "100" if it was auctioned

casanova · 21-04-2007, 12:54 AM

Really some nice info. my cell has 3 sixes in it ??6??6???6

20-04-2007, 08:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gigacore Dreamweaver Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,885	World's most expensive mobile number is 666 6666 The world's most expensive phone number was auctioned for charity yesterday in Qatar. The number, 666 6666, sold for 10m Qatari riyals or £1.5m. The previous record holder was Chinese number 8888 8888, which sold for £270,000. The Cantonese word for eight sounds very similar to the word for rich. It was bought by Sichuan Airlines. The auction started at a million riyals and interest quickly narrowed from eight bidders to just two, according to Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA). The auction was organised by national telco Qtel, which has run two previous auctions and plans to run another in September. More details here. We tried phoning Qtel for more details, but they'd all gone home because it was 6pm... Having seven sixes as your mobile number might seem devilish to some, but interpretations vary. A brief dip into the weird world of numerology shows 666 is seen as holy in Judaism because it represents six directions - up, down, north, south, east and west. Others equate it with the Arabic word "ellah" meaning God. On a techy note, the first Apple Computer sold for $666.66, the sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet is w - so www. shows how evil the internet is. And finally, Viagra has a molecular weight of 666.7g/mol. More nuttiness here. ® Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05...e_number_sold/ __________________ Today's noobs are tomorrow's geeks. Don't make fun of them.. encourage them. - Gigacore Follow me on twitter.com/gigacore

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Third Eye Bayerische Motoren Werke Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: not very far from you Posts: 4,284	Re: World's most expensive mobile number is 666 6666 Nice info __________________ File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)

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Josan Gangsta Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: I come from the land of WARRIORS, land of 5 rivers, where the alcohol will make your liver quiver!! Posts: 349	Re: World's most expensive mobile number is 666 6666 thats kools stuff man,

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faraaz Evil Genius Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 688	Re: World's most expensive mobile number is 666 6666 ^^ Iron MAIDEN are teh AWESOME!! And yeah...people only attach 666 to devil after seeing Omen...otherwise why would any non-christian give a fsck? __________________ Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF...All of my base are belong to you!

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casanova The Frozen Nova Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Trespasser in Virtual Land Posts: 1,641	Re: World's most expensive mobile number is 666 6666 Really some nice info. my cell has 3 sixes in it ??6??6???6 __________________ I dream of a better tomorrow... where chickens can cross roads and not have their motives questioned. www.nerdweed.blogspot.com

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