February 21, 2006
The number of your dreams
Recently launched in the Netherlands, Simverkoop.nl is a "market place" for phone numbers. For prices ranging from 10 to 200 euros you can buy the "number of your dreams." According to the company, there's a real need for "beautiful" numbers because it's easier to remember them. You can also rent for free an anonymous phone number. Yes, for free, but you'll have to pay 35 cents for each minute of communication.
ViaBright.nl.
Related: - Numbers count:
-- A mobile phone number in Bahrain has been put on sale for $13,200, because it has an unusual number sequence. Abdullah al-Hammadi, who specialises in mobiles and car licence plates, told AFP news agency the number 9111119 was coveted by Bahrain's "in-crowd". "
-- In Switzerland, Orange is also selling "premium" numbers, but the cost is considerably less $250-$400.
-- A Chinese bidder who offered to pay 9 million yuan ($ 1.1 million) for a "lucky" mobile phone number. The number, 135 8585 8585, when prounounced in Chinese sounds like "let me be rich be rich be rich be rich". Numbers related to birthdays and lucky numbers generally sell between 100 yuan ($12.-) and 100,000 yuan ($12'000.-)
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