or just do a search "q-tel auction" in the local news section.
Key Quotes:
The amount will be utilised by Qtel to establish a health project in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation,
AND
Qtel holds regular such auctions for ETR mobile numbers and funds collected are donated to various local charities. “The successful bidder did not want to disclose his name or nationality,� Waleed, said.
Believe me I am no fan of Q-tel, but in this situation both the company and the bidder deserved to be commended rather than condenmed.
Honestly, who is going to use a phone number that the whole country already knows? Obviously the bid was for the cause and not the number.
Here's the article on the auction in the Peninsula:
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=local_news&mon...
or just do a search "q-tel auction" in the local news section.
Key Quotes:
The amount will be utilised by Qtel to establish a health project in collaboration with Hamad Medical Corporation,
AND
Qtel holds regular such auctions for ETR mobile numbers and funds collected are donated to various local charities. “The successful bidder did not want to disclose his name or nationality,� Waleed, said.
Believe me I am no fan of Q-tel, but in this situation both the company and the bidder deserved to be commended rather than condenmed.
Honestly, who is going to use a phone number that the whole country already knows? Obviously the bid was for the cause and not the number.