After the world’s most expensive number plate, Dubai set a new record for the world’s most expensive SIM card. Dubai holds several world records for the world’s most expensive license plate. This particularly wild record was first set in Dubai, and now it keeps being beaten, and it’s always in Dubai. The city also can boast other, slightly less ‘strange’ records, such as the longest cantilevered building in the world.
UAE’s latest charity auction of ‘The Most Noble Numbers’ saw a unique bid for a unique Dubai SIM with the number consisting of the digit ‘seven’ 7 times: 058-7777777. The auction for the particular number saw intense bidding war, which finally went to the winning bid of AED 3,200,000 or about Rs 7 crore in Indian currency, which is around $871,000 at today’s rate, for a DU SIM card.
Imagine that, a SIM card that costs more than most cars and even some homes or boats. The bid was over within 3 seconds of the first bid of AED 100,000
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There was a total of 21 unique mobile numbers from the local telecom operators, including Du and Etisalat. Besides the mobile numbers, there were 10 fancy car numbers at the auction. The auction of all unique mobile numbers fetched around Rs 86 crore, while the car plates generated Rs 65 crores. The proceeds of the auction will support social campaigns by the local government.
