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BSNL bidding for vanity mobile numbers from July 21
Tuesday, 15 July 2008, 16:37 IST
Lucknow: Want to grab a mobile number of your choice? Be ready. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will open the bidding July 21 for "vanity and VIP" mobile numbers in Uttar Pradesh.
And the minimum bid for a mobile number will be set depending upon the frequency of occurrence of a digit in the number -- the higher the frequency, more the price.
"Depending upon the occurrence of digits in a mobile number, the minimum bidding amount ranges from 
7,500 to 50,000," BSNL's DGM Mobile Mahendra Srivastava told.
The rarer the occurrence of the number, the higher is the minimum bidding amount, he said.
The bidding process will continue till July 28, officials said.
"For mobile numbers containing eight similar digits, the minimum bidding amount has been fixed at 50,000. Likewise, for six similar digits in a mobile number, minimum bid has been fixed at 15,000," officials added.
Source: IANS
7,500 to 50,000," BSNL's DGM Mobile Mahendra Srivastava told.
The rarer the occurrence of the number, the higher is the minimum bidding amount, he said.
The bidding process will continue till July 28, officials said.
"For mobile numbers containing eight similar digits, the minimum bidding amount has been fixed at 50,000. Likewise, for six similar digits in a mobile number, minimum bid has been fixed at 15,000," officials added.
Source: IANS
