Article: Lucky phone number auctioned for 2.33 million yuan

Article: 'Lucky' phone number sells for $44,000 in ...
The Hindustan Times;  January 8, 2007 ;     288 words ...Hong Kong, Jan 8 -- A mobile phone number with six consecutive eights has sold for $44,000 in eastern China, media reports said Monday. The mobile number was sold at ...

Article: Win a 3-day return trip to see Scotland; pounds 2,000 worth of ...
The People (London, England);  October 25, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... midnight on Tuesday, November 3. Winners will be drawn at random from the entries of all readers who have registered their phone number and who produce the correct answer to our prize question. Winners will be drawn each week on the Wednesday before publication ...

Article: Lucky phone call for; millionth customer
The Press;  July 11, 1996 ;     276 words ...The millionth call to New Zealand Post's 0800 501 501 customer service nationwide toll-free number was received by its Christchurch service centre on Tuesday. Paulette Webster, of Aranui, used the number to inquire about an item she had posted on last week's free- post day, and in doing so became

Article: Acts of fate that; changed our lives; A lucky phone ...
The Mirror (London, England);  October 17, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Sales adviser Mandy Spraggett, 34, lives in Coventry with her husband Stephen, 37, a sales rep, and their children Robert, 12, and nine- year-old Rachel. A chance phone call to her father Bob saved his life. This is Mandy's story It started out as such an ordinary, unremarkable day. It was about

Article: SunRocket Failure Pushes Phone Number Bank ...
TelecomWeb News Digest;  August 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Phone Number Bank, a solution that enables consumers ... VoIP services. The provider of the Phone Number Bank, RNK Inc., dba RNK Communications ... other telecom products and services. Phone Number Bank's service requires a one-time ...

Article: Phone Number Portability a Seismic Shift in ...
The Denver Post (Denver, Colorado) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  November 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... that information belong? Who owns your phone number? The answer to that question used to ... the block or across the country, your phone number changed, too. And, unless you sought ... transfer their home or business land-line phone number to a wireless phone. Land-line phone ...

Article: What If You Never Had to Lose Your Phone Number and ...
Business Wire;  August 21, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... expansion of its recently launched Phone Number Bank (PNB) service into 80 additional markets nationwide. Phone Number Bank is a solution that enables ... Communications, states, "Until now, your phone number never really belonged to you. It ...