MTC touch holds the first live mobile auction on platinum numbers in Lebanon

Under the high patronage of Telecom Minister Gebran Bassil, mtc touch, the leading mobile telecommunication company, held the first live mobile auction on platinum numbers in Lebanon at the Movenpick Hotel,Beirut.
 
The 110 participants placed their bets on 33 mtc touch Platinum mobile numbers. In total, an incredible amount of $2,516,000 was collected, from which $450,000 for the number 70-707070 alone.
 
Other record prices were registered: the numbers 70-700000 and 70-777777 were sold at $400,000 each, the number 70-666666 sold at $225,000, the number 70-888888 sold at $170,000 and the famous 70-696969 sold at $80,000.
 
Consequently, mtc touch succeeded in organizing the first-ever auction in the history of the telecom sector in Lebanon. The Minister of Telecommunications Mr. Gebran Bassil, paid tribute to his collaboration with mtc touch, as well as praised the company’s efficiency in responding to his call for action. He also seized the opportunity to announce the new e-auction service from mtc touch, available through the company’s website starting October 2008.
 
Minister Bassil declared: “We hope this auction will be the first reformative step towards a cleaner and healthier mobile telecom environment”. Addressing the crowd, he added “all of you are contributing today to the development of a social justice. Thanks to your high purchasing power, you are helping us finance the first stage of our project, which consists of restructuring and further developing the mobile telephone network in Lebanon.”
 
This innovative initiative might actually mark a turning point in the Lebanese telecom history, as it will ensure additional revenues to the Treasury and eventually lead to the development and the improvement of the mobile network in Lebanon.

October 6,2008