A premium number of a mobile phone has fetched a whopping 429,500 Omani riyals (Dh4.09 million) on Wednesday at an auction held by a telecommunications service provider, Vodafone.  That makes it the most expensive number in the country.  Vodafone has announced that the entire proceeds from the auction will be donated to charity. The auction, which included both ‘diamond’ and ‘gold’ numbers, saw a total of six distinctive numbers sold. The company congratulated the new owner of the exceptionally rare 77777777 number, noting its unique and unrepeatable nature. The sale has triggered an online controversy. Ahmed Al Balushi, said on X platform, “I can pay all my loans and buy a house and live in a push life with this amount of money. Another user said, what’s the point of wasting such money to buy a phone number. He added that such people have lots of cash in their pockets. However, Mohamad Al Ansari, said, That’s his own money and he can spend it on his own.