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Viber Business Calls

Viber Business Calls

Use Viber Business Calls (VBC) to engage over real time live voice calls with customers. Viber end users can call businesses right from within their Viber mobile application.

Viber Business Calls allows any business to offer a great calling experience to their end users while keeping them engaged in the messaging application they use the most.

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  • End users can call your business at no cost
  • End users can call your business from wherever they are, without the need to care about uncertain roaming fees.
  • End users can easily find your business's Viber Commercial Profile by searching for your business name in their Viber mobile application, and can start a voice call over Viber Business Calls with a simple click from your Commercial Profile.
  • You can use the same Viber Business Calls number, linked to your Viber Commercial Profile, in multiple countries at once. No need to a dedicated local number per country.
  • You can easily enable multiple call scenarios without needing to type a single line of code.
  • If and when adequate, you can let your customers call you from Viber links on your webpage, email footer or messaging interactions.

Supported countries

Viber Business Calls is available in the following countries:

  • Algeria
  • Belarus
  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
  • Egypt
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iraq
  • Kuwait
  • Myanmar
  • Philippines
  • Qatar
  • Russia
  • Serbia
  • Slovakia
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Vietnam
  • Sri Lanka

Supported scenarios

Inbound traffic

Inbound traffic means traffic coming from Viber mobile application users towards the business. The following scenarios are all supported:

ContextScenarioDescription
Viber end users calling your contact centerViber calls to ConversationsIncoming calls from Viber users to our Viber Business Calls number will be redirected to Conversations.

How to implement:
  • Set up call forwarding from your Viber Voice number towards Conversations. Start from step 2 under Configure channels / Set up Calls. Your Viber number is listed as a "Dedicated Viber Voice" number under the Voice channel application on the web interface.
Viber calls to Conversations with Moments (Flow)Incoming calls from Viber users to our Viber Business Calls number will be redirected to an IVR created with Flow in Infobip Moments. If needed, this Flow can transfer this incoming call to Conversations or to any external regular phone number.

How to implement:
Viber end users calling your IVRViber calls to Moments (Flow)Incoming calls from Viber users to our Viber Business Calls number will be redirected to an IVR created with Flow in Moments. This IVR can forward the call to an external PSTN number.

How to implement:
Viber calls to IVR (API) (opens in a new tab)Incoming calls from Viber users to our Viber Business Calls number will be redirected to an IVR created with the IVR API. This IVR can forward the call to an external PSTN number.

How to implement:
Viber end user calls are redirected to your regular phone numberViber calls to PSTNIncoming calls from Viber users to your Viber Business Calls number will be redirected to a predefined external fixed or mobile phone number. This can allow Viber end users to reach a business on their regular phone number but calling at no cost (for the end user).

How to implement:
  • For simple forwarding scenarios to a single phone number, simply setup Forward to phone action on the Viber Voice number.
  • For advanced forwarding scenarios including failover numbers, define your route in Infobip call routing and setup the Forward to call routing action on your Viber voice number.
Viber end user calls are redirected to your telephony systemViber calls to SIP TrunkingIncoming calls from Viber users to our Viber Business Calls number will be redirected to your telephony equipment (SBC, PBX) over SIP Trunking. This can allow Viber end users to reach a business on their regular phone environment but calling at no cost (for the end user).

How to implement:
Viber end user calls are redirected to your web or mobile applicationViber calls to webRTCIncoming calls from Viber users to your Viber Business Calls number will be redirected to a predefined webRTC user in the web or mobile application you developed based on our webRTC SDKs. This can allow Viber end users to reach a business in their voice enabled application but calling at no cost (for the end user).

How to implement:
Build your own voice inbound scenarioViber calls to the custom voice application of the customer, built on top of Calls APIIncoming calls from Viber users to the Viber Voice number of the customer will be redirected to the custom voice application that the customer has developed (and his hosting) based on our Calls API platform.

How to implement:

Outbound traffic

Outbound traffic means traffic originating from the business towards the Viber mobile application users.

Note

Outbound calls towards Viber users are currently not allowed.

Getting started

Get a dedicated Viber voice number

To start using the Viber Business Calls service, you need to have at least one dedicated Viber voice number associated to your account. Viber Voice Numbers are not regular E.164 phone numbers but unique numeric identifiers with a length ranging from 3 to 10 digits. They can be randomly generated or you can ask for a specific number, should it remain available in our systems.

Download the Viber Business Calls warranty letter [docx (opens in a new tab)] and the Viber Business Calls Qualification form [docx (opens in a new tab)], fill required fields, sign, and be ready to hand these over to Infobip.

The provisioning of Viber voice number is not available in self service. Please reach out to your dedicated account manager with the completed documents if you are a managed account. For self service accounts, reach out to support (opens in a new tab).

Viber Voice numbers are subject to a monthly recurring charge.

Get started with your first inbound scenario

Simply refer to the "implementation" guideline under the Supported scenarios table above.

Don't hesitate to read more about Infobip Voice and discover how to leverage our services and add-ons. Viber Business Calls is a new type of voice channel for our voice product and doesn't come with any restrictions compared to regular Virtual Long Numbers, with the exception of not being able to create outbound calls towards Viber end users over Viber Business Calls.

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