Viber, the chat and messaging app acquired by Japanese ecommerce titan Rakuten for $900 million five years ago, is introducing a new subscription service that lets users pay to have a local phone ...

The local number is one-directional, meaning you can only receive calls and text messages, you can't make or send them. Viber is planning to change that for messaging at least as it's usually quite ...

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Viber is aiming to help users save money and reduce hassle at the same time with a new add-on that lets travelers abroad make and receive phone calls and messages for free from just about anywhere ...