Viber
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| Original authors | Talmon Marco Igor Magazinnik | ||||||||||
| Developer | Rakuten Viber (part of Rakuten Group) | ||||||||||
| Release | 2010 | ||||||||||
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| Written in | C / C++ / Python (desktop, using SIP and Qt frameworks), Objective-C (iOS), Java (Android) | ||||||||||
| Operating system | Cross-platform | ||||||||||
| Type | Instant messaging client, VoIP | ||||||||||
| License | Proprietary software | ||||||||||
| Website | viber | ||||||||||
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| Rakuten Viber | |||||||||||
Native name | Viber Media S.à r.l. | ||||||||||
| Type | Subsidiary | ||||||||||
| Incorporated | Société à responsabilité limitée | ||||||||||
| Headquarters | 2 Rue du Fosse, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | ||||||||||
| Key people | Ofir Eyal | ||||||||||
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| Owner | Rakuten Group, Inc. | ||||||||||
| Parent | Rakuten Asia Pte. Ltd. | ||||||||||
| Subsidiaries | List
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Rakuten Viber, commonly known as Viber, is an Israeli cross-platform voice over IP (VoIP) and instant messaging (IM) software application. Launched in Israel in 2010, the app is now owned by the Japanese technology company Rakuten Group. The service is available as freeware for Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux.
Users are registered and identified through a mobile phone number, although the service can also be accessed on desktop platforms without mobile connectivity. In addition to instant messaging, the platform allows users to exchange media such as images, videos and files, and provides a paid international calling service called Viber Out.
The software was launched in 2010 by the company Viber Media, founded by Talmon Marco and Igor Magazinnik. Rakuten acquired Viber Media in 2014 and later renamed the company Rakuten Viber. The company is headquartered in Cyprus and maintains offices in London, Manila, Paris, San Francisco, Singapore, Tokyo and Beijing.