TechCrunch confirmed exclusively that the company is running a very limited test to disrupt the traditional international telephony market by becoming a “call terminator.” This is because Viber’s free calling and messaging platform is aimed at users with international connections, and though some of these platforms may not be popular in the U.S., they certainly are still going somewhat strong in other countries.Īnd with a powerful, huge userbase, Viber can start pushing into new territories. Remember, Viber is also available on Bada, S40, BlackBerry and Symbian. We don’t exactly have figures from the period between April and now considering platform market share for Viber, but the 500k/month figure seems to show promise not only for Viber on Windows Phone but Windows Phone in general.Īnd moreover, Viber seems to have no qualms about extending to platforms that are either dying or not leaders in market share. Though the Windows Phone 8 version of the app is specifically tailored for that platform, with live tile integration and native call screen support, the app only accounted for 2 percent of Viber’s user base back in April. Viber announced recently that it had surpassed the 200 million user mark, and has today revealed that over 500,000 users download the Windows Phone version of the app every month.
