India virtual numbers

India is the largest WhatsApp market in the world, and WhatsApp is how Indian customers expect to reach a business: to ask about a price, confirm an order or chase a delivery. A +91 number on a WhatsApp Business account tells those customers that messaging you is free and normal, in a way that a +1 or +44 number never will.

An Indian number is also the key to the Indian app economy. Payment apps, marketplaces, food delivery and ride hailing send their verification codes only to +91 numbers, and many Indian services will not open an account without one. Founders, developers and support teams outside India rent a number from us to test and run those apps, and families abroad rent one to keep an Indian line for relatives and services back home.

Choose a mobile virtual number if you will register the number on WhatsApp, Telegram or any Indian app that checks the carrier type. These sit on real Indian mobile ranges and pass the lookups that reject VoIP. Indian mobile numbers are national, so there is no city prefix to choose: the same number works for customers in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore alike.

Choose a VoIP number for a customer support line or a sales desk where you mostly make and take calls over the internet and the carrier type does not matter. Be aware that some apps run stricter checks on Indian numbers than on US or UK ones, and a few accept only a number registered in the account holder's own name. If a particular app matters, ask us before you order and we will tell you what we have seen.

Receive unlimited inbound SMS in your dashboard or forwarded to your email, including verification codes from the Indian apps and services that deliver to our ranges. Make and receive calls from the app on any device, with the +91 number as your caller ID. Forward calls to the mobile phone you already carry, in any country, so an Indian customer pays for a local call and you answer in London or Toronto.

Register the number on WhatsApp Business and run an India-facing support line with a catalog, quick replies and a business profile. The number stays yours for as long as the rental is active; we do not recycle Indian numbers between customers mid-term.

Indian virtual numbers start at $14.99 a month on a monthly term. The price is higher than for US or UK numbers because demand for +91 mobile numbers is high and supply on verified ranges is limited. A three-month term is 10% cheaper and a twelve-month term is 25% cheaper, and both renew on the same number.

There are no setup fees and no contract. Inbound SMS is included; outbound calls and SMS are billed per use at Indian rates. Cancel at the end of any term, free of charge, from the dashboard or by email.