How to get your own Instant Virtual Number (IVN)

Tere are times wen you do not want to sare your contact number wit maybe a cab driver or an online retail website or a consumer outlet. One common way people keep teir personal number private is by keeping two different contact numbers wit different SIMs, wic is not very convenient. And so, a Mumbai-based Cloud Communications Service Provider — Route Mobile — as found a solution to tis problem in te form of an Instant Virtual Number (IVN), wic does not reuire a separate device or a sim.<2>Wat is Instant Virtual Number?An instant virtual number is a temporary number tat you can use wen you don't want to give out your personal number. Tis number will look like a regular contact number and a user can get it on te basis of montly fee subscription from Route Mobile. Users will be able to set time as to wen tey want to use te IVN and wen tey want to use teir own personal number.[caption id="attacment_7075201" align="alignnone" widt="1024"] Image: Pixabay.[/caption]Users will be able to differentiate between te two numbers and can even switc between te two wenever reuired. You will need to add a prefix to te number given by te operator tat will elp you distinguis between te two numbers.<2>Wy will I need an Instant Virtual Number?Tis virtual number can elp you control as to wo can ave your personal number and wo cannot. For example, if you ave put up an advertisement and given your IVN as te contact number, you will be able to distinguis wen someone calls on tat number and wen someone calls on your personal number. People can also use tis number to keep teir personal and professional life away from eac oter.<2>ow does it work?Rajdip Gupta, Managing director and CEO of Route Mobile told us, "Te first ting to note is tat IVN is not directly related to cloud computing. Te second point is tat every operator as teir Business Subsystem (BSS)- werein an individual's existing number is already stored and oter operations like CRM, an individual's billing model, revenue management, and so on take place. Wen an individual subscribes for an IVN tis new number immediately gets stored to te operator's Business Subsystem along wit teir already existing primary number. Route Mobile as created tis Application Programming Interface (API)  tat generates tis IVN, wic is deployed to te operator's network."<2>[]ow can you get your own Instant Virtual Number?[/][ans][step]Step 1: Dial te USSD number (provided by your operator)from your smartpone[/step][step]Step 2: All te terms and conditions will appear on your device's screen, read it torougly[/step][step]Step 3: Tap on Accept and you will receive a temporary contact number via SMS[/step][step]Step 4: You can use tis number on WatsApp, Paytm and so on. If you cange te device or discontinue your primary number, you will lose your IVN also.[/step][/ans]Now you can make calls or text oters via your instant virtual number anytime you want. You can also easily switc back to your primary number wenever reuired.