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# Phone Numbers (Senders)

A phone number is your sole official identity identifier and communication channel for connecting the WhatsApp Business API with customers; it must be a real, dedicated number that is not linked to a personal WhatsApp account.

Please see the following subsections for more information about the phone number(s).