The messaging platform Viber may soon be acquired for between $300-400 million, according to a Tuesday report in Israel’s Calcalist. Not bad, considering Viber achieved its 200 million-strong registered user base without outside investment.

According to that piece – and Calcalist is generally well-plugged-in – Viber’s potential buyer is a big Asian instant messaging outfit. That means it’s China’s WeChat, Japan’s Line or Korea’s KakaoTalk, though as TechEU has pointed out, it could also be Samsung, which has a chat app called ChatON.

Out of those options, I see WeChat, run by Shenzhen-based Tencent, as Viber’s likeliest suitor. One of the Israeli/Cypriot company’s greatest strengths is that it has a fully-fledged desktop app that is impressively integrated with the mobile app while also making Viber a credible Skype(s msft) rival.

Kakaotalk and Line both already have PC apps, while WeChat does not and could use the tech — properly…