Direct Carrier Billing Platform Market Report 2025

This Direct Carrier Billing Platform market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the market’s characteristics, size, and growth, including segmentation, regional and country-level breakdowns, competitive landscape, market shares, trends, and strategies. It also tracks historical and forecasted market growth across various geographies.

The direct carrier billing platform market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $34.98 billion in 2024 to $39.89 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to mobile penetration rates, digital content consumption, e-commerce transactions, regulatory support and compliance, and globalization of digital markets.

The direct carrier billing platform market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $66.6 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.7%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to demand for frictionless payment experiences, advanced technologies, enhanced security measures, global expansion of DCB platforms, and a rise in mobile commerce. Major trends in the forecast period include innovation in payment technologies, personalized user experience, collaboration with telcos, and enhanced security measures.

The growing penetration of smartphones is expected to drive the expansion of the direct carrier billing platform market. A smartphone is a portable device that offers mobile communication capabilities along with internet browsing, app usage, multimedia consumption, and more, all through a touch interface. The rise in smartphone usage is fueled by factors such as lower device prices, widespread internet access, advancements in mobile technology, and an increasing array of apps and services that enhance both personal and professional activities. As more people gain access to smartphones, the demand for Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) platforms grows, as smartphones provide a convenient and secure payment method, eliminating the need for traditional payment options like credit cards. For example, in February 2023, Uswitch Limited, a UK-based comparison and switching service, reported that 71.8 million mobile connections were active in 2022, reflecting a 3.8% increase from 2021. It is projected that by 2025, 95% of the UK population, or 68.3 million people, will own smartphones. This growing smartphone adoption is fueling the demand for direct carrier billing platforms.

Leading companies in the direct carrier billing platform market are exploring new use cases for their solutions, including integration with digital wallets. This enables consumers to top up their mobile wallets, offering a competitive advantage in the market. By incorporating DCB into mobile wallets, financial accessibility is greatly improved, allowing individuals without credit or debit cards to easily add funds to their wallets. For example, in May 2024, Forest Interactive, a Malaysia-based provider of scalable mobile platforms, launched DCBPays. This platform is designed to accelerate global adoption of Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) and streamline how mobile operators manage and integrate DCB services. DCBPays provides a secure and seamless payment method that aligns with the growing needs of the digital payments industry. It simplifies DCB service integration for telecom companies, making digital transactions more accessible, especially for the unbanked. Additionally, the platform supports Over-The-Top (OTT) services and telecommunications companies, ensuring smooth content delivery and secure payments.

In September 2022, Bango PLC acquired Docomo Digital from NTT DoCoMo, a move aimed at significantly expanding Bango's user base and global reach. This acquisition brings about a substantial increase in user spending and extends Bango's reach to approximately 2 billion users worldwide. With access to more users, operators, and sellers, Bango aims to offer a wider array of products, reach more consumers, increase sales, and leverage data for monetization on its platform. NTT DoCoMo specializes in providing a direct carrier billing platform worldwide for global payments.

Major companies operating in the direct carrier billing platform market are Orange S.A., Vodafone Group Plc, Telefonica Limited, Thales Group, Bharti Airtel Limited, Emirates Telecommunications Group Company PJSC (Etisalat), Telenor Group, Amdocs Limited, Indosat Ooredoo PT, Dialog Axiata PLC, Infobip Ltd., Boku Inc., The Telecoming Group SL, Netsize S.A., Paymentwall Inc., Fortumo OÜ, Bango Inc., Mondia Group, DIMOCO Europe GmbH, txtNation Limited, T-Pay Mobile FZ-LLC, DOCOMO Digital Ltd., Zong Inc., Mobivate Limited, Mobiyo.

Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the direct carrier billing platform market in 2024. North America is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the direct carrier billing platform market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the direct carrier billing platform market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

A direct carrier billing (DCB) platform is a payment mechanism that enables users to charge purchases directly to their mobile phone bill or prepaid balance, facilitating the acquisition of digital content, products, or services with a simple confirmation process on their mobile device.

The primary types of direct carrier billing platforms include limited direct carrier billing (DCB), pure direct carrier billing (DCB), mobile station international subscriber directory number (MSISDN) forwarding, personal identification number (PIN) or mobile-originated (MO) base window, and others. Various components such as hardware, software, and services support multiple payment methods including credit or debit cards, bank transfers, e-wallets, among others. These platforms operate across various operating systems such as Android, Windows, iOS, and are utilized by various end-users including applications, games, video, audio, and others.

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The direct carrier billing platform market includes revenues earned by entities by providing services such as digital content purchases, in-app purchases, and subscription services. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD, unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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