Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) Market

The global direct carrier billing (DCB) market was valued at USD 32,949.19 million in 2021 and is expected to reach USD 85,828.39 million by 2030, with a CAGR rate of 11.32% during 2022–2030.

Direct carrier billing (DCB), also known as operator billing, is a pure telco payment method that allows consumers to pay for online goods, products, support, services, and content via mobile phones, tablets, and Smart TV. It is a mobile payment solution that allows customers to make purchases by adding the amount to their monthly phone bill.

Furthermore, the direct carrier billing (DCB) platform functions as a market mediator between content suppliers and mobile network operators (MNOs). The platform connects retailers to mobile network operators' e-billing, identity, and sales systems. Furthermore, it assists merchants in providing DCB, acquiring customers, and converting them to loyal, paying customers for the items and services provided via direct carrier billing mobile pay.

The growing demand for games, video-on-demand, audio, phone conversations such as Skype and WeChat, e-books, podcasts, and other things is driving market expansion. Service providers such as Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Sony, Spotify, Hulu, and others are aggressively acquiring providers' direct billing platforms, integrating them into their payment solutions, and attracting customers, resulting in market growth

This study on the global direct carrier billing (DCB) market provides detailed information on industry trends, market dynamics, market size, competitive landscape, and growth opportunities. This research report categorizes the global direct carrier billing (DCB) market by type, platform, authentication type, end user and region/country.

By type the direct carrier billing (DCB) market has been segmented into solutions, and services. The solution segment dominated the market in 2021 whereas the services segment is expected to exhibit the highest CAGR during the assessment period.

Based on organization size, the direct carrier billing (DCB) market has been divided into Limited DCB, Pure DCB, MSISDN Forwarding and Others. The pure DCB segment dominated the market in 2021 and is expected to exhibit the highest CAGR during the assessment period.

By platform, the market is bifurcated into android, iOS and others. The android segment dominated the market in 2021 whereas, iOS it is expected to exhibit the highest CAGR during the assessment period.

Based on the authentication type, the direct carrier billing (DCB) market has been divided into single factor authentication and two factor authentication. The single factor authentication segment that dominated the market in 2021 while, two factor authentication is anticipated to exhibit the highest CAGR during the assessment period.

By end user, the market is bifurcated into games and apps, video content and movies music and others. The games and apps segment dominated the market in 2021 whereas video content and movies segment are expected to exhibit the highest CAGR during the assessment period.

The regions included in the study are North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, and the Middle East & Africa. Asia-Pacific is anticipated to dominate the direct carrier billing (DCB) market in 2021while Asia-Pacific is anticipated to exhibit the highest CAGR during forecast period.

The global market is highly competitive with the presence of several vendors offering feature-rich and innovative solutions to their customers. The major vendors profiled in the study are Boku Inc. Centili, Bango, DIMOCO, Telenor ASA, Singapore Telecommunications Limited. and Others.