Direct carrier billing in Western Europe
DCB is used for around 15% of digital content payments in the region, the third most popular option after credit cards and mobile wallets. Consumers prefer to pay through carrier billing thanks to its simplicity and privacy: payments are completed in a few clicks without having to share personal data at checkout. This makes it an attractive alternative against cards.
Download the report to get an overview of the direct carrier billing (DCB) landscape in Western Europe: Germany, France, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Austria, Switzerland & Ireland.
This report is based on carrier billing platforms connecting more than 500 merchants with 42 telcos and 292 million consumers in the markets mentioned above.
For each country, you will find the following data:
- Demographics: average population, median age, income
- Telecommunications: phone ownership, data speeds, GSMA’s mobile connectivity rankings, telco profiles
- Payment infrastructure data: bank account access, credit and debit card ownership
- Carrier billing data: median revenue per user, spend distribution by transaction values, user distribution by monthly spend, popularity of carrier billing as a payment method
Discover DCB consumer spending, other merchants' pricing, and how did the distribution of transactions look like.
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