Boku, the global leader in carrier billing-based mobile payments, Thursday announced that it has launched direct carrier billing with the top five carriers in Taiwan: Chunghwa Telecom, Far EasTone, Taiwan Mobile, Asia Pacific Telecom, and Taiwan Star. The partnerships offer cross-platform carrier billing capabilities to over 32 million mobile subscribers in Taiwan who will now have the ability to pay for digital goods and services using only their mobile phone account, with the charges appearing on their mobile phone bill. With these five new partnerships, Boku continues to expand its footprint across Asia, which already covers more than one billion mobile consumers across the region.
Kurt Davis, Managing Director, Boku in Asia
The market potential in Taiwan cannot be overstated. This market has long been one of our top priorities, but we knew that we needed full coverage to truly drive widespread adoption for carrier billing. This is why we aggressively pursued agreements with all five of the top mobile operators. We’re looking forward to helping our existing and prospective merchant customers unlock this important market for carrier billing.
