Boku and Microsoft expand carrier billing partnership as Win 10 passes 500 million devices

Earlier this year, just ahead of Build, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 is now running on over 500 million devices worldwide, an incredible landmark for one of the most seamless consumer experiences ever created across mobile, desktops, laptops, and gaming consoles.

One critical component to the continued expansion and adoption of Windows 10 has been, and will continue to be, the ability for every consumer to make purchases via the Windows Store. To that end, Microsoft and Boku have been working since the launch of Windows 10 to provide carrier billing as a credit alternative for consumers in major markets worldwide – from Canada, to the UK, Russia, Turkey, Poland, Italy, Indonesia, and many more.

Through these partnerships, hundreds of millions of mobile subscribers now have the ability to make purchases across Windows 10 devices using only their mobile account. While this is an incredible benefit for current Windows users in these markets, carrier billing also opens a significant opportunity for Microsoft to attract new, paying users by providing them a mobile-only payment option within the Windows Store.

Today, Boku and Microsoft continue the global expansion of this industry-leading carrier billing partnership with three new markets: Spain, Austria, and Romania.

Longtime Boku carrier partner Orange will be leading the charge in Spain and Romania, bringing this new payment option on Windows 10 to more than 23 million mobile customers. In Austria, more than 5 million A1 mobile subscribers will now see “carrier billing” as an option the next time they log into their Windows Store account.

Boku is the world’s largest direct carrier billing mobile payments company, integrated with hundreds of mobile operators all over the world. Its bank-grade payments technology allows consumers to charge purchases to their mobile phone bill. Boku partners with global merchants including Facebook, Sony, Microsoft, Spotify, Riot Games, and many more. Based in San Francisco with offices in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, Boku is funded by leading Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists including Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and NEA.