Wister

Name

Wister

Legal name

Wister SAS

Website

https://wister.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Payment Platform

NAICS

Telecommunications Resellers (517121)

SIC

Radiotelephone Communications (4812)

akta.pro primary industry

Carrier Billing & Telco Mobile Money (FSAMAEAD)

Keywords

• Mobile operator billing
• Direct carrier billing
• Mobile payment platform
• Content monetization
• Subscription management

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Transaction Fees from Carrier Billing: Wister earns revenue by facilitating digital content transactions between content providers and mobile operators, taking a percentage or fixed fee per transaction processed through its DCB platform
2. Subscription Management Services: The company manages complete subscription lifecycles for content providers, providing billing infrastructure, customer management, and payment processing services on behalf of mobile operators

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Wister operates a Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) platform that bridges digital content creators and mobile operators, enabling mobile subscribers in Europe and Africa to purchase premium digital content with charges added directly to their phone bill or deducted from prepaid balance. The company manages the complete subscription lifecycle, including billing, customer acquisition, and account management on behalf of mobile operators.

Product overview

Wister offers a unified mobile operator billing platform that connects digital content creators with mobile operators across Europe and Africa. The core offering is Wister's mobile payment service (Paiement sur Facture Mobile), which allows users to pay for digital content by adding charges to their mobile phone bill. Supporting the core platform are subscription management services for handling ongoing subscriptions, and Direct Carrier Billing integration services for expanding monetization capabilities. In April 2026, Wister launched Dramaclip as a dedicated sub-brand focused on premium short-form series content (short dramas) in the Asian market, powered by micro-payment and subscription models.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wister Mobile Operator Billing (Paiement sur Facture Mobile) Core Direct Carrier Billing service that allows mobile subscribers to purchase digital content charged directly to their mobile phone bill or deducted from prepaid balance. Sold to mobile operators and content providers as a bridge for monetizing digital content via operator billing.
• Dramaclip Dedicated sub-brand entity focused on premium short-form series content (short dramas), powered by micro-payment and subscription models, targeting the Asia market to monetize mobile entertainment and short-form video verticals.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Mobile Operators (ASEAN)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 27 April 2026Wister announced plans to accelerate growth in ASEAN by strengthening partnerships with mobile operators in the region. These partnerships will enable expanded Direct Carrier Billing integrations to monetize premium digital content in high-growth verticals like mobile entertainment and short dramas.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Broad incumbents

• Comviva: Tech Mahindra-owned mobile commerce and digital services platform offering DCB, mobile money, and VAS platforms to telecom operators worldwide. Larger incumbent offering DCB as part of a broader mobile financial services portfolio rather than a niche specialist like Wister.
• Digital River: Global e-commerce and payments-as-a-service provider offering merchant payment, tax, and subscription management for digital businesses. Broader incumbent adjacent to Wister's subscription management component but with a much larger payments and commerce portfolio.

Direct peers

• Onebip: Mobile carrier billing platform enabling digital merchants to monetize through operator billing, with strong presence in Latin America and emerging markets. Comparable DCB product offering with overlapping use cases in content monetization and small-value digital purchases.
• Fortumo: Mobile payment platform originally launched in Estonia, providing DCB and carrier billing APIs for app stores, gaming, and digital content companies globally. Now part of the Boku group, it operates in the same DCB/carrier-billing product category as Wister with comparable operator integrations.
• Bango: UK-based DCB platform that enables app stores, streaming services, and digital merchants to accept payment on mobile operator bills globally. Direct competitor to Wister in the same product category with comparable operator billing integrations across multiple regions.
• Telecoming: Madrid-based telecom and DCB solutions provider offering carrier billing, PSMS, and digital content monetization for mobile operators. Comparable focus on enabling operator-billed digital purchases with similar transaction-fee revenue model.
• PremiumGate: DCB and digital content monetization specialist operating across multiple regions with a similar B2B2C model, partnering with mobile operators to monetize content via carrier billing. Smaller, emerging competitor with overlapping value proposition.
• Dimoco: Austrian-headquartered DCB and digital content monetization specialist serving mobile operators and content providers across Europe, Africa, and Latin America. Closest European-headquartered DCB peer to Wister with overlapping customer base and similar B2B2C go-to-market via operator partnerships.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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