Direct Carrier Billing providers - mobile

I have been doing some research on payment providers for in-app billing that support direct carrier billing in USA. So far I have found that Google Play support for carriers AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. And WAC support AT&T.
Anyone have been working with or know of any other payment providers?
Conditions:
Support carrier billing in USA
Do not use Premium SMS
And support more than one carrier.

I'd suggest http://bango.com/mobilebillingcoverage/

JunglePay.
See also: http://www.quora.com/Michael-Whel/answers

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