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7Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

BUSINESS

Now Book Ola Cab Service in England Too

Soon after launching its services in Australia, the cab-hailing major Ola is planning to foray into the United Kingdom (UK) market and has also received a license to operate in South Wales and Greater Manchester regions. The company is planning to launch its operations in the UK within the next month and claims that it would be the only ride-hailing player there that can legally offer customers both private hire and black cabs on its platform. Furthermore, it would expand more in the UK by the end of this year. “Ola is excited to announce its plans for the UK, one of the world’s most evolved transportation markets. The UK is a fantastic place to do business and we look forward to providing a responsible, compelling, new service that can help the country meet its ever demanding mobility...

Ola To Expand Operations in 3 New Australian Cities

22May By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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Ola To Expand Operations in 3 New Australian Cities

Ola, the homegrown cab-hailing service is now expanding its operations in Australia to include the cities of Brisbane, Gold Coast and Canberra. “Customers in these cities can book discounted rides using Ola app starting Tuesday,” said the Bengaluru-based online cab aggregator in a statement. Ola was founded in 2011 by Bhavish Aggarwal and has been since competing against US cab-hailing firm Uber for market share. The cab-aggregator claims to own over 125 million users in 110 cities across India. Ola began operations in Australia in January 2018 with the cities of Perth, Sydney and Melbourne being the first to benefit from the Indian service. Up to now, 30,000 driver-partners are working under the ride-sharing service’s name, the statement added. “As we continue to expand across A...

Ola and Uber Drivers Begin a Hunger Strike

18May By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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Ola and Uber Drivers Begin a Hunger Strike

Ola and Uber, the two cab-hailing giant companies are facing tough times as their Rajasthani taxi drivers are conducting a hunger strike from today due to disagreements against the rates of commission charged by their companies that they deem too high. The drivers also conducted a strike last month that lasted nine days and ended only when the tech-firms agreed to meet some of the drivers’ demands and promised to look further in the matter of others. The drivers’ association also pressed both Ola and Uber to stop the fleet cars whereby a driver is provided a car by the company against minimal rates and a compulsory fee of Rs 1,100 daily to the firms. “The company is adding up new cars every day. The competition is tough and it is getting difficult to get work. Hence, we are demanding...

Survey: This is What Indians Do Online & Offline

7Apr By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

ANALYSIS

Survey: This is What Indians Do Online & Offline

India is a fast evolving and developing country with ever-more resources and capital being poured into the Indian web market to digitalize the country. A particular tool that has allowed this digital development has been the introduction of cheap and reliable smartphones in the market which allowed a large portion of the country to afford the technology. Additionally, cheap internet plans contributed significantly to encouraging and increasing the overall internet usage. Consequently, diverse facilities and services emerged from phone apps, allowing users to buy, sell, order and enjoy different types of facilities and services from electronic shopping, to cab hailing, food delivery and more. Presently, India stands among the most internet-friendly ecosystems in the world and the scale a...

Mexican Authorities Seek Information From Uber About Data Breach

27Nov By reutersNo Comments

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Mexican Authorities Seek Information From Uber About Data Breach

Mexico’s transparency body said on Sunday it would seek information from Uber about the consequences of a large data breach that the ride-hailing company disclosed on Tuesday. The National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data said it would attempt to determine how many users, drivers and employees in Mexico had been affected, as well as the steps Uber would take to mitigate the damage and prevent such breaches from occurring in the future. On Tuesday, Uber said it paid hackers $100,000 to keep secret a massive breach last year that exposed personal data from around 57 million accounts. “We confirm that no type of historical information related to trips, credit card numbers, birth dates or social security numbers was exposed in the case,” a...