Yes, they're not a taxi company, but they're also not a technology company. They're a taxi radio control centre, pure and simple, exactly like all the other taxi radio control centres that have been around since the dawn of remote taxi booking.
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Friday 20th November 2015 00:07 GMT Roland6
They're a taxi radio control centre, pure and simple, exactly like all the other taxi radio control centres that have been around since the dawn of remote taxi booking.
No they are not! If Uber were a taxi radio control centre, pure and simply, they would be invisible to the public ie. they would be an outsourced taxi radio control centre to existing taxi operators. No they are a taxi/ride business because when I want a ride I either call KLM Taxi's or I call Uber.
Remember it's all about the branding and the perception/message a business wishes to convey.
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Thursday 3rd December 2015 15:39 GMT Aseries
This dispute reminds me of a fracas in the US Congress about 20 years ago when the banking lobby was angrily testifying against the spread of credit unions encroaching on commercial banks business. They complained loudly that credit unions paid no taxes until someone reminded them quietly that credit unions were fraternal non-profit corporations.