Uber Technologies Inc is facing another alliance of rivals as smaller operators team up across different regions for ride hailing services.
Careem Inc, a Dubai-based service that’s valued at about US$1bil (RM4.43bil), will partner with China’s Yidao Yongche and share resources, according to a statement. They will use London-based startup Splyt Technologies Ltd to coordinate their fleets and payments so that passengers using one app can travel abroad to use the drivers of others without downloading new software.
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