Southeast Asian ride hailing firm Grab expands to Myanmar


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 21 Mar 2017

Expanding its reach: Grab's expansion into Myanmar comes as authorities there are trying to improve its public transport system.

SINGAPORE: Ride hailing firm Grab, the main Southeast Asian rival of Uber Technologies Inc, launched services in Myanmar on Tuesday, expanding operations to a seventh country in the region.

Grab was working with a small group of taxi drivers in a trial in Yangon, the biggest city, and would scale up gradually, the company said in a statement. Uber is currently unavailable in Yangon.

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