SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Taxi began South Korea’s first taxi meter application service for medium-sized taxis on Friday. Kakao Mobility, an affiliate of Kakao Corp., the operator of top South Korean messaging app KakaoTalk, announced on Friday that it had received the government’s regulatory sandbox permit to introduce taxi meter applications in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Taxi drivers saw a more than 37 percent rise in their income after Kakao Taxi, a mobile taxi-hailing service, was introduced three and a half years ago. Kakao Mobility announced on Monday that taxi drivers, who used to earn 110,894 won per day back in early 2016, now earn [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Mobility, a South Korean firm that provides cab-hailing and driver-for-hire services, said Tuesday it has added an artificial intelligence (AI) function to its ride-hailing operation. The AI-based “smart call” was added to South Korea’s most popular cab-hailing app Kakao Taxi so that a user can request a driver [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Taxi’s plans to charge users fees for quicker cab bookings have drawn mixed reviews. The new service, which will see the taxi hailing app dispatch drivers to users who pay an additional fee first, was announced by Kakao Corp. during a press conference on Tuesday. The announcement came amid growing [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Speaking at the Seoul Plaza Hotel on March 13, Kakao Mobility CEO Jeong Joo-hwan said the Kakao subsidiary would introduce new features to Kakao T, its taxi-hailing app with 18 million users, that would make hailing a cab quicker in exchange for a commission fee. The two features planned [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – KakaoTaxi has announced plans to offer incentives to drivers who take short-distance trips as part of efforts to crack down on those who choose customers selectively depending on their destination. According to IT industry officials, the major taxi hailing app KakaoTaxi is working together with the Seoul Metropolitan Government [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Taxi is the most popular cab-hailing app in South Korea, dominating 98 percent of the market, while the food delivery app sector is fiercely contested by two rivals, according to a survey on Tuesday. Market analysis company Open Survey polled 1,500 smartphone users between 20 through 40 to [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao will be releasing a new mobile application called ‘Kakao Driver’ starting May 31 that enables users to easily hail taxis and make payments. Until now, cab drivers were required to pay about 20 to 40 percent of collected taxi fares, 1 million won in insurance, and 40,000 to 50,000 won [...]
SEOUL, Dec.24 (Korea Bizwire) – Taxi dispatch applications were selected as the biggest hit item in Asia this year. Nihon Keizai Shimbun selected popular products and services from 13 countries in Asia. Dispatch apps that allow consumers to call taxies conveniently were selected as the No.1 item in Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam. The newspaper selected [...]
SEOUL, Dec.17 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Kakao, the operator of Kakao Taxi, has reported that the accumulated number of Kakao Taxi calls exceeded 50 million on December 13. According to company officials, the Kakao Taxi service that started on March 31 had received one million calls only a month and a half after its launch. [...]