DoT seeking to block Uber, Ola websites betrays govt's double standard on taxi apps

Category > OTHERS || Published on : Friday, May 15, 2015 || Views: 1262 || DoT seeking to block Uber Ola websites betrays govt's double standard on taxi apps Uber Ola


For anybody who has followed the developments in the radio taxi service segment ever since the horrific Uber rape incident in Delhi in December last year, the latest order from the telecom department banning taxi hailing apps in the city only adds to the confusion.

For the uninitiated, this is what happened: The AAP government in Delhi requested the Department of Telecom (DoT) ban the websites of Uber, TaxiForSure and Ola Cabs - all taxi hailing apps. The DoT, which comes under the central ministry of telecommunications, accepted the request and issued an order banning the websites.

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