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Uber partners with India’s ONDC for Bus and Metro Bookings.
Uber partners with India’s ONDC, exploring bus & metro bookings. A move to win users, compete locally & promote public transport. Sparse details revealed.
Uber is exploring offerings such as intercity bus and metro rail ticket bookings in India as part of a partnership with a government backed e-commerce initiative, a source told Reuters on Thursday.
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi was in India’s Bengaluru earlier in the day when Uber signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Open Network For Digital Commerce (ONDC).
The partnership could allow Uber to win more users, compete better with local rivals and help boost public transport use in the world’s most populous country.
ONDC, launched in 2022 by the government, operates a non-profit network that enables the display of services from all participating platforms. Partner apps include Paytm, Dunzo and Delhivery.
Uber and its CEO, however, offered sparse details on what the partnership with ONDC would entail.
Last year, ONDC forayed into the mobility segment by partnering with Namma Yatri, a Bengaluru-based auto-rickshaw hailing mobile app, to offer more options to users of ride-hailing gaints Ola and Uber who had been facing frequent cancellations and surge pricing.
As a technology company, Uber views open source tech stacks such as ONDC with a lot of interest and recognizes the opportunities they bring for everyone, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on Thursday.
Chennai metro also is a part of the ONDC network, which is in discussions to onboard more metro operators across cities.
Bus ticketing platform redBus, earlier this month, became the first independent mobility company to join ONDC.
Uber’s direct ride-sharing rival, Ola, also joined the platform last year, but to test its food delivery services for select users.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – Reuters)
