Ukrainian online cab service Uklon has announced the entry into the market of Uzbekistan, will begin its work in the country from the capital city of Tashkent, the press service of Uklon said on Thursday.
The company told the agency that it plans to begin providing services in the new market as early as the end of June.
According to the release, Uklon will provide solutions for online booking of cars in Uzbekistan, including Uklon App – an application for passengers and Uklon Driver App – an application for drivers. The company will also provide delivery service.
It is specified that entering the market of Tashkent is an important step in the strategy of expansion of the Ukrainian IT-company.
Uklon – Ukrainian IT-product company, the developer of the eponymous online service call for cars. For 13 years of work Uklon has significantly expanded its geographical coverage in Ukraine and today works in 27 cities of the country and mobile application Uklon downloaded more than 12 million times.
As reported on May 3 this year Uklon announced the entry into the market of Azerbaijan.
Taxi calling services Bolt and Uklon continue to work.
The Uber service has stopped working in Ukraine, the company said in its app.
“Uber rides are not available in this region at this time,” a message to passengers in Kyiv reads.
In Lviv, the application shows that there are no trips available.
In Kharkiv and Odesa, a message is also displayed stating that trips in the region are not available.
“Due to the growth of geopolitical tensions and recent events, we have decided to suspend the operation of the application. The safety of all application users is our top priority. We continue to monitor the circumstances and hope that this is a temporary situation,” the company said.
Uber has been operating in Ukraine since 2016 and is present in nine cities.
