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UBER – The story of Hard work behind the success
Travis Kalanick and Garrett Camp had trouble in hailing a cab on a snowy Paris evening in 2008. And a simple idea came– tap a button, get a ride. As an effect, Uber services and mobile app officially launched in San Francisco in 2011. The growth graph of Uber is eye catching as it expanded it to a new city every month from May 2011, including New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C. Then it launched in Toronto, Canada and a 90-driver launch in London in 2012. Now Uber completed its four successful years in London. But this journey was not easy, as every business has to go from a hard time to get success. App-driven businesses were trending that was what Uber embraced. Today all sorts of App-driven businesses are getting their mobile app developed from top mobile apps development companies NYC to launch an innovative venture to the market. Here are some of the issues Uber faced around the world – Paris – In June 2015, France taxi drivers went on strike. They said that Uber is unfairly undercutting them, while the company claimed it is just because of badly organized market. France‟s Court of Cassation called for a constitutional review of language in the law. Uber France‟s chief Thibaud Simphal said the company is contesting judicial rulings around France and winning. Please visit App Developer USA as well as Apps for USA Spain – In December 2014, Uber was temporarily suspended in Spain, as judge said Uber represented unfair competition. The Madrid commercial judge said that drivers of Uber lacked proper permits to transport passengers in Spain. After some days Uber shut down operations in Spain temporarily. Again in March 2016, Uber was relaunched in Spain and the Uber„s director for Southern Europe – Carles Lloret said “We want to be transparent with the government and we want to maintain a very open dialogue to see how we can build a regulatory framework in Spain that makes sense in both a European and a digital context”. Netherlands – A Dutch court ordered Uber to stop their UberPop service that works with drivers who don‟t have license. Though Dutch Transport Minister Wilma Mansveld relaxed Dutch taxi legislation to make it easier for new services to enter into the market, but not for the UberPop service, as Mansveld said that cars for UberPop service doesn‟t meet all the criteria for taxis under Dutch law. China – Chinese government banned private cars‟ drivers from offering services through apps. Police raided Uber offices in southern city of Guangzhou, and found thousands of iPhones and other equipment used to run the Uber business. Also city‟s transport commission said that Uber was operating an illegal taxi services without a proper business registration. India – A top government official has said to ban Uber service as one of its driver was accused of rape in New Delhi. Also the New Delhi police say if Uber is misrepresented the safety of its service then there will be the possibility of criminal charges against Uber.