EghtesadOnline: The outgoing Telecoms Minister Mahmoud Vaezi, has called for addressing the “unclear status” of taxing online businesses like the ride-hailing apps, Snapp and Tap30.
EghtesadOnline: Following success in Tehran and other major cities, Iran’s first low-cost ride hailing app, Snapp, has started offering services in the northeastern shrine city of Mashhad, capital of Khorasan Razavi Province.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization has filed a complaint with the judiciary against ride-hailing service Snapp.
EghtesadOnline: The largest ride-hailing service provider in Iran, Snapp, is set to enter the fast-food delivery industry with a new upgrade to its growing range of services.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s major ride-hailing companies have started expanding their range of services, each offering something “genuine” in the unending hunt for a bigger share of the pie.
EghtesadOnline: Snapp, Iran’s biggest ride-hailing app, is aiming to expand its market by launching a motorbike delivery service in Tehran.
EghtesadOnline: The Tehran Taxi Organization has come up with its old rhetoric against ride-hailing services now saying that cabbies registered with the organization are not allowed to simultaneously work for Tap30 and Snapp — two major players in Iran’s ride-hailing sector.
EghtesadOnline: Deputy Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology says the Iranian ride-hailing startup, Snapp, has so far attracted more than 900 billion rials ($24 million) of foreign investments.
EghtesadOnline: In the latest attempt to claw back market share from local ride-hailing applications Snapp and TAP30, Tehran’s Taxi Organization will launch its own app in the near future, the head of the organization told a press briefing.
EghtesadOnline: In a strange turn of events, the head of Iran's IT Union says the organization has given the go-ahead for dismantling the popular ride-hailing startups Snapp and TAP30.