Macaron Taxi and Banban Taxi Also Accept KakaoT Calls

Kakao Mobility Signs Business Agreement with KST Mobility, Konatus, and Coactors

Jung Won-jo, CEO of KST Mobility (from left), Song Min-pyo, CEO of Coactors, Kim Ki-dong, CEO of Conatus, and Ahn Kyu-jin, Vice President of Kakao Mobility, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement for mutual cooperation in taxi platforms.

[Asia Economy Reporter Buaeri] From now on, drivers of Makgeolli Taxi and Banban Taxi will also receive calls from the Kakao T Taxi platform.

Kakao Mobility announced on the 6th that it has signed a business agreement (MOU) for mutual cooperation of taxi platforms with KST Mobility, the operator of Makgeolli Taxi, Konatus of 'Banban Taxi', and Coactus of 'Goyohan Taxi'.

Kakao Mobility will work with KST Mobility and Konatus to establish platform partnerships for franchise-type taxi drivers and build long-term business models to expand the market. This is the first agreement among platform companies operating franchise-type taxis since the amendment of the Passenger Transport Service Act.

Starting from this agreement, Kakao Mobility will partner so that franchise-type taxi drivers affiliated with KST Mobility's 'Makgeolli Taxi' and Konatus's 'Banban Taxi' can use the 'Kakao T Taxi' platform. However, Kakao Mobility stated that the details of contracts such as commissions with these companies will remain confidential.

In principle, franchise-type taxi drivers could only perform franchise taxi calls on the platform operated by their affiliated franchise transport operator, but through this platform partnership, they will also be able to perform calls on the Kakao T Taxi platform.

User convenience will also increase. Before the partnership, there were cases where drivers of other franchise taxis used the Kakao T Taxi platform concurrently and received simultaneous calls, or canceled already dispatched Kakao T Taxi calls to prioritize calls from their affiliated franchise taxi, causing inconvenience to users.

Kakao Mobility plans to improve user service experience by establishing systems and service quality standards necessary for concurrent call performance between each company's platforms through this platform partnership.

With Coactus, efforts will be made to improve the employment environment in the taxi transport industry for socially vulnerable groups such as the hearing impaired and to expand call opportunities for these drivers. The hearing-impaired driver option within the Kakao T driver app will be enhanced to help hearing-impaired drivers easily perform calls on the Kakao T Taxi platform. Kakao Mobility will be responsible for developing the solution for this option. They will also jointly promote revenue expansion plans that can increase call opportunities for drivers of Coactus's taxi platform 'GoyohanM' by linking with the Kakao T general taxi call system.

Ahn Gyu-jin, Vice President and Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Kakao Mobility, said, "Through this agreement, we can promote industry cooperation and contribute not only to the mutual growth of companies but also to the development of the entire taxi industry." He added, "As a platform company, we will continuously seek ways to fulfill our social responsibility to contribute to the taxi industry."

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