Uber acquires UK minicab software company Autocab

Ride hailing company Uber has bought British minicab software company Autocab, which provides technology such as the dispatch app iGo.

The purchase will allow Uber to offer users journeys in towns such as Oxford, Doncaster and Aberdeen where it does not currently operate. Rather than booking an Uber car in those towns, riders opening the app will be able to book a minicab from a local outfit instead.

Autocab will continue to operate as an independent business after the acquisition.

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