[단독] ‘Wooty’, a joint venture between Uber and Tmap Mobility, launched on April 1st

Input 2021.02.26 15:13 | Revision 2021.02.26 15:14

Kakao Mobility Fighter running solo with’Kakao T’

‘UT LLC’, a joint venture between Uber, a global mobility platform company, and SK Telecom’s Tmap Mobility, will be launched on April 1. The official service name and service release date have not been set. As the launch schedule of the joint venture has been disclosed, it is noteworthy whether it will become a counterhorse for Kakao Mobility, the number one in the industry.

On the 26th, Uber Korea announced to existing customers that it was establishing a joint venture with Tmap Mobility, and announced that it will transfer Uber services in Korea, including Uber Taxi affiliate services, to Wooti. Ooty is the first letter of Uber and Tmap Mobility. In the industry, apart from the establishment of Ooty, full-fledged service is expected to begin around the middle of this year.

Uber is engaged in business such as vehicle sharing platforms around the world, and in Korea, it is providing vehicle calling services such as’Uber Taxi’ and’Uber Black’. Tmap Mobility was on December 30 last year SK Telecom (017670)It was established by dividing the mobility business division in

Ooty said, “The joint venture’s service name or the first CEO is still being prepared for an undecided situation.” Ooty plans to provide information, voice assistant services, taxi calls, shopping, parking, car infotainment, etc., using Tmap Mobility’s navigation Tmap, voice artificial intelligence (AI), NUGU.

Uber invests 50 million dollars (about 56.1 billion won) in Tmap Mobility and 100 million dollars (about 1123 billion won) in joint ventures. SK Telecom announced that it will invest 73.3 billion won. Accordingly, the total investment amounted to 2287 billion won.

In recent years, Kakao Mobility, which is dominating the service of’Kakao T’such as taxi calling and proxy driving, is also taking a quick step by attracting an investment of 200 million dollars (about 2246 billion won) from the global investment company Carlyle Group, so the industry is paying attention to how much ripple power Wooti will have Are doing.