“Immediately halted market disruption that abused the monopoly of Kakao Taxi Call”
[Tnews]On the 16th, the taxi industry announced on the 16th that the taxi industry will take all measures such as refusal to call Kakao Taxi and respond strongly to the policy of increasing fees for Kakao Mobility’s affiliated taxi’Kakao T Blue’.
The National Taxi Trade Union Federation, the National Housing City Workers’ Union, the National Private Taxi Transportation Business Association, and the National Taxi Transportation Business Association Leaf Association said in a statement on the 16th that “immediately stop any market disruption that abused the monopoly dominant market position.” I said so.
Kakao T and Kakao, who grew up with taxis, exploited the monopoly market to maximize their profits even in the difficult situation of corona, and if the taxi industry cooperates with this in the name of paying for “professional membership” for general members, there will be intense bleeding competition among taxi workers. It becomes inevitable, and in the end, it will become a simple platform worker.
Taxi organizations across the country, including the cooperative, advised Kakao to completely stop joining Kakao’s “Pro Membership”, which is currently being recruited, for the correct development direction of the future taxi industry rather than for immediate profits.
This time, four taxi groups nationwide pledged to make every effort to protect our business rights by forming a separate TF team to prevent unfair business practices by Kakao.
In addition, “Kakao Mobility unilaterally announced the unilateral suspension of free calls to taxis for general members other than’Kakao T Blue’ (member taxi), and is actually forcing us to pay a high fee through the form of business alliance.” “It is very doubtful that we are working in advance with the charge of calling fees for general members Kakao Taxi, not affiliates,” he said.
Meanwhile, Kakao Mobility proposed a business alliance with the content that a certain amount of fee must be paid to receive calls through Kakao T to major domestic affiliated taxi operators such as VCNC (Tada), Uber Korea Technology (Uber), and KST Mobility (Macaron Taxi). .
Currently, Kakao Mobility’s subsidiary’KM Solution’ and Daegu’s taxi transport franchise’Digi Mobility’ take 20% of Kakao T Blue’s taxi revenue as a commission in the name of providing infrastructure such as management and financial accounting systems to taxi companies. have.
Excluding the money a taxi company receives in exchange for providing Kakao T with roaming business data and advertising’Kakao T’, the final fee is about 3-4%, according to the industry.
These groups said, “We will never let Kakao’s behavior in order to protect the taxi industry and guarantee the rights of passengers,” and said, “Kakao Mobility strongly urges to reasonably improve the system of charging affiliate taxi fees set at a high rate.” .
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