India is a major growth market, set for greater expansion: Uber

Uber currently operates in 31 cities in the country.

“We’re competing here for growth and we look at India as one of the largest -- not just the fastest - providers of growth in our global corporate portfolio,” Pradeep Parameswaran, President, Uber India and South Asia, told reporters here.

The cab aggregator is working towards launching a new safety feature called “two way call anonymisation” wherein the users and the drivers would be able to communicate without sharing their numbers.

The company, however, did not give any timeline for the launch of this service. “We’re starting to see growth not just in tier I markets but also in smaller towns,” noted Parameswaran.

Uber said India was the largest pool market in the world and it may launch a multi-modal platform for all users in future, without elaborating further details. India, Japan, Australia, Brazil and France were short-listed by Uber for its flying taxis at the first “Uber Elevate Asia Pacific Expo” held in Tokyo in August.

“Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru are some of the most congested cities in the world, where travelling even a few kilometres can take over an hour. Uber Air offers tremendous potential to help create a transportation option that goes over congestion, instead of adding to it,” the company had said.