Ola, Uber control 90% of cab market: Would their merger get the CCI's nod?

CCI has a checkered track record when it comes to determining the "relevant market" in different cases involving mobile app-based taxi services

In a span of a few years, mobile app-based cab companies have drastically changed the face of public transport in bigger Indian cities. Ever since the homegrown Ola and the international darling Uber made their entry in Indian markets, they been engaged in an almost neck-to-neck battle.

Understandably, recent rumours of a possible Ola-Uber merger in India have raised many eyebrows. While it is unclear if the deal will actually go through, Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, which is a common stakeholder in both ANI Technologies (Ola’s parent company) and Uber, is said to