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10-04-2016, 03:40 PM
India's Ola **w lets people book a cab even when there is ** internet
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Uber and its Indian rival Ola are racing against each other in better serving Indian customers on slower networks.
**t long ago, Uber rolled out a feature in India that lets people book a cab without downloading the app (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/dial-an-uber-india/). Today, India’s largest cab-hailing service Ola an**unced that users on its platform can **w book a cab even when there is ** internet connectivity.
SEE ALSO: Uber, Ola to offer rides to Indian government departments with ** surge pricing (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/uber-ola-government-officials-india/)
Dubbed 'Ola Offline', the feature comes into play when a customer doesn’t have good (or any) data connectivity. When that happens, Ola app offers users with two options: the usual, Retry; and a new 'Book via SMS'. Tapping the latter takes them to the messaging app, where they see a pre-entered text message requesting Ola to book a cab. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/ola-book-cab-sms-**-internet/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Uber and its Indian rival Ola are racing against each other in better serving Indian customers on slower networks.
**t long ago, Uber rolled out a feature in India that lets people book a cab without downloading the app (http://mashable.com/2016/08/18/dial-an-uber-india/). Today, India’s largest cab-hailing service Ola an**unced that users on its platform can **w book a cab even when there is ** internet connectivity.
SEE ALSO: Uber, Ola to offer rides to Indian government departments with ** surge pricing (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/uber-ola-government-officials-india/)
Dubbed 'Ola Offline', the feature comes into play when a customer doesn’t have good (or any) data connectivity. When that happens, Ola app offers users with two options: the usual, Retry; and a new 'Book via SMS'. Tapping the latter takes them to the messaging app, where they see a pre-entered text message requesting Ola to book a cab. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/10/04/ola-book-cab-sms-**-internet/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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