Business tie-up with 4 companies including JR East and NTT Docomo on November 5, 18:49
JR East, NTT Docomo, KDDI, etc. participated in the taxi dispatch business using smartphones jointly operated by Sony and Tokyo taxi companies, and will cooperate in services such as efficient taxi movement and payment. .
Sony and five taxi companies in Tokyo have jointly started a taxi dispatch service using a smartphone app since last year.
On May 5, the joint venture company, Minna no Taxi, announced that it has entered into a business alliance with four companies including JR East, NTT Docomo, and KDDI.
Among them, with JR East, we plan to consider linking each other's apps so that both railway and taxi reservations and payments can be made smoothly.
Also, with KDDI, we will jointly develop a mechanism for predicting taxi demand using mobile phone user movement data.
Each company aims to strengthen the next-generation transportation service called “MaaS”, which is used as a service by those who do not own a car when necessary, by promoting such cooperation.
Kenji Nishiura, President of Minna no Taxis, said, “By combining data from alliance partners, AI demand prediction accuracy will increase. We want to develop a service that is easy to use and expand it not only in Tokyo but also in rural areas.” Said.