Zingo Goes South Of Expectations
News Zingo, the pioneering taxi-hailing service that uses mobile-phone positioning data to hook up potential passengers with GPS-equipped London taxis, has proved to be less popular than its operators had hoped.
[March 12, 2004, 8:35]
Zingo Takes Black Cabs South Of The River
News Zingo, the location-based taxi finding service that puts mobile-phone users in touch with their nearest black cab, is going south of the river -- and then some -- with the launch of its service in Dartford, Kent.
[December 23, 2003, 11:30]
For Taxis It's Location, Location, Location
News Using mobile phone location data, which can pinpoint a mobile phone to within a couple of hundred metres, service operator Zingo can hook up the caller to the closest available taxi. The idea, according to Zingo managing director Mark Fawcett, is...
[March 20, 2003, 12:39]
Broadband Access Dominates UK Tech Awards
News Zingo, the company that marries mobile phone positioning data with GPS systems to match passengers with their nearest black cab, drove away with the award for Mobile Product or Initiative of the Year.
[October 9, 2003, 10:00]
Microsoft To Open Up Mobile Phone Location Data
News When Zingo created its taxi-hailing service, which matches mobile phone location data with GPRS positioning systems mounted in black cabs, the company had to approach each network operator separately.
[June 29, 2004, 18:50]
Lucent To Create Mobile Portal
News The site will have a "virtual laboratory" for service providers to test wireless applications from Lucent and others.
[May 5, 1999, 11:44]
