--FILE--un uomo visualizza taxi-salutando app Didi Dache sul suo smartphone nella città di Guangzhou, Cina del sud della provincia di Guangdong, 17 settembre 2015. Due o
--FILE--A man displays taxi-hailing app Didi Dache on his smartphone in Guangzhou city, south China's Guangdong province, 17 September 2015. Two of Ubers biggest competitors have formed a global alliance, presenting the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company with its most formidable competition to date. Lyft and Didi Kuaidi, the biggest Uber competitors in the US and in China respectively, will allow each companys customers to use the others services when travelling, as a part of a broader co-operation agreement. This year Didi also invested $100m in Lyft, in a financing round led by Rakuten that included Chinese internet groups Alibaba and Tencent. Uber is the worlds largest ride-hailing company in number of countries served, but recently it has faced increasing competition from homegrown champions operating in specific markets. The tie-up is the first major co-operation between ride-hailing companies in different countries, and more are expected to emerge.
