Entries by erikpolus@ecabs.com.mt

Bulgaria’s leading taxi operator migrates to eCabs Technologies’ platform

eCabs Technologies on Tuesday announced that Volt Premium Taxi, Bulgaria’s leading taxi operator, has officially completed a full migration to its ridehailing platform. The move sees Volt Premium Taxi transition from the UK-based Sherlock platform to eCabs Technologies, as it doubles down on a more data-driven, technology-led approach to growth, service reliability, and continuous improvement. […]

The Modern Mobility Growth Stack

A practical package for local operators who need smarter promotions without burning margin.  What this is: A single, integrated stack that lets you run targeted promotions, trigger campaigns based on rider behaviour, and (optionally) co-fund discounts with partners — all from your existing eCabs admin workflow.  Who it’s for: Operators losing market share and margin […]

Thomas Smith joins Fastdrop to create next-generation middle- and last-mile operator

The Malta Competition and Consumer Authority has approved a strategic investment by Thomas Smith, Malta’s most established logistics provider, into Fastdrop, the island’s leading 24/7 delivery specialist. This landmark transaction marks a major step in Fastdrop’s evolution, positioning the company as the leading middle- and last-mile delivery operator across all sectors in Malta. Through this […]

White Paper: The Final Fifty Meters

Quantifying the Economic Impact of Information Asymmetry in Urban Pickups In the modern mobility landscape, the “Digital Match” (connecting a car to a booking) is a solved problem. However, the “Physical Pickup” remains the primary point of operational failure. This paper defines the “Dead Minute”—the period of uncompensated friction caused by GPS drift and rider […]

Why Ta’ Qali would be an ideal site to test driverless cars

The island can replicate its regulatory success in gaming and maritime by moving early on autonomous mobility, positioning itself as a European testing ground, says Matthew Bezzina. In cities across the US and Asia, so-called autonomous vehicles (AVs) are already operating at commercial scale. Europe, by contrast, remains fragmented, slowed by cautious approval processes and […]

eCabs Technologies strikes deal to enter German market though Taxi Now Frankfurt

A Frankfurt-based taxi dispatch centre is shifting its live operations to technology developed by Malta-based eCabs Technologies. eCabs announced its new strategic partnership with Taxi Now Frankfurt in a statement on Monday. Taxi Now Frankfurt will be migrating its existing live business to the eCabs platform and timelines for the migration will depend on several […]

Uber and Bolt: Tools for Fighting Back

eCabs Technologies offers marketing and driver tools that enable traditional taxi dispatch centres to secure and expand their market share. The taxi industry is under pressure. Platform operators such as Uber, Bolt and Freenow are luring both passengers and drivers away from established dispatch centres with aggressive discounts. Yet a Maltese technology company is demonstrating […]

Open Dispatch Center: Why APIs Defend Against Vendor Lock-In

Stop fighting vendors and start competing with platforms. Our APIs deliver the unrestricted control needed for market dominance. At eCabs Technologies, we are operators first. We started as a taxi dispatch center facing the same threats you do: aggressive international platforms and legacy software vendors that acted like “black boxes.” We know the fear of […]

Barça’s Uber Deal Sparks Taxi Strikes

As protests erupt in Spain, Uber’s partnership with one of the world’s most iconic clubs shows how global ride-hailing platforms are embedding themselves into Europe’s cultural and civic life. In a previous article, Divide and Conquer, we described how global ride-hailing giants like Uber and Bolt use what we called a generational Trojan horse. Their strategy goes […]