While Grab’s acquisition of Uber’s Southeast Asia operations has raised anti-competition concerns among regulators in a number of markets like Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines, Grab Indonesia says the region’s largest market poses “a different competitive landscape” which requires the company to continue to fight for customers.
Unlike other countries in the region whose ride-hailing market had been dominated by Grab and Uber, Indonesia boasts another player with a sizeable portion of the market share – Go-Jek.