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Jan 14, 2009

Glitch hits 800 cabs

By Christopher Tan SENIOR CORRESPONDENT

ABOUT 800 cab drivers will be compensated by taxi giant ComfortDelGro after a technical glitch cost each of them over an hour of business on Wednesday.

The glitch, which ComfortDelGro said was caused by a computer virus, rendered mobile data terminals on board the cabs useless. The terminals are necessary for call bookings and cashless payments.

Long queues of cabs formed outside ComfortDelGro's taxi service centre in Sin Ming Drive from as early as 9am until about noon on Wednesday.

Read the full report in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.

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