Uber In Brussels

However, Uber disputed that the payment is based on how much battery life is left in a phone. It further claimed that the app is unable to measure a user's battery.

Uber Technologies Inc. said it would halt operations in Brussels from Nov. 26 after a court ruled that a 2015 ban on private individuals offering taxi services also applies to professional drivers.

The company will now concentrate on building up its more expensive UberX service, which uses professionally licensed drivers.

A spokesman for Uber confirmed the decision from the Brussels court, which followed a ban decided in April 2014.

An Uber driver in Belgium was found guilty of breaking taxi laws today, in the first case to land in a Brussels court after dozens of drivers were caught by police posing as clients of the banned service.

Taxis drove slowly through central Brussels, bearing banners such as "No to Uber" and blocking major intersections.

Uber filed a complaint with the European Commission against a new French law it says favours regular taxis at its expense.

Web-based taxi company Uber risks being banned in the Belgian capital Brussels in just the latest legal challenge to its services.

However, Uber disputed that the payment is based on how much battery life is left in a phone. It further claimed that the app is unable to measure a user's battery.

Uber Technologies Inc. said it would halt operations in Brussels from Nov. 26 after a court ruled that a 2015 ban on private individuals offering taxi services also applies to professional drivers.

The company will now concentrate on building up its more expensive UberX service, which uses professionally licensed drivers.

A spokesman for Uber confirmed the decision from the Brussels court, which followed a ban decided in April 2014.

An Uber driver in Belgium was found guilty of breaking taxi laws today, in the first case to land in a Brussels court after dozens of drivers were caught by police posing as clients of the banned service.

Taxis drove slowly through central Brussels, bearing banners such as "No to Uber" and blocking major intersections.

Uber filed a complaint with the European Commission against a new French law it says favours regular taxis at its expense.

Web-based taxi company Uber risks being banned in the Belgian capital Brussels in just the latest legal challenge to its services.