The way you get a cab in Belfast is about to change. It's been announced that online taxi booking service Uber will launch next week. Uber is a taxi-booking app for mobile phones which allows customers to locate the nearest cab using GPS, before dispatching it. The firm has posted an online invitation to Northern Ireland's taxi drivers to attend an 'information session'.
The company says drivers have the chance to 'be their own boss' and is offering 'once-in-a-lifetime incentives" but what does it mean for black taxi and private hire taxi drivers already operating in the city?