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Jio Platforms IPO Raises $3.2B, Fully Subscribed in Two Hours

By Drooid · Oct 21, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC · How we work

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Jio Platforms Completes IPO

Jio Platforms completed a US$3.2 billion IPO that was fully subscribed in under two hours.
The price band of 1,065-1,119 rupees per share valued Jio at up to 10.3 trillion rupees.
Anchor investors bid 2.5 trillion rupees, more than 30 times the allocated book, receiving 72.47 million shares at 1,119 rupees.
Retail bidding runs Oct 21-23, 2026 before the Oct 28 listing, backed by Meta, Google, BlackRock, Fidelity and GIC.

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Elon Musk Challenges Ambani

Jio Platforms will use IPO proceeds to repay loans taken for expanding Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
Debt repayment is expected to strengthen Jio’s balance sheet ahead of competition with Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite service.
Akash Ambani announced a mobile tariff hike to improve earnings after the IPO closes.
Elon Musk publicly challenged Ambani on X, questioning his dominance in India’s telecom market.

History

Historical Context

In 1999, Japan’s NTT DoCoMo IPO raised about $10 billion, becoming Asia’s largest telecom listing at the time and set a benchmark for future tech offerings. Anchor investors including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Japan’s Ministry of Finance subscribed 1.5 million shares, surpassing the 30 percent allocation ceiling. Jio Platforms’ 2026 US$3.2 billion IPO, backed by Meta, Google, BlackRock, Fidelity and Singapore’s GIC, echoes DoCoMo’s scale and anchor-investor model. Both fundraisings enable telecom giants to expand networks and challenge newcomers like Starlink, reshaping global connectivity competition.

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Jio Platforms Completes IPO

Jio Platforms completed a US$3.2 billion IPO that was fully subscribed in under two hours.
The price band of 1,065-1,119 rupees per share valued Jio at up to 10.3 trillion rupees.
Anchor investors bid 2.5 trillion rupees, more than 30 times the allocated book, receiving 72.47 million shares at 1,119 rupees.
Retail bidding runs Oct 21-23, 2026 before the Oct 28 listing, backed by Meta, Google, BlackRock, Fidelity and GIC.

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