{
  "id": 15835282,
  "title": "India's Jio IPO opens for public bids in record US$3.2 billion sale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/indias-jio-ipo-opens-for-public-bids-in-record-us-3-2-billion-sale-15835282",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-21T01:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/india-jio-platforms-ipo-opens-reliance-ambani-6476976"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jio Platforms, India's leading telecom company with over 500 million subscribers, is set to launch its US$3.2 billion IPO on Wednesday, October 21. This marks the largest share sale in India's history and the first from billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance conglomerate in two decades. The IPO valuation of up to US$108.3 billion could make Jio Platforms one of India's most valuable companies by market capitalization when trading begins on October 28. Retail investors, employees, and shareholders of Reliance will participate in the offering, with around a third of shares reserved for them. The IPO comes as global investors become more cautious about AI-related companies. Jio Platforms' telecom business, under the leadership of Ambani's son Akash, began in 2016, offering cheap data and free voice calls, quickly gaining market share from competitors like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea.",
  "summary": "Jio Platforms is home to India's biggest telecom company with more than 500 million subscribers, making it the world's second-largest telecom operator in a single country after China Mobile.",
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      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "India's Jio IPO opens for public bids in record US$3.2 billion sale",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/indias-jio-ipo-opens-for-public-bids-in-record-us-3-2-billion-sale",
        "published": "2026-10-21T01:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Ambani’s US$3.2 billion Jio IPO attracts rapid bids in record Indian sale",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/ambanis-us-3-2-billion-jio-ipo-attracts-rapid-bids-in-record-indian",
        "published": "2026-10-21T06:27:27.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}