
The impact of Jio, India’s biggest telecoms provider, can be seen everywhere in the country’s megacities(特大城市). Delivery drivers scroll through short-form videos as they wait at red lights; shop assistants keep a family video chat running all day underneath the counter; security guards wile away the long, boring hours sharing memes and ogling foreign beauties.(外卖骑手在等红灯时刷短视频;店员在柜台下整天开着家庭视频通话;保安靠分享表情包、盯着外国美女照片来打发漫长无聊的时光。) Jio’s super-cheap plans have allowed Indians to feast on(尽情享用) all the internet has to offer.
在印度的大城市,Jio——这个国家最大的电信运营商——的影响无处不在。外卖骑手在等红灯时刷短视频;店员在柜台下整天开着家庭视频通话;保安靠分享表情包、盯着外国美女照片来打发漫长无聊的时光。Jio的超低价套餐让印度人得以尽情享用互联网提供的一切。
Public investors can now buy a seat at the table(获得参与资格). On October 28th Jio’s shares began trading on India’s two main bourses(证券交易所). The listing, which valued the company at 10.3trn rupees ($108bn), is the largest ever in local-currency terms (and the second-biggest in dollars).(此次上市对公司的估值达10.3万亿卢比(约1080亿美元),是印度本币计价史上最大IPO(美元计价则位居第二)。) Jio’s shares closed 27% above their listing(上市) price at the end of the first day of trading.
公开投资者现在可以入局了。10月28日,Jio的股票在印度两大主要交易所开始交易。此次上市对公司的估值达10.3万亿卢比(约1080亿美元),是印度本币计价史上最大IPO(美元计价则位居第二)。Jio股价在首个交易日收盘时较发行价上涨27%。
The debut(首次亮相,上市首秀) was a triumph for Mukesh Ambani, one of India’s richest magnates(巨头,大亨), who began building Jio in 2010 when few Indians could afford smartphones. Jio is one of the rare pieces of Reliance, Mr Ambani’s sprawling conglomerate, that he, rather than his father, can take credit for building.(Jio是安巴尼庞大企业集团信实旗下少有的、由他而非其父缔造的业务。) Reliance’s original telecoms arm, which Mr Ambani’s brother Anil inherited, went bust(破产) in 2019.
此次上市对穆克什·安巴尼而言是一场胜利。他是印度最富有的巨头之一,2010年开始打造Jio,当时很少有印度人买得起智能手机。Jio是安巴尼庞大企业集团信实旗下少有的、由他而非其父缔造的业务。信实最初的电信部门由安巴尼的弟弟阿尼尔继承,于2019年破产。