Here's a timeline of Reliance Jio Platforms' six mega investment deals with foreign players and one additional commitment announced since April 22, 2020
According to Morgan Stanley, multiple triggers - asset sales, pickup in energy cash flows, increased traction in omni-channel retail and rise in telecom ARPU- could further drive the stock
The investment by Saudi sovereign wealth fund is "at an equity value of Rs 4.91 trillion and an enterprise value of Rs 5.16 trillion", the company said in a statement.
An agreement between Ambani's Reliance and Future, which already has a partnership with Amazon.com Inc., could be announced as early as next month
This is the 10th investment in Reliance Jio in nine weeks
The major private operators - Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea - are procuring their 4G equipment from multinational companies, such as Nokia, Ericsson, ZTE, Huawei, and Samsung.
Jio's market share is expected to rise from 36 per cent in FY20 to 40 per cent in the current fiscal and to 48 per cent in FY25, it said
The US social media giant's $5.7 billion investment in Reliance's digital unit is the biggest among a string of investments amounting to $13.7 billion into Jio Platforms, controlled by Mukesh Ambani
In this battle of ecoystems, Google desperately needs a telecom company for its plans for India
Jio SecureID works through a dedicated app of the same name, which is available on Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store to download
Capital will always be available if returns are high enough to justify the risk
The valuation of the deals is in line with recent transactions pegging Jio's equity value at Rs 4.91 trillion and enterprise value at Rs 5.16 trillion
Jio Platforms has now announced a combined investment of Rs 104,326.95 crore in 10 deals since April 22
This is the eighth deal announced by RIL in the last two months
Reserved and mostly invisible to the public, Modi is viewed by many insiders and others in India's business world as the right hand of billionaire Mukesh Ambani.
The SC has not dictated the telcos to pay the dues right away, which shows its flexibility on the matter
Customer behaviour will see permanent shifts to higher digital adoption in e-commerce/online grocery, digital payments, and digital content from Covid, the report stated
ARPU gains, hopes of government intervention and upgrades for Vodafone Idea strengthen Street's view
Edelweiss Securities recently said that the company is expected to repay its entire reported net debt even if the Saudi Aramco deal is delayed.
8th investment values firm at Rs 4.9 trn on equity value basis