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Bharti Airtel Airtel Indias premier communications solutions provider today announced that it has won a cellular IoT solution mandate with TP Western Odisha Distribution Limited TPWODL a Joint venture between Government of Odisha and Tata Power. The mandate will see Airtel power 200000 Smart Meters with IoT solution of which 70000 will be delivered in the first phase.The connectivity mandate will be augmented with Airtels proprietary IoT platform Airtel IoT Hub which will help the utility track and monitor these smart meters with advanced analytics while maintaining extremely high reliability augmented with telco grade security. Smart metering is one of the most rapidly advancing use case for cellular IoT in India with several power distribution companies looking forward to invest in this space to prevent revenue leakage.Smart metering is also one of the fastest growing service lines within IoT business portfolio for Airtel. The company is working with multiple state utilities in Punjab Meghalaya Jharkhand West Bengal and Bihar. The Government of India has a big ambitious vision of replacing 300 million conventional meters with Smart Meters in the next 5 years as part of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure AMI initiative. Airtel IoT aims to play a pivotal role in enabling this vision of government with its unique capabilities. Power sectors digitisation aided by Government of Indias push to usher in transparency and consumer friendly measures in this sector will see innovation such as Smart Meter become commonplace.Speaking about the partnership Mr Gajanan Kale Chief Executive Officer TP Western Odisha Distribution Limited said We want to create a customer focussed technology savvy and future ready distribution company thats sustainable. We believe that technology can provide us a lot of answers as we step out to create such a company. We are looking forward to deploying smart meters for billing in partnership with Airtel and making best use of their IoT technology to deliver reliable and customer friendly services.Speaking about the partnership Mr Siddharth Talawadekar Business Head IoT at Airtel said Airtel is delighted to partner with TP Western Odisha Distribution Limited in their attempt to bring best in class technology to consumers across the state. As Indias electricity sector embraces changes ushered in by new reforms we look forward to set an example demonstrating how technology can enable efficient service delivery solutions for companies that are customer friendly. With capabilities of remote network feasibility advanced diagnostics and a future-ready IoT platform with readily available APIs for seamless integration we are confident to serve our customers well in this space.Airtel IoT is one of the fastest growing businesses for Airtel Business. The company counts several leading Indian companies across domains such as electric vehicles automotive utilities logistics and fin-tech as its clients.
